Transformational Times
Words of Hope, Character & Resilience from our Virtual Community
Friday, December 31, 2021
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Happy New Year
from the Transformational Times editors!
We are pleased to share the most popular essays from 2021 in this end of the year issue:
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Most Popular Director's Corner
Most Popular Guest Director's Corner
Most Popular Perspective/ Opinion
New Perspective/Opinion
Most Popular Three Questions
Poetry Corner
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Your Turn
Announcements & Resource
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Director's Corner
Read This Issue. Your or Your Colleague's Life Might Depend on It
By Adina Kalet, MD, MPH
Published May 14, 2021
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Guest Director's Corner
Meliora: Ever Better! Learning to be an LGBTQ+ Physician
By Scott Lamm, M4
Published October 15, 2021
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Perspective/ Opinion
Red Flags
By Margaret (Meg) Lieb, MS
Published May 14, 2021
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Perspective/Opinion
"Who Do You Think You Are?"
By Cassie Ferguson, MD
Published July 23, 2021
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Perspective/Opinion
The Experience That Changed My Perspective on Everything
By Kaitlin Kirkpatrick, MD
Published June 11, 2021
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Perspective/Opinion
Masking For a Friend
By Danny Thomas, MD, MPH
Published October 22, 2021
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Perspective/Opinion
Holidays in the Eyes of a Medical Resident's Spouse
By Ashley A. Seymour, MS
The holidays are supposed to be happy, a joyful time spent with loved ones. Being the wife of a medical resident, that happiness and joy can quickly turn into sadness, loneliness, and stress. When you add the fact that your closest family and friends live hundreds of miles away, it can make the holidays ten times more sad, lonely, and stressful. While most married couples are worrying about which side of the family to spend the holidays with, we find that most of our time is spent trying to figure out if we’re even able to spend that time with family, if we’ll have to check in virtually, or if we’ll spend the holiday together or separate.
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Take 3
Implementing the New Curriculum: The View From Academic Affairs
By Jose Franco, MD
Published August 27, 2021
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By Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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For the New Year I want to continue working on creating a healthy lifestyle; physically and mentally.
—Angela Parish, Staff
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For this week's reflection prompt, please answer the following question:
What is one thing on your bucket list?
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Call for Manuscripts
May 2023: IPE and Innovation
The May 2023 issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics® takes as its starting point that experimentation has long been a hallmark of IPE. This issue looks to illuminate interesting, important, complex, and neglected intersections of health professions' curricular goals.
Content interrogating what it means for IPE to productively influence (1) professional identity formation; (2) skill development, communication, and team-based care; (3) diagnostic openness and clinical and cultural humility; (4) and health equity will be prioritized for inclusion in this issue.
Erica Chou, MD (MCW) and Michael Oldani, PhD, MS (School of Pharmacy/IPE CUW) are the guest co-editors of this issue. Inquiries can be directed to Dr. Oldani.
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Kern Institute Collaboration for Scholarship Journal Club
The KICS Journal Club for Medical Education meets monthly on the second Wednesday of the month via Zoom, 12:15–1:00 PM Central. The next meeting will feature Sarah Merriam, MD, from the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine
Interested individuals can join the meeting via Zoom using the link below, or email Michael Braun to be added to the meeting invite.
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Meeting ID: 921 1154 0031
Passcode: KICSJoClub
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January 12, 2021
Zoom Presentation
12:15 - 1:00 pm CT
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Please Join Us
Kern Grand Rounds: Changing Perspectives on Disability
A bioethics and critical care trained pediatrician, Dr. Lee cared for many children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. When a complicated delivery resulted in a severe brain injury for her second child, she found that her life as a parent was more challenging and ultimately richer than she could have imagined. Please join us for an honest, heartfelt, and important discussion on disability.
January 20, 2022
Zoom Presentation
9:00 - 10:00 am CT
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Join us for the January Kern Connection Cafe
Seeking Peer Outreach: An Integrated, Tiered Approach to Address Stigma and Isolation in Healthcare Education
Student Presenters: Meg Lieb, Marissa O’Hair, Justin York, and Cassandra Balson
Please join us for a student-led discussion that will focus on a student-led initiative to address mental health and promote suicide prevention among medical students at MCW. This presentation will describe the "Seeking Peer Outreach Initiative" currently underway at the Central Wisconsin Campus and its potential application to the MCW community at large, as well as in the communities we serve.
Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity for discussion with the panel members to explore practical strategies for adoption of the "Seeking Peer Outreach Initiative" in our varied settings.
January 27, 2022
Zoom Presentation
4:00 - 5:00 pm CT
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Join us for the February Kern Grand Rounds
Compassionate Caring: One Physician's Journey From Water Therapy to Green Hair
In medicine, caring and compassion can be expressed in many ways. As a resident, Dr. Margolis was exposed to the concept of "letting kids be kids" by one of his mentors who carried a squirt gun with him on rounds. This simple act of caring showed him that there are so many ways for a physician to incorporate compassionate care as a fabric of practicing medicine.
Dr. Dave will share examples of how he has utilized his interests and network to "let kids be kids" and provide insight from the point of view of patients and families on why caring and compassion matter.
February 24, 2022
Zoom Presentation
9:00 - 10:00 am CT
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Save the Date
2022 Well-Being Summit
Proudly Sponsored by the Kern Institute
Save the date and plan to join us for the 2022 Well-Being Summit!
This event is open to all and anyone interested is welcome and encouraged to attend. Be on the lookout for details to come!
April 5, 2022
Virtual via Zoom
9:00 am - 12:00 pm CT
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The Transformational Times publishes weekly, delivering stories of hope, character and resilience to our virtual community. |
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Editorial Board: Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, Adina Kalet, MD, Wendy Peltier, MD, Erin Weileder, Nabil Attlassy, Julia Bosco, Ana Istrate, Scott Lamm, Sophia Neman, Wolf Pulsiano, Eileen Peterson, Neehal Shukla, Sarah Torres, Anna Visser, James Wu, Serena Zacharias & Emelyn Zaworski
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