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| Programs and Resources for your Professional Development - June 2023
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In This Issue of the CFE Newsletter
- Cohort 21 of the Master Teacher Leadership Development Program
Recap of our Junior Faculty Career Exploration & Development Program for Clinical Faculty
Fundamentals of Leadership Program Participants
Education Research Grant Awardees
SMHS Faculty Achievements
- CFE SMHS Faculty Spotlight Series - Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Dr. Julie Bauman, and Dr. Anisha Abraham
- New Online CME-Granting Workshop: Fostering a Psychologically Safe Clinical Learning Environment
- Faculty Focused Resources:
Register for AAMC IDEAS Learning Webinars
Register for AAMC Webinar Series focused on Scholarly Publishing
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Congratulations to the graduates of Cohort 21 of the Master Teacher Leadership Development Program!
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Brandon Beattie, PA-C – Physician Assistant Studies
Melissa Carroll, PhD – Anatomy and Cell Biology
Alexandra Espinel, MD – Pediatrics - Otolaryngology
Jeannie Chang Pitter, MD – Pediatrics - General and Community Pediatrics
Theiline Gborkorquellie, MD – Pediatrics - General and Community Pediatrics
Rachel Haimowitz, MD – Pediatrics - Hospital Medicine
Salim Lala, MD – Surgery
Lei Lynn, MD – Internal Medicine – Hospital Medicine
Amanda Miller, MD – Emergency Medicine
Sara Rahman, MD – Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dennis Ren, MD – Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine
Maleeha Ruhi, MD – Internal Medicine – Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Hemalatha Srinivasalu, MD – Pediatrics - Rheumatology
Kitman Wai, MD – Pediatrics - Critical Care Medicine
The Master Teacher Leadership Development Program (MTLDP) is a 10-month, 5-course, cohort-based program for SMHS faculty who teach medical and/or health sciences students, residents and/or fellows. The program's purposes are to enhance teaching skills, develop education leadership potential, and foster scholarship in education. Applications open every fall to begin the program the following year in the fall. See more information at https://mtldp.smhs.gwu.edu/.
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Thank you to our Junior Faculty Career Exploration & Development Program Participants!
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Joey Bahng, MD
Chelsey Bowman, PhD
Charelle Carter-Brooks, MD, MSC
Wei-Liang Chen, MD
Colleen Cotton, MD
Irena Manukyan, MD, PhD
Caitlin Mingey, MD
Katherine Ottolini, MD
Mehdi Tavakoli-Dastjerdi, MD
We also want to thank our wonderful Speakers; Dr. Jim Scott, Dr. Yolanda Haywood, Dr. Priti Bhansali, Dr. Eric Heinz, and Dr. Hope Jackson.
The Junior Faculty Career Exploration & Development Workshop is a half-day professional development event designed for junior faculty to explore and discuss specific strategies to enhance their careers. If you are interested in participating in this program, please visit our website when applications re-open in the Fall for all faculty.
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Congratulations to our Fundamentals of Leadership Program Participants!
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Fundamentals of Leadership is a seven-month, cohort-based program to improve the leadership capabilities of full-time SMHS faculty and staff. Participants attend learning sessions and receive mentoring from a senior member of SMHS. The participants and their projects are listed below. For more information on this program, please visit our website here; applications for the next cohort will open in early September.
- ElShadey Bekele, MD - Children’s National Medical-Financial Partnership for low-income families
- Andrew Choi, MD - Complex Lipid Program in Cardiovascular Prevention for GW Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
- Bart Gillum, DSc, PA-C - Improving Post-bac Pre-med Program
- Emma Levine - Improving graduation rates and satisfaction for at-risk students
- Christina Prather, MD, FACP - Palliative Care Program
- Mandi Pratt-Chapman, PhD, MA - BEAT-C DEIJ Cancer Center Task Force
- Leah Steckler, MD - Geriatric Emergency Department
- Rosemary Thomas-Mohtat, MD - Improving the Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound Team
- Marianne Vail, DHSc, PA-C - Improving Academic Advising of Physician Assistant Students
- Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH - Incorporating DEIJ Values in the Departmental Faculty Hiring Process
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CFE Education Research Grant Awardees for 2023
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Congratulations to the Awardees of the 2023 Education Research Grants!
