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 Washington University Teaching Physician Pathway. Through WUTPP, interested residents gain additional knowledge, skills, experience, and mentorship necessary to become skilled clinician-educators.
During the second and third years of residency, pediatric residents in this pathway join WUTPP residents from the departments of internal medicine and surgery in a two-week intensive program of didactic sessions focused on educational theory, curriculum development and teaching techniques. WUTPP residents will also 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.
Each WUTPP resident will also participate in a two-week teaching elective during their third year of residency which includes independently leading didactic sessions and facilitating small groups with both medical students and residents.
Finally, each resident will complete a scholarly project related to education, with opportunities and funding available to attend national education conferences should their work be accepted for presentation.
One of the unique benefits of joining the WUTPP is being physically connected to the adult hospital and medical school, allowing for the sharing of resources and increased opportunities for collaboration. During the two-week didactic sessions, WUTPP hosts residents and speakers from a variety of programs and departments. The proximity to the medical school makes it easy to walk down the link to lead M1/M2 small groups educational sessions or meet with Jan Hanson, a leader in educational research, in Becker Library, for help with manuscript drafting.
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 information
Anne Marie Anderson, MD
Teaching Pathway Director
Core Faculty
Email: amanderson@wustl.edu
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