At Yale School of Medicine (YSM), in close collaboration with faculty, you are encouraged to build your own paths and pursue your unique passions and interests, through mentored thesis research, opportunities for leadership and advocacy, special programs, and joint degrees. Students in the Yale System assume responsibility for their professional development within a community of learners dedicated to each other, their patients, and society.
About Medical Education
The Office of the Deputy Dean for Education is responsible for the educational mission of Yale School of Medicine (YSM) in support of faculty and trainees along the continuum of undergraduate (UME), graduate (GME), and continuing medical education (CME).
Medical Education encompasses the MD, Physician Assistant Online, and Physician Associate Programs including admissions, curriculum, financial aid, student affairs, and student research, as well non-degree programs and resources such as Program for Humanities in Medicine, Program for Biomedical Ethics, Global Health Education, YSM Center for Medical Education, Continuing Medical Education, The Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation, and the Cushing Whitney Medical Library.
In addition, the Office of the Deputy Dean for Education guides strategic planning, continuous quality improvement, accreditation, and communications for medical education at YSM.
MD Program Physician Associate Program Forward-looking and innovative curriculum, accessible faculty, small class size, and affiliation with a premier academic health system create a unique learning environment where our physician associate students actualize their full potential.Physician Assistant Online Yale’s PA Online Program awards a Master of Medical Science (MMSc) degree and prepares graduates to seek licensure as physician assistants.Global Health Education Global Health involves understanding the challenges health systems face in attaining health equity for all, understanding the social, economic, and political drivers of health, providing clinical care to underserved patients, and advocacy for individual patients and communities.
Program for Humanities in Medicine The medical humanities – which includes art, music, literature, drama, writing, philosophy, history, and more – can enrich our lives in medicine, increase our ability to observe, help us understand perspectives other than our own, shed light on community concerns, expose our assumptions, and provide a means for grappling with the inherent uncertainty in medicine.Program for Biomedical Ethics Our interdisciplinary team draws upon philosophy, law, and social and behavioral sciences to provide expert biomedical ethics consultations for families, researchers, physicians, and other health care providers.
Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation The Yale Center for Healthcare Simulation (YCHS) is a safe space for learning, where mistakes can be a learning tool, for medical students, physician associate students, and residents.
Academic & Professional Development OAPD is committed to helping faculty at Yale School of Medicine thrive in their research, educational, and clinical careers.Center for Medical Education Staff and leadership at the Center for Medical Education work with you to develop and enrich curricula, enhance teaching and assessment skills, and design a medical education research project.Continuing Medical Education Yale Continuing Medical Education is committed to providing the highest-quality learning opportunities for physicians and other health care professionals.Cushing/Whitney Medical Library The Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library provides access to an extensive array of information resources and tools, offers research assistance and expertise, and delivers meaningful services to our users.
Medical Education Resources
Education and the pursuit of academics at Yale are at the heart of everything we do.