title: Training Future Clinician-Educators: A Track for Family Medicine Residents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite a growing demand for skilled clinician-educators, residents today rarely receive formal training in clinical teaching, curriculum development, administration, leadership, or educational scholarship. The authors describe the development, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of the O'Connor Stanford Leaders in Education Residency (OSLER) track, a novel clinician-educator track within the family medicine residency program affiliated with Stanford University School of Medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2010, the OSLER track was introduced at O'Connor Hospital, a community hospital that houses an 8-8-8 family medicine residency program. Residents who are in good standing can apply to the track at the midpoint of their first postgraduate year. Residents are immersed in a flexible, experience-based, 2.5-year-long curriculum with hands-on teaching activities at its core. To foster skills in educational scholarship, track residents are required to design and complete a scholarly project.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A comprehensive evaluation plan is currently in progress. Preliminary data indicates high levels of satisfaction with the track's overall value, impact on core teaching skills, and effect on career trajectory. Residents gained more confidence in core teaching skills as they progressed through the track. Scholarly work output by residents has increased significantly since the track was implemented. The residency program has seen an increased interest from applicants since the track was started, with data suggesting that applicant quality has increased from the pre-track to post-track years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More research is needed to assess the effectiveness and reproducibility of this clinician-educator track. If proven, this model may be replicated at other academic medical centers.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sattler
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen Yu
authors.forename: Preetha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Basaviah
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schillinger
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002140:California; D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000193:education*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007857:Leadership; D013663:Teaching