This live episode was recorded during the SGIM (Society for General Internal Medicine) 2025 Annual Meeting.

Credits:

Hosts of Review of Systems: Julia Bast and Lizzie Esselman

Guests: Drs. Tyra Fainstad, Brittany Denzer, and Troy Sterling

Producer: Bejan Saeedi and Julia Bast

Graphics and Music: Whitney Gould

Social Media Team: Bryan Swanson and Molly Murphy

Created by: Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

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Anna Neumeier is an Associate Professor of Medicine within the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado. She is the Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, the Associate Medical Director for the Medical ICU at Denver Health, and the Course Director for the Trek Basecamps in the School of Medicine. Her academic interests focus on curriculum design and the development of innovative pedagogical approaches to enhance learning at all levels of medical education.

Credits:

Hosts of Review of Systems: Julia Bast and Lizzie Esselman

Producer: Bejan Saeedi

Graphics and Music: Whitney Gould

Social Media Team: Bryan Swanson and Molly Murphy

Created by: Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

For more information, check out...

Twitter/X: @ros_pod

Instagram: @reviewofsystems_pod

Website: www.rospodcast.com

Trish Kritek is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Kritek completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston followed by her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Harvard Combined Training Program. She has an EdM from Harvard Graduate School of Education. 

Dr. Kritek is the Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs for the UW School of Medicine and the interim Chair of the Department of Medicine. In her role as vice dean, she focuses on helping the School of Medicine faculty thrive by bringing them a broad array of resources including those focused on career development, leadership skills, well-being and more. She leads the UW Medicine Rising Leaders program, a year-long leadership course for early to mid-career faculty. Dr. Kritek is an attending physician in multiple ICUs at the University of Washington Medical Center and is a clinician-educator with diverse teaching interests ranging from ventilator management and patient and family centered care to feedback and mentoring. Her scholarship focuses on feedback, interactive teaching strategies, and the career development of clinician educators. She has written extensively and spoken locally and nationally on these topics.

Credits:

Hosts of Review of Systems: Julia Bast and Lizzie Esselman

Editors: Hannah Carr

Producer: Bejan Saeedi

Graphics and Music: Whitney Gould

Social Media Team: Bryan Swanson and Molly Murphy

Created by: Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

For more information, check out...

Twitter/X: @ros_pod

Instagram: @reviewofsystems_pod

Website: www.rospodcast.com

Eva Aagaard, MD, FACP is the Carol B and Jerome T Loeb Professor of Medical Education, Vice Chancellor for Medical Education, and Senior Associate Dean for Education at Washington University School of Medicine. A practicing general internist, in her current leadership role, she oversees medical education across the continuum including undergraduate (UME), graduate (GME) and continuing medical education as well as allied health professional and graduate training. This includes spearheading a large scale curriculum reform effort in the MD program, and promoting the development of multiple initiatives to promote the career development and success of educators on campus. Nationally she led development of the Society of General Internal Medicine TEACH Program. Internationally she developed the Health Education Advanced Leadership Program in Zimbabwe (HEALZ). Dr. Aagaard is a former member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Specialty Board, former Council Member for the Society of General Internal Medicine, and participates actively with the National Board of Medical Examiners as a reviewer for licensing exam content. She served as a core member of the Milestones in Internal Medicine Writing Committee and Milestones 2.0, leading to the Next Accreditation System at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Her areas of interest include curriculum reform, competency-based education and assessment, particularly as it relates to the UME to GME transition. She is passionate about mentoring, coaching and sponsorship and speaks widely on these topics. She has won more than 15 awards for clinical excellence, teaching, and humanism in medicine, including the University of Colorado’s President’s Teaching Award, the Society of General Internal Medicine Mid-Career Mentoring Award, and the Elizabeth Gee Award for the Advancement of Women.

Credits:

Hosts of Review of Systems: Lizzie Esselman and Julia Bast

Producers: Bejan Saeedi & Hannah Carr

Graphics and music: Whitney Gould

Created by Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

twitter/x: @ros_pod

Instagram: @reviewofsystems_pod

Website: www.rospodcast.com

In this episode we discuss the challenges and rewards of parenting during medical training with special guests Dr. Yaa Asare, Dr. Kira Grush, & Dr. Kyle McDaniel.

Yaa Asare is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician

Kira Grush, MD, MA (she/her/hers) is a Chief Medical Resident at the University of Colorado Internal Medicine Residency Program. She is originally from Boulder, Colorado and remains a “forever Coloradan,” having received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Colorado College and her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and MD from the University of Colorado. She comes to medicine after a career in K-12 education where she served as a middle school English teacher and, later, Dean of Students in the Cole neighborhood of Denver. She plans to pursue fellowship in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine with the long-term goal of developing curriculum around critical care and health equity. Outside of work, Kira spends her time with her husband, Kyle, who is a hospitalist at the University of Colorado Hospital, and their 16-month-old son, Nolan, who has quickly become their whole world. Together, they enjoy playing board games, traveling, watching the Rockies (lose), and spending time outside.

Kyle McDaniel, MD, is a hospitalist and instructor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical campus, where he earned his MD and did internal medicine residency.

