WWAMI Faculty Newsletter
News & Information from the University of Washington School of Medicine
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A Message from Dr. Suzanne Allen
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I hope you are enjoying a relaxing and fun summer. As the new academic year begins, I'm reflecting on the weather changes we’ve become accustomed to in recent years, including wildfires. Climate change is of great concern -- both personally and professionally -- and I hope you and your families are all faring well.
I was inspired recently by a group of 16 concerned young people in Montana who challenged the State over its fossil fuel-based state energy system as a violation of their constitutional rights and won!
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They serve as a reminder that through hard work and fortitude, we can effect change that benefits the health of our neighbors, patients and our planet. Our medical school is also learning how we can be better stewards of planetary health and sustainable healthcare through the Planetary Health Report Card Initiative. This initiative was started in 2019 by University of California San Francisco medical students to “increase planetary health awareness and accountability among future health professionals.”
Today, 75 medical schools in over seven countries participate in this student-driven, metric-based initiative. Seventeen UWSOM students, under the mentorship of Dr. Colette Kirchhoff, have contributed to the report since 2021. You can read more about it in this newsletter. Although the work takes time, we are committed to doing our part to make positive changes that benefit our patients, our communities and ourselves and will continue to make improvements each year. I encourage you to
read the report.
Meanwhile, with the arrival of Fall, school is in session. Our entering class arrived for orientation at their Foundations sites in July. One of the highlights is when students receive their stethoscopes from the UWSOM Alumni Association. In Spokane, The Spokesman-Review newspaper got some great photos of our students, like this one:
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We’re looking forward to getting to know our new students and welcoming back those from earlier cohorts. Thank you for all you do to make the UW School of Medicine a special place for our students.
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Suzanne Allen, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice Dean for Academic, Rural & Regional Affairs
University of Washington School of Medicine
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In this Newsletter
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- Announcements & News
- Admissions
- Advancement & Alumni Relations
- Opportunities to grow as an educator
- From the Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME)
- From Continuing Medical Education (CME)
- From the Office of Faculty Affairs
- Service Learning
- WWAMI Roundup
- Important Links
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Announcements & News
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Welcome to Erik Malmberg, Ph.D., J.D., our new Assistant Dean for Equity & Medical Student Engagement
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Erik D. Malmberg, Ph.D., J.D., has been named to the new position of Assistant Dean for Equity & Medical Student Engagement for the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM).
Dr. Malmberg was most recently Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, TX. He has held a variety of student affairs and justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) roles.
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UWSOM created the new position to maximize student support within the Office of Student Affairs. He will report to Gabriel Sarah, M.D., Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and will support medical students across WWAMI.
“I am passionate about equity and looking forward to joining such a forward-thinking academic medical school and addressing justice, equity, diversity and inclusion issues all the way through the pipeline from potential applicants to residency and graduation,” Dr. Malmberg said.
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2023-24 WWAMI courtesy faculty reappointments and promotions update
UWSOM Academic, Rural, and Regional Affairs (ARRA) congratulates our recently promoted WWAMI faculty. We recognize the important contributions that you make by supporting the academic success of our medical students and want to take a moment to let you know how much we appreciate your commitment to teaching UWSOM students.
We have kicked off the annual reappointment and promotion processes for our WWAMI clinical (non-salaried) and affiliate faculty. Please respond in a timely way to any correspondence that you receive from the regional WWAMI sites or department staff and faculty. If you have any questions regarding the promotions process or corresponding departmental criteria, please contact wwamiapt@uw.edu.
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Learn about the Planetary Health Report Card Initiative
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The Planetary Health Report Card is a student-driven, metric-based approach to inspire planetary health education and sustainable healthcare in medical schools globally.
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In December 2021, the UWSOM Curriculum Committee voted to recognize planetary health as an important aspect of the curriculum and, if possible, implement planetary health into the UWSOM curriculum.
The Curriculum Committee charged a workgroup led by Colette Kirchhoff, M.D., and Peter Rabinowitz M.D., to address these goals.
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A diverse group of 18 faculty and 13 students joined the Planetary Health Workgroup and collaborated to improve our Planetary Health Report Card metrics. A major milestone of the workgroup was the completion of a report that includes a Planetary Health Mission and Philosophy, Learning Objectives, and a plan to integrate planetary health into the full medical school curriculum. You can read the report here.
