This week on the Faculty Factory Podcast, we’re joined by Heather Brod to reflect on the transformative Career Development Coaching Camp for faculty. The camp is a supportive community empowering people to find new meaning in their careers. 

Heather is an executive coach and consultant. Prior to launching her consultancy, Heather was Executive Director at the Center for Faculty Advancement Mentoring and Engagement with the Ohio State University’s College of Medicine in Columbus.

She first appeared on our podcast one year ago for a memorable chat on executive coaching and leadership.  

In today's interview, Heather and Kim Skarupski, PhD, MPH, reminisce about the unforgettable career development coaching camp experience that took place last October. They recount the event where community was built, and sparks of inspiration and empowerment were ignited. 

From bridging the gaps of isolation to fostering peer coaching and mentorship, this episode highlights the transformative power of building connections and community in academic medicine. 

A similar experience could be created for late-career faculty members, early-career faculty members, and groups underrepresented in medicine (URM), who may be feeling especially isolated and disconnected.

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In this week’s episode of the Faculty Factory podcast, we have the honor of speaking with Lisa Bellini, MD, MACP, a prominent thought leader in academic medicine.

Dr. Bellini currently serves as Senior Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

The conversation revolves around Dr. Bellini and her colleague's influential paper, "The Definition of Faculty Must Evolve: A Call to Action," published in October 2020. This seminal work gets to the core of what it means to be a faculty member in today's dynamic and evolving landscape of academia.

Learn More: https://facultyfactory.org/lisa-bellini 

This week on the Faculty Factory podcast, we welcome back Jennifer Apps, PhD, as she shares her insights on the topic of "mental load" and offers practical strategies for effectively navigating it.

Dr. Apps explains that mental load refers to the cognitive effort involved in managing and organizing tasks, both in personal and professional life. The discussion is prompted by Dr. Apps' realization of her own mental load.

Recognizing the gender-based aspect of mental load, she delves deeper into understanding its impact on households and workplaces. The episode explores the concept of mental load, its effects, and ways to address it in different contexts.

Dr. Apps is a pediatric neuropsychologist at Children’s Wisconsin, a pediatric acute care children’s hospital in Milwaukee. She also serves as a professor and vice chair of faculty development in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Department. In addition, she is the associate provost of Faculty Affairs at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW).

She previously joined us for an episode titled 'How Faculty Can Succeed While Avoiding Overcommitment,' and you can listen to it here: https://facultyfactory.org/jennifer-apps/

When it comes to mental load, Dr. Apps describes the cognitive effort that goes into this as constant, never ending, and exhausting.

“I'm a big believer in gratitude and I believe that gratitude is a cognitive methodology that unlocks new ways of being able to look at situations,” she told us.

Jennifer Lee, MD, makes her triumphant return to our show this week to share with us her journey of becoming a leader and senior associate dean. She also walks us through how she prepared for leadership opportunities throughout her career while building her research, practice, and polishing her CV.

This week's edition of the Faculty Factory Podcast is dedicated to those folks who are considering leadership in the future but don't know exactly how to get there.

Furthermore, Dr. Lee talks to us about how to make sure you knock it out of the park once you do get a leadership position.

Dr. Lee serves as Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) and Pediatrics. She is also Associate Vice-Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development in ACCM with Johns Hopkins Medicine.

This is Dr. Lee's second time joining our program. Once you finish listening to today's episode, please make sure to go back and relisten to her phenomenal "Habits and Hacks" episode with us from 2021. You can find that here: https://facultyfactory.org/jennifer-lee/

In today's chat, she discusses how she prepared for leadership opportunities throughout her career, emphasizing the importance of merging passion with work. Driven by her interest in faculty development and gender equity, she pursued her goals relentlessly.

Dr. Lee highlights the significance of building a CV that reflects one's desired future job and creating opportunities for oneself by demonstrating dedication and expertise. Dr. Lee's interview underscores the importance of pursuing what one truly loves professionally and being ready to embrace unforeseen leadership possibilities.

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Lee Daugherty Biddison, MD, MPH, joins the Faculty Factory Podcast for the very first time this week, engaging in an in-depth discussion on wellness.

Currently serving as the Chief Wellness Officer and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Biddison brings her vast expertise to this discussion.

In the opening minutes of this interview, Dr. Biddison challenges the notion of wellness as an afterthought, urging listeners to prioritize their well-being alongside their work. She emphasizes that a balanced perspective enhances productivity, engagement, and creativity, empowering individuals to wholeheartedly pursue their values.

