Teaching Physician Pathway (WUTPP)
Teaching is at the center of what it means to be a physician. While every resident in our program will have the opportunity to teach, residents interested in medical education can participate in more in-depth training through the WashU Medicine Teaching Physician Pathway. Through WUTPP, interested residents gain additional knowledge, skills, experience and mentorship necessary to become skilled clinician-educators.
During second and third year, pediatric residents in this pathway join WUTTP residents from across departments for didactic sessions focused on educational theory, curriculum development and teaching techniques. Residents are also able to participate in teaching sessions to gain hands-on teaching experience with medical students and residents in both small and large group settings throughout the year.
Residents will also complete a scholarly project related to education with opportunities available to attend national education conferences to present their work.
Past resident teaching projects
I am currently working on a project focused on cultivating resident resiliency focusing on peer support through bi-yearly sessions with monthly self-guided reflection between sessions. My project is in response to the continued efforts for the ACGME to cultivate resident wellness of which resiliency is a key component. My goal with this project is to help foster resilience in residents to help them become more fully rounded physicians and individuals. This will go beyond just understanding how to a competent resident, but how to continue to process and adapt to the continued challenges both physical and emotional throughout the career of a physician.
– Greta Ciccolari Micaldi, 2025
I’m currently working on a project that teaches 3rd year medical students about developing discharge goals for inpatient pediatric patients. My project is in response to feedback from medical students that they did not fully understand the discharge goals for the pediatric population. The workshop I’m developing will be a recurring part of the pediatric clerkship didactic curriculum. It will go beyond just understanding the checklists and provide students the tools to create concrete goals for their patients, a skill that is essential for residency.
– Ann Marie Anderson, 2021
For my teaching pathway project, I created a lecture to accompany a medical student simulation session on neonatal resuscitation. A unique aspect of my lecture is a video presentation that introduces medical students to the delivery room and equipment used in a resuscitation. I am currently administering a survey to determine if the lecture and, more specifically, the video presentation improved medical student comfort in attending deliveries with their residents on their newborn nursery rotation.
The teaching pathway has been an absolutely amazing experience! The didactic sessions and mentorship built into the program have helped me become a better medical educator!
– Ben Malamet, 2025
My project involved creating teaching tools for residents to use with medical students that could be easily accessed from our work phones. I also had a second project creating the curriculum for the medical Spanish course.
– Amanda Dube, 2020
Contact us
Anne Marie Anderson, MD
Teaching Pathway Director
Email: amanderson@wustl.edu
How to apply
Learn more about our application process.