Credits:

Hosts of Review of Systems: Lizzie Esselman and Julia Bast

Producers: Bejan Saeedi & Hannah Carr

Graphics and music: Whitney Gould

Created by Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

twitter/x: @ros_pod

Instagram: @reviewofsystems_pod

Website: www.rospodcast.com

Dr. Katie Berlacher, MD MS is the Associate Chief of Education and Director of the Women's Heart Program for the Heart and Vascular Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, as well as the Program Director of Cardiovascular Fellowship and Chair of Medicine at the UPMC Magee Womens Hospital.  She is the current Chair of ACC's Annual Scientific Sessions, member of the Health Equity Task Force, past chair of ACC's Lifelong Learning Oversight Committee and past president of the Pennsylvania ACC Chapter.  She leads numerous faculty development efforts and regularly publishes and speaks about adult learning and medical education, as well as women's cardiology, cardio-obstetrics and health equity.   Dr. Berlacher is a graduate of Duke University and The Ohio State University College of Medicine.  She completed her Residency, Chief Residency, and Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.  She also holds a Masters Degree in Medical Education from the University of Pittsburgh.   

Dr. Jenna Skowronski, MD is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and is obtaining her Masters of Science in Medical Education from the University of Pittsburgh.  She plans to pursue a career that allows her to combine her passion for Advanced Heart Failure, Women's Cardiology, and medical education.  She serves as a committee member on ACC's Heart Failure and Transplant Council as well as on the program committee for Heart Failure for ACC's Scientific Sessions.  She is also a committee member on AHA's CLCD for Women's Health and Acute Cardiac Care and General Cardiology Committees. Dr. Skowronski is a graduate of Princeton University and Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.  She completed her Residency, Chief Residency and Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where she also served as Chief Fellow.  

Overview of Androgogy:

Bloom’s Taxonomy: ⁠https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/⁠ 

The Learning Edge: ⁠https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/centers/humanrights/pdf/IGR.Brave%20Spaces%20Handout.pdf⁠

Recommended read: 

Stokes N, Berlacher K. The Science of Learning and Art of Education in Cardiology Fellowship. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2022 Jun 3;18(3):4-13. doi: 10.14797/mdcvj.1088. PMID: 35734155; PMCID: PMC9165667.

Hosts of Review of Systems: Lizzie Esselman and Julia Bast

Producers: Bejan Saeedi & Hannah Carr

Graphics and music: Whitney Gould

Created by Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

twitter/x: @ros_pod

Instagram: @reviewofsystems_pod

Website: www.rospodcast.com

In this episode we discuss the struggles of medical training in the post-Roe era w/ rural family medicine physician and clinical educator Dr. Julie Lyons. Dr. Lyons earned her BA from Brown, her MD from Oregon Health & Science University, and trained in Family Medicine in Boise, Idaho. Since 2009, she has worked at St. Luke's Wood River Family Medicine in Hailey, Idaho, and also serves as a clinical preceptor for the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Credits:

Hosts of Review of Systems: Lizzie Esselman and Julia Bast

Producers: Bejan Saeedi & Hannah Carr

Graphics and music: Whitney Gould

Created by Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

twitter/x: @ros_pod

Instagram: @reviewofsystems_pod

Website: www.rospodcast.com

Dr. Elisseou received her B.A. and M.D. at Brown University and completed residency and chief residency at Yale School of Medicine. She is a practicing physician in the VA healthcare system, an instructor at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine, and an internationally recognized expert in ⁠trauma-informed care⁠ (TIC), a strategic framework for supporting survivors of physical, sexual, psychological, and structural trauma. Dr. Elisseou creates evidence-based platforms to train professionals in trauma-informed practices.

Check out her website: https://www.sadie-elisseou.com/about

Credits:

Hosts of Review of Systems: Lizzie Esselman and Julia Bast

Producers: Bejan Saeedi & Hannah Carr

Graphics and music: Whitney Gould

Created by Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

twitter/x: @ros_pod

Instagram: @reviewofsystems_pod

Website: www.rospodcast.com

Our guest on this episode is Dr. Geoff Connors, MD. Dr. Connors is the Associate Dean for GME and Designated Institutional Official at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He was previously the Program Director for the University of Colorado Internal Medicine Residency Program and Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Medicine where he helped bring about several systematic changes to the structure of the residency to improve resident wellbeing.

Dr. Geoffrey Connors is an Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Connors received his medical degree from Tulane

Our thanks to Dr. Connors for all he does for us and for the institution of medicine as a whole.

Hosts of Review of Systems: Lizzie Esselman and Julia Bast

Producers: Bejan Saeedi & Hannah Carr

Graphics and music: Whitney Gould

Created by Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

twitter/x: @ros_pod

Instagram: @reviewofsystems_pod

Website: www.rospodcast.com

This episode is dedicated to Dr. William West, an incredible human being and physician who died by suicide this spring. We hope that this conversation, and conversations like it, can help change the rhetoric around medical training.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jess Zhu, a PGY3 internal medicine resident, and our producer Bejan Saeedi to discuss the recent "Not Otherwise Specified" podcast episode entitled "Tough Love." This is a departure from our normal format but we thought it was important to add the perspective of current medical trainees to this conversation.

We would love to hear your thoughts on this topic - reach out to us on intagram or X or through our website.

Thanks to our very special guest Dr. Jess Zhu

Hosts of Review of Systems: Lizzie Esselman and Julia Bast

Producers: Bejan Saeedi & Hannah Carr

Graphics and music: Whitney Gould

Created by Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman, and Bejan Saeedi

twitter/x: @ros_pod

Instagram: @reviewofsystems_pod

Website: www.rospodcast.com