Education

The Office of Medical Education, Development, and Impact (OMEDI) team is continuously working to improve, innovate, and create an environment that ensures:

• Learning in the context of humanistic patient care
• Positive interactions among faculty, residents, fellows, nursing staff, and students
• Inclusion of varied perspectives and voices, which is essential to successful and collaborative work
• Support for well-being and resilience to both prevent and mitigate burnout

OMEDI has a unique structure. OMEDI serves as an umbrella office in the department, includes educational programs across the continuum, and seeks to engage all those involved with the department as learners or educators, including:

Our Faculty

The Department is the home for several medical educators and OMEDI hosts the Columbia Academy for Pediatric Educators (CAPE). Over twenty of our faculty are members of the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators. Pediatric faculty are actively involved in VP&S admissions as well as the pre-clinical and clinical curriculum.