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Meet the new dedicated librarian for UWSOM
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Rachel Blume is the new Medicine and Research Services Librarian in the Health Sciences Library in Seattle. Rachel is available to help all students and faculty throughout WWAMI with these services you can find on her library web page. The best way to reach her is by email at rblume@uw.edu.
She is also in her office twice a week in the Health Sciences Library.
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Art project will support medical students on subject of diagnostic error
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Andrea Kalus, M.D., left, is co-director of the Rheumatology-Dermatology Clinic at the UW Medicine Roosevelt Clinic, and Director of the UW Phototherapy Unit. Molly B. Jackson, M.D., right, is a physician at the UW Medicine Roosevelt General Internal Medicine Clinic, and Assistant Dean for the Colleges program across WWAMI.
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They have been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Art of Diagnosis, a collaboration between the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) to support, “Exploring diagnostic error and error recovery with medical students: A printmaking and micro-gallery SMS text-based art show.”
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The project will engage students across WWAMI with an SMS text-based gallery show, using the student’s art. Micro learning with text-based responses creates spaced learning that is novel, engaging, and may enhance retention. Learn much more about the art project here.
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American Academy of Family Physicians honors WWAMI
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has presented the UWSOM WWAMI Family Medicine Interest Group with the 2023 AAFP Program of Excellence Overall Award, as one of the top family medicine interest groups in the country.
"Family medicine is stronger because of the leadership and values that the interest group has demonstrated on your campus," wrote AAFP's Vice President, Medical Education, Karen Mitchell, M.D., FAAFP. “…I applaud your outstanding achievement.”
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Admissions
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Meet the entering class of 2023
The UWSOM Office of Admissions team sincerely appreciates the hard work of our Admissions Committee to accept the entering class of 2023. This class is a wonderful group of people—see more about them in the infographic above or you can click here to see a larger version.
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Advancement & Alumni Relations
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Consider hosting students for great conversations
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From October to December, alumni host small groups of two to six students in person or virtually for lively conversations about professional practice, residency, work-life balance and whatever else is on students’ minds.
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UWSOM Interim Dean Tim Dellit, M.D., center, with the 2023 Alumni Award winners, left to right: Drs. John Mulvihill, Julie Gralow, Amanda Moore Johnson and Andrew Castrodale.
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Nominate someone as a Distinguished Alumni
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Nominations for the 2024 UWSOM Distinguished Alumni Awards are now open! You have until Dec. 31, 2023, to honor the colleagues and classmates who inspire you by nominating them for one of four awards: the Distinguished Alumni Award, the Alumni Humanitarian Award, the Alumni Service Award and the Alumni Early Achievement Award.
For inspiration, learn more about our 2023 recipients, seen above, by visiting the Alumni Association website. You’ll also find more details there about the awards criteria as well as a list of past recipients.
Nominations are due by Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Please contact the alumni office at medalum@uw.edu with questions.
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Opportunities to Grow as an Educator
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Clinical Teaching Certificate: CLIME offers a certificate program designed to help teachers maximize clinical learning. Those who teach students, residents or fellows while providing clinical care will benefit. Learn more about our program faculty, goals and outcomes via our 2021-2022 Executive Summary and
register for the 2023-2024 program.
CLIMECasts: CLIME produces a podcast hosted by our Associate Director for Faculty Development in Teaching Principles, Kate Mulligan, Ph.D.
The most recent episode is, “An Inside Look into the UWSOM Colleges Program,” with Molly Jackson, M.D. Drs. Mulligan and Jackson discuss what the Colleges program is and how it brings a personalized approach to medical education. To listen to this episode, listen on the ClimeCasts webpage or any streaming app of your choice.
IAMSE Fall 2023 Webinar Series: CLIME’s International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) Institutional Membership has given us access to the Fall 2023 webinar series, “Brains, Bots, & Beyond: Exploring AI’s Impact on Medical Education,” that begins on Sept. 7, 2023. For more information and to register for the full series, see the IAMSE event site.
AAMC Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) Session: CLIME is offering a 3-hour MERC session via Zoom on Friday, Sept. 22, at 8 a.m. AK, 9 a.m. PT, 10 a.m. MT. David A. Cook, M.D., MHPE,
will lead, “Measuring Educational Outcomes with Reliability and Validity.” Space is limited to the first 25 registrants and is available for UW-affiliated faculty, staff, and students throughout the WWAMI region. To register, see the MERC events site.
