Table 1.

Credit Requirements to Graduate With the Yale Clinician Educator Distinction

Didactics and Observation (35 credits)	Teaching With Direct Feedback (30 credits)	Education Scholarship (20 credits)	Leadership and Administration (Optional)
CED evening curriculum sessions (2)	Medical student clinical skills workshops (5)	Institution-sponsored conference presentation (10)	CED resident leader (varies)
Institution-sponsored education or faculty development didactics (2)	Medical student case conferences or simulation (2)	Regional/national conference presentation (10)	Curriculum committee (varies)
Medical education conference attendance (5)	Resident peer teaching conferences (5)	Published education manuscript (20)	Regional/national education committee (varies)
Structured observation of faculty or peer teaching (1)	Bedside teaching (3)	Contribution to durable curricular material (5)
	Journal club (3)	Scholarship reviewing for journals or conferences (5)

Abbreviation: CED, Clinician Educator Distinction.

Note: Credit totals in the header represent the minimum number of credits required per category; (n) indicates the number of credits assigned to each completed activity. Each credit represents an expected 1 hour of investment on the part of the trainee.