"I think it's really important for us to actually change our mindset around that and understand that being well at work, and the many diverse ways we can define that, is really foundational to accomplishing all the things that we want to do," she said.

Furthermore, Dr. Biddison outlines the key attributes crucial for cultivating a mindset of well-being, with self-awareness emerging as a pivotal element in personal growth.

Learn More: https://facultyfactory.org/wellbeing/ 

This week on the Faculty Factory, in honor of the upcoming Mother's Day holiday on Sunday, May 14th, we are replaying an episode that originally aired on July 22, 2022, called "Perseverance and the Art of Experiencing Joy with Priya Umapathi, MD."

This episode has an underlying message of love and gratitude for moms, and we thought it would be the perfect episode to get folks in the holiday spirit for this upcoming Mother's Day weekend.

Dr. Umapathi serves on the Advisory Board for Junior Faculty with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She also currently serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant/MCS.

Learn More: https://facultyfactory.org/priya-umapathi/    

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bM5T8HEx1kg   

This week's episode is a joint presentation of the Faculty Factory Podcast and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Office of Faculty Development, featuring Carisa M. Cooney, MPH, CCRP.

Carisa joins our show to present her widely acclaimed and celebrated talk, Evolving Personally and Professionally to Maintain Job Satisfaction: In It For the Long Haul. If you would like to see the visuals and presentation slides of this talk, please watch the YouTube version of this podcast, which you can find here: https://youtu.be/vGz0H-i2AX8 

At Hopkins Medicine, Carisa serves as Associate Professor, Director of Education Innovation, and Director of the Clinical Research Core in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

The objectives of Carisa's presentation are as follows:

• Differentiate between fluid and crystallized intelligence.

Learn More: https://facultyfactory.org/carisa-cooney 

We are thrilled to be joined by Mona Bahouth, MD, PhD, for this week’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast!

Mona Bahouth, MD, PhD, is Medical Director, Brain Rescue Unit, and Assistant Professor of Neurology with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.

Dr. Bahouth is an expert in health system science and implementation science as we chat about in this interview.  

On today’s podcast, Dr. Bahouth explains that teamwork is critical in healthcare because it helps to maintain a focus on the patient and brings together the key pieces of what a patient needs at any given moment.

Teamwork involves finding experts and bringing them to the table to work together in a way that creates an end result that is much more synergistic than what individuals could achieve alone.

Dr. Bahouth emphasizes the importance of interprofessional collaboration and speaking in a language that allows the patient to be the center of the conversation.

We want to thank Dr. Rachel Salas, a valued contributor of the Faculty Factory community, for referring Dr. Bahouth to us as a guest. If you know someone who would be a great fit for our podcast, we invite you to refer them to us as well. Simply send an email to [email protected] with your suggestion!

You can reach Dr. Bahouth here: [email protected] 

This week, Joseph E. Losee, MD, FACS, FAAP, is making his debut on the Faculty Factory Podcast, where he delivers an inspiring message on resilience to all faculty.

Resilience is an essential quality for anyone working in this field given its inherent challenges, high-pressure situations, and emotional exhaustion.

Dr. Joseph E. Losee currently serves as the Dr. Ross H. Musgrave Endowed Chair of Pediatric Plastic Surgery and is the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He also serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and is an Advisory Dean of Students at the School of Medicine.

Learn More: https://facultyfactory.org/joseph-losee/

Joining us this week for an incredibly insightful and alarming conversation is William T. Mallon, EdD.

Make sure to tune in as Dr. Mallon makes his Faculty Factory Podcast debut. We will dive into the crucial topic of academic medicine's role in the climate crisis.

Dr. Mallon is the Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation Development at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

Dr. Mallon co-authored the report "Climate Action in Academic Medicine," which provides an overview of how medical schools, teaching hospitals, and health systems are responding to climate change. You can download it here: https://www.aamc.org/media/64106/download?attachment 

In this interview, you'll learn about the innovative ways in which medical schools, teaching hospitals, and health systems are responding to the urgent threat of climate change. Their efforts can help safeguard the health of our planet and its inhabitants.

"The irony is that without any action, we are making a major contribution to the climate crisis, which arguably is the greatest health threat of the 21st century," Dr. Mallon told us.

If you would like to contact Dr. Mallon, you can email him at [email protected].

Learn More: https://facultyfactory.org/