MCW Society of Teaching Scholars
Each year since 1990, three full time MCW faculty have been elected to the MCW Society of Teaching Scholars whose mission is to, by example and action, stimulate innovation in medical education and represent excellence in education in faculty forums.
Upcoming Events
The Elsa B. Cohen, MD, MBA
Endowed Visiting Professor in Medical Education
Presents
Paul Rogers, MD
Vice Chairman for Education & Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburg School of Medicine
Friday, September, 25, 2009
8:00-9:00 am - FHLH Halfaer Auditorium
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
"Teaching Medicine Is An Art, Valuing It Is Critical"
Dr. Rogers is a tenured professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Centenary College in Shreveport, LA, in 1978. He earned his medical degree from the University of Arkansas and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia School Of Medicine in Charlottesville. He joined the faculty at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology / Critical Care Medicine in 1987, following his fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
In 1998, he developed an elective in Critical Care Medicine for fourth year medical students. This clerkship was designed to teach students the cognitive and technical skills they would need as interns to evaluate and manage unstable patients. He incorporated simulation into the critical care course enabling students to move from knowledge analysis to synthesis and evaluation. He received the University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Distinguished Teaching Award, the Golden Apple Award for the best clinical teacher from the graduating class of 1995 and 2001-2006 and 2009, and a lifetime teaching achievement award from the class of 2007. He was one of the four recipients of The Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser National Teaching Award presented by the American Association of Medical Colleges.
He became the Director of the Critical Care Medicine – Internal Medicine training fellowship program in 1996 and is responsible for ensuring the program meets all requirements for successful certification by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. He was appointed Director of the Multidisciplinary Critical Care Training Program (MCCTP) in 1998. He is currently Vice Chairman for Education for the Department of Critical Care Medicine. He was a plenary speaker at the Society of Critical Care Medicine giving the inaugural Ake Grenvik lecture and has been selected to be the first of the Ake Grenvik Chair for Education recipient in Critical Care Medicine.