Stanford Faculty Development Series
Stanford Faculty Development Series for Assistant Professors
The Stanford Faculty Development Series is a facilitator-training program that offers career development opportunities for individual faculty participants, and simultaneously provides a mechanism for institutional improvement.
It consists of seven sessions that each include a didactic module, video review and a role play exercises. Sessions are held on a monthly basis.
The series is taught by Clinical Professor of Medicine Alina Popa, M.D. who is one of 221 certified clinical teaching seminar facilitators around the world.
The seminars are designed to:
- Enhance participants' versatility as teachers
- Enhance their ability to analyze clinical teaching using an educational framework
- Provide a forum for collegial exchange
2022-23 Cohort
Annahita (Anna) Sarcon, MD — Internal Medicine
Kshitij Chatterjee, MD — Internal Medicine
Toshia Yamaguchi, MD — Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Monica Gordon, MD — Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Saurabh Kumar, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Esther Caroline McGowan, MD — Pediatrics
Basima Razak, MD — Pediatrics
Beatrice Leong, MD — Surgery
Evelyn Vazquez, PhD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health
Seminar Schedule and Curriculum
The seminars will be held on a monthly basis via Zoom. Sessions begin at 11 a.m. and last 90 minutes. Please reserve a full two-hour period to account for any delays. Details and connection information will be sent to participants via email. Questions? Please email aa@medsch.ucr.edu.
- Session 1 - Learning Climate - Friday, January 27, 2023
- Session 2 - Control of Session - Monday, February 13, 2023
- Session 3 - Communication of Goals - Wednesday, March 22, 2023
- Session 4 - Promotion of Understanding & Retention - Friday, April 7, 2023
- Session 5 - Evaluation - Friday, May 19, 2023
- Session 6 - Feedback - Tuesday, May 30, 2023
- Session 7 - Promotion of Self-Directed Learning - Tuesday, June 20, 2023
The seminars consist of didactic presentations, group discussions, role-play exercises, video vignette review, and personal and institutional goal setting. During a follow-up session, participants are encouraged to develop a set of recommendations for improving their institution's environment for clinical teaching. If you would like more information about this series, please email aa@medsch.ucr.edu.
Past Program Participants
2021-22
Andrew Nguyen, MD — Surgery
Hind Al-Azawi, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Eyrn Parks, PhD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences
Haresh Gandhi, MD — Internal Medicine
Natalie Zlebnik, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Paul Albini, MD — Surgery
Qi Chen, MD — Biomedical Sciences
Stephanie Handler, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
2020-21
Benjamin Tabibian, DO — Internal Medicine
Bhavesh Trikamji, MD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences
Brenda Ross, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
George Saffouri, MD — Internal Medicine
John Nevin, MD — Pediatrics
Samia Faiz, MD — Internal Medicine
Sherry Zhang, MD — Internal Medicine
Sunil Patel, MD — Pediatrics
Valentina Amaral, MD — Internal Medicine
Zana Shirwan, MD — Family Medicine
2019-20
Brian Petrie, MD — Family Medicine
Casey Gries, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Deanah Jibril, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Erica Heinrich, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Jean Russell, MD — Pediatrics
Saikah Behbehani, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sara Forouhar, MD — Pediatrics
2018-19
Adwoa Osei, MD — Pediatrics
Andrew Subica, PhD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health
Ann Cheney, PhD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health
Dalia Balsamo, MD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences
Henry T. Nguyen, MD — Sugery
John Agapian — Surgery
Laura Nader, MD — Family Medicine
2017-18
Afshin Zandpour, MD — Family Medicine
Deborah Streletz, MD — Family Medicine
Gregory Guldner, MD — Family Medicine
Ken Ballou, MD — Family Medicine
Lynnetta Skoretz, MD — Internal Medicine
Marc Debay, MD — Family Medicine
Samar Nahas, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sika Zheng, MD — Biomedical Sciences
Takesha Cooper, MD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences
Tara Nordgren, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Walter Klein, MD — Internal Medicine
2016-17
Ali Motabar, MD — Internal Medicine
Anita Hadpawat-Lee, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ashaunta Anderson, MD — Pediatrics
Christine Duong, MD — Internal Medicine
Kimberly Tustison, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Meera Nair, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Mosen Itswani, MD — Internal Medicine
Muhammad Arif, MD — Family Medicine
Nicholas DiPatrizio, MD — Biomedical Sciences
Rosemary Tyrrell, EdD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health
Tina Paul, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Whitney Griffith, MD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences