Medical education is typically the advanced education of medical/dental/osteopathic students, residents, fellows, nurses, technicians, research staff, and others within a hospital or other healthcare or medical facility. In a broader sense, it also includes the education of patients and their families within those same facilities. While it can also refer in some circumstances to the education of the public regarding specific health conditions or on health and healthy behaviors in general, it is not the same as the field of Public Health (and this degree does not address those needs as much as an MPH would).
This graduate certificate program is designed to provide advanced training in teaching & learning theory and practice to faculty, staff, and allied health professionals who are involved in precepting or teaching activities so that they may improve their curricula and teaching methodologies as well as further the knowledge of the field. It may be taken as a stand-alone certificate program, or prior to enrolling in the master's program. If subsequently enrolling in the medical education MEd program, all certificate courses are accepted as part of the MEd.
The program is offered through a joint partnership of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services (CECH). The faculty at Cincinnati Children's Hopsital Medical Center comprise the entirety of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics. It is open to all fields and specialties.