Goals
- Create and support a community of leaders in education and a culture of excellence in teaching
- Foster the careers of educators in health professions
- Provide programming to improve the skills of teachers
- Stimulate and support the creation and implementation of innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment
- Support educational research and scholarship in health professions education
3 Pillars
- Teaching Excellence: Academy members will be charged with offering faculty development in a variety of settings and venues, including mentoring of junior faculty, teaching workshops, and development of enduring educational materials such as videos, podcasts, etc. Academy members will oversee RIME week, UAB’s annual medical education week.
- Career Advancement: the Academy will provide mentorship and tools to ensure promotion and advancement for members. It will do this through dedicated workshops and one-on-one mentoring.
- Professional Meaning: the Academy will support professional wellbeing, and professionalism, including work-life balance and role modeling. It will do this through fostering a community of educators, as well as dedicated workshops and mentoring.
Leadership
Apply
The Call for Applicants for the 2021-2023 cohort of the Healthcare Educators Academy has been distributed to participating schools and departments. The deadline is June 1. Please contact Claire Finney, clairefinney@uab.edu, for further questions.
Steering Committee
Jason L. Morris, MD, FACP, Department of Medicine, Chair
Dawn Taylor Peterson, PhD, Department of Medical Education, Chair
Caroline Harada, MD, Department of Medicine
Lisa Willett, MD, MACM, FACP, Department of Medicine
Hussein D. Abdullatif, MD, Department of Pediatrics
David Ellington, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chad Burski, MD, Department of Medicine
Britney Corey, MD, Department of Surgery
Andrew Edwards, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine
Cathy M. Fuller, PhD, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
M. Tosi Gilford, MD, PA-C, School of Health Professions
Alice Goepfert, MD, Graduate Medical Education
Robin Lanzi, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health
Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, Graduate Medical Education
Desiree E. Morgan, MD, Department of Radiology
Wolfgang Mulhofer, MD, Department of Neurology
Michelle Robinson, DMD, MA, School of Dentistry
Cathy Roche, PhD, RN, School of Nursing
Adam Gordon, OD, OD, MPH, FAAO, School of Optometry
Kristine Hopkins, OD, MSPH, FAAO, School of Optometry
2021-2023 Cohort
| Mentee | Mentor |
| Dana Mitchell, DNP, ACNP-BC, CHFN | Michelle Brown, PhD, MS, MLS(ASCP) SBB |
| Tamara S. Oechslin, OD, PhD, FAAO | Tedra Smith, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-PC, CNE |
| Tamika Smith, PhD | Keshia Elder, OD, MS, FAAO |
| Bradley Barger, PhD | Desiree Morgan, MD |
| Jaron Raper, MD | Stephanie Berger, MD |
| Adam Edwards, MD | Dawn Taylor Peterson, PhD |
| Stefanie Woodard, DO | Dorothy Odgon, MSIS, AHIP |
| Danielle Sutzko, MD, MS | Winter Williams, MD |
| Meghan Hofto, MD, MPH, FAAP | Meredith Garten, PhD |
| Haller Smith, MD | Susan Black, MD |
| Harshvardhan Singh, PhD | Greg Pavela, PhD |
| Ramakiran Chavali BDS, MS | David Resuehr, PhD |