We are excited to offer an opportunity for faculty who are interested in health professions education as a career to apply for our Certificate in Health Professions Education & Teaching.

Now in it's fourth year, this 12-month program will allow up to 10 faculty, professional staff, or fellows from the School of Nursing, Physical Therapy Program, Physician Assistant Programs, School of Medicine, Duke University Health System, and Professors of the Practice of Medical Education to participate.

Three scholarships are available for the nationally-recognized “Teaching and Leading Evidence-Based Medicine” Workshop, which will be held at Duke Medicine from April 2nd – April 5th, 2019. These scholarships are reserved for residents, fellows, and faculty who can bring Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) back to Duke academic and residency programs. The workshop focuses not only on practicing EBM, but also on teaching EBM, making it an ideal educational opportunity for rising chief residents or faculty involved in teaching residents and/or students. 

Steering Committee member and AHEAD Fellow, Dr. Deborah Engle has been promoted to Associate Professor of the Practice of Medical Education.  Dr. Engle is the Assistant Dean for Assessment & Evaluation in the School of Medicine and has been on the AHEAD steering committee since it's inception in 2014.  Congratulations, Dr. Engle!

Related members

Deborah Engle

Associate Professor of the Practice of Medical Education

Our own Margie Molloy, DNP was selected as this week's Blue Devil of the Week featured in Working@Duke. Dr. Molloy is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing and Direction of the Center for Nursing Discovery. From the article: “I think the students believe we have all the answers, but I think it’s important that they know that we’re still learning, all of us. When we stop learning, that’s when we run into trouble.” Congratulations Dr. Molloy!

Duke AHEAD is proud to announce that through the DASHE (Duke AHEAD Supporting Health Professions Educators), funding is available for two of our members to participate in the AAMC LEAD Certificate program.  We have a very brief application that you’ll need to fill out below.  The Deadline for this application is December 21 and applicants will be notified 1/2/19.  The application for the LEAD program is due January 18, 2019. We hope that you will consider applying!

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Duke AHEAD is excited to announce the launch of our repository.  Members are asked to upload their own works related to Duke AHEAD.  Assistance will be available at future Duke AHEAD offerings (before and after lunch & learn sessions and other events) or email dukeahead@dm.duke.edu with questions. 

About the Repository:

The Duke AHEAD Digital Repository captures the scholarship of Duke AHEAD. The repository contains:

Duke AHEAD is excited to announce the recipients  of the 3rd annual Interprofessional Excellence Award for professionals and staff. Congratulations to Kathy Andolsek, MD, MPH and Poonam Sharma, MD. 

From Dr. Andolsek's nomination: "Dr. Andolsek has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to inclusion, collaboration and excellence for all healthcare professional learners throughout her distinguished career. She is a pillar of excellence and true role model within our community here on campus."

The Medical Professionalism Project is a short film series and CME course that explores ethics and professionalism in healthcare through the lens of behavioral science. 

Accessing the course is very simple!

1. Go to our website: https://www.professionalismproject.com/

2. On the registration page, select whether you’re completing the series as an Individual, or as a Group or Institution. 

Brenda Armstrong, MD, renowned pediatric cardiologist and community hero, dies

Whether coaching Durham Striders student athletes on the track field, caring for her patients, or recruiting and mentoring Duke University medical students, Brenda Armstrong, MD, was passionate about people, especially young people, and she committed her life to helping ensure every person was valued, treated with respect, and offered opportunities to learn and prosper.

At this year’s 5th annual Education Day, the 2018 Duke AHEAD grant recipients were announced. This year 5 projects were funded totaling $36,350. See below for project descriptions and investigators and collaborators.

Assessing the feasibility and impact of a webinar-based shame resilience seminar for interprofessional healthcare learners

PI: William Bynum, MD

Collaborators: