FLEXcast

FLEXcast is the College of Medicine - Tucson podcast dedicated to sharing ideas and practices for career development and wellbeing for faculty. Faculty discuss their experiences, challenges, and successes in their professional growth and bring attention to resources in the literature, in our own instution, and in the community. We hope this exchange of ideas and knowledge will benefit all faculty in reaching their professional goals.

EPISODE 1: CREATING A PERSONAL VISION

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Thanks for checking out our first FLEXcast! In our first episode, we discuss creating your own personal mission and vision. We’re sharing our thoughts and perspectives on this process after working through it on our own and reflecting on our careers thus far.

Taking some time to define your core values, vision and mission may help guide you in your career trajectory and prioritize your energy and efforts.

Allie Min, MD - Assistant Dean, Faculty Development | Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Conrad Clemens, MD, MPH - Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education | Professor, Pediatrics
Mari Ricker, MD - Director, Integrative Medicine in Residency | Associate Professor, Family & Community Med.
Amber Rice, MD - Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

The article we are discussing is here: Personal Mission & Vision

Another great article that Mari mentioned: Career Fit and Burnout

FLEXfun:
Check out yoGlow at Yoga Oasis

EPISODE 2: TIME MANAGEMENT

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Welcome to the second installment of FLEXcast!

In this episode, we discuss the ever-present and challenging issue of time management.

We’re talking about a great article called Tuesdays to Write…. It’s more than writing – there are some great tips about how to manage priorities, making time and space for things that are important. We are breaking down some strategies and talking about what has worked and not worked for us.

Allie Min, MD - Assistant Dean, Faculty Development | Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Mari Ricker, MD - Director, Integrative Medicine in Residency | Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Amber Rice, MD - Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Our guest this episode:
Todd Vanderah, PhD - Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology

Read the article:
Tuesdays to Write

FLEXfun
Do an escape room! You won’t regret it.

Fox in a Box: https://foxinaboxtucson.com/
Ace of Escape: https://www.aceofescape.com/

EPISODE 3: LEADING IN THESE COMPLEX TIMES

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In this episode, we focus on strategies to lead, communicate, and maintain our wellbeing in these difficult times of social distancing and working remotely. We are all dealing with a multitude of stressors including professional commitments, patient care, family challenges, grief, isolation, and safety.

Our guest is Dr. Victoria Maizes, Executive Director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and Chief of the Division of Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.

Hope you enjoy and find some tools to help you navigate your work, lead your teams, stay engaged, and stay well.

Links:

Leading in this Unprecedented Moment: 8 Wellbeing Leadership Strategies for Responding to COVID-19

Leading During a Crisis and Remotely (PDF)

Integrative considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF)

What 9/11 Taught Us about Leadership in a Crisis

Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine – Integrative Approaches to COVID-19

Professional Wellbeing in a Time of Crisis (Video)

FLEXfun:

I love to bake and make desserts – and I’ve been finding some new recipes over the last couple of weeks. Here are a couple of my favorites:
Alton Brown’s Blueberry Buckle
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Paula Deen’s Banana Pudding

EPISODE 4: RACISM AND PRIVILEGE IN MEDICINE

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We are so grateful to have Dr. Valentine Nfonsam join us for this important conversation. Dr. Nfonsam is Professor in the Department of Surgery, Interim Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology, and Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson.

In this episode, we are talking about racism, privilege, and some of the reasons we don’t speak up when faced with bias and discrimination. We want to share our conversation, our experiences, and some things we’ve learned. We’re all learning…and we all need to start having conversations like this.

We hope you find this discussion helpful, enlightening, maybe even uncomfortable. Welcome some discomfort – maybe then we can learn, grow, and bring about change together.

Links:

Find out more about the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson and their programs and initiatives.

McIntosh, Peggy. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (PDF)

Acosta D and Ackerman-Barger K. Breaking the Silence: Time to Talk about Race and Racism (PDF)

TED talk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The Danger of a Single Story

Justice in June

National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking about Race (Dr. Robin DiAngelo’s video is included within the topic of Whiteness)

EPISODE 5: MENTORSHIP

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“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”

— Steven Spielberg

In this episode, we are talking about mentorship. As faculty in academic medicine, we know that mentors are critical to our success. We also know that our needs are best met when we have a network of mentors. Acknowledging that many of our best mentoring relationships happen naturally, we also need some structure to provide a foundation and a clear understanding of our roles and expectations. We hope you enjoy this discussion and find some helpful information to enhance your role as both a mentor and mentee.

Special thanks to our guests Dr. Kathy Smith, MD, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Director of GME Faculty Development, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Dr. Rajesh Khanna, Professor in the Department of Pharmacology.

Thanks to Dr. Mel Anderson from the University of Colorado School of Medicine who presented these articles at his seminar for our faculty entitled “Weaving a Web: Effecting Mentoring Relationships” on September 17^th, 2020. (Recorded Workshop) (Presentation)

LINKS:
Mentorship Malpractice (PDF)
Mentee Missteps: Tales from the Academic Trenches (PDF)

EPISODE 6: NEGOTIATIONS

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In this installment of FLEXcast, we are talking about negotiations. It’s an intimidating topic for most. Do I deserve to ask for what I want and need? Can I advocate for myself and my career? Are there things I can do to increase my chances of success? The answer to all of these questions is YES! Listen to our conversation with Charlene Grabowski, retired VP and GM of GE Healthcare for the Western US and Canada and an executive coach involved in leadership development for academic faculty around the country.

Articles for this episode:
Practical Tips for Negotiating (PDF)
Principles and Tactics of Negotiations (PDF)

FLEXfun:
El Tour de Tucson has been rescheduled to April 10, 2021.
https://eltourdetucson.org/

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