Faculty Factory
The Faculty Factory is a community of faculty development leaders in academic health systems. We share a passion for serving faculty and helping them exceed their clinical, research, education, program-building, administrative, and leadership expectations.The Faculty Factory…
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Managing the Pitfalls of AI, Technology, and Social Media (opens the original)
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In this "Best of" Faculty Factory Podcast episode, we're revisiting conversations with three incredible past guests to bring you a compilation broadcast exploring some of the most common hazards associated with social media, technology, and AI large language model (LLM) usage. These technologies can work wonders, but there are certain pitfalls to be on heightened alert for in academic medicine, and we discuss several of those in this episode. Conversations featured in this compilation include cl
Owning Your “Main Character Energy” with Heather Brod (opens the original)
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Heather Brod is back on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week for a look at finding and owning your own "Main Character Energy," a concept borrowed from internet culture that has very real implications when taken to heart by faculty. "What I've learned is that main character energy, at its core, is about agency. It's about how you are writing the script of your own life and not being a supporting character in your own life story," Heather said. Heather is a prolific executive coach and consultan
Coaching That Pushes Graduate Medical Education Forward with Kathryn Burtson, MD, MHPE, FACP (opens the original)
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Kathryn Burtson, MD, MHPE, FACP, is our guest on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week for a look into academic coaching and individualized learning plans, part of a broader effort to move graduate medical education forward. Dr. Burtson is a first-time guest on our show and a colonel in the United States Air Force Medical Corps. She is Director of Medical Education at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Associate Professor of Medicine at Wright State and Uniformed Services Universities, and Vice Ch
Time Management Tactics: Prioritization and List-Making Strategies for Faculty (opens the original)
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Since our Faculty Factory podcast's launch in 2019, we have had the honor of interviewing some of the world's most impressive people, with a constant recurring theme being that these folks know how to safeguard their time. In this Faculty Factory best-of compilation episode, we're diving into some quick-hitting time management tips packed into a quick 15-minute broadcast with some of the most powerful mic-drop segments in this show's 7+ year history. Three-time management experts in academic hea
Identity Formation Beyond the Job Title in Academic Health with Angela Sharkey, MD (opens the original)
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In the final stretch before retirement, the anxiety about an impending change in identity can be palpable, but Angela Sharkey, MD, has a lot of encouragement for folks who are struck with those feelings as they approach the closing years of a career in academic health. She joins the Faculty Factory Podcast this week for her third appearance and a triumphant return to our show. Dr. Sharkey is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She had a multidecade care
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