Grand Rounds: Join us for our upcoming “CLIME Grand Rounds!”
- “Re-thinking the Integration of Basic and Clinical Sciences in Medical Education,” with Nicole Woods, Ph.D., on Friday, Oct. 27, 11 a.m. AK, noon PT, 1 p.m. MT. For more information and to register, see the Grand Rounds site. Following that event:
- Open Q&A Forum with Dr. Woods on Friday, Oct. 27, at 12:30 p.m. AK, 1:30 p.m. PT, 2:30 p.m. MT. After Dr. Woods’ Grand Rounds, you are welcome and encouraged to attend an additional open question and answer forum. CLIME encourages our community to bring questions related to their work as educators to ask our expert about how to integrate the basic and clinical sciences in their daily learning. To register, email clime@uw.edu, and you will be sent a calendar invite and Zoom link.
- “The Impact of Pass/Fail Standardized Testing and Grades on Learners and Training Programs,” with Heather McPhillips, M.D., M.P.H., and Tai Lockspeiser, M.D., MHPE, FAAP, on Friday, Dec. 8, 11 a.m. AK, noon PT, 1 p.m. MT. via Zoom. For more information and to register, see the Grand Rounds site.
Conversation Café: Arts and Humanities in Medical Education Series: Curious about what arts and humanities can bring to your teaching in health professional educational settings? Join us for a CLIME Conversation Café series on Arts and Humanities in Medical Training through Zoom! For more information on these sessions, see the Conversation Café site. Events start at 11 a.m. AK, noon PT and 1 p.m. MT.
- “Visual Thinking Strategies,” with Andrea Kalus, M.D., on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023
- “Ethics in Medicine: New Problems & New Methods,” with Gina Campelia, Ph.D., HEC-C, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023
- “The Power of Film in Medical Education,” with Maren Monsen, M.D., on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
- “The Jazz of Educational Design: Maximizing the Power of the Arts in Medical Education,” with Paul Haidet, M.D., M.P.H., on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024
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More Opportunities: Continuing Medical Education
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Continuing Medical Education offers many upcoming courses
Summer is coming to an end; start planning your Fall and Winter education now! Join UW CME for opportunities that fit your needs.
CME offers virtual, hybrid, and fully in-person conferences. You can enjoy accredited education from your home or come in person to network with your peers. If you do not see a conference applicable or in the best learning format for you, join the CME mailing list
to stay current on all of our upcoming offerings.
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More Opportunities: Office of Faculty Affairs
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Faculty Affairs opens registration on a wide variety of Fall offerings
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Registration is open for academic year 2023-2024 faculty development events! We have highlighted a few of our Fall 2023 workshops below but be sure to visit the Office of Faculty Affairs full events calendar to see the full offerings.
Topics will range from promotions and leadership to well-being, educator development, healthcare finance and electronic health record management, as well as annual events like Women Faculty Day.
All events will be held on Zoom unless otherwise indicated and may change based on community health guidelines.
Women Faculty Leadership Series
Career Development Series
Well Being & Resilience Series
Leadership Series
Mid-Career Faculty
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Service Learning
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Alaska WWAMI medical students at a Narcan outreach event, from left, Aline Wilson, Michael Kaden-Hoffman, Alaina Prince, Lauren Culver, Ben Henderson, and Landon Basner
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Empowering change in the opioid crisis
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In the heart of Anchorage, the Narcan Education & Distribution service learning project is making a difference in the fight against the opioid epidemic.
Dedicated medical students provided more than 2,214 Narcan kits to the community this past year. The program is being replicated at other WWAMI sites, including Seattle.
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WWAMI Roundup
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Students learn about Mobile Outreach Van
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Seattle's new medical students had a chance to tour the UW Health Sciences/Harborview Medical Center Mobile Health Outreach Program van during orientation this summer.
The Mobile Health Outreach program gives students an opportunity to provide health care services at two local Tiny House Villages. Standing in the van at right you see MS3 Christina Tran and Service Learning Program Coordinator Jordi Despaigne. Learn more here about the Mobile Health Outreach Program.
