DOM PRO-cess

UCSF Department of Medicine 

Program for Clinician Educator Success

February 2024 Newsletter

DOM PRO-cess supports community building, skills development, mentorship, and scholarship for clinician-educators in the UCSF Department of Medicine. In this newsletter, we highlight our roles as mentors, coaches, advisors, and sponsors in supporting trainees at times of transition (e.g., in starting medical school, clerkships, residency, or fellowship). We spotlight upcoming events, conferences, and opportunities. 

Please complete this short survey or reach out to us directly for educator mentorship, skills development, CV review or individual career guidance.

CLINICIAN-EDUCATORS AS COACHES

From left to right: Medical students Mubarak Momodu, Luke Sang, Katherine Miclau, Nancy Yang, Natalie Gulrajani, Leyda Marrero Morales, and Dr. Carmen Cobb-Walch (CMC coach).

Pictured from left to right: Andrew Pham, Dr. Josue Zapata, MBA (CMC coach), Sydni Sheff, Caitlin Hendricks, Korena Boyd, Sam Sheridan, and Dr. Zapata's two kids, Rafa (4) and Sofia (8).

Pictured from Left to Right: Left row (front to back): Xiaochen Zhong, Devin Fleharty, Jimmy Guo, Ike Ogbonna.

Right row (front to back): Joy Huang, Sheba Vincent, Catherine (Cat) Lau (CMC coach), Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna.

Clinician-educators have many roles as mentor, coach, advisor, and sponsor. These roles are especially important during transition periods for our trainees. Below we are highlighting two recent articles and a podcast focusing on coaching in medical education.

Coaching Medical Students: UCSF medicine resident Brian Bakke, MD and Vice Dean for Education Karen Hauer MD, PhD recently published a qualitative study exploring medical student perspectives in their longitudinal relationships with their Bridges Coaches. Main themes included: 1) longitudinal nature of the relationships developed and strengthened over years, 2) importance of mentoring from an experienced coach in a non-evaluative role, 3) guided advice and feedback and 4) goal-oriented approach to learning. See the study here.

Transition to Residency: Faculty from NYU created a bridge coaching program (the Transition to Residency Advantage coaching program) in which medical students work with a coach from the match through their first year of residency. In this paper the authors described scaffolded coaching at different stages of professional growth and identity formation. The findings underscored the importance of an individualized, holistic approach to coaching with emphasis on supporting learners’ development of self-awareness, self-regulated learning, and goal setting while also providing safe spaces for vulnerability. See the paper here.

Coaching in Fellowships: The Association of Critical Care Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical Education Podcast interviewed physicians from the UCSF Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine including James Frank, MD, MA, Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd, Leslie Seijo, MD and Narges Alipanah-Lechner, MD on coaching definitions, roles, and relationships across medical education. Listen to the podcast here.

The Center for Faculty Educators (CFE) has revised and enhanced their faculty development programs and website. The workshops and resources are a great way for all faculty who teach and supervise learners to improve their skills and promote supportive and inclusive learning environments. Please use the link below to access the website.

You can sign up for CFE events including: 

Live Activities: Includes certificate and advanced program workshops (3–4-hour educator clinics), Teach for UCSF Certificate Day (day long program with multiple workshops), and 1-hour lunchtime virtual learning sessions (core teaching skills workshops).

Online Resources: Selected modules, CFE3 quick tip 3-minute videos and tip sheets.

Opportunities for Engagement: Make suggestions for future resources or sign up to become a CFE Teaching Observation Program (TOP) observer.

Request: Contact the CFE if you are interested in a consultation or materials for your own faculty development programming.

