Teaching Summary
Teaching/Learner Support:
-Resident & Fellow Education (OB/GYN and Pediatrics) - Duke University Hospitals 2021 - current
- 9/2021: Pediatric Resident Noon Conference: “Prepubertal Vaginal Bleeding," Large group lecture:15-20 Pediatric residents, 60 minutes, 1x/year;
- 10/2021: OBGYN Resident Didactics:“Current Management of Menopause," Large group lecture: 15-20 OBGYN residents, 60 minutes, 1x/year
- 3/2022 OBGYN Resident Didactics: "Vulvar Dystrophy and Vaginitis," Large Group lecture: 15-20 OBGYN residents 60 minutes, 1x/year
- 4/2022 - 2023 REI and Gyn One fellow didactics: “Current Management of Menopause, small group lecture; 3 fellows and 1 resident; 60 min, 1x/year
- 4/2023 REI fellow didactics "AUB in the Pediatric population" small group lecture; 3 fellows and 1 resident; 60 min 1x/year
- 2023 OB/GYN resident Didactics: “Sexual Dysfunction,” “Puberty: normal and abnormal,” “Benign Breast disease” Large group active teaching session, 15-20 OBGYN residents, 60 minutes, 1x/year
- 2024 Family Medicine Resident didactics: “Adolescent Gynecology” Small group lecture, 8-10 family medicine residents, 60 minutes 1x/year
- Small group lecture: 7-10 OB-GYsN residents, 60 minutes, 1x/year Examples:“primary and preventative care,” “shoulder dystocia drill,” “Vaginitis and STI’s, “Prenatal Care,” “Management of Abnormal Labor and Induction of Labor,” “CREOG Board Review: Practice Management”
- Large group lecture: 15 –20 OB/GYN residents; 60 minutes 1x/yearExamples: “Benign Breast Disease” “Menopausal Health”, Wellness didactics: “The Third Thing,” “Nurturing the Whole Self,”“Fostering Empathy through Narrative Medicine,”“Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Adolescents,”“Obstetrical complications,”“Topics in Pediatric Gynecology,” “Coding in the Ambulatory Environment”
- 2014 –2021 Large group lecture: 20-30 Pediatric residents, 60 minutes, 1x every other year. “OB/GYN Basics for the Pediatrician”
- 2023-2024 Duke University Master’s Program in Biomedical Science, “Reproductive Pharmacology” Large group lecture, 120 minutes, 100 students, 1x/year
- Medical Student Education
Pre-Clinical Medical Students; Duke University Medical School 2021 - present
- 2021- present Faculty Facilitator for Body and Disease Reproductive Medicine sessions; 90-100 students; 120 minutes; 1x/year diagnostic reasoning session(Abnormal vaginal bleeding); team-based education sessions (Contraception; Emergency Contraception)
- Responsible for creating content to teach in the classroom to pre-clinical Duke medical students clinically focused reproductive medicine. Example of content: https://api.playposit.com/player_v2/?type=share&bulb_id=1783945
- Large group lectures: 150-200 students/year; 60 minutes; 60 hours course preparation
- 4/2022 -Transition to OB/GYN residency course - multiple small group sessions 6-8 students; 60 minutes; Health Systems science; Residents as Teachers: Goal setting; Feedback; Obstetrical Skills
- 2012-2017: Transition to OBGYN residency: Small group sessions -15-20 students, 90-minute sessions; once/yearExamples: “Obstetrical Skills,” “Oral Contraception and the Menstrual Cycle,”“Anatomical Dissection”
- 2014 –2021: Clerkship -small and large group work: Team-Based Learning, OB/GYN SHELF review, individual longitudinal clinical preceptorships approximately 6 3rd year students, and 4-6 4th year students per year
Coding in the Ambulatory Environment: 2012 -2020
- Developed a Coding Handbook for OB-GYN residents, used by 28 residents/year to acquaint them with coding for billing purposes; 10 hours curriculum development 92. Core Curriculumin Ambulatory OB/GYN:2012 (still used by UNC OBGYN residency upon my departure in 2021)
- 30-minute small group sessions for 5-8 learners; topics include primary care, professional development, practice management, ambulatory GYN, and prenatal care; 20 hours of curriculum development.
- Co- developed an integrated clinical experience with didactic sessions and assessments, including observed structural clinical experiences (OSCE) in inpatient gynecology, surgery, family medicine and internal medicine; 40 hours of curriculum development.
- Developed, planned, and executed a Menopause Specialty Clinic one half day per week beginning in July of 2016 staffed by an experienced Obstetrician/Gynecologist on faculty at UNC. I have successfully transitioned this program to Duke as well with the opening of the Center for Menopause at our Arrington clinic facility in Morrisville, NC. Created a didactic curriculum on various topics related to menopausal health based on a resident survey which assessed their self-reported knowledge and confidence regarding caring for menopausal patients. Developed a validated test of knowledge-based questions to assess curricular effectiveness; 60 hours curricular development.
- Curricula example: story.html
- Developed, planned, and executed a Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 1 ½ days per month beginning in July of 2019 staffed by an experienced Obstetrician/Gynecologist on faculty at UNC. Created a didactic curriculum on various topics related to PAG. I have successfully transitioned this service over to Duke University Hospitals 1/2 day week
- Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology Web Ed (PAG Web ED) cases -Developed several cases available nationally as part of the North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology curriculum available on-line to members and other educators.
Development of Assessment Tools and Methods:
- Observed Structured Clinical Experiences (OSCE) 8 cases currently used in UNC OBGYN clerkship since 2016.
- Midterms and final exams in Reproductive Block of Medical Sciences for Pre-Clinical Medical Students atUNC School of Medicine: 2016 –2021.
