Offices Interfacing with Faculty
The Academy
The mission of the Academy at HMS is to advance the education of physicians and scientists throughout the Harvard Medical School community by:
- Creating and supporting a community of leaders in education and a culture of excellence in teaching and learning
- Stimulating and supporting the creation and implementation of innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment
- Supporting educational research and scholarship in medical and graduate education
Link to Academy Programming
IRB Review Process & Education Scholarship
Educational Scholarship promotes scholarly research in medical education by:
- Sponsoring a Fellowship in Medical Education Research
- Fostering faculty development in research methodology and acting as a networking center for medical education research throughout the HMS community
- Studying the impact of changes in pedagogy, curriculum and assessment on quality improvement in medical education
- Serving as a resource for student research projects in medical education
Office of Faculty Affairs
The mission of the Office of Faculty Affairs is to support the recruitment, retention, academic advancement, and career satisfaction of our diverse faculty through education, service, communication, and timely recognition of scholarly achievement.
The Office of Faculty Affairs is responsible for the promotions and appointments processes at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, works with committees that address faculty concerns, and serves as a resource for promotion and career-development issues. More info.
Office of Medical Education
Integrating assessment and evaluation; curriculum; and faculty development in one unified collaborative, the Office of Medical Education (OME) facilitates and supports the education, training and growth of future doctors to provide optimal patient care for the global community.
Intersecting and cross-functional areas:
- Curriculum development, innovation and management
- Student assessment, including PROGRESS
- Course and clerkship evaluation
- MD program evaluation
- Faculty development, including the Academy
- Educational scholarship
- Continuous quality improvement
The OME is responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring the Program in Medical Education’s quality improvement process, linking information gleaned from curriculum, student, course and program evaluation and assessment data with educational quality improvement and faculty development initiatives.
Course Director and Core Faculty Handbook
Program in Medical Education
The Program in Medical Education (PME) is the organizational structure for the education programs leading to the MD degree. Under the leadership of the Dean for Medical Education and the Associate Dean for Medical Education Planning and Administration, the PME oversees all aspects of medical education planning and policy. More info.
Learning Management
Canvas
Online learning management system used by MD faculty to post course announcements, schedules, materials, assignments, quizzes, and scores. General inquiries about accessing Canvas may be directed to Education Computing.
OASIS
Secure online data management system used by MD faculty for official evaluations and grades.
Tip: General questions about accessing OASIS, the system of record for evaluation in the PME, may be directed to Education Computing. All other inquiries about accessing evaluation data may be directed to Liz Peet.
Mediasite
Video platform that allows faculty to create and upload video content and integrate it into their Canvas pages.
MyCourses
HMS’s legacy learning management system for students in the graduating class of 2018 or earlier (succeeded by Canvas). Faculty can use MyCourses to post course announcements, schedules, materials, assignments, and grades.