Evaluating the Outcomes of an Antiracism Training Course: Disrupting Institutional Racism
P.I. - Olanrewaju (Lanre) Falusi, MD, Dept. of Pediatrics at Children’s National Hospital
Co-Inv. - Maranda C. Ward, EdD, MPH, Dept. of Clinical Research & Leadership
Ultrasound Curriculum for the PA Student
P.I. - Sawali R. Sudarshan, MD, PhD, Dept. of Physician Assistant Studies
Co-PI - Tamara Ritsema, PhD, MPH, PA-C/R, Dept. of Physician Assistant Studies
A Classroom Without Walls: Investigating learning in students, faculty, and participants during a community engaged mobility screening
P.I.- Erin Wentzell, PT, DPT, DrPH, Dept. of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Co-PI - Karen Goodman, PT, DPT, Dept. of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Co-Inv. - Jason Dring, PT, DPT and Keith Cole, PT, DPT, PhD, MBiomedE, OCS
The myth of value free education: Exploring medical student positioning when discussing politically charged, health-relevant topics
P.I. - Zareen Zaidi, MD, PhD, Dept. of Medicine and
Co-P.I. - Maram Alkhatib MD, Dept. of Medicine
Co-Inv - Shazia Samanani MD and Bridget O’Brien, PhD
We are grateful for the time and effort of the CFE Education Research Grant Review Committee: Anthony Artino, Priti Bhansali, Joe Bocchino, Ellen Goldman, Dee Dee Herrmann, Patricia Latham, and Paige McDonald.
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Congratulations to Leah Steckler, MD, and Christina Prather, MD, FACP, whose Geriatric ED proposal was recently accepted by the Washington Home Foundation. Their proposal supports a series of Geriatric ED programmatic enhancements, including an onsite patient navigator who will help arrange medical follow-up and needed social services for our elderly population.
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Congratulations to Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership, who was recently selected to be a part of the 2023-2024 cohort of Campus Compact’s Engaged Scholars Initiative. The Engaged Scholars Initiative consists of a diverse group of early-career faculty and staff who are equipped to lead equity-focused change at their institution and in communities. Scholars were nominated by institutional leaders and were selected based on their commitment to centering equity in their civic and community engagement work.
Dr. Maranda Ward was also recently featured on Good Morning Washington ABC Channel 7 for the Juneteenth segment, where she addressed health equity in the District as it relates to the celebration of freedom. You can view the full video here.
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June Faculty Spotlight Series - Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Dr. Julie Bauman, and Dr. Anisha Abraham
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Join the CFE as we highlight LaQuandra Nesbitt, MD, MPH, who discusses her role as Senior Associate Dean for Population Health and Health Equity and the Executive Director of the Center for Population Health Sciences and Health Equity (CPHSHE) and her work within the GW and DC communities. Read the full interview here.
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Join the CFE as we highlight Julie Bauman, MD, MPH, who discusses her role as the Director of the GW Cancer Center and her journey within Medical Oncology, academic medicine, and leadership. Dr. Bauman also discusses her goals for the future of the center and gives advice to others who are interested in developing as leaders. Read the full interview here.
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Join the CFE as we highlight Anisha Abraham, MD, MPH, who discusses her global career journey and current roles as Chief of the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine and Director of the Donald Delaney Eating Disorders Clinic. Dr. Abraham also speaks about prevalent issues facing the health and wellness of young people and her Division's continued partnerships with the broader community to navigate these challenges. Read the full interview here.
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| New Online CME-Granting Workshop: Fostering a Psychologically Safe Clinical Learning Environment
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Psychological safety is a property of a group or team, and it is needed to ensure learning and optimal performance. As leaders of learning teams, SMHS educators must know how to cultivate psychologically safe environments. There is a new self-paced, online, CME-granting module created and published by the CFE on Fostering a Psychologically Safe Clinical Learning Environment. Please check it out or contact the CFE at cfe@gwu.edu to schedule a live presentation of this workshop.
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Faculty Focused Resources
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) IDEAS Learning Webinars are free resources for registered members. AAMC membership is also free. The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-racism Series page: https://cloud.email.aamc.org/ideas outlines all recorded webinars and additional resources.
The IDEAS Learning Webinars are led by experts with the purpose to provide "comprehensive, reliable information." These educational series are helpful to health and medical faculty, staff, and students who want to be proactive in their efforts to foster inclusive environments and promote equity in medical schools.
Register: AAMC Webinar Series focused on Scholarly Publishing
Register for a monthly webinar series hosted by the editorial teams of the AAMC’s 2 peer-reviewed journals, Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL. Sessions will cover the importance of publishing your education scholarship and practical suggestions for how to do so successfully, and will include interactive exercises to practice what you have learned and time for Q&A with the editorial teams of Academic Medicine and/or MedEdPORTAL. These sessions are open to all so please consider sharing with your peers, students, and others interested in these topics.
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