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No Credit Offered
This two‑day conference brings together residents and fellows interested in teaching and future academic practice to recognize their educational contributions, and further develop their expertise as educators. Participants will use these skills to enhance existing curricula, improve departmental medical student and resident teaching, and enhance educational scholarship opportunities.

RAE contains: 
  • 2 Live Sessions (Required registration and attendance):
    • RAE Live Session Day 1
    • RAE Live Session Day 2
  • 4 Just in Time Learning (JiTL) Modules (Required; completed during live sessions):
    • Creating and Aligning Learning Objectives 
    • Providing Feedback to Your Learners 
    • Using PowerPoint Effectively
    • Teaching in the Clinic and Hospital 
By completing RAE, participants will be able to...
  • Create a learning episode including the components of an effective teaching and learning experience
  • Create a safe, inviting, and inclusive learning environment
  • Deliver feedback to learners utilizing evidence-based best practices
  • Design effective presentations to enhance learning, inclusion, and equity
Health providers and medical educators of New Mexico.

The following technology is required to participate in and complete Resident as Educators:

  • Computer with speakers, a web browser, and Adobe Acrobat™.
  • Smartphone with camera that can scan and recognize QR codes.
  • Personal Laptop, with online access and web browser. (Recommended: Chrome, Safari, Firefox.)
  • Headphones or earphones for listening to your laptop.

Note for Macintosh Users: If you are experiencing difficulties accessing the content, using Safari as your browser when accessing the content.

Location:

  • University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) Critical Care Tower Conference Rooms, Fourth Floor 4E-007A & 4E-007B.
  • Click here to view on the UNM Campus map and get directions to the building.
Parking
  • No reserved parking near event.
  • Use designated UNM HSC parking and factor this into your RAE schedule.
Time Zone
  • RAE Sessions run from 8AM to 5PM Mountain Time.
  • Be advised th RAE session time attendance defaults to the device's timezone used to attend session (Example: A smartphone set to central time that is used to mark attendance for RAE Session Day 1 will list RAE Session Day 1 running from 9AM - 6 PM Central Time. ) 

Dress code

  • Required: Clean, casual and comfortable (Examples: Shirt, blouse, closed shoes, pants, skirt, jeans)
  • Suggested: Business casual. 

 

Faculty and Staff:

  • Deepti Rao, MD, Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, and Director, Clinical Education Development for Continuous Professional Learning
  • Ali Nakip, MD, MEd, CEDS, Psychiatry, Associate Dean for Continuous Professional Learning
  • Poone Haghani Tehrani, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,  Associate Director of Feedback Initiative.
  • Abu Baker Sheikh, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
  • N. Mariam Salas, MD, Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education
  • Evelyn Lockhart MD MScBMC , Vice Chair of Education, Department of Pathology Director, Pathology Residency Program, Professor of Pathology
  • Lanier Lopez, MD, Associate Dean, Pediatrics and GME
  • C. Carl Peterson, MEd., M.S., Training and Development Consultant for Continuous Professional Learning
  • Cecilia Gutierrez, Academic Coordinator for Continuous Professional Learning
  • Alisa Illescas, MD, FAIHM Course Director, Clinical Reasoning 2, School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
  • Original Release Date: 03/31/2026
  • Most recent review and update: 10/06/2026