Abigail Konopasky, PhD, an expert in health professions education, explores lessons from Psychology, Philosophy, and Education; including being an agent and supporting learner self-efficacy.

Stacy Posillico, MLS, JD, AHIP-D, Senior Librarian for the Eastern Region Hospitals of Northwell Health, and Mary Shah, MLS, AHIP, Nuvance Health Medical Librarian and Archivist, share practical strategies for leveraging GenAI tools to enhance teaching, streamline writing, and elevate critical thinking.

Al Villarin examines how natural language processing (NLP) is revolutionizing clinical documentation—enhancing accuracy, reducing administrative burden, and unlocking new insights from unstructured data.

Janel Coral, MD, PhD explains the benefits of implementing artificial intelligence and virtual reality in clinical education.

Wendy Herman, MLIS, MHIP Director of the health sciences library at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University. Wendy shares how to search and evaluate medical education literature.

The Teaching Academy was very excited to kick off the first fall Lunch & Learn session on Wednesday, September 28, from 12-1pm with an invited guest speaker, Dr. Neil Osheroff. Dr. Osheroff is a Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and John G. Coniglio Chair in Biochemistry.

Dr. Patricia Rivera, a leading expert in the field of pulmonary medicine, presents on Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening to an in-person and virtual audience on June 30, 2022 at Danbury Hospital’s Creasy Auditorium. John M. Murphy, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, provides warm opening remarks for the event, held on the birthday of the late Dr. Tietjen.

Candice Calhoun, MHS, PA-C, discusses what to say and what to avoid as well as tips for creating a more inclusive environment with a focus on transgender and gender diverse patient populations.

Deb Simpson, PhD & Academic Affairs Education Director at Aurora Health, reviews a 10 year progression of work on the future job roles of physicians, medical educators and implications for faculty development.

Dr. Paul DeChant, author of Preventing Physician Burnout shares his passion for returning joy to patient care and discusses the unique challenges of burnout for the clinical medical educator.

Dr. Richard Frank serves as chair of cancer research for Nuvance Health and oversees cancer clinical trials, including original research in pancreatic cancer. We were honored to have Dr. Frank as the first distinguished speaker of the monthly Dr. Patricia A. Tietjen, MD Teaching Academy Lunch & Learn! series.