- Validated test of knowledge-based questions to assess curricular effectiveness for Menopause Specialty Clinic for OBGYN residents: 2016
Duke University
- Medical Education Leadership team member:Director of Instructional Design: 2021 - 2022
- Vice Chair of Education for Department of OBGYN - 7/2022 - present
- working on several programs including the Pre-clinical Undergraduate Medical Education in Reproductive Medicine, and the Transition to residency course for 4thyear medical students, Residency Ombudsman, and GME Curricular design
University of North Carolina
Residency:
- Rotation Director of Ambulatory OB/GYN: 2014 –2021
- Member, OB/GYN Residency Clinical Competency Committee: 2014 –2021
- Clerkship Co-Director: 2014 –2018
- Reproductive Medicine Co-Course Director: 2016 –2021
- Course Director, Ambulatory OB/GYN Women’s Health Selective (4thyear elective): 2018 to 2021
Advising & Mentoring Summary
-Faculty and Fellows:
Advisor for General Obstetrics and Gynecology Oral Board Review: Fellows/Junior Faculty, 2-4 hours; 1 time per year. Reviewed case lists and provided opportunity for mock oral exam, with guided feedback on answers.
- 2014: Dr. Marcela Smid (UNC Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow,)Dr. Elizabeth Bleeker (Northwestern Asst. Prof. OB/GYN,)Dr. Kelly Krase (UNC Women’s’ health Fellow,) Dr. LaurenSchiff (UNCAsst Prof. Minimally Invasive GYN Surgery)
- 2015: Dr. Christine Horton (UNC Women’s Health Fellow,)Dr. Janelle Moulder (UNC Asst Prof. Minimally Invasive GYN Surgery)
- 2016: Dr. Arthur Tran (UNC GYN Onc fellow,)Dr. Kim Kilfoyle (private practice)
- 2017: Dr. Kimberly Fryer (UNC Women’s HealthFellow,)Dr. Michelle Louie(UNC Asst Prof. Minimally Invasive GYN Surgery,) Dr. Angelica Glover (UNC MFM fellow,) Dr. Stuart Pierce (UNC Gyn Onc fellow
- 2018:Dr. Elizabeth Jarvis (privatepractice,)Dr. Andrea Knittel(UNC Women’s health Fellow,) Dr. Asha Talati(UNC Women’s Health Fellow)
- 2019: Dr. Sarah Mustafa (UNC REI fellow), Dr. Nitasha Ricks (private practice,) Dr. Victoria Fitz (UNC Women’s Health Fellow,)Dr. Gabrielle Hawkins (UNC Gyn Onc fellow,)Dr. Alan Rosenbaum (UNC Global Health Fellow,)Dr. Alison Goulding (UNC Women’s Health Fellow,) Dr. Emi Bretschneider (Northwestern Asst. Prof. Of Urogynecology)
- 2021: Dr. Ariel Cohen (NIH Peds-Adolescent GYN fellow), Dr. Kate Zahn (UNC Asst Professor of OBGYN) Dr. Fan Lee (UNC Global Health Fellow), Dr. Jessica Seltzer (Duke REI fellow), Dr. Tara Castellano (LSU Gyn Oncologist), Dr. Luke Gatta (Duke MFM fellow)
a bi-weekly year-long grant funded faculty development program for junior Clinician Educator faculty hoping to improve their patient care and teaching skills.
Clinical Supervisor - Collaborative practice agreement with nurse practitioners in which I provide close supervision and immediate availability for collaboration, as well as quarterly practice reviews. Supervisory agreement with midwife required by NC law to provide collaborative care when needed
Shannon S.Keller,MSN, CNM(midwife): 2015 -2021
April Olsen, MSN, WHNP-BC (nurse practitioner): 2014 -2021
Sally Joseph, WHNP(nurse practitioner): 2019 –2021
-Graduate Student Advisor
- Mitchell M. Conover, MSPH, Masters student, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health: 2014
- Scholarly product Resulting from Advising: "Incidence of opioid-managed pelvic pain after hysteroscopic sterilization versus laparoscopic sterilization, U.S. 2005-2012"
Residency Advisor Advisors are experienced faculty members in the OB/GYN Department, chosen by or assigned to each resident to provide longitudinal semi-annual review of the resident’s evaluations, skilldevelopment, research project development, and personal learning objectives. I provide overall career development guidance and advice about fellowships, jobs, publishing, and networking.
- 2011-2014: Dr. Jennifer Sandbulte
- 2012 -2015: Dr. Sara Till,Dr. Stephanie Sullivan
- 2013 -2016:Dr. Benjamin White,Dr. Chantel Roedner, Dr. NitashaRicks
- 2013 -2017: Dr. Rachel Kreiss, Dr. Alison Staley
- 2014 –2018:Dr. Victoria Fitz2016 –2019: Dr. Caroline Cassling, Dr. Brigitta Mast-Drolet, Dr. Ari Cohen
- 2017-2021: Dr. Anna Fleishman
Scholarly Products Resulting from Advising:
- Curriculum and Clinic Development: Menopause Specialty Clinic7Peer-reviewed Poster: “Menopause Specialty Clinic: Improving the Quality of Menopause Education in the UNC OB/GYN Residency Program” 2017 North AmericanMenopause Society Meeting (NAMS)
- Curriculum Needs Assessment: Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Presentation: UNC Resident Research Day May 2019
- 2016: Anna Fleishman, AlexPlattner. (UNC)
- 2017: HannahJones, Daniel McCauley (UNC)
- 2018: Ben Benaskawisc, Glen Patrick Boyles (UNC)
- 2019: Stephanie Sun (UNC)
- 2020 - present: Cameron Harris (UNC)
- 2022 - present: Elayna Kirsch, Linda Zambrano, Elizabeth Bloom (Duke)