Communication

Staying Grounded While Navigating Radical Disruptions with Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–Communication, Self-Awareness & Self-Management–

Listen Now: Today’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast is about the need for strong leadership in the face of uncertainty. It features a recording from a recent lecture led by Faculty Factory Podcast host Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH. If you’d like to see any visuals from the lecture, please visit our Faculty Factory YouTube channel here. Dr. Skarupski is Associate Vice Provost, Leadership Development, in the Office of Faculty Affairs with UTMB Health in Read More

Key Communication Tips for Better Relationships in Academic Medicine with Adam D. Wolfe, MD, PhD

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–Communication–

Listen Now: Our return guest this week on the Faculty Factory Podcast is Adam D. Wolfe, MD, PhD. Dr. Wolfe shares with us some key communication strategies for better conflict resolution and team building, some of which can also assist with sharing life-altering information with patients in the clinic. The techniques outlined in this episode are designed to help prevent conflict and preserve interprofessional relationships when inevitable tensions arise. Dr. Wolfe is the Interim Division Read More

Acts of Leadership to Build Community within Faculty with Nausheen Jamal, MD, MBA

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–Communication, Leadership–

Listen Now: Too often, poor leadership in academic medicine drives people apart rather than connecting them. With that in mind, we invite Nausheen Jamal, MD, MBA, to our Faculty Factory Podcast this week to share pearls of wisdom from her own experience in building a leadership strategy aimed at bringing people together. Dr. Jamal currently serves as Professor & Harry Carothers Wiess Chair in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Read More

Vulnerability and Post-Traumatic Growth to Help Find Meaning in Medicine with Nicole Piemonte, PhD

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–Coaching, Communication–

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

Telenovelas to Better Support and Educate Hospice Family Caregivers with Dulce M. Cruz, MD, FAAHPM, AGSF

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–Communication–

Listen Now: Dulce M. Cruz, MD, FAAHPM, AGSF, joins the Faculty Factory this week to discuss an innovative, one-of-a-kind approach to supporting and educating hospice family caregivers through a video series that offers practical advice and emotional support. At Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Dr. Cruz serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, in the Section of Palliative Medicine. Her groundbreaking work in palliative care for Latino Read More