Dr. Yaw Nyame (Urology) explains how his team has succeeded in engaging in community-based health equity research and provides guidance for those seeking to do this work. PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) has resources to help you find partners, but you can also work with advocacy organizations or through conversations with your patients. Recognize power differentials between the provider and patient and empower patients to join this work in a variety of ways. Engage your community partners throughout the entire research process by educating and training them, collaborating on every step from agenda to results, and compensate them like any other team member.

Find resources at PCORI here.

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Dr. Jenny Mladenovic (President and CEO of the Center for Women in Academic Medicine and Science) shares her advice and perspective for stepping into a new leadership role. Whether at a new institution or your current one, learn strategies to set yourself up for success from the start. She provides guidance on recognizing your own biases and gaps in knowledge, seeking input from a diversity of sources, and creating a plan for the first 100 days. Finally, Dr. Mladenovic discusses how to deal with failures and importance of the relationships you make to both your own success as well as the success of your institution.

Learn about the GEMS Alliance here.

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Dr. Anne Browning (Chief Well-Being Officer, UW Medicine; Associate Dean for Well-Being, School of Medicine) discusses her new role as CWO and plans for the future of well-being at UW Medicine. She details some preliminary results from the first system-wide well-being survey and action plans, from systems-level interventions to local well-being grants. Dr. Browning also describes the infrastructure of well-being at UW Medicine and what the strategic plan holds for the future workplace well-being of our community.

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Dr. Estell Williams (Surgery; Executive Director, Center for Workforce Inclusion and Healthcare System Equity) highlights the work being done in the WIHSE program and provides advice for folks wanting to engage with community partners in educational spaces for STEM careers. Engage learners as early as third grade, understanding the diversity of their needs to ensure the best chance of long term success. Focus on sustainability of the program through publishing and grant funding, build a strong team to create evidence-based curriculum, and never underestimate the curiosity, intelligence, and growth students will demonstrate as a result of these educational opportunities.

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Keri Nasenbeny (CNO, Harborview Medical Center), joins us in this episode to provide advice on how to create high performing teams, especially in interdisciplinary spaces. Start by establishing trust and cohesion with your team, and learn strategies to set those foundations. Learn about how to create a team quickly when needed, and also what to do when a team isn't functioning as well as you hoped. For any team, celebrate the diversity of perspectives, skills, and connections each team member brings, and celebrate wins both big and small.

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Dr. Shaquita Bell (Pediatrics; Senior Medical Director, Odessa Brown Clinic) gives guidance on how to increase collaboration with clinical communities. Start by reaching out and listening to nearby community members or organizations. Ensure compensation and decision making roles for members, and target outreach events to their needs and interests. Finally, learn what to do if you make a mistake, how to continuously build trust in these partnerships, and what it looks like to successfully create solutions together.

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Drs. Giana Davidson (Assistant Dean for Professional Development; Professor, Surgery) and Alex Molnar (Coach; Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine) explain how coaching is defined in our Faculty Coaching Program which focuses on mid-career faculty looking towards their next chapter. They define the roles of the coach and coachee; a coach uses active inquiry, focusing on the inherent expertise in the coachee to allow the coachee to understand and articulate their own ideas and needs. Finally, Drs. Davidson and Molnar delineate some of the specific areas where coaching can lead to success and can help any faculty member find joy and clarity in their research, education, or clinical work.

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Learn about the coaching program here.

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Dr. Som Mookherjee (Medicine; Director of CLIME) provides advice on how to each efficiently in clinical spaces. Start by getting feedback from your learners and reflecting on your own teaching styles. Dr. Mookherjee shares examples of how to create a positive learning climate, clarify roles and responsibilities, and establish a system for exchanging feedback from the beginning. Prepare teaching points for general themes commonly found in the clinical setting and look for opportunities to simplify the teaching environment to reduce redundancies.

To learn more about CLIME, visit https://clime.washington.edu/.

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Dr. Christine Mac Donald (Neurosurgery) walks us through the grant review process, from submission through revisions. Learn about what your score means and strategies for responding to comments you receive. Give attention to not just the science but also ancillary documents like your biosketch, as these are all reviewed per NIH requirements. She encourages reaching out to colleagues for feedback prior to responding to the review requests, and explains when you may want to skip a cycle to give your resubmission the best chance of success. Above all, don't give up and know that you'll continue to improve with every grant you submit.

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Dr. Nora Disis (Medicine; Associate Dean for Translational Science; Director of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences and the UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute) has carved her own path in becoming a woman with many leadership roles at UW Medicine. She tells the story of how she overcame adversities and followed her passions to make a huge impact in the field of cancer immunology and translational medicine. If you face resistance, Dr. Disis advises: stay true to your mission, reach out for additional opinions from experts in your field, and follow the data until you can secure additional funding and build your team. She provides strategy for evaluating risk in building your funding sources and encourages, above all, going for the gusto.

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