Physicians are teachers. We teach patients and their families about health and disease. We teach students and  colleagues about  the  practice of  medicine.  The skills involved in teaching and learning are integral to the practice of medicine.

Medical  curricula  are always  in  flux. The  body  of medical knowledge and set of skills is ever-changing; the  technology available to  deliver  education and assessment is ever-advancing. Fabulous opportunities exist to create exciting and efficacious curricular content, perform necessary assessment of Existing education, and expand our understanding of the medical education process. P&S has outstanding faculty   interested    in    medical   education    and interested   in  working   with   students  on   medical education projects.

There  are  many types  of  scholarship in  medical education,  and many  types  of projects  that  may  be conducted as part of this track:

• The implementation and/or evaluation of new curricula or new technology.
• The evaluation of existing teaching activities towards improving their quality.
• Medical education literature review in an area of interest.

Experiences   in   the medical   education   track  will according to the individual project, but may include a combination of:

• Mentorship with the medical education faculty
• Participation in P&S medical education committees
• Teaching in existing courses and programs
• Developing, implementing and evaluating new courses
• Exploring innovative uses of education technology
• Submitting scholarly work to MedEdPortal

Students   will  have   access   to  a   wide   range  of resources,  including  faculty throughout  Columbia University, the Center for Education, Evaluation and Research   (CERE),  and   the   Columbia  Center   for Teaching and Learning(CTL).

TRACK DIRECTOR

Marina Catallozzi, MD, MSCE, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons and of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics.  Dr. Catallozzi received her undergraduate and medical degrees at Brown University.  She was a Pediatric Resident, Chief Resident and Adolescent Medicine Fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and received a Masters of Science and Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania.  She serves as the Pediatric Clerkship Director and the Director of Pediatric Medical Student Education at the Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons since 2016.  At Mailman School of Public Health, Dr. Catallozzi is the Director of the General Public Health program, the largest accelerated MPH program in the school, and the co-leader of the Sexuality, Sexual and Reproductive Health Certificate. Dr. Catallozzi’s research has focused on adolescent and young adult access to confidential and clinical preventive services, adolescent relationship violence, adolescent and parent communication and decision-making in clinical trial participation and adolescent pregnancy prevention. Dr. Catallozzi is an Adolescent Medicine specialist and is board certified in both Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. She has an active adolescent medicine practice in Washington Heights and is dedicated to improving the health of the community; she uses a strengths-based approach to adolescent patient care, programming and research.  In 2019, she became the Track Director of the Scholarly Projects in Medical Education and looks forward to supporting students in building medical education curricula and scholarship.