News and Commentary Vital Voices Season 3

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We are excited to share a compilation of the third season of Vital Voices, a podcast of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. Episodes are released every Tuesday. 

The third season of Vital Voices focuses on the 2023 cohort of Macy Faculty Scholars—six individuals chosen to participate in our two-year Macy Faculty Scholars career development program because of their demonstrated potential as future leaders in medical and nursing education. We think you will find their work to advance health professions education—and their own personal experiences and perspectives—to be inspiring. 

To kick things off in this season’s opening episode, Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, speaks with Afaf Meleis, PhD, FAAN, LL, and Kelley Skeff, MD, PhD, two members of the Macy Faculty Scholars Program National Advisory Committee who have been with the program since its inception in 2010.  

This episode’s transcript is available here.

The second episode features Rahul Vanjani, MD, MSc, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Vanjani also serves as medical director of Amos House, a Rhode Island nonprofit providing social and healthcare services to individuals experiencing homelessness.

This episode’s transcript is available here.

The third episode features Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, Associate Professor of Surgery and Medical Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine. Dr. Lindeman is also the Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, as well as Section Chief and Fellowship Director for Endocrine Surgery. In February of this year, Dr. Lindeman was selected to serve as president-elect for the Association for Academic Surgery.

This episode’s transcript is available here.

For the fourth episode, Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, spoke with Macy Faculty Scholar Sara Arter, PhD, RN, an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Miami University in Ohio. Dr. Arter is also a critical care nurse caring for pediatric and adult populations. 

This episode’s transcript is available here.

In the fifth episode of Vital Voices Season 3, Dr. Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Andrew Dwyer, PhD, FNP-BC, a board-certified family nurse practitioner and Associate Professor of Nursing at Boston College’s William F. Connell School of Nursing.

This episode’s transcript is available here.

For the sixth episode of Vital Voices Season 3, Dr. Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Geoff Stetson, MD, an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine and the Director of Clinical Faculty Development there.

This episode’s transcript is available here.

For the seventh and final episode of Vital Voices Season 3, Dr. Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Lanre Falusi, MD, MEd, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

This episode’s transcript is available here.

As always, we hope that you’ll share the podcast with your social media networks. If you’re interested in hearing more about social mission in health professions education, we encourage you to subscribe to Vital Voices wherever you get your podcasts and lookout for more information from us soon. 

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