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It turns out that cardiovascular disease, especially heart attacks and strokes, are not only impacted by your blood pressure, cholesterol level and family history, but by where you live. Join us to learn about the Envirome Institute at the University of Louisville, headed by Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar . You won’t want to miss this week’s podcast on Faculty Feed as we enjoy a vigorous discussion about how...

Healthcare professionals must be advocates for their patients and faculty need to help learners develop these skills effectively. Dr. Fran Hardin, Professor at the UofL School of Nursing is conducting research to see identify ways of helping nurses become health advocates. List to this episode of Faculty Feed to hear about the research project and the tools she is using to help undergraduate and g...

In this episode, we discuss critical thinking and clinical reasoning with Dr. Patty Payette from the Delphi Center. Critical thinking and clinical reasoning are skills that can be learned and require practice. We discuss some specific strategies that you can use with your learners to help them develop these very important skills not only for their clinical practice but for life. We hope you enjoy...

Did you know that the University of Louisville has a Digital Transformation Center with literally thousands of resources that faculty, students, and staff can access to acquire trophies, badges, micro-credentials, and certifications from corporations like IBM and Google? These resources provide an easy way for students to enhance their degrees, for staff to upskill their capabilities, and for facu...

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Holly Wei, Professor and Assistant Dean at the University of Louisville School of Nursing. Dr. Wei discusses her work with the Human Caring Theory from Dr. Jean Watson of the Watson Caring Science Institute . Holly describes a caring moment in the nursing profession and how caring provides an opening to help get knowledge to patients and families. She also discuss...

Changing behavior is hard, whether it is at an individual level or at the organizational level. Therefore, most change efforts fail because they appeal only to our rational mind…but there is hope for us. Join us as Staci Saner and Jerry Rabalais walk through the book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard , (2010) by Chip and Dan Heath. It brings us insight into how we can increase the...

What strategies are your students using to learn? This week we talk with Pascale Alard, PhD, who is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Louisville. We discuss her Educator Grand Rounds, in which she spoke on effective teaching and learning strategies. Dr. Alard describes how students often rely on ineffective st...

Have you heard of learning styles? In this episode of Faculty Feed, Dr. Staci Saner discusses the learning styles myth that permeates educational settings. We discuss the history of learning styles and some of the research that has been on the topic. If you would like additional information be sure to check out this blog post - https://louisville.edu/hsc/faculty-development/facultyfeed/is-learning...

How do learners perceive feedback? This week we talk again with Dr. Josh Kurtz, who is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. We discuss an article from our office’s Health Professions Education (HPE) Journal Club, which explored how to foster a feedback mindset with learners and their perceptions of receiving feedback...

How’d your class go last semester? This week we talk with Dr. Linda Fuselier, the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisville. We discuss peer evaluation, in which faculty get feedback about evidence-based practices from other faculty and staff who observe them teaching. Linda describes how peer observation and evaluation of teachi...

Are you looking for a way to enhance learner engagement as you teach in the clinical environment? Join us as we talk with Dr. Jenn Hamm (UofL, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Dean for Resident Education and Work Environment & OB/GYN Residency Program Director) as she shares her personal experience with the power of gamification and teaching with technology to drive learning. She p...

The Faculty Feed podcast team had the wonderful opportunity to talk with Dr. Toni Ganzel, Dean of the University of Louisville School of Medicine, in her 10th year of service in this role. Dr. Ganzel is the first woman in this key leadership role in the 185-year history of our School of Medicine. She shares her perspectives on her own path to the Dean’s role and on the future of increasing leaders...

What does Twitter have to do with health professions education? This week we talk with Dr. Josh Kurtz, who is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. We discuss how to use Twitter for educational purposes, which has allowed Josh to engage learners and develop relationships with other medical educators all over the world...

This week we talk with Dr. Matt Adamkin, MD, and Lynn Robbins, RN, about RETAIN: the Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network. Matt and Lynn tell us about this free program that connects Kentucky residents to coordinated health and employment-related services for staying/returning to work after injury or illness. We discuss the importance of rehabilitation and learn that anyone...

Are you curious about how to process the racism tensions that have resurfaced so violently this past two years? Join us as we talk with Dr. Teresa Reed, Dean of the School of Music at the University of Louisville, and author of the 2021 book, You’re Not Likely to be a Racist: Answers for Curious White People.  She weaves her personal experience and perspective on how to be compassionate while...

This week we talk with Dr. Chris Seals, who has recently joined the University of Louisville School of Medicine as an Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Advancement. We discuss his new role, which will focus on recruiting and retaining minoritized faculty at the School of Medicine. Chris describes the challenges and opportunities for this charge and how his previous work has prepared him to co...

Enduring learning is hard. One of the key things we can do as faculty is to help our learners to learn more effectively, including the importance of strategic questioning, a growth mindset, and the power of passion and perseverance as it relates to learning. Join us as the faculty development team interviews Dr. Ashley Isles, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine a...

Compassionate leadership is now more important than ever in healthcare as we have weathered a two-year-long pandemic. Join us as Wade Mitzel, Chief Operating Officer for the University of Louisville Physicians group, tells a personal story of how he was once the recipient of compassionate leadership at a critical time during his service as a paramedic. That event shaped how he is now working as CO...

Could our work culture affect our health? This week we talk again with Dr. Brad Shuck, Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Development and Co-Founder of  OrgVitals , a culture management company for workplaces. We discuss his proposed model of work determinants of health, which are employment-related conditions that influence health and risk. Brad encourages us to be mindful of our wor...

Did you know that faculty leadership training can improve your professional and personal skills while you help drive organizational change? Our next Leadership and Innovation in Academics Matter (LIAM) cohort starts September 2022. Listen in as we interview two LIAM graduates, Drs. Hugh Shoff (Emergency Medicine) and Russ Farmer (Surgery), as they describe why they signed up and how they put lesso...

In this episode of Faculty Feed, we’re joined by Dr. Marie Brown, the Interim Associate Provost for Teaching and Innovation from the Delphi Center at the University of Louisville. We discuss the annual Celebration of Teaching and Learning, which serves as an opportunity to honor our institution’s education mission while learning from our peers. Catch some of the highlights from this year’s confere...

If you are curious about how to enhance your own or your staff’s success at work, you won’t want to miss this podcast as we interview Brian Buford, Director of the University of Louisville’s Employee Success Center, and how he uses Gallup’s Strengths Finder assessment to assure that each employee is able to bring their very best gifts and talents to their work. Learn what we can do to help each ot...

Why does it take courage to lead with compassion? This week we talk with Dr. Brad Shuck, Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Development and Co-Founder of  OrgVitals , a culture management company for workplaces. We discuss his research, which shows that leaders who demonstrate compassionate behaviors like dignity, empathy, and accountability improve employee engagement and performance...

We are often faced with a circumstance that requires us to engage in a difficult conversation with someone. It may be at work addressing a behavioral or job performance issue with a faculty or staff member, or it may be at home with your spouse or teenager. Difficult conversations like these are often delayed (hoping the problem will get better on its own) or avoided completely. Listen to our inte...

Why is it that we are naturally gifted to do some things and not others? This week we interview Brian Buford, the Director of the Employee Success Center at the University of Louisville. As a certified Strengths Finder coach, Brian discusses this tool from the Gallup Organization, which has been used by nearly 27 million people to maximize their potential at work and everywhere else. Brian talks a...