Pictured above: TSP Class of 2023-2024 in sessions

Pictured above: Front row Left to Right – Daniela Maristany (DGIM), Pramita Kuruvilla (DHM), Ritu Bansal (DHM), Kew Lee (Psychiatry), Cindy Chai (Anes), Lin Li (Medicine – Fresno)

Back row Left to Right – Katelyn Hasse (Rad Onc), Hannah Potvin (Psych), Colin Feuille (GI), Kendra Moore (DGIM), Mark Terrelonge Jr (Neuro), Lily Hitchner (EM Fresno), Joe Sanford (Med Fresno), Tony Ding (Ortho Surg)

This year-long faculty development program welcomes faculty who wish to make education a primary area of responsibility, e.g., course and clinical education leadership, participation in educational committees, and education scholarship. Faculty with diverse life experience whose passion for teaching, research, and/or service has prepared them to contribute to building outstanding, innovative education programs that train health professionals to meet patients’ and populations’ health care needs are encouraged to apply. 

A full program description, eligibility information, and application instructions are available at Medical Education website Teaching Scholars Program page. To view please use this link: Medical Education Teaching Scholars Program

Interested in learning more? Virtual information session on February 27, 2024, 12:10-1:00pm. Contact Ivan Mendez (ivan.mendez@ucsf.edu) for access to the Zoom link.

Key points about the program:

• Mission: To prepare and build a community of educators at UCSF committed to a scholarly approach to education, contributing to education scholarship, and advancing equity and justice in health professions education.
• Program goals: Upon completion, participants will possess skills in teaching, curriculum development, educational scholarship, and education leadership with an anti-oppressive framing.
• Structure: Up to 14 scholars are selected for the one-year program that runs from September 10, 2024, to early September 2025. The program consists of weekly Tuesday afternoon seminars, workshops, and a curricular innovation and/or education research project with the expectation of dissemination of the project through presentation and/or publication. The majority of weekly sessions are on Zoom. We will have a face-to-face meeting early on and schedule others in a way that works for the cohort. Note: There will be limited formal meetings in July and August of 2025 so that scholars can work independently on their projects in preparation for graduation. 

Application Deadline: March 18, 2024.

Notification of acceptance: April 15-May 1, 2024

If you have questions about the program, please contact the TSP Director, Bridget O’Brien, PhD, bridget.obrien@ucsf.edu or Victoria Ruddick, Faculty Development Manager at ruddickv@ucsf.edu 

Pictured 2022 DOM PRO-cess Community Building Event 

DOM Educator Community Event

Please join us Thursday, February 29, 2023, 4:00-6:00pm The Ramp restaurant at Mission Bay.

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.

Please join us to hear a general overview of the process of applying to AME and to answer your questions with a panel of recent AME inductees from the DOM.

The membership application cycle opens in the spring please visit the Academy of Medical Educators website using the link below for more details.

Voices of Your Colleagues: Educator Career Paths Panel

DOM PRO-cess “Voices of Your Colleagues: Educator Career Paths” workshop in October featured a panel of clinician educators, including Dr. Justin Sewell, PhD, MPH, Dr. Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, and Dr. Yalda Shahram, who shared stories and advice on the importance of identifying as a clinician educator.

This workshop will be offered periodically and is relevant for all faculty who are looking for inspiration and advice around career next steps. Please see the complete workshop description using the link below.

Preparing a Proposal for Innovations Funding for Education

Are you interested in learning more about Innovations Funding for Education at UCSF? Do you have an idea or concept proposal that you’d like to discuss with others? If so, please see the session recording of an interactive discussion held with current and past recipients of Innovations Funding for Education (IFE).

When Learners’ Words Hurt

This workshop was led by Dr. Susannah Cornes, Dr. Tracy Fulton, and Dr. Arianne Teherani based on their paper “When Students’ Words Hurt: 12 Tips for Helping Faculty Receive and Respond Constructively to Student Evaluations of Teaching” (2022 Medical Education Online) Please use the link below to see the workshop recording.

Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression in Action Through Mentorship The workshop was 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.

This workshop was the last of a 4-part series. Please visit our website to view the session slides using the link below.

Consultations

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.

Mentorship

Launched in June 2022 the DOM PRO-cess Mentorship Program matches clinician-educators with an experienced education mentor. If you are interested in being matched with an education mentor, or if you would like to be an education mentor, please complete the applicable survey below. If you have any questions or would like to learn more contact Stephanie Rennke at stephanie.rennke@ucsf.edu.

Please visit our website for access to all resources.