Election 2010

Candidate for Chair -Elect - Anne Gunderson

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I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to share my experience, qualifications and ongoing commitment to the goals of CGEA. My tenure in medicine has been defined by my dedication and passion for medical education. Throughout this time, I have been active in AAMC as the current Chair of the CGEA UGME section, SIG memberships, and regular attendance and presentations at regional and national meetings. In addition, I serve as an invited advisor for the AMA and the Lucian Leape Roundtable. I served 2 terms on the Board of Directors for my clinical organization, and a 3 year term on the American Geriatrics Society Health Care Systems Committee. My research interests have led to PI/Co-PI roles on projects funded by the U.S. Department of Medical Education, the John A. Hartford Foundation and multiple state level grants.

I am the Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati COM. Prior to being recruited to Cincinnati I served as the Founding Program Director for the Masters of Science in Patient Safety Leadership program, Associate Director of UGME Curriculum, and Research Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Chicago COM. I was privileged to begin my career at Southern Illinois SOM and then recruited to serve as founding faculty at Florida State COM. My experiences within academic medicine are highlighted by a high level of knowledge and skill in regard to strategic planning and curricular design; novel, cutting edge educational methodology; and current trends in curriculum delivery, assessment and evaluation.

Healthcare, domestically and internationally, is a complex and rapidly changing environment. Medical schools are being challenged to produce physicians capable of successfully navigating health care systems at a time when rising costs, diminishing resources and competing curricular priorities are universal issues. We are, however, also entering a time of great opportunity. The potential changes in the USMLE, recent alterations in LCME standards, a strong call for interprofessional learning and practice, and the expanded availability of educational technology have all created an unprecedented opportunity for medical educators to write the script for the future of medical education and the provision of health care in this nation. As noted by Thomas Paine, “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph”.

If elected to this position, I will focus on the opportunities available to us as medical educators in this challenging time; (1) promotion of articulated and aligned educational experiences across UGME, GME and CME; (2) expansion of shared knowledge, experience and resources across institutions; and most importantly (3) revitalization of passion within senior medical educators so that we may inspire passion in medical educators of the future.

Candidate for Member at Large - Linda Perkowski

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Linda Perkowski, Ph.D. is currently the Associate Dean for Curriculum and Evaluation at the University of Minnesota Medical School and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health. She has been an active member of CGEA since moving to Minnesota. Nationally, she has served as chair for the Southern Group on Educational Affairs; a founding board member of the Association for Standardized Patient Educators; and president of the Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education. She currently serves on the steering committee for the AAMC sponsored MERC (Medical Education Research Committee) program focusing her efforts on program evaluation.

For nearly four decades and in four medical schools, Linda has been involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education as well as interprofessional health sciences education. Her research interests and professional focus has been on faculty development, curriculum innovation, program evaluation, and standardized patients. She has conducted workshops locally, nationally and internationally in the areas of teaching, learning, evaluation and standardized patients.

Candidate for Member at Large - Janet Riddle

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Janet Riddle is the director of faculty development for the Department of Medical Education at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and trained in Internal Medicine at Rush University Medical Center. In DME, Janet works to improve the quality of teaching and learning across the continuum of medical education. She directs the Scholars for Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellowship, a longitudinal program for faculty interested in supporting ongoing curricular and instructional improvement and in developing themselves as educational leaders. Janet also teaches in DME’s Masters of Health Professions Education program and in the department’s Certificate Program for Clinical Program Directors. She directs the UICMC Teaching Skills Program for Residents, and provides small-group tutor training for fourth-year medical students.

Janet has presented papers, workshops and posters at the regional and national meetings of the AAMC’s Group on Educational Affairs, the Society of General Internal Medicine, the Generalists in Medical Education, and the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine. Within CGEA, she has been the chair of the Graduate Medical Education section and an active member of the Faculty Development SIG.

Janet has twice been honored with a Clinical Teaching Award by the UIC chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha.

If you can’t find Janet in her office at DME, you should look for her riding her bicycle or cross-country skiing.

Candidate for UGME Section Leader - Karyn Baum

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Karyn Baum, M.D., M.S.Ed, is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Baum directs the University of Minnesota Training Resource Center at part of the National Implementation of TeamSTEPPS initiative and is a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer, presenting on team training to health systems nationwide. She is also the CME Director for the Department of Medicine. Dr. Baum earned her Medical Doctorate from the University of Michigan and her Masters of Science in Education through the University of Southern California. She was a Chief Resident at the Minneapolis VA Hospital, and currently practices as a Hospitalist in General Internal Medicine. Her research interests are in the fields of medical education and interprofessional education; she has published and traveled nationally and internationally to deliver lectures and invited workshops. Dr. Baum is the course director for Interprofessional Teamwork for Health Professionals, a required pre-clinical course. She also serves as one of the faculty advisors for CLARION, an interprofessional student-lead organization in the Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Baum has served as the Course Director for Physician and Society, a required course for all second year medical students, been a member of the Curriculum Committee and Education Council at Minnesota, and served as Member-at-Large for CGEA. In 2005, she earned the Distinguished Early Career Award from the Minnesota Medical Foundation as a result of her educational contributions to the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Candidate for RIME Section Leader  - Diane Wayne

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Diane B. Wayne MD is Vice-Chair of Education and Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education and a board certified general internist. She was a 1991 graduate of Northwestern University Medical School and completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals in 1994. She is a Deputy Editor of the Journal of General Internal Medicine with a focus on medical education. Her research interests include simulation, mastery learning, standard setting and linking education to improved clinical care.

Dr. Wayne was a 2010 recipient of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Parker Palmer "Courage to Teach" Award. She was elected to the Gold Humanism Society in 2009 and received the 2007 National Award for Medical Education Scholarship from the Society of General Internal Medicine. She also received the 2007 Thomas Hale Ham Award for New Investigators from the Research in Medical Education Committee (RIME) of the AAMC for a presentation at the 2006 AAMC Annual Meeting. She has reviewed RIME submissions since 2005 and is a member of the AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion.