TOLD ME: Recent Episodes
Quinnipiac University
The TOLD ME (To Learn & Develop for Medical Educators) Podcast is for busy medical school faculty who want to expand their knowledge of teaching skills. Hosted by Dr. Lisa Coplit, an experienced physician educator and faculty developer, the podcast showcases interviews with experts in medical education, medical school faculty, and students to discuss the issues most relevant to today's medical educators.The podcast is part of the faculty development program at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and is produced in partnership with the Quinnipiac Podcast Studio.
This is our second podcast about clinical skills and in this episode, Dr. Ilene Rosenberg joins us to talk about helping students learn physical exam, history taking, and clinical reasoning with a focus on helping those students who may be having some difficulty learning clinical skills. Dr. Rosenberg is the Director of Clinical Arts and Sciences Coaching at QU Netter, Co-director of the Academic Success Team, and she is an expert in clinical skills education and remediation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Jeannette Guerrasio is a practicing primary care internist in Colorado and a medical educator who served as the Director of Remediation at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and authored the book, Remediation of the Struggling Medical Learner. Dr. Guerrasio ran several faculty development workshops at QU-Netter to help our course/clerkship leaders to better support our students who are facing academic challenges. In this episode, she will share her insights and recommendations with our listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Clinical assessments of learners are crucial for high stakes decisions and learners' continued progress. During medical school, they contribute to students' grades and narratives in their MSPE's, and provide them with valuable feedback. In this podcast, we will discuss how to submit assessments that are more accurate and meaningful. Our guest is Dr. Judy Brenner, Associate Dean for Educational Data and Analytics at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Many physicians serve in leadership positions but many would argue that all physicians are leaders by the nature of their roles. If this is the case, what should we be teaching medical students about leadership? Join us for a discussion with Rahul Anand, MD, MBA, director of the medical student elective curriculum on leadership at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Alexa Lisevick, a 4th year medical student at QU-Netter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, our focus is on how to teach procedures/technical skills effectively. Specifically, the use of coaching as a teaching model. This podcast is not just for faculty in surgical or procedure-based specialties, but broadly applicable to anyone who teaches any type of technical skills. We are joined by Danielle Friedman, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor and Surgery Clerkship Director at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, we discuss mentoring of learners and colleagues - what it means to be a mentor and how we can be as effective as possible in this important role in medical education. We are joined by Dr. Katherine McLeod, Director of Scholarly Reflection and Concentration Capstone course, and Dr. Jennifer Rockfeld, a general internist and the Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum at QU-Netter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, we are joined by a Netter graduate, Dr. Zachary Steinman, currently a 3rd year resident in Pediatrics at CT Children's and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. We discuss how residency has changed his perspective on medical school in terms of what he learned and didn't appreciate at the time, and how he wants to use that perspective to shape his own teaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, we discuss how to teach evidenced-based medicine. I am joined by Dr. Douglas McHugh, Assistant Dean for Foundational Sciences and previously our Capstone course director, and Dr. Joanna Marantidis, a Netter alumnus who, at the time of the recording, was one of our 4th year medical students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As educators, we are mindful of the lasting effects of formative learning experiences during medical training. In this episode, we explore the impact of mistreatment on students and residents in the form of bias and microaggressions, and what we can do, as educators, to affect change. Dr. Dowin Boatright, emergency medicine physician and Faculty Associate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Educator Development at Yale School of Medicine, joins us to share his research and experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Clinical skills form the cornerstone of physicianship. In this episode, Dr. Listy Thomas, Emergency Medicine physician, Assistant Dean for Simulation, and Director of the Clinical Arts and Sciences Course at Netter, joins us to talk about teaching clinical skills to medical students. We'll discuss how teaching clinical skills to a first year student is different than teaching a third year student. We will also explore what has changed in clinical skills education over the years including some newer topics that medical students and physicians need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When your first responsibility is your patients and the hospital is bustling, how do you find time for teaching? Not just any teaching - good teaching. In this episode, two of Netter's inpatient-based clinical educators and leaders, Dr. Scott Kurtzman, a surgeon at Waterbury hospital and Dr. David Regelmann, an Internist at St. Vincent's Medical Center, share their experiences and suggestions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When you're overbooked, every room is filled with a patient who is waiting to see you, and you have a medical student with you eager to learn, how do you take great care of your patients and find time for teaching? In this episode, we will get recommendations from two of Netter's ambulatory-based clinical educators, Dr. Namita Wijesekera, a pediatrician at Child and Adolescent Health Care in Woodbridge and New Haven and Dr. Josh Mosdale, an internist with Trinity Health of New England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why do 3 episodes on giving feedback? Because it can be tough to do and even tougher to do well. In this episode, we round out our 3-part series on giving feedback. Drs. Joshua Bia and Nicholas Calitri (Netter Class of 2020), give us students’ viewpoints on feedback. They provide valuable perspectives and helpful suggestions for faculty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this second episode of our 3-part series on giving feedback, Dr. Taranjeet Ahuja, Director of the Initial and Advanced Clinical Experience Continuity Clinics at The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, explains what we should be writing in the comments section of medical students’ assessment forms. She has some great suggestions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of things in medical education, but it hasn’t changed the fact that our learners need feedback and it’s a skill that takes time to master. In this first episode of our 3-part series on giving feedback, Dr. Lyuba Konopasek, Senior Associate Dean for Education at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, and an expert in giving feedback, talks about the building blocks of effective feedback along with specific, practical recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Over the past 8 months, we have witnessed the most unified call to action for racial justice since the civil rights movement. Dr. David Acosta is the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges, and he joins us to talk about the role of teaching faculty in addressing racism in healthcare education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The TOLD ME (To Learn & Develop for Medical Educators) Podcast is for busy medical school faculty who want to expand their knowledge of teaching skills. Hosted by Dr. Lisa Coplit, an experienced physician educator and faculty developer, the podcast showcases interviews with experts in medical education, medical school faculty, and students to discuss the issues most relevant to today's medical educators. The podcast is part of the faculty development program at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and is produced in partnership with the Quinnipiac Podcast Studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices