Harvard Macy Institute Podcast

This final episode of the Harvard Macy Institute podcast features Liz Armstrong, founding director of the Harvard Macy Institute. Liz is inspiration, mentor and friend to many in the HMI community and beyond. Dr. Armstrong is a professor in Pediatrics, PT, at Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, and has held positions at Harvard Medical School since 1984, including director of Curri...

This episode of the Harvard Macy Institute podcast features Marg Hay, Professor Emeritus at Monash University and leading light in the HMI community. We explore Marg's journey from health psychology to becoming an influential leader in health professions education. We talk about her penchant for ‘start ups’, including pioneering work at Monash university, her involvement with Harvard Macy, and her...

This episode of the Harvard Macy Institute podcast features Dr Connie Bowe- clinician, educator, leader and researcher. She trained as a pediatric neurologist and has been active in medical education design and delivery throughout her career at Stanford and Brown Universities, UC Davis and beyond. In addition to teaching Neuroscience and Clinical Neurology at these institutions, she has directed N...

HMI 30th anniversary podcast series Enriching Perspectives Through Global Collaboration : A conversation with Tom Aretz   This episode of the Harvard Macy Institute podcast features Tom Aretz, an icon of the Harvard Macy community. Tom shares some of his remarkable career, from his athletic pursuits as an Olympic swimmer to his distinguished work as a clinician, educator, and leader in health care...

HMI 30th anniversary podcast series To Teach is to Learn Twice: A conversation with Holly Gooding   This episode of the Harvard Macy Institute podcast features Holly Gooding, a well know faculty leader within HMI. Holly is an internal medicine and adolescent medicine physician by training, with an impressive clinical research portfolio in cardiovascular risk assessment for teens and young adults....

Season Five Episode Four: Keith Wilson    In celebration of the Harvard Macy Institute’s 30th anniversary, this blog & podcast series honors the remarkable individuals who have shaped and supported our community over the years. These accomplished educators, leaders, and champions of health professions education have contributed to the institute’s enduring legacy. Through their leadership, inno...

Season Five Episode Three: Kenya Beard    In celebration of the Harvard Macy Institute’s 30th anniversary, this blog & podcast series honors the remarkable individuals who have shaped and supported our community over the years. These accomplished educators, leaders, and champions of health professions education have contributed to the institute’s enduring legacy. Through their leadership, inno...

In celebration of the Harvard Macy Institute’s 30th anniversary, this blog & podcast series honors the remarkable individuals who have shaped and supported our community over the years. These accomplished educators, leaders, and champions of health professions education have contributed to the institute’s enduring legacy. Through their leadership, innovation, and commitment to advancing educat...

In celebration of the Harvard Macy Institute’s 30th anniversary, this blog & podcast series honors the remarkable individuals who have shaped and supported our community over the years. These accomplished educators, leaders, and champions of health professions education have contributed to the institute’s enduring legacy. Through their leadership, innovation, and commitment to advancing educat...

In this podcast Vic speaks with Martin Pusic , Bill Cutrer , and Elissa Hall about their article “ Educating for Adaptive Expertise: Case Examples Along the Medical Education Continuum .”  What do we mean by adaptive expertise? Our discussion starts with some definitions and examples, including: Routine procedural approaches, plus creative innovative ones, when the situation calls for it.” This ca...

In this podcast Vic speaks with Justin Kreuter , Patricia Tran , and Teresa Chan about ‘Social Media, Networking, Community and the Human Connection’ We recorded the conversation live during  week 6 of the 2023 Harvard Macy program - Transforming your Teaching using Technology . In a metacognitive move, we hoped our podcast conversation would illustrate some of the points we made in the conversati...

In this podcast Vic speaks with Teresa Chan about ‘digital presence’ - our online personas – and about the opportunities to disseminate our scholarship via online platforms. We recorded the conversation live at the 2022 Harvard Macy program - Transforming your Teaching using Technology . In a metacognitive move, we hoped our podcast conversation would illustrate some of the points we made in the c...

