IDEAL Teacher training seminars

A central initiative of the IDEAL program is its annual ‘Train the Trainers‘ (TTT) seminar, designed to enhance the teaching skills of junior and mid-career faculty from partner institutions.

Each year, UPCité organizes the three-day “Train the Trainers” (TTT) seminar, bringing together 12-15 trainee medical educators from partner universities. The seminar is designed to foster excellence in teaching and promote the use of innovative methods in medical education, creating a collaborative environment for the exchange of knowledge and best practices.

The seminar aims to promote excellence in teaching and skills development by:

• Improving the effectiveness and relevance of European medical educators’ teaching methods
• Sharing innovative and effective teaching techniques
• Addressing the unmet need for practical training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels
• Developing advanced teaching tools to foster collaboration and build a community of medical educators across Europe

This initiative focuses on training infectious disease educators in advanced teaching techniques, including:

• Flipped classrooms
• Team-based learning
• Case-based clinical reasoning
• Simulation
• Debriefing
• Gaming
• E-lectures
• Hybrid synchronous and asynchronous learning methods—supported by Chi’s ICAP model.

These initiatives will be integrated into student training courses.

Furthermore, the logical progression of this program includes mentoring trainers who have completed the seminar to guide their peers in implementing these innovative teaching methods, thereby expanding the reach and impact of the IDEAL program.

Former participants talk about the “TTT” seminar

Upcoming session 2024-2025:

The IDEAL TTT seminar will take place in Paris from April 2nd to 4th, 2025.

Medical educators from partner universities interested in participating can contact projets.international.medecine@u-paris.fr.