Advanced Teacher Training
The Advanced Teacher Training Program offers a year-long, mentor-based learning community for select graduates of our Facilitator Training Workshops.
Advanced Teacher Training is only available for those who’ve completed the Facilitator Training.
Advanced Teacher Trainees hone their teaching skills as they engage in a growing community of trained facilitators, thus enhancing their capacity to offer Mindful Practice in Medicine programs in their local communities and beyond. Graduates have not only led their own programs but have facilitated alongside senior Mindful Practice in Medicine faculty.
Redesigned & Expanded
Since 2016, 44 trainees have completed the program, representing 12 countries worldwide. Beginning in 2022, we expanded the program to accommodate up to 8 trainees annually.
This 12-month program includes 2.5-hour online monthly sessions, bi-weekly individual mentoring sessions with senior faculty, and collaborative work with other interns and faculty in a learning community environment, culminating in an end-of-year gathering that includes current and former trainees.
Program Highlights
Up to 8 trainees per yearly cycle.
Each trainee will work directly, one-on-one, with three primary faculty throughout the year. Mentor meetings will be held twice a month.
Groups of trainees will work together outside of group meetings with faculty – in pairs and as an entire group.
Each trainee will create and deliver a presentation for one of the monthly meetings for which they develop new material or adapt current modules to new contexts.
Trainees will develop a Mindful Practice in Medicine program of varying design (from multi-day intensive to series of regular sessions to half-day or full-day program, in-person, online, or both) for their local communities.
Faculty will supervise the development of these programs from planning through delivery, assisting trainees with program design and marketing, communications, institutional/organizational relationships, and continuing education credit process, among other needs.
Group meetings of the entire trainee cohort with faculty as the whole (10-12 sessions; 150 minutes each) will cover topics including the History of Mindful Practice in Medicine, the Structure of the Modules, Deeper Dives into Appreciative Inquiry and Appreciative Interviews, The Role of Narratives and Narrative Medicine in Mindful Practice in Medicine; Group Dynamics and Mindfulness-Based Inquiry; Institutional/Organizational issues; Building a Wider Mindful Practice in Medicine Community; as well as Designing Mindful Practice in Medicine Programs to meet local needs. Three to four meetings will be devoted to presenting some portion of a project participants are developing. Trainees should plan to attend the annual facilitator gathering. They are held in person on alternate years; the other years will be held online. Graduates join us for several days for contemplative practice, Mindful Practice in Medicine programming, and professional and social connections. Current trainees, as well as all of those who have completed the training program since its inception, are invited to attend and are only charged for room and board, which currently runs approximately $700.00.
Besides the gathering, there are quarterly (online) meetings of current and prior trainees, usually 90 minutes, which would be another forum for connecting with the community of Mindful Practice in Medicine facilitators.
As you consider applying for this program and want to calculate the time commitment, please consider the following: 12 monthly large group 2.5-hour meetings, 45-minute mentor-intern meetings up to two times per month, and meetings with fellow trainees once to twice monthly. In addition, you will need time to read or view materials in preparation for the large group meetings and time to plan and develop a Mindful Practice in Medicine program offering. It is best to plan on 5-8 hours per month for 12 months, plus attending the annual gathering
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