BSOM Master Educators
From left to right: Dr. Cassandra Bradby, Dr. Mark Iannettoni, Dr. Lisa Domico, Dr. Patrick Brillant, Dr. Karlene Cunningham, Dr. Jennifer Crotty, and Dr. Kori Brewer were recognized by the ECU Brody School of Medicine as the 2022 Master Educator Award Winners. Not pictured: Dr. Richard Zeri. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Eight Master Educator Award winners were announced during the February Brody faculty meeting. Each awardee received a master educator white coat, plaque and pin. This year's winners joined 66 previous awardees.
The Master Educator program is designed to recognize excellence in education from a variety of categories, including outstanding teaching or mentorship, outstanding educational contribution by a community physician, educational leadership and administration, educational evaluation and research and educational innovation and curriculum development.
Follow the link to the full story by Rob Spahr, News Services.
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Childhood Obesity Manuscript
Collaboration
A collaborative project between Pediatrics, Public Health and Nutrition, "Adaptation of a modified Diet Quality Index to quantify healthfulness of food-related toy sets," was recently accepted for publication in Childhood Obesity.
In August 2019, Brody School of Medicine (BSOM) Research Distinction Track (RDT) student Jacqueline Poston and ECU® Honors College student Rachel Watkins each independently contacted BSOM Department of Public Health Professor and Interim Chair Dr. Suzanne Lazorick with research ideas about health behaviors related to nutrition and children's play. The research fulfilled Poston's and Watkins' project requirements for the RDT and the Honors College project, respectively.
“The research process and teamwork that led to the publication of this manuscript was phenomenal. I am extremely thankful for the experience of seeing this phase of the research from beginning to end, and I could not have had more exceptional teammates to work alongside. Specifically, I believe the collaboration between individuals on our team with various education levels, backgrounds, and interests was rather unique, and it ensured multiple perspectives regarding the project were considered at each step."
Second author Rachel Watkins
In November 2019, team members Dr. Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, professor in the department of public health and Dr. Virginia Stage, associate professor in nutrition science joined, and at the first group meeting in winter of 2020, a plan was developed to begin data collection, which was obtained from web-based sources. The students worked together over the summer to complete data extraction and then worked with the team for data analysis, interpretation and paper writing. Due to the pandemic, all but the first meeting or two were virtual, and when one student was swamped with school commitments, the other would take over the project tasks.
The first abstract of initial data was submitted in January 2020. In May 2020, a poster was presented at a national meeting. Methods were refined, and analysis was re-run in summer/fall 2020. An online work group was presented in spring 2021, and the paper was written over summer 2021. It was submitted fall 2021 and then revised and resubmitted.
“To my knowledge, the field of nutrition had done little to explore the healthfulness of toys offered to young children. When Dr. Lazorick approached me about working on this project, I was immediately intrigued and quickly signed on. The team not only brought together multiple disciplines (public health, nutrition, and early childhood), but it uniquely involved an undergraduate and medical student. I was impressed by the students' dedication to learning about the problem and the research process. With so little available on the topic (and a pandemic), they had their work cut out for them. But with guidance from the team, their work together was seamless and inspirational.”
Dr. Virginia Stage
Childhood Obesity accepted the manuscript in early 2022, and in April 2022, Rachel Watkins presented a poster for Research and Creative Activities Week (RCAW). Follow this link to read on page 189 more about the project.
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Interim Vice Dean Cedric Bright
Voice for BIPOC in Medicine
BSOM Interim Vice Dean and Associate Dean of Admissions Dr. Cedric Bright is a local and national voice for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) in Medicine.
On December 6th and 7th, Dr. Bright participated as a Co-Chair for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Roundtable entitled The State of Anti-Black Racism in the United States: A Workshop.
Visit the link for the agenda: "The State of Anti-Black Racism in the United States: A Workshop"
The Roundtable was introduced in 2019 to "identify key levers, drivers and disruptors in government, industry, health care, and higher education where actions can have the most impact on increasing the participation of Black men and Black women in science, medicine, and engineering" (nationalacademies.org). Dr. Bright and Dr. Camara Jones served as rapporteurs of the first workshop which was held in 2020, and this resulted in publication of The Impacts of Racism and Bias on Black People Pursuing Careers in Science, Engineering and Medicine.
Visit this link to download a free PDF of The Impacts of Racism and Bias on Black People Pursuing Careers in Science, Engineering and Medicine.
In another recent event related to BIPOC in Medicine, Dr. Bright took part in a January 15th Weekend Edition Saturday podcast on National Public Radio (NPR).
The podcast topic was in response to the recent increase of African American medical school matriculants medical school and the associated issues with financing for those medical students.
"The community has a stake in student success. The medical community needs to figure out how to decrease the cost of education for students so upon becoming doctors they can focus on going back to serve in their communities without the burden of student debt."
Dr. Cedric Bright
Here is the link for NPR segment.
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Enhancing Your Teaching Toolkit
1/2-Day Teaching Workshop
Twenty-two Brody School of Medicine attendees, including basic science and clinical faculty, staff and post-doctoral students, took part in a half-day teaching workshop that consisted of five 45-minute sessions. Session presenters were Dr. Jacques Robidoux, Dr. Lisa Domico, Dr. Jill Sutton, Allison Flowers, Melissa Tedder and Dr. Korin Leffler.
Participants had opportunities to hear best practices related to multiple teaching topics, and multiple sessions included hands-on individual, paired and group activities to engage them in active learning.
Dr. Srinivas Sriramula, assistant professor in the department of pharmacology and toxicology left with actionable ideas for expanding his teaching toolkit:
“The workshop was very practical and useful. My perspective has changed about designing specific learning objectives for lectures and incorporating latest technologies such as QR code and audience poll."
