Teaching Summary
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
HLTHSCI 519: Rural Primary Care Selective, 2021-present.
I offer an immersive selective for 2 students combining clinical observation, patient interviews, and interactive didactic sessions focused on rural primary care and ambulatory family medicine.
FACILITATOR
HLTHSCI 504: Essentials for Healthcare Practice and Professional Development I, 2019-present
HLTHSCI 505: Essentials for Healthcare Practice and Professional Development II, 2019-present
I co-facilitate a year-long, weekly course that covers a variety of topics fundamental to healthcare and focuses on the soft skills necessary to build meaningful patient relationships including communication, health disparities, bias, mental health, self-awareness, resiliency, and beyond.
CLINICAL TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- I provide clinical teaching and supervision to family medicine residents, medical students, and PA students in the Duke Primary Care Oxford clinic on a near daily basis
- I am routinely involved in competence assessments, formative evaluation, and summative evaluation of Duke rural family medicine residents through my role as residency Associate Program Director
- I provide lectures, workshops, and board review sessions to family medicine residents, medical students, and PA students weekly
Advising & Mentoring Summary
MENTORING ACTIVITIES
- I serve as a mentor to current Duke MBS students and alumni interested in careers in family medicine and primary care, as well as osteopathic medical training. (2019-present)
- Rashmi Saincher (2021-present)
- Stephanie Wilcher (2022-present)
- Emily Orfinger (2023-present)
- I advise 5-8 graduate students per cohort as they navigate the MBS program and applications to professional schools after graduation (2019-present)