General Course Information

Required Courses

  • ACMD 501 – Introduction to Academic Medicine (3 units – Fall) Introduces the master’s program (teacher, leader, scholar, mentor), including issues challenges, and opportunities for faculty in academic medicine, and the competencies needed to thrive.
  • ACMD 502 – Becoming a Leader in Academic Medicine (3 units – Fall) Approaches to leadership within academic medicine and health professions education, with intense development of self as a leader.
  • ACMD 503 – Leading Change in Academic Medical Centers (3 units – Spring) Exploration and practice of skills for promoting programs within health professions’ education; building trust, developing leaders, leading teams, guiding change, managing conflict, and negotiation.
  • ACMD 511 – Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health I (3 units – Spring) Building curricula to promote learning in health professions education: learning principles, instructional methods, assessment techniques, and coaching learners.
  • ACMD 512 – Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health II (3 units – Spring) Guiding learning and profession development in clinical settings, and promoting 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) Acquisition and evaluation of interpersonal and communication skills and professionalism including ethics, cultural competence, and promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusion within academic medicine.
  • 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) Use of qualitative and quantitative data to examine innovations in academic medicine, and development of formal written research reports. (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.

Elective Courses

  • ACMD 593 – Foundations of Scholarly Writing in Academic Medicine (1 unit – instructor permission) Focus is on writing a journal article. Students should have a completed study of an innovation in health professions training ready to take to publication.
  • ACMD 598 – Guided Study in Health Professions education (1 unit – Fall, Spring, Summer) Individual projects to further develop knowledge or skills related to their master of academic medicine program.
  • ACMD 604 – Supporting the Educational Enterprise in Academic Medicine (3 units – Summer) Explores organizational structures, types of leadership, leadership positions, and support functions, and own future roles, within academic medical centers and health professions schools.
  • ACMD 605 – Faculty Development for Health Professions Faculty (2 units – Summer) Evolving roles of faculty development in supporting faculty in their own development and supporting change in health professions education (e.g., enhancing equity, inclusion, diversity, wellbeing).

Sample Courses of Study

24 MONTHS – 6 SEMESTERS – for education fellows and selected faculty

Fall – Year 1 (all activities on-line)

  • ACMD 501 – Introduction to Academic Medicine (3 units)
  • ACMD 591 – Designing Research on Innovations in Academic Medicine (2 units)

Spring – Year 1 (on-line combined with one week at USC)

  • ACMD 511 – Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health I (3 units)
  • ACMD 512 – Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health II (3 units)

Summer – Year 1 (all activities on-line or at home site)

  • ACMD 514 – Accreditation and Program Evaluation in Academic Medicine (3 units)
  • ACMD 604 – Supporting the Educational Enterprise in Academic Medicine (3 units)

Fall – Year 2 (all activities on-line or at home site)

  • ACMD 502 – Becoming a Leader in Academic Medicine (3 units)
  • ACMD 513 – Professionalism in Academic Medicine and Health (3 units)

Spring – Year 2 (on-line combined with one week at USC)

  • ACMD 503 – Leading Change in Academic Medical Centers (3 units)
  • ACMD 592 – Implementing Research on Innovations in Academic Medicine (2 units)

Summer – Year 2 (all activities on-line)

  • ACMD 598 – Guided Study in Health Professions Education (1 unit)
  • ACMD 605 – Faculty Development for Health Professions Faculty (2 units)
  • ACMD 621 – Capstone Portfolio for the Master of Academic Medicine (1 unit)

10 SEMESTERS – for faculty who like to focus on one course at a time in most semesters

Fall – Semester 1 (all activities on-line)

  • ACMD 501 – Introduction to Academic Medicine (3 units)

Spring – Semester 2 (on-line combined with 5 days at USC)

  • ACMD 511 – Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health I (3 units)

Summer – Semester 3 (all activities on-line or at home site)

  • ACMD 604 – Supporting the Educational Enterprise in Academic Medicine (3 units)

Fall – Semester 4 (all activities on-line)

  • ACMD 513 – Professionalism in Academic Medicine and Health (3 units)
  • ACMD 591 – Designing Research on Innovations in Academic Medicine (2 units)

Spring – Semester 5 (on-line combined with 3 days at USC)

  • ACMD 512 – Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health II (3 units)

Summer – Semester 6 (all activities on-line or at home site)

  • ACMD 514 – Accreditation and Program Evaluation in Academic Medicine (3 units)

Fall – Semester 7 (all activities on-line or at home site)

  • ACMD 502 – Becoming a Leader in Academic Medicine (3 units)

Spring – Semester 8 (on-line combined with 6 days at USC)

  • ACMD 503 – Leading Change in Academic Medical Centers (3 units)
  • ACMD 592 – Implementing Research on Innovations in Academic Medicine (2 units)

Summer – Semester 9 (all activities on-line)

  • ACMD 605 – Faculty Development for Health Professions Faculty (2 units)
  • ACMD 598 – Guided Study in Health Professions Education (1 unit)

Fall – Semester 10 (all activities on-line or at home site)

  • ACMD 621 – Capstone Portfolio for the Master of Academic Medicine (1 unit)