DOM PRO-cess

UCSF Department of Medicine 

Program for Clinician-Educator Success

October 2023 Newsletter

DOM PRO-cess supports community building, skills development, mentorship, and scholarship for clinician-educators in the UCSF Department of Medicine. In this fall newsletter we highlight successes, conferences, and upcoming workshops.

DOM Teaching Scholars Program (TSP) graduates 2022-23 Claude Chapman, Seema Policepatil, Archana Sridhar (pictured above).

Interested in applying to the Teaching Scholars Program? Information about the program, including the application process and eligibility, is available here.

DOM TSP class members 2023-24

Ritu Bansal, Colin Feuille, Pramita Kuruvilla, Lin Li, Daniela Maristany, Kendra Moore.



Teaching and Mentoring Awards 2023

Academy of Medical Educators Inductees 2023

Sam Brondfield, Robin S. Goldman, Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, Iris M. Otani, Yalda Shahram, Mia Williams.

Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Awards: Nicole Appelle, Peter Barish, Katherine Brooks, Catherine Burke, Colin Feuille, Nicholas Iverson, Dana Larsen, Catherine Lau, Jules Vieaux, Michi Yukawa.

Academy of Educators/ Program for Interprofessional Practice and Teaching Excellence in Interprofessional Teaching Award: Mary Gray, William Woo.

Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Mentoring Awards: Sarah Apgar, Priscilla Hsue, Radhika Ramanan.

AAMC Research in Medical Education (RIME) New Investigator Award: Daniela Maristany for her paper titled: The Problem and Power of Professionalism: A Critical Analysis of Medical Students’ and Residents’ Perspectives and Experiences of Professionalism with DOM co-authors and mentors Karen Hauer and Bridget O'Brien.

AAMC Research in Medical Education (RIME) URiM Research Award: URM: Under-represented or Under-recognized? A Case Study of Black Pediatric Critical Care Physicians; April Edwell, Sandrijn Van Schaik, Arianne Teherani.

AAMC Research in Medical Education (RIME) Health Professions Education Trainee Award: DOM Faculty Arianne Teherani, Karen Hauer, and Kate Lupton mentored resident Sandra Perez on the paper Developing Evidence for a Model of Equity in Clinical Training using Discrete Choice Experiments.

Academy of Medical Educators Cooke Awards for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Kate Lupton, Bridget O’Brien, Brie Williams.

Western Group on Educational Affairs Spring Meeting (WGEA)

May 4-7, 2024, Riverside, CA

Abstract/Workshop Submissions Due: October 24, 2023

Submission Guidelines

Submission Website

AAMC, Learn Serve Lead 2023

November 3-7, 2023

Seattle, Washington

If you are attending, please let us know and email us using the link below.

DOM faculty Calvin Chou, Peter Chin-Hong, John Davis, Lynnea Mills, Arianne Teherani, Sam Brondfield, Christy Boscardin, Karen Hauer, and Anna Chang (pictured above).

The Association of Medical Educators of Europe (AMEE) annual meeting was in Glasgow, Scotland in August. This conference offers conversations with international medical education colleagues about innovations, theory, and studies in medical education pertinent to all learner levels. We learned about:

• A framework for clinical reasoning (and errors) showing that knowledge, thinking, and learning are shaped by (1). sensorimotor experiences in the physical environment (embodied cognition) and (2). interactions among individuals within a cultural context (situated cognition).

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Health Professions Education at a symposium that discussed opportunities, concerns, and ideas about how to realize AI's full potential. Check out this article by Drs. Christy Boscardin, Karen Hauer, and colleagues.

• Enabling assessment for inclusion in the health professions at a closing plenary by Dr. Rola Ajjawi that showed how inequities in assessment intersect and derail learning and achievement, then discussed approaches to promote assessment for inclusion.

A live recording of the PAPERs Podcast (a great way to stay up-to-date on key medical education articles) featured 2 articles by UCSF DOM authors Drs. Arianne Teherani, Anna Chang, and Karen Hauer discussing learner identity safety and institutional leaders’ perspectives on investing in educators. Check it out here!

Several colleagues from DOM attended AMEE this year and presented workshops, posters, symposia, and research presentations. Lynnea Mills and Calvin Chou on remediation, Karen Hauer and Pat O’Sullivan on advancing anti-oppression and inclusion, Sam Brondfield on cognitive load theory applied to consult services, Anna Chang on interprofessional education. Bridget O’Brien contributed to a workshop on how to make educational innovations scholarly and served as the network lead for the research paper presentations.

Pictured 2022 DOM PRO-cess Community Building Event

DOM Educator Community Event

Please join us for our DOM PRO-cess Community Event on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 4:00-6:00pm, at The Ramp, 855 Terry A Francois Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94158. We especially welcome newer faculty in the Department of Medicine to come and meet other educators. Food and drink will be provided. Please RSVP using the link below.

DOM faculty Rebecca Shunk, Susie Wlodarczyk, and Denise Davis (pictured above).

Upcoming PRO-cess Workshops

Voices of Your Colleagues: Educator Career Paths Workshop:

October 12, 2023,1:10-2:00pm on Zoom.

DOM PRO-cess continues our series of career development workshops for clinician educator faculty in the Department of Medicine. We would like to invite you to engage with the stories and advice from your colleagues in the Department who have oriented their careers around medical education. This workshop is right for you if you are wondering: 

• How to define your specific area of expertise (or if that is necessary) 
• How to balance educational pursuits with clinical obligations 
• Best strategies to develop your educational skills 

Innovations Funding for Education at UCSF workshop. 

October 25, 2023, 2:10-3:00pm on Zoom.

Do you have an idea or concept proposal that you’d like to discuss with others? If so, we hope you will join us for an interactive discussion with current and past recipients of Innovations Funding for Education (IFE).

 Learning Objectives:

• Identify resources to help you with pieces of the IFE full proposal and/or provide feedback
• Enact strategies and a plan to submit your full proposal by the deadline

Need a 1:1 consultation? Please email DOM PRO-cess team using the link below.

“Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression in Action Through Mentorship” workshop co-led by Dr. Denise Davis, Professor of Medicine at the San Francisco VA and VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Academy of Communication in Healthcare and Dr. Stephanie Rennke, Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of PRO-cess.

Monday, February 12, 2023,1:10-3:00pm on Zoom.

This workshop is the last of a 4-part series. You are welcomed to attend this session even if you did not attend the previous sessions. Please visit our website to view previous sessions' slides and recordings using the link below.

UCSF Center for Faculty Educators (CFE) Education Skills workshops. Learn more about the CFE workshops and certificate programs here.

Teach for UCSF Certificate Day - Educator Essentials Part 1 of 2:

Friday, October 27, 2023, 8:15am-4:30pm

Please use the link below to register.

Getting Involved in Education: Opportunities for Skill Development and Teaching 

If you would like to learn more about how to get involved in teaching, curriculum development, education leadership, and how to build your skills as an educator, please take a look at the workshop recording using the link below. The workshop was led by Drs. Anna Chang, Brian Schwartz, and Bridget O'brien.

Writing abstracts

• Varpio L, Amiel J, Richards BF. Writing competitive research conference abstracts: AMEE guide no. 108

Writing up Innovations

• Kanter SL. Toward better descriptions of innovations. Acad Med. 2008.
• Durning SJ, O'Brien BC, West CP, Coverdale J, DeVilbiss MB, Roberts LW. Innovation Reports: Guidance From the Editors. Acad Med. 2020.

If you would like to meet with a member of the DOM PRO-cess team or are interested in meeting with a small group of faculty to discuss topics related to teaching, evaluation, career planning, or scholarship please contact us.