Office of Educator Development
The Office of Educator Development in the Department of Medical Education at the Morsani College of Medicine offers a variety of resources, and programming to support educator development, educational research, coaching, mentorships, assessment, leadership, and scholarship.
Vision: To create a community of educators and medical education scholars across the continuum of teaching and learning.
Mission: To provide a host of relevant, timely, efficient, and faculty-focused resources that fosters engagement and satisfaction. While building capacity and sustainability as we empower faculty, educators, and scholars our focus is to enhance teaching and learning opportunities as part of the academic mission.
Promotion Curious? Connect with USF ASCEND!
ASCEND: Advanced Scholars’ Collaborative for Educational Nurturing and Development
Start building your educator promotion pathway—early and strategically!
Get mentorship from our Academy of Distinguished Educators.
Who is ASCEND for?
MCOM faculty with teaching as a primary or secondary focus
Assistant or Associate rank
Faculty interested in promotion—early engagement encouraged
How does ASCEND support you
Understand promotion metrics
Strengthen the education section of your CV
Build and advance your educator portfolio
Translate your work into a compelling promotion narrative
Develop your educator biography and professional identity
Where you’ll see ASCEND
New Faculty Orientation
Promotion & Tenure Workshops
Individual Consults
Ready to get started?
Office of Educator Development Events
In-Person Events
2026 HCA/USF GME Retreat
What’s Next for GME? Navigating Emerging ACGME Expectations in Nutrition, Lifestyle Medicine, Quality, Health Equity, and Competency-Based Education
Date: Monday, August 17th | 4:30pm-7pm
Location: HCA West Florida Division Office, 3031 N Rocky Point Dr W, Suite 400, Tampa, FL 33607
Target Audience: Program Directors, Core Faculty, Chief Fellows/Residents
CELS Series
Bedside Teaching
Date: Tuesday August 4th | 5pm-6pm
Location: Virtual via Teams
Target Audience: Early career educators, clinical core faculty, residents, fellows
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM
Meet the Team
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Shanu Gupta, MD, FACP, SFHM
Shanu Gupta, MD, FACP, SFHMDirector of Faculty Development -
Melissa Jay, MAT, RN, PMP, LSSGB
Melissa Jay, MAT, RN, PMP, LSSGBProject Manager
Programs We Coordinate
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Take TEN: Practical Teaching Wisdom—In Just 10 Minutes
Big impact. Small time commitment.
Take TEN is a curated video series that delivers timely, practical insights for busy health professions educators—one focused topic at a time. Designed for learning in the flow of work, each video gives you something you can use today in your teaching, feedback, assessment, or leadership practice.
Watch one. Apply it today. Come back for more.
- Effective Feedback
- FERPA & Title IX
- Time is Ticking: Tips for Efficient Clinical Teaching
- Part 1: The One Minute Preceptor
- Part 2: Keys to Bedside Teaching
- The Flipped Classroom
- Evidence-Based Medicine-Tools for Integrating Diagnostic Reasoning at the Bedside
- Student Mistreatment
- Professionalism
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The Academy of Distinguished Educators honors exemplary educators of students (UME and GME), physicians, physician assistants, physical therapists, athletic trainers and scientists amongst our faculty. Inductees are awarded the title of 'Distinguished Educator'.
Nominations are submitted each January, with selections and inductions in Spring.
For more information, visit Academy of Distinguished Educators.
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This is a one-day workshop to prepare residents and fellows to be effective clinical educators. This is provided to USF and HCA/GME programs. A certificate is provided upon completion.
If you would like our office to provide this workshop to your program, please email us.