Assumption: Something we take to be true without proof. This simple definition belies the complexity of how our assumptions drive our behavior. Some assumptions are explicit (and we are aware of them), but most are implicit; biases and beliefs under our awareness but still powerfully influencing our actions. Our assumptions about teaching and learning might require considering some fundamental que...

How do we train and transform our teams and our systems for better patient care in the 21st century? What’s the role of simulation, of interprofessional learning, and of integrating education with workforce development in large healthcare institutions? In this conversation, Jim Gordon shares his approach to being Chief Learning Officer at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) . He talks about the c...

Why would a medical school work with a business school to create a program for Leading Innovations in Health Care & Education ? In this episode of the podcast we preview the upcoming program, and speak with program co-directors Liz Armstrong , Josh Nagler and Derek van Bever . We discuss the history and conceptual underpinning, and then take a more granular look at the activities for the week and...

Most of us would like to ‘write better’, but few of us make intentional efforts to improve. Lorelei Lingard is internationally known for her efforts to help health researchers and clinical scholars become better writers. In this podcast we talk about her Writers Studio courses and her book “ Story, not Study”, 30 Brief Lessons to Inspire Health Researchers as Writers . Lorelei Lingard has a ‘day j...

“Increased global attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion necessitates inclusive teaching in health professions education.” The opening line of this article by Jeremy Amayo and team set the scene for a wide ranging discussion of principle and practical strategies to help teachers be more inclusive – in the classroom, in the clinical environment, and in the online learning environment. We sta...

The Harvard Macy Institute Podcast aims to connect our Harvard Macy Institute community and to develop our interest in health professions education topics and literature. Our podcast is hosted by our Program for Educators in the Health Professions course faculty Victoria Brazil , and will feature interviews with health professions education authors and their research papers. This episode of the Ha...

The Harvard Macy Institute Podcast aims to connect our Harvard Macy Institute community and to develop our interest in health professions education topics and literature. Our podcast is hosted by our Program for Educators in the Health Professions course faculty Victoria Brazil , and will feature interviews with health professions education authors and their research papers. S3 E1 Podcast features...

The Harvard Macy Institute Podcast aims to connect our Harvard Macy Institute community and to develop our interest in health professions education topics and literature. Our podcast is hosted by our Program for Educators in the Health Professions course faculty Victoria Brazil , and will feature interviews with health professions education authors and their research papers. In this episode of the...

The Harvard Macy Institute Podcast aims to connect our Harvard Macy Institute community and to develop our interest in health professions education topics and literature. Our podcast is hosted by our Program for Educators in the Health Professions course faculty Victoria Brazil , and features interviews with health professions educators about their scholarly work.   In this S2 E10 podcast, Vic Bra...

The Harvard Macy Institute Podcast aims to connect our Harvard Macy Institute community and to develop our interest in health professions education topics and literature. Our podcast is hosted by our Program for Educators in the Health Professions course faculty Victoria Brazil , and will feature interviews with health professions education authors and their research papers. Podcast S2E9 features...

The Harvard Macy Institute Podcast aims to connect our Harvard Macy Institute community and to develop our interest in health professions education topics and literature. Our podcast is hosted by our Program for Educators in the Health Professions course faculty Victoria Brazil , and features interviews with health professions educators about their scholarly work. S2 E8 podcast is a conversation b...

The Harvard Macy Institute Podcast is hosted by our Program for Educators in the Health Professions course faculty Victoria Brazil . This episode features a conversation with Program for Educators course directors Liz Armstrong and Holly Gooding and program manager Todd Fowler, in a discussion welcoming new course scholars into our worldwide community of practice. Why did Liz Armstrong create the...

The Harvard Macy Institute Podcast aims to connect our Harvard Macy Institute community and to develop our interest in health professions education topics and literature. Our podcast is hosted by our Program for Educators in the Health Professions course faculty Victoria Brazil , and features interviews with health professions educators about their scholarly work. S2 S6 podcast is a conversation b...