Tahniat Syed, MD, clinical director for the division, and Ana Radovic, MD, MSc, associate fellowship program director oversee a range of teaching activities within the division. Current teaching responsibilities include:
- Directing the required PGY-2 rotation in adolescent medicine for pediatrics, medicine-pediatrics, and triple-board residents
- Precepting fellows in adolescent medicine
- Precepting and mentoring for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders program interdisciplinary trainees
- Coordinating the Combined Ambulatory Medicine and Pediatrics Clerkship (CAMP-C) ambulatory care course for second-year students
- Lecturing for the pediatric resident noon conferences
- Codirecting Advanced Medical Interviewing, a required four-week course for second-year medical students
- Providing monthly lectures for third-year medical students (Introduction to Adolescent Medicine)
- Giving lectures for medical students signed up for the pediatric clerkship Introduction to Adolescent Medicine
- Mentoring graduate students across disciplines for community-oriented projects sponsored by the Bridging the Gaps Program and the Albert Schweitzer Foundation.
Dhar is actively involved with the teaching of adolescent medicine fellows. She has started a monthly lecture series for the residents on the adolescent medicine clerkship on topics such as STIs, contraception, abnormal uterine bleeding, and the care for gender-expansive youth. She oversees the confidentiality lectures for all CAMP-C students for the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dhar conducts Advanced Medical Interviewing and Advanced Physical Exam Courses for medical students and is a facilitator for the Diversity Seminar Series for the University’s class of 2021.