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Pre-Admission Process

All potential applicants should complete and submit the online pre-application form below (information and essay sections). Also, please email your most recent Curriculum Vitae to academicmedicine@med.usc.edu.

Upon successful review of your Pre-Application and CV, you will be invited to complete the University of Southern California’s graduate school admissions process and meet the requirements listed below as a candidate in the Master of Academic Medicine program.

Click here to complete the online Pre-Application form

Criteria for Admission

Applicants for admission to the Master of Academic Medicine program are generally expected to have an advanced degree in medicine or another health profession. Official transcripts from other institutions will need to be submitted. Proof of graduation is required.

For all applicants, an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (A=4.0) is expected and three letters of recommendation are required.

For questions or to make an appointment with a faculty advisor, call (323) 442-3004 or send an email to Dr. Julie Nyquist, academicmedicine@med.usc.edu.

Tuition Cost and Degree Requirements

The Master of Academic Medicine degree requires a minimum of 32 units of graduate-level course work, 26 units of core coursework and 6 units of electives.

The Certificate in Academic Medicine requires a minimum of 12 units of graduate-level coursework taken alongside Masters students, 9 units of core coursework and 3 units of electives.

Tuition and fees will be at USC’s prevailing graduate course rate. Fees vary depending on the number of units taken. Refer to the current online  University catalog for tuition information. Consult your faculty advisor for the details when you develop your Program of Studies

  • ACMD 501 : Introduction to Academic Medicine Worldwide | 3 units – Fall
    Introduces the master’s program including four key roles of clinician educators: teacher, leader, scholar and mentor and a key theme, career development.

    ACMD 502 : Becoming a Leader in Academic Medicine | 3 units – Fall
    Current approaches to leadership within the context of academic medicine and health professions education, leadership styles, emotional intelligence, critical reflection, well-being and personal leadership journeys.

    ACMD 503 : Leading Change in Academic Medical Centers | 3 units – Spring
    Developing skills for promoting programs within health professions’ education; teams and teamwork, organizational change, conflict resolution, crucial conversations, non-violent communication, negotiation and teaching leadership.

    ACMD 511 : Instructional Design in Academic Medicine and Health| 3 units – Spring
    Content includes learning principles, teaching methods, session development, assessment techniques, and designing curricula (Plan, Implement, Evaluate, Disseminate).

    ACMD 512 : Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health | 3 units – Spring
    Learning theory, teaching methods, assessment techniques related to acquisition and reinforcement of competencies related to patient care, practice based learning and improvement and systems-based practice.

    ACMD 513 : Professionalism in Academic Medicine and Health | 3 units – Fall
    Promoting, assessing and remediating performance of communication skills, culturally responsive care and professionalism within the context of health care complexity and challenges to well-being.

    ACMD 514 : Accreditation and Program Evaluation in Academic Medicine | 3 units – Summer
    Evaluating health professions training programs within guidelines of relevant accreditation organizations; models of evaluation, designing plans and tools for evaluation of program elements.

    ACMD 591 : Designing Research on Innovations in Academic Medicine | 2 units – Fall
    Introduction to design and scholarly review of innovations in health professions education; needs assessment, problem selection, use of research methods to study an innovation.

    ACMD 592 – Implementing Research on Innovations in Academic Medicine | 2 units – Spring
    Mentored research on an innovation in academic medicine, qualitative and qualitative methods, and producing a formal written research report. | Prerequisite, ACMD-591

    ACMD 621 : Capstone Portfolio for the Master of Academic Medicine | 1 unit – Fall, Spring, Summer
    Role of portfolios for teachers and learners; develop a personal capstone portfolio that represents each learner’s accomplishment of the core competencies of the MACM program

  • ACMD 598 : Guided Study in Health Professions Education | 1 unit – Fall, Spring, Summer
    Individual projects designing curricular or other innovations for an individual program or specialty as an extension of program concepts or deepening the capstone experience.

    ACMD 604 : Supporting the Educational Enterprise in Academic Medicine | 3 units – Summer
    Explores support functions in academic medical centers and health professions schools; financial, scientific, educational, faculty and student affairs departments, and offices of medical education.

    ACMD 605 : Faculty Development for Health Sciences Faculty Educators | 2 units – Summer
    Role of faculty development programs in health professions schools; tools for delivering effective faculty development; models for mentoring and building competencies expected of clinician educators.

    ACMD 614 : Integrating Technology in Health Professions Education | 2 units – Summer
    Explores technology integration in health professions education, including ethical considerations and tools like online learning, mobile apps, simulation, virtual reality, telehealth, AI and data analytics.