Transformational Times & Transformation Journal
Transformational Times
Current Issue
In this Special Issue Focused on the Humanities:
Editor's Corner
- Bruce Campbell, MD, FACS: Integrating the Humanities into Medical Education
Perspectives/Opinions
- Erica Chou, MD, and Sara Lauck, MD: "Yes, and...": How Improv Techniques Enhance Medical Training
- Carlyle Chan, MD: Photography and Medical Humanities
- James Warpinski, MD: Changing the Curriculum: How Adding a Narrative Assignment Increased Empathy and Connection with People Unlike Ourselves
Poetry Corner
- Sam Polhemus: Scored
Archive of Transformational Times
April 2, 2021
In this Special Issue Focused on the MCW Curriculum Redesign:
Director's Corner
- Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Building a New Curriculum for MCW
Perspectives/Opinions
- William J. Hueston, MD: MCW's Journey to a New Medical School Curriculum
- Jeffrey Amundson, PhD; Travis Webb, MD, MHPE; Amy J. Prunuske, PhD; Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Shared Change is a Rigorous Process
- Chris Decker, MD; Julia Schmitt; and Karen Marcdante, MD: Creating Partnership in Reimagining the Curriculum using Human-Centered Design
- Chase LaRue: Sitting in the Room Where it Happens: A Student Involved in Curriculum Change at MCW
Poetry Corner
- Jess Sachs: Find the Holes
March 26, 2021
In this Special COVID-19 Road to Recovery Issue:
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Seeking Wisdom in COVID-19 Times
Perspectives/Opinions
James Wu: The COVID-19 Vaccine, #WhatsYourWhy?
Marty Muntz, MD; Kate Stark, M2; Kerrie L. Quirk, MEd; Cindy Mand, MBA, LLSB, CQIA; Jenny Bultman, PMP; and Bruce Campbell, MD: Medical Students as Vaccinators - A COVID-19 Success Story
Amy Farkas, MD, MS: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Wendy Peltier, MD: Hugs in Grand Rapids
Brian Hilgeman, MD; Austin Dopp, M4; James Wu, M4; Mandy Kastner, MPH; and Marty Muntz, MD: Outreach to Improve Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccine – A Collaborative Service-Learning Project
Poetry Corner
Stephen Smith, PhD: Unprecedented
March 19, 2021
Special Match Day Issue:
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Work and Career in that Order: Residency is Just the Next Step in the Life of a Physician
Perspectives/Opinions
Chad Carlson, MD: Neurology Residency Virtual Interviews - Lessons Learned
Camille Garrison, MD: Recruitment Season 2021: It'll all be Worth it!
Matthew Goldblatt, MD: Zoom Interviewing
Mara Pheister, MD: Virtual Recruitment - A Good Different
Steve Malcom, MD; Heather Toth, MD; Ben Lipanot, MD; and Stephanie Hetland, MA: Reflections on a Virtual Recruitment Season
David Campbell, MD: Interviewing for Fellowships - My 2020 Experience
Jessica Kraker: Interviewing for Residency - My 2020 Experience
Jenna Wettstein: Interviewing for Medical School - My 2020 Experience
Poetry Corner
Elizabeth Moore: Hold My Hand
March 12, 2021
Special 1-Year Anniversary Issue!
Editor's Corner
Bruce Campbell, MD: The Transformational Times has a Birthday and I have an Insight
Readers' Choice Awards
Malika Siker, MD: Lessons on Resilience, Empathy and Magic from Life is Beautiful and Roberto Benigni in the COVID-19 Era | Published May 8, 2020
David Nelson, PhD, MS: The Gathering | Published May 22, 2020
Bruce Campbell, MD: Microaggression | Published June 12, 2020
Himanshu Agrawal, MD: Being Human in Medicine: Fabulous Failures | Published September 4, 2020
Wendy Peltier, MD: What Better Time to Focus on Caring? | Published December 11, 2020
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Providing Space to Shed Tears may be Key to a Better, Post-COVID Future | Published February 5, 2021
Editors' Choice Awards
Ashley Hines: Dear White Colleagues | Published June 26, 2020
Cassie Ferguson, MD: The Messy | Published August 28, 2020
Leroy Seymour, MD, MS: On Inclusion, Diversity, and Why Black Lives Matter Too: What our MCW Community BLM Protests Mean to our Colleagues of Color | Published September 11, 2020
Ana Istrate, MD, MS: On Joy and Sorrow in Our Long Winter | Published December 30, 2020
Megan Schultz, MD, MA: Teaching is Love | Published January 29, 2021
Blog Readers' Favorites
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA: A Personal Call to Action | Published June 12, 2020
Victor Redmon, MD: Why We Need More Black Physicians | Published August 7, 2020
Paul Bergl, MD: The Emotional Toll of Being a Health Care Provider During a Pandemic | Published October 16, 2020
Instagram Followers' Favorite
Olivia Davies: May I Drink Coffee? | Published September 18, 2020
Twitter Followers' Favorite
Scott Lamm: Post a Message of Gratitude on the MCW-Froedtert Skywalk | Published November 27, 2020
March 5, 2021
Special Issue about the KINETIC3 Teaching Academy:
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Love to Teach and Recognize that Learning is what Really Matters!