Department of Surgery Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Rohini Olson shared:
"For me, the workshop was my first real opportunity to get to know the teaching faculty that leads the M1 and M2 years, so it really broadened my perspective on the number of colleagues I have in medical education! I also really enjoyed learning from how facile the workshop instructors are in keeping up with the changes in the student needs and their learning styles. The insight offered into generating effective PowerPoints was excellent, as was the opportunity to tap into more technological resources into our existing education strategies. I really learned a lot."
Participants signed up for the workshop through Eastern AHEC earned 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
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BWFC Workshop
On March 8th, The Brody Women's Faculty Committee (BWFC) hosted an in-person workshop: Planting Your Own Garden: Cultivating Success through Personal Awareness and Action. The presenter was Allison Flowers, Director of the BSOM Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development.
The workshop was designed based on the premise that cultivating success in an "inside job," as we often have little to no power over outside forces. Flowers believes we alone have the capability, and ultimately the responsibility, to improve our own wellness.
There were four workshop objectives:
- Determine your executive functioning strengths and areas for improvement
- Describe 8 executive functioning skills
- Discuss ways to build each skill
- Create your individualized development plan
BWFC Chair-Elect Dr. Yaolin Zhou reflected:
"It was a very unique presentation. Ms. Flowers is a terrific speaker, and the audience was engaged the entire time (or furiously taking notes!). Unlike other 'wellness' lectures, I didn’t walk away with a sense of guilt for not being good at balance or wellness.
”The activity with the card and asking the other person to talk about your card was wonderful. That is really the concept of thinking outside the box. In the current stressful work environment, the one hour we spent together as a group was very relaxing."
Dr. Anagha Malur, division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine
The seventeen attendees learned more about their individual executive functioning skill strengths and areas for development and left with a specific plan to upgrade their lives at work and at home.
“The workshop was valuable to me since it gave me the opportunity to evaluate my executive functioning skills and identify specific areas that I need to work on to improve my productivity. Since the workshop, I begin each day with a specific goal(s) in mind, and it has helped me with my emotional control, prioritization and organization skills."
Dr. Lorita Rebellato, division of pathology & laboratory medicine
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Notable Alum Spotlights
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OFALD
Above and Beyond Spotlights
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Upcoming Opportunities
Cultivating Personal Success Workshop
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Research Resources 101
In this talk, Dr. Zeczycki will:
o Demystify advanced mass spectrometry applications commonly used to answer biological questions
o Highlight resources available to faculty, staff, and students in the BSOM Mass Spectrometry Core Facilities
o Illustrate how mass spectrometry can be used to answer different types of research questions
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Accepting Applications for
Wooten Family Initiative Funding
For more information and for application guidelines, visit this link.
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Plan to Attend the
17th Annual
Jean Mills Health Symposium
Visit this link to learn more about the Jean Mills Health Symposium
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Invitation to Attend
5th Annual Distinction Day
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Teachers of Quality Academy
TQA 6.0
Is Accepting Applications
The Teachers of Quality Academy (TQA) 6.0 is a professional development program for healthcare leaders designed to fundamentally change care delivery through a curriculum focused on building knowledge and skills in Health Systems Science (HSS). Participants engage in advanced learning in quality improvement, patient safety, and team leadership, develop projects to apply these skills across the health system, teach others in their environment about these concepts, and evaluate the outcomes of improvement interventions. Leading by example, TQA participants promote a culture of quality and safety across our enterprise.
Upon completion of TQA, participants will be able to:
• Establish goals for quality and safety efforts;
• Use data to drive improvement;
• Develop and implement inpatient, ambulatory, or population/community health focused improvement projects;
• Understand and develop their own leadership competencies in order to lead change, and;
• Disseminate the results of their QI work.
To be considered for participation in 2022, you will need to complete an individual application and submit a copy of your CV. Click HERE to apply.
For additional information, visit the TQA website or contact Jenna Garris, garrisj15@ecu.edu
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Please Register for
8th Annual
Medical Education Day
For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/7cvnrwac
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Check out the
Office for Faculty Excellence's
Grant Writing Series
The Office for Faculty Excellence has joined with campus partners to offer a Grant Writing Series. To attend any or all sessions from intro to grantmaking to proposals, reviewers, eTRACS, funding and more, register HERE.
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Activate your FREE membership to the
NCFDD
The National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) has on-demand access to mentoring, tools and support for faculty. Need to activate your free membership?
1) Go to http://www.FacultyDiversity.org/Join
2) Choose your institution from the drop-down menu.
3) Select “Activate my Membership”
4) Complete the registration form using your ecu.edu email address (i.e. @ecu.edu)
5) Go to your ecu.edu email to find a confirmation email. Click “Activate Account” in the confirmation email
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Visit The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development Website
Credits:
Credits -- Cover Photo: Rhett Butler, News Services; Master Educator story: Rob Spahr, News Services: Poston, Lazorick, Bright photos: ECU Photos; Watkins photo: Rachel Watkins; Pitts photo: Stephanie Jilcott Pitts; Stage photo: Virginia Stage; BWFC flyer: Korin Leffler; BWFC photos: Nora Brooks; Denning, Jaimes & Patel Spotlights: Nora Brooks; Lang and Tedder Spotlights: Allison Flowers; Cultivating Success flyer: Allison Flowers; Research Resources 101 and Wooten Family Initiative flyer: Julie Gaven; Jean Mill Symposium flyer: Department of Public Health; Distinction Day, Medical Education Day & TQA flyers: Jessica Day-Brinkley