A group of CIRTL colleagues recently published a study in Anatomical Sciences Education on the long-term outcomes of “Transforming Your Research into Teaching (TYRIT),” a multi-institutional CIRTL Network program for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars focused on course design skills. The study investigates whether TYRIT participants utilized their course designs and pedagogical skills in future work and how they perceived the program’s value in hindsight.
The research, involving over 600 TYRIT alumni, illustrates that skills learned during the program consistently resulted in implemented projects across a multi-year timeline. Furthermore, the findings show that TYRIT successfully met needs particular to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the sciences, including pedagogical skills, social support, and career development. This offers a compelling model for expanding the education workforce pipeline and preparing future faculty.
Authors: Katherine Kearns, Charmian Lam, Rajagopal Sankaranarayanan, Darren S. Hoffmann