Improving the education of healthcare professionals around the world
A global, collaborative organization improving the knowledge, skills, and performance of educators in the health professions.
About Us
What We Do - Virtual or In-Person!
At Meducate Global, we provide strategic consultation, training, and capacity-building support to individuals and organizations working in healthcare education worldwide.
Educational Strategy & System Consultation
- Design and optimize CPD, CME, and IPCE programs to achieve higher-level outcomes, including behavior change and improved health outcomes
- Consult with global stakeholders to localize and scale healthcare education across regions and cultures
- Evaluate and strengthen systems and practices for educating health professionals worldwide
- Support research and development in team-based learning and interprofessional continuing education (IPCE)
Capacity Building & Faculty Development
- Build capacity for health professions educators and healthcare systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries
- Deliver structured training across the educational continuum—from undergraduate through continuing professional development (CPD)
- Facilitate faculty development workshops that enhance teaching skills, curriculum design, and educational leadership
Communication & Presentation Skills
- Improve presentation and communication skills for health professions educators, clinicians, and those who work with or speak to healthcare professionals
- Use storytelling and real-world narratives to help educators and clinicians make their presentations more memorable, relevant, and impactful
- Incorporate improv techniques to build confidence, adaptability, and connection with audiences—especially in dynamic or unpredictable teaching environments
- Coach non-healthcare professionals in applying adult learning principles and learning science to enhance sales, marketing, and public speaking
Thought Leadership & Engagement
- Deliver keynote and plenary presentations at global conferences
- Lead conversations on the evolving role of CPD across the continuum of health professions education
- Collaborate with organizations to advance educational policy, practice, and innovation in health professions education
Cultural Sensitivity and Appreciation
All projects are developed collaboratively with local expertise and involvement. We believe that it is hard enough to be competent in one's own culture, so it is incredibly important to be sensitive to all others.
Who We Are
Lawrence Sherman FACEHP, FRSM, CHCP is a global inspirational learning facilitator. He is the President of Meducate Global, LLC, focusing on improving the knowledge, skills, and performance of educators of healthcare professionals around the world. His expertise in CPD, faculty development, and presentation/communications skills is helping health professions educators develop and improve globally. He was formerly Senior Vice President, Strategic Education at AGILE (Academy for Global Interprofessional Learning and Education), a Swiss-based global provider of interprofessional continuing education (IPCE).
Core Services
Learning Science/Education Consultation and Globalization
We help organizations around the world apply evidence-based learning science to make education more meaningful, effective, and impactful.
Meducate Global partners with CME/CPD/IPCE providers, academic institutions, healthcare organizations, professional societies, medical communications firms, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies to ensure that educational activities are designed with intention—not just focused on the what and how, but also the why.
Our services include:
- Integrating adult learning and educational psychology principles into content design and delivery
- Localizing and globalizing education to meet the needs of diverse learners across regions and cultures
- Advising on strategy and structure for international education rollouts
- Supplying and/or training expert moderators for live, virtual, and hybrid learning events
Current and past clients range from academic centers and specialty societies to independent medical education providers and small to large pharmaceutical companies.
Faculty Development and Support for Educators of Healthcare Professionals
Provide structured face-to-face and digital education to improve competence, confidence, and performance in health professions educators across the continuum.
Communications and Presentation Skills Training
Work with health professions faculty at all levels, healthcare professionals, other educators, and those in private industry who are tasked with giving live or virtual presentations to 10 or 10,000 people to maximize impact and minimize stress!
Additionally, coaching and training for individuals and small groups on how to have critical conversations with patients, families, caregivers, colleagues, customers, and others.
Assessments of Healthcare Professional Education Systems Globally
Working independently and in collaboration with organizations like the International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE), assess the status of healthcare professions education in systems around the world, helping to provide opportunities for improvement across the healthcare education continuum, from undergraduate through CPD.