(Season 2, Ep. 9) Give it to Me Straight: Feedback Strategies that Get Results
Release Date: 09/13/2024
(Season 3, Ep. 2) Demystifying the Academic Clinician Track
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What does it mean to thrive on the Academic Clinician Track at Penn? As a matter of fact, what exactly makes the AC Track unique compared to the other faculty tracks? Our guests Eydie G. Miller-Ellis, M.D., Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Vice Chair for Academic/Faculty Affairs, Department of Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Chair of the COAP Sub-Committee on Academic Clinicians and Clinical Track Faculty and Portia A. Kreiger, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division Chief, Anatomic Pathology, The Children's...
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(Season 3, Ep. 1) On the Cutting Edge: Utilizing Artificial Intelligence in Medicine as a Leader
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What happens when a new tool emerges and its potential impact is still becoming apparent? Artificial Intelligence is one of the most controversial and least understood technologies emerging today. Our guest Ethan Mollick is the Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies the effects of artificial intelligence on work, entrepreneurship, and education. His academic research has been published in leading journals, and his work on AI is widely applied, leading him to be named one of TIME...
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(Season 1, Episode 11) Research Track: Trajectory, Impact and Success
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How can you succeed at Penn as a Research Track faculty member? Our guests Roderic G. Eckenhoff, MD, Austin Lamont Professor of Anesthesia and Co-Chair of Committee of Appointments and Promotions at PSOM and Nirmala Nirinjini Naidoo, Ph.D., Research Professor of Sleep Medicine sit down to illuminate this least understood track. Alongside host Meryl Cohen, they tackle what exactly makes this track different from the others that exist at the Perelman School of Medicine. After sorting through the wrinkles of the track, they discuss how to ensure that you build impact and prestige when you are...
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(Season 2, Ep. 10) Helping those who Help: Utilizing Penn COBALT to Maintain your Mental Wellness
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How can we make sure that the people first inline to help others during a crisis are well taken care of themselves? That question during the COVID pandemic led to the creation of Penn COBALT, a tool for the entire Penn Medicine community to help manage mental, financial, and personal health. Guest Rachel Kishton, MD, MSHP, Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health and Medical Director of the Penn Medicine COBALT Program joins us to share how Penn achieves results through this innovative tool. Alongside host Meryl Cohen, they discuss how COBALT came to exist and the...
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(Season 2, Special Episode) Clinician Educator Panel: Myths, Questions, and Advice for the CE Track
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What does it take to succeed on the CE track, and how does that contrast to what new faculty think it takes to succeed? In this special episode, a live panel discussion with prominent faculty on COAP and in the CE track respond to questions frequently asked by new faculty in the CE track at PSOM. Host Meryl Cohen shares her own experiences as well as guiding the conversation through topics that can change the way you work in academic medicine. The panel discusses how many publications are REALLY required for promotion and the qualityof those publications. They share how they are able to...
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(Season 2, Ep. 9) Give it to Me Straight: Feedback Strategies that Get Results
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How do you successful navigate difficult but necessary feedback to learners? Every situation is unique, but there are best practices and frameworks that can make those conversations more positive and productive. Our guests Ben Abella, former William G. Baxt, M.D. Professor in Emergency Medicine at PSOM and current Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Jennifer Kogan, Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Director, Medical Education Area of Concentration for Medical Students, Perelman School of Medicine,...
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(Season 2, Ep. 8) The Right Way to Write: Scholarly Production Strategies that Work
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How can a faculty member balance teaching duties, clinical requirements, and multiple professional obligations to create impactful scholarly writing? It's not an easy task, but this episode focuses on strategies that have helped our guests and their colleagues eexemplify impactful scholarly production. Fran Barg, PhD, MEd, Emeritus Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, and Ellen Kim, Professor of Dermatology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, join us to share their experiences. Alongside host Meryl Cohen, they discuss why scholarly productivity needs designed and...
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(Season 2, Ep. 7) The 3AM Call from Sweden: Dr. Katalin Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman Share their Nobel Prize-Winning Trajectory
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How will know when your work is leading to a discovery that can help improve and save the lives of millions, and what does it take to persevere through the obstacles in achieving that work? This special epsiode looks at what happens when chocolate and peanut butter meet and greatness occurs. Our guests are the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipients Dr. Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Dr. Drew Weissman, MD, PhD. Their discoveries lead to develop of an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 and opens the door to new ways to manage disease through new approaches to vaccine development, immunology,...
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(Season 2, Ep. 6) Starting off Strong: Strategies for your First Years on Faculty
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What does it take to find your niche in academic medicine? This episode shares what faculty can do to start off strong in their new role. Our guest is Dr. Lisa Bellini, MD, the Senior Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at Perelman School of Medicine, Vice Chair of Education and Inpatient Services for the Department of Medicine, Professor of Medicine, and winner of numerous teaching awards. Most recently, she was awarded the . Alongside host Meryl Cohen, the discussion explains why being too diffuse is such a common pitfall for new faculty and why saying no early in your career makes...
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(Season 2, Ep. 5) Be Well and Do Well: Balancing Wellness and Work as a Leader
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Is burnout inevitable, or is there a way to achieve balance between work, home, and personal obligations? Our guests share their insights and philosophies on wellness, as well as offering some best practices to those who lead and teach others. We are joined by Dr. Benoit Dubé, the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural Chief Wellness Officer as well as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine. We are also joined by Dr. Miriam Stewart, Assistant Vice President and Chief Well-being Officer at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Assistant Professor of Clinical...
info_outlineHow do you successful navigate difficult but necessary feedback to learners? Every situation is unique, but there are best practices and frameworks that can make those conversations more positive and productive. Our guests Ben Abella, former William G. Baxt, M.D. Professor in Emergency Medicine at PSOM and current Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Jennifer Kogan, Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Director, Medical Education Area of Concentration for Medical Students, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania share the tips that have helped them (and others) over the course of their careers.
Host Meryl asks them to share how they provide feedback to different populations, like medical students, residents, or colleagues. Ben and Jen share how they can gauge how much feedback learners can process without breaking down rapport, and they talk about how timing of feedback factors into their feedback philosophies. For anyone looking to hone their leadership skills, this episode is a must-listen!