M.D. Program

I-EXPLORE Conference 2026

Save the date! The 2026 I-EXPLORE Conference will take place Wednesday, May 13 in the UC Davis School of Medicine Education Building, 11:00-4:30.

This year, the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) and the Office of Medical Education (OME) are excited to bring you I-EXPLORE Fundamentals and the annual Spring conference in a joint event.

I-EXPLORE Fundamentals will take place from 11:00-12:30, and the Spring Conference will take place 1:00-4:30, with lunch for all from 12:30-1:00. This event is open to all UC Davis faculty and Visiting Clinical Professors (VCP). 

  • I-EXPLORE Fundamentals will encompass an introduction to the educational approach used within the M.D. program. It includes information specific to I-EXPLORE educator roles, responsibilities, collaboration, pedagogy, design, and delivery.
  • The Spring Conference will focus on the use of the M.D. program's graduation competencies, assessing graduation competencies, and assessment approaches and design.

Registration will open in March!

If you are looking for on-demand preceptor faculty development, the sessions from the Nurturing Inclusive Clinical Education conference are available in the left navigation panel, and faculty development specific to the Health Science Educators' Academy for Learning (HEAL), can be located here.

I-EXPLORE Achievement Awards

The I-EXPLORE (Integrated EXplorative Patient and Learner ORiented Education) Achievement Awards began in Spring 2023. All faculty who participate in I-EXPLORE are eligible for the Achievement Awards. Annually, the Achievement Award nomination form is sent to all I-EXPLORE funded faculty (e.g., Course Directors, Discipline Leaders, etc.). The recipients are selected by Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) Chair and the Associate Dean for Curriculum and Medical Education. The list of award recipients is located on the Faculty Executive Committee webpage, available via this link.