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Dr. Leigh Bishop becomes FCM Co-Director
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Leigh Bishop, M.D., is the new Co-Director of Foundations of Clinical Medicine (FCM) in Spokane, replacing Clint Hauxwell, M.D.
Dr. Bishop became a FCM instructor in 2020. Formerly a Co-Medical Director at Providence St. Joseph's Care Center, Dr. Bishop is currently Medical Director of Royal Park Rehabilitation. She attended the University of Puget Sound as an undergraduate and graduated from UWSOM in 2004.
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Welcoming Native American STEM gathering to Spokane
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UWSOM is a sponsor of the Oct. 19-20 national gathering of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES). The society focuses on substantially increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers.
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Washington Governor addresses students
Washington Governor Jay Inslee spoke with the entering UWSOM Spokane class of medical students this summer during a trip to Gonzaga University. The governor was in town to help celebrate Spokane’s new City Line, a zero-emissions rapid-transit bus line.
The governor shared thoughts about climate change and how the environment could shape the practice of medicine.
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Three cheers and a chair for Dr. John Thalken
After receiving numerous individual awards for teaching, John Thalken, M.D., has received the Department of Medicine's Lifetime Richard M. Tucker WWAMI Excellence in Teaching Award.
And he received an engraved chair! The chair was presented by Rob Monger, M.D., Wyoming WWAMI Clinical Dean.
Dr. Thalken retired in July after 39 years in practice. "A lot of people have told me I would know when it was time to retire, and with the birth of my 20th grandkid, it's time," Dr. Thalken told the local newspaper. "...I want to be a professional grandpa."
“The biggest highlight (of my career) has been dealing with the students. They’re all driven; they all really want to do well. It’s just a breath of fresh air,” Dr. Thalken said.
He told the paper: "My approach was to let the student go interview the patient, not have me in the room at all. They’d come back and present the patient to me and then tell me what their assessment and plan was. If it sounded good to me, we didn’t change anything. If there was something we needed to add, we talked about what we needed to add, and what we should look into. Through this, the students were actually practicing medicine."
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From left, MS2 Courtney Stage, Physician Assistant and Certified Nurse-Midwife Katie Van Atta, Ronald Talaga, M.D., and MS2 Michael Kaden-Hoffmann.
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Students welcomed to Bristol Bay
Alaska Public Radio Station KDLG profiled two Alaska WWAMI second-year medical students during their time in Bristol Bay. You can read the report or listen here.
The students spent four weeks over the summer in the Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP). Student Courtney Stage worked with Katie Van Atta, PA-C, CNM, at Camai Community Health Center in Naknek, and student Michael Kaden-Hoffman worked with Ronald Talaga, M.D., at Kanakanak Hospital for two weeks before transitioning to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation Clinic in Naknek.
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Podcast features Dr. Jay Erickson on rural health care
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Hear from Jay Erickson, M.D., clinical dean of Montana WWAMI, in the "A New Angle" podcast from the University of Montana College of Business.
In the recent episode, Dr. Erickson talks about the challenges and opportunities in rural health care, the value of WWAMI to rural America, and how to recruit more young people into the practice of rural medicine.
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MS4 elected as student delegate to national congress of American Academy of Family Physicians
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Fourth-year Idaho WWAMI student Derek Southwick was recently elected by his peers attending the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) National Conference as a Student Delegate to the Congress of Delegates.
"It's an honor to be the voice for all medical students in the United States," he said. Here's some of what he had to say about his recent experience on the student member congress at the recent meeting of the AAFP.
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Idaho WWAMI alumni support refugees with training
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Scott Smith, M.D., (Idaho WWAMI '76) and Paula Carvalho, M.D., (Idaho WWAMI '84) are both involved in training refugees whose careers in medicine were interrupted by war, violence, etc. They work with Global Talent, a postgraduate talent placement agency, to help refugees pick up their careers in medicine.
From 2019 to 2022, Dr. Smith has worked with 34 refugee candidates from 19 countries. Today, five of them are practicing, four are doing so in Idaho, and several others are in residency.
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Got news?
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Ideas for this newsletter are welcome
If you have content that you'd like to share in our next Faculty Newsletter, please email uwsomcom@uw.edu. We'd love to hear from you, and don't forget pictures and video if you have them. The deadline for our next issue is tentatively Nov. 1, 2023.
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Important Links
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