Leadership in health professions education |
Apply knowledge of the administrative aspects of leading educational programs for health professions
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Identifying areas of my own leadership activities is something that I struggle with because I am currently still early in residency, so my ability to be "in charge" of a situation is limited by my own position, knowledge and skillset. However, I think as a leader it is important to understand your own limitations, strengths, and weaknesses in order to be an effective team player. In addition, it was recently pointed out to me in the Leadership course, that I have in fact been a leader even in more informal ways. For example, as a junior resident, it is often our job to orient new medical students to our service and to guide them through the process of the day to day workings of surgical training. Artifact one is my vision statement for my leadership project, which is to successfully implement 4-5 hours of ergonomic training into the general surgery didactic curriculum for our residents. An important task for implementing changes is to gain buy in. In my vision statement, I begin with a compelling story about how poor ergonomics has impacted a current resident, and then provide evidence based information about why this project needs to happen. I am actively working on content development, with goal implementation to begin in the upcoming academic year. Artifact two discusses a role I recently accepted as the sole resident representative on the Graduate Medical Education Executive Committee. This organization is the leading organization for all College of Medicine GME activities on the UNMC campus. Not only do we recommend changes to residency education at UNMC, but we continually review every COM residency and fellowship program on campus to ensure they are operating at their best on an annual basis. Through this involvement in residency education on campus, I am able to bring concerns and opportunities to this committee for further evaluation by program leadership.
- The video powerpoint for artifact 1 was too large to upload onto the free version of this website. Instead, I have uploaded a sampling of slides and linked the video below via OneDrive.
- The video powerpoint for artifact 1 was too large to upload onto the free version of this website. Instead, I have uploaded a sampling of slides and linked the video below via OneDrive.
Artifact 1: vision statement - excerpts
Link to full video: https://univnebrmedcntr-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/kelsey_tieken_unmc_edu/Ef6TaSE7_nVLiUBB4CPKGyEBNJrh_nLSyheoEDFGI5FFMw?e=XUfGbJ
Artifact 2: Gme executive committee resident representative
The Graduate Medical Education Executive Committee is made up of the Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education (Dr. Chandra Are), eight program directors from residency programs at UNMC, and a resident representative. I was humbled and honored to have been offered this role in November of 2022, and will serve as the resident representative until I graduate from UNMC's General Surgery Program in June of 2027.
As the resident member, I act as a liaison for the committee and provide input when changes are being made that may affect the house officers on our campus. In addition, I contribute by helping with annual reviews of each residency and fellowship program on campus. These reviews ensure that each program is operating at their best, and ideally will identify areas of concern so that recommendations can be made by the committee to improve and support the program.
What I have learned already in my short time on the committee is the amount of behind-the-scenes work and administrative tasks that go into the job as a program director and program coordinator. While I was never under the impression that the job was easy, seeing these reviews and participating in high level discussions during our meetings has really made me appreciate even more the work and support that my own program leadership has given to us as surgical residents. I do ultimately want a career as a leader in an educational program at an academic medical center, whether as a residency program director, surgery clerkship director, or other. This experience has given me a lot more insight into the decision making process of being a program director, what it takes to keep a program in good standing with the ACGME.
As the resident member, I act as a liaison for the committee and provide input when changes are being made that may affect the house officers on our campus. In addition, I contribute by helping with annual reviews of each residency and fellowship program on campus. These reviews ensure that each program is operating at their best, and ideally will identify areas of concern so that recommendations can be made by the committee to improve and support the program.
What I have learned already in my short time on the committee is the amount of behind-the-scenes work and administrative tasks that go into the job as a program director and program coordinator. While I was never under the impression that the job was easy, seeing these reviews and participating in high level discussions during our meetings has really made me appreciate even more the work and support that my own program leadership has given to us as surgical residents. I do ultimately want a career as a leader in an educational program at an academic medical center, whether as a residency program director, surgery clerkship director, or other. This experience has given me a lot more insight into the decision making process of being a program director, what it takes to keep a program in good standing with the ACGME.
