Educational Landscapes

Varun Phadke, MD is Director of the microbiology thread in the preclinical phase of the MD curriculum, Director of the internal medicine clerkship in the third year of the MD curriculum, Associate Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, and Assistant Vice Chair of Education for Clinical Reasoning in the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of medicine. In this episode Varun talks about how he's been passionate about education since grade school, but it was only when he went into his fellowship program that he was shown various pathways to make pursue education within medicine. Varun's words of wisdom for aspiring educators and education leaders include "you're not alone. Find colleagues, mentors, sponsors, collaborators to help you further the impact of your ideas." "I think your learners know more than you think they do. And your job is not to make them know more. Your job is to help them think through what they already know." and "when you have no clear defined role, that means many people are going to think that you are tasked with helping them, which may or may not be true, even if it's exciting for you."

Resources

• The Moth | Podcast
• Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting
• Home - AAIM (Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine)
• Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine

Kristy Martyn, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN is a tenured professor in the School of Nursing and Associate Dean for Education, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University. In this episode Kristy talks about her description of the term resilience and how it guides her actions; the importance of being people oriented, a good nice person, and a team player; and what it means to be an organizational champion. Kristy's words of wisdom include "have the confidence to pursue what you want to pursue. And in this case, with administration in academia, we have opportunity for influence that I think is appealing to many people. And go for it. Go for it." and "recognizing and appreciating the contributions of others that we work with and supporting that. And I guess that fits a lot of what I've already said in terms of openness to new ways, and actually enacting that kind of support as well has worked well for me."

Resources

• Emory Nursing - US News and World Report rankings
• Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing – The leading authority for nursing education accreditation
• Teaching In Higher Ed Podcast – Teaching in Higher Ed
• HBR IdeaCast

Delia Lang, PhD, MPH, is Executive Associate Dean for Educational Affairs at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. In this episode, Delia talks about her experiences being part of an exceptional team that has successfully navigated re-accreditation with new standards (led by Delia!) and working on a new strategic plan that will re-envision what RSPH does and how they deliver education and training. Delia's words of wisdown for aspriring educators and education leaders include "follow that passion and what's in your gut in terms of education and how you want to be involved in educating the next generation of students and leaders out there, whatever your discipline is." and [with regard to delegating] "who do you have to engage, make a plan for that and equip them to be successful in that, and then be specific in your delegation and give the guidance and the support and the parameters for what needs to be done."

Resources

• Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) – The Voice of Academic Public Health
• Rollins School of Public Health | Office of Evidence Based Learning
• Rollins School of Public Health | BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL, AND HEALTH EDUCATION SCIENCES (BSHES)

Mark Mullins, MD, PhD is Vice Chair for Education, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University. In this episode, Mark talks about how he developed a passion for education early in his undergraduate training and how having people skills is very, very useful for educational leaders. Mark's words of wisdom include "just put yourself in position to succeed and you got a better chance of succeeding.", "if you have substance and you don't market yourself, that's a lost opportunity", and "Everybody needs to support the education mission too. We need everybody, for sure. And those people who can at all become the champions for it, we need you. We need you. We need the next generation and the next generation."

Resources

• Teaching | Emory School of Medicine - See the section on "Learning to be Better Teachers"
• Association of University Radiologists

Taiwana Daniels, MBA, MIS is the Senior Associate Director and ACGME Institutional Coordinator, Graduate Medical Education, Emory University School of Medicine. In this episode, Taiwana shares lessons learned through her 16 year journey in Graduate Medical Education, from Admin Assistant to Senior Associate Director. Her words of advice to others include "Just to believe in yourself and do not let your past determine your future; that you can achieve anything that you work hard towards. It's going to take work, but it's worth it in the end. And just know that you can do it, and I think most important, believe in yourself."

Resources

• Administrative Professionals | Emory University | Atlanta GA
• Essentials of Leadership | Emory University | Atlanta GA
• ACGME Home

George D. Fulk, PT, PhD, FAPTA is Director of the Division of Physical Therapy and Director of the new Center for Physical Therapy and Movement Science, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University. In this episode, George talks about how he came to physical therapy as a second/third career and how his prior training in political science helps him navigate "political waters of different higher education institutions". George's words of wisdom include "...embrace change. Because change happens all the time, and so if you're hesitant to change, then you are already going to be behind."

Resources

• Peer Instruction | Ed Mazur
• American Physical Therapy Association | APTA
• Doctor of Physical Therapy Program | Emory School of Medicine

Laura Kimble, PhD, RN, FNP-C, FAHA, FAAN is Associate Dean for Academic Operations, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University. In this episode Laura talks about how her upbringing helped shape the type of leader she is and the importance of negotiation skills in leadership. Laura also shares some words of wisdom such as "it's good to have clarity about who you are and what you bring to the institution".

Resources

• Cormac McCarthy, The Road
• Narnia Books by C. S. Lewis | Narnia.com
• Harry Potter books
• Home - American Academy of Nursing Main Site

Nassoma Bumpers, PA is Chief of Education and Professional Development, Office of Advanced Practice Providers, Emory Healthcare and Co-director of the Winship Oncology APP fellowship. In this episode Nassoma talks about her journey from respiratory therapist to physician assistant to champion for APP professional development, first at the Winship Cancer Institute level, and then more broadly across Emory Healthcare. She talks about the importance of compassion, great communication, negotiating, and mentoring skills for educators and education leaders. She also talks about the importance of having an attitude of, "Well, yes, let me try that."

Resources

• Advanced Practice Providers Fellowship Program | Winship Cancer Institute
• Office of Advanced Practice Providers APPs at Emory Career Center
• Vanderbilt Office of Advanced Practice
• Rollins School of Public Health | Rollins School of Public Health
• WHEA Teaching Fellowship

Lauren Christiansen-Lindquist, PhD, MPH is Director of Graduate Studies for our MPH and MSPH Programs in Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health. In this episode, Lauren talks about the importance of learning, growing, inclusion, and belonging within education and educational leadership. She also provides recommendations for aspiring educators and leaders including "focus on equity and inclusion in all we do", "have a heart for education and for students and the student experience", highlights the importance of "learning the landscape of the program and recognizing how many different players are involved".

Resources

• Fundamentals of Epidemiology - Expected publication date: October 2023
• Ibram X. Kendi
• #epiTwitter - Epidemiology community on Twitter

Millie Sattler , DNP, RN, CCRN is the Corporate Director of Nurse Retention and Career Development Strategies for Emory Healthcare. In this episode Millie talks about the importance of helping connect the dots for people as a leadership skill and how important mentoring and precepting are for succession planning. Some key quotes from this episode include "small goals make long-term wins" and "when you invest in yourself, you are in internally investing in others."

Resources

• American Nurses Association (ANA)
• ANCC Nursing Professional Development Certification (NPD-BC™)
• WHEA Teaching Fellowship