Building better educators

Health workforce training only responds to community need if the people teaching it are equipped to make it do so. Faculty development is where that change takes hold, which is why TUFH runs the Teaching Fellowship: a program that prepares educators, practitioners and institutional leaders to design and deliver socially accountable health workforce education where they are.

The Fellowship is built on the Health Workforce for the Public Good (HWEPG) program, and its purpose is replication. Fellows do not just learn the material. They leave with a plan to run their own version of it locally, and TUFH mentors them while they do.

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  Three pillarsSocial accountability, interprofessional education and collaborative care, and health workforce competency standards
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  Six live sessions, then a projectTwo hours each, weekly, followed by mentoring while fellows build their local program
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  Up to 20 Senior Fellows a yearA transnational cohort of leaders, innovators and educators from health workforce institutions
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  Then it travelsCenters of Excellence use the TUFH Teaching Fellowship Playbook to run their own locally adapted version

The TUFH Teaching Fellowship

The Fellowship draws on the four HWEPG courses: Social Accountability, Appreciative Inquiry and Resilience, Interprofessional Education, and Transformative Leadership. Across six sessions, fellows move from defining a problem in their own setting through to a plan they can implement and evaluate.

What fellows will be able to do

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  Develop and lead a planFor a customized local course on social accountability and health workforce education
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  Define clear, measurable learning objectivesAnd module structures aligned to local needs
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  Facilitate engaging, inclusive sessionsThat foster peer learning and reflection
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  Use education as a lever for changeIncluding accreditation, program evaluation and institutional leadership
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  Guide others to develop local projectsThat address community health priorities

The project

Every fellow works on one project throughout: the design, development, implementation and evaluation plan for their own regional version of HWEPG. Assignments build it step by step, and the final module is where fellows present it. After the six sessions, mentoring continues while the program is refined and launched.

Earning the certificate

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  Attend at least four of the six live sessionsA minimum of 66% attendance
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  Complete the assigned readings and activitiesIncluding at least one post or response in each session’s discussion forum on tufh.org
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  Deliver the capstone presentationPurpose and objectives, implementation strategy and timeline, community or institutional partners, and an evaluation approach

Fellows who go further, for example by implementing a full local HWEPG course within a year, may be nominated for recognition at the annual TUFH Conference.

The six modules

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  Effective faculty developmentWhat makes faculty development work, and applying it to your own environment. Assignment: project rationale, stakeholders and literature
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  The public goodStrategies for identifying the public good, and using appreciative inquiry to talk to faculty about it. Assignment: the intervention, its timeline and costs
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  Tools of changeLeadership models and appreciative inquiry as instruments for change. Assignment: outcomes and a theory of change
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  Tools for working togetherTalking to faculty about interprofessional education, and the challenges of working across professions. Assignment: delivery, team and communication plan
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  Project evaluationAligning development, implementation and evaluation into one plan. Assignment: measuring impact
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  Capstone presentationFellows present their plan for a new faculty development program and give feedback on each other’s

2027 session dates

Six weekly sessions on Mondays, all at 14:00–16:00 UTC.

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  Monday 1 March 202714:00–16:00 UTC
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  Monday 8 March 202714:00–16:00 UTC
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  Monday 15 March 202714:00–16:00 UTC
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  Monday 22 March 202714:00–16:00 UTC
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  Monday 29 March 202714:00–16:00 UTC
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  Monday 5 April 202714:00–16:00 UTC · capstone presentations
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  Monday 31 May 202714:00–16:00 UTC · group mentoring begins

Individual mentoring is available on request after the six sessions. Calendar invitations are sent to every selected fellow.

How to apply

Applications for the 2027 cohort open in November 2026. The Fellowship is for educators, practitioners and institutional leaders committed to advancing social accountability and health workforce transformation in their region.

What an application includes

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  Career goalsHow the Fellowship will help advance them, in 50 words or fewer
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  Your local HWEPG projectIts purpose, how you will build support for it, the people available to you, the challenges you anticipate and your timeline. 100 words maximum per answer
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  An institutional support letterSigned by a Dean, Director or Department Head, endorsing you and committing the institution to developing the local project
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  Your CVCovering relevant academic, teaching and leadership experience

Who is prioritized

Preference goes to applicants from existing TUFH Centers of Excellence, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, India, the Philippines and Indonesia, and from prioritized regions including Colombia, Peru, the United Kingdom, Australia, China, Thailand, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Cost

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  TUFH membersNo cost
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  Non-members50% of the individual TUFH membership fee

Questions about eligibility or the application are welcome any time.

Email the TUFH secretariat

Fellowship session recordings

All six sessions from the 2025 cohort, recorded in full.

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  Module 1 · Effective faculty development2025 cohort · Watch the session
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  Module 2 · The public good2025 cohort · Watch the session
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  Module 3 · Tools of change2025 cohort · Watch the session
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  Module 4 · Tools for working together2025 cohort · Watch the session
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  Module 5 · Project evaluation2025 cohort · Watch the session
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  Module 6 · Capstone presentation2025 cohort · Watch the session

Interprofessional education

Expert lectures from the TUFH archive on interprofessional education and collaborative practice.

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  Overview of Interprofessional EducationBarbara Maxwell · Watch
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  Consensus-based partnerships: the heart of effective interprofessional education and collaborative practiceStefanus Snyman · Watch
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  Institutional adoption and implementation of Interprofessional EducationMohamed Elhassan Abdalla · Watch
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  Curriculum and faculty development influenced by reflections of healthcare providersNighat Huda · Watch
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  Project-based approach to interprofessional education and practiceCiraj Ali Mohammed · Watch
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  Interprofessional education for health care students in primary careTony Claeys · Watch
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  Creating an interprofessional community of practice for improvement of health professions educationSamar Ahmed · Watch
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  IPECP and the law: why does it matter?Marie-Andrée Girard · Watch
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  The role of pharmacy in interprofessional educationJosé Rodrigues Freire Filho · Watch
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  Advancing interprofessional education and integrated oral health careAnita Glicken · Watch
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  The education and certification of physician assistants and the PA role in interprofessional education and collaborative careMary Showstark · Watch
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  Interprofessional collaboration and health care teams in people-centred practice and careJohn HV Gilbert · Watch
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  Better health outcomes through interprofessional collaboration in education and practiceJusie Lydia Siega Sur · keynote · Watch