Full Interview: Heather Brod is back on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week for a look at finding and owning your own “Main Character Energy,” a concept borrowed from internet culture that has very real implications when taken to heart by faculty. “What I’ve learned is that main character energy, at its core, is about agency. It’s about how you are writing the script of your own life and not being a supporting character in Read More
Listen Now: Kathryn Burtson, MD, MHPE, FACP, is our guest on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week for a look into academic coaching and individualized learning plans, part of a broader effort to move graduate medical education forward. Dr. Burtson is a first-time guest on our show and a colonel in the United States Air Force Medical Corps. She is Director of Medical Education at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Associate Professor of Medicine at Wright Read More
Listen Now: Lillian Emlet, MD, MS, CHSE, CPC, ELI-MP, an academic physician and founder of Transforming Healthcare Coaching, makes her Faculty Factory Podcast debut this week. Reframing the typical narrative around leadership coaching in healthcare means ensuring coaching is available to those beyond the C-suite. Dr. Emlet joins us to share hard truths about changing that narrative so we can stop the repeating stories of quiet quitting and burnout that plague so many people as Read More
Listen Now: Heather Brod visits the Faculty Factory Podcast this week with some high-level takeaways from a recent talk she has developed and presented called, “What You Should Know About Academic Medicine (But No One Tells You).” We hope you are familiar with the style of commentary and wisdom Heather brings to the table as a “frequent flier” on this show. She is also the coauthor of “The Insider’s Pocket Guide to Navigating a Faculty Read More
Listen Now: Daniel Almeida, PhD, also known as the “Strengths Professor,” visits us this week on the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Almeida is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California. As mentioned throughout this interview, he works diligently to incorporate Clifton Strengths into his teaching, coaching, and research. He is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and the founder of Strengths Deep Dive, LLC. You can learn more Read More
Listen Now: The path toward finding a deeper meaning in providing patient care within academic medicine and the intangibles that make us human, such as vulnerability, passion, and post-traumatic growth, is explored in this week’s edition of the Faculty Factory episode with our guest, Nicole Piemonte, PhD. Dr. Piemonte serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Leadership and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix in Arizona. She Read More
Listen Now: Join us for today’s engaging episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast, featuring our returning guest, Brian Clyne, MD, MHL. In this episode, we explore key guidance for early-career physicians and faculty in academic medicine through the lens of a coach. Dr. Clyne is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University where he also serves as Vice Chair for Education. It is often a complex journey we face Read More