Communication

Managing the Pitfalls of AI, Technology, and Social Media with Drs. Kudchadkar, Heinsberg, and Sharkey

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–AI, Communication–

Listen Now: In this “Best of” Faculty Factory Podcast episode, we’re revisiting conversations with three incredible past guests to bring you a compilation broadcast exploring some of the most common hazards associated with social media, technology, and AI large language model (LLM) usage. These technologies can work wonders, but there are certain pitfalls to be on heightened alert for in academic medicine, and we discuss several of those in this episode. Conversations featured in this Read More

Examining the Ethical Obligations of Generative AI with Lacey W. Heinsberg, PhD, RN 

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–Communication–

Listen Now: We’re joined by first-time guest Lacey W. Heinsberg, PhD, RN, on this week’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast to examine many of the ethical considerations surrounding the widespread use of generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, etc.). Dr. Heinsberg is Assistant Professor of Health Promotion & Development in the School of Nursing, and of Human Genetics in the School of Public Health, at the University of Pittsburgh. She also serves as Read More

Neurodivergence and the Faculty Experience with Kelley J. Slack, PhD

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–Communication–

Listen Now: This week on the Faculty Factory Podcast, we explore what neurodiversity is and how it plays out in the workplace with our guest, Kelley J. Slack, PhD. Dr. Slack is an Organizational Psychologist in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. First things out of the gate, we learned neurodiversity is not a medical term but rather a social construct. “You’re not going to find Read More

YouTube as a Platform for Inspiring Faculty with Jessica Seaman, EdD

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–Communication–

Listen Now: Jessica Seaman, EdD, has learned many tips and tricks while building a library of recordings and a repository of resources on YouTube to assist learners. She joins the Faculty Factory Podcast this week for an inspiring exploration of that process. As a self-taught YouTube practitioner and editor with no prior experience, Dr. Seaman is proof that anyone can learn this tool and leverage it to reach and help faculty worldwide. Dr. Seaman is Read More

Embracing the Discomfort of Giving and Receiving Feedback in Academic Medicine with Joshua Hartzell, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, FIDSA

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–Communication–

Listen Now: This week on the Faculty Factory Podcast, author Joshua Hartzell, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, FIDSA, is back on the show, and we’re taking a deep dive into feedback. We discuss how to give and receive feedback more effectively—a topic that we all should strive to improve in our professional lives. With 25 years of experience in military medicine, Dr. Hartzell is a retired army colonel as well as a practicing internist and infectious diseases Read More

AI: Augmented Intelligence in Medical Education with Stacey Pylman, PhD, and John Lowry, PhD

Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH–AI, Communication–

Listen Now: This week’s Faculty Factory Podcast is about building the skillset needed to keep pace with the many ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) can augment your productivity as an academic medicine professional. Leading this discussion for us are Stacey Pylman, PhD, and John Lowry, PhD. Drs. Pylman and Lowry have been featured in an ongoing series through the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) on AI education. You can learn more about that series here. Read More

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 Vice Provost, Faculty Development, in the Office of Faculty Affairs with UTMB Health in Galveston, 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