Perspectives/Opinions
Alexandra Harrington, MD: Setting the Expectation for a Growth Mindset in KINETIC3’s Excellence in Teaching Track
Bipin Thapa: Entrepreneurially-Minded Learning and Teaching: A Core Element of KINETIC3
Jeffrey Amundson, PhD, Tavinder K. Ark, PhD, and Alexandra Harrington, MD: Social Connectedness and KINETIC3 Medical Educator Track
Sandra Pfister, PhD, and Kerrie Quirk, MEd: Teaching about Implicit Bias in the Classroom
Linda Menck, MA: "At the Most Important Crossroads in our Life there are No Signs"
Kristina Kaljo, PhD, Erica Chou, MD, and Jennifer Brownson, PhD: Setting the Stage to Advance Teaching in Medical Education: Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Caitlin Patten, MD, Rana Higgins, MD, and Karen Marcdante, MD: What Learners Tell Us About How They Know When They Matter
Jennifer K. Pfister, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC C-NPT; Jill C. Kuester, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC; Katie McDermott, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC; Christine Schindler, PhD, CPNP; and Leslie Talbert, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC/PC: Creating Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Students
Three Questions For
Teresa Patitucci
Poetry Corner
Keng Moua: Perpetuum Mobile
In this Special Focus Issue on Human Flourishing:
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Let’s Renegotiate the “Social Contract” in a Way that Promotes Human Flourishing
Perspectives/Opinions
Cheryl Maurana, PhD: Reflections on Promoting Human Flourishing Through the Kern National Network for Caring & Character in Medicine
Christopher Stawski, PhD, and Jeff Fritz, PhD: How Can Medical Schools Educate for Flourishing?
Andrea Leep Hunderfund, MD: Character: Moving Beyond Competence to Identity
John Luk, MD: Human Flourishing: The Dynamic Journey
Bonnie Miller, MD: Caring: Achieving Completeness of Care in Practice
Thank a Resident Responses
Poetry Corner
Motaz Selim, MD: Auscult Featured Photo
In this Special Rural Health and Regional Campus Issue:
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: The Fauci Effect: An Unprecedented Rise in Applications to Medical School Provides an Opportunity, but Might We Miss It?
Perspectives/Opinions
Lisa Dotson, MD: Sentry Dean and Founding Dean, MCW-Central Wisconsin
Matthew Hunsaker, MD: Founding Dean, MCW-Green Bay
Bradley Zastrow, MD: How Graduating from an MCW Regional Campus Prepared Me for Residency
Allison McLellan, MD: Coming Home
Michael Braun, PhD: KNN Visits MCW's Kern Institute
Erin Green, MD, and David Marks, MD, MBA: 2021 Kern Scholars
Poetry Corner
Ted Kooser: Abandoned Farmhouse
Transformational Snaps
Tammy Hosch
Kate Dielentheis, MD
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Valentine’s Day: I am Not (but, Thank Goodness, My Husband is) a Romantic
Perspectives/Opinions
Sophia Kiernan: How to Plan a Pandemic Wedding
Eileen Peterson: MCW Medical Student Organizations that "Went Virtual"
Poetry Corner
Shabi Haider: Do Not Walk Silently...
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Providing Space to Shed Tears may be Key to a Better, Post-COVID Future
Perspectives/Opinions
Chris Decker, MD, and Julia Schmitt: The Innovator Mindset: A Growth Mindset in Action!
David Cipriano, PhD: Growth Mindset and Well-Being: Getting off of the Roller Coaster
Marty Muntz, MD: Learning about Growth Mindset from our Students
Katie Dercks: The Power of Yet
Poetry Corner
Morgan Harper Nichols
Transformational Snaps
Ismet Joan Uner, M3 Medical Student
Paige McKenzie, M3 Medical Student
Sarah Torres, M3 Medical Student
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Educationally Sensitive Patient Outcomes (ESPOs): The Holy Grail for Transformation of Medical Education Research
Perspectives/Opinions
Stephen Humphrey, MD, Valerie Carlberg, MD, Alexandria Bear, MD, and Arthur Derse, MD, JD: Can the Observation of Art Make Us Better Clinicians?
Jayshil Patel, MD and Paul Bergl, MD: Beyond Competency: Setting a Path to [Diagnostic] Expertise
Jeffrey Amundson, PhD, and Amy Prunuske, PhD: Parallels of Addressing COVID-19 Pandemic and Curriculum Redesign
Mary Ann Gilligan, MD, MPH: Assessment of Communication Skills in Medical Education
Megan Schultz, MD, MS: Teaching is Love
Poetry Corner
Leonard Cohen: Democracy
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH, and Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA: Discussing the Grandkids: If RBG and Antonin Scalia Can Find Common Ground, Then So Can We
Perspectives/Opinions
Karen Marcdante, MD: How "Mattering" Matters
Kurt Pfeifer, MD: Learning Communities & Academic Coaching: Professional Enrichment for Students AND Faculty
Verna Monson, PhD: The Quiet but Powerful Transformation of Professional Identity: Coach as Facilitator
Sandra Pfister, PhD: Supporting our Students (SOS): How Can We Best Help Learners Overcome Academic Hurdles and Setbacks?
Take 3
Mary Horowitz, MD, MS
Transformational Snaps
Jared Muench, M2 Student
Nick Visser, M2 Student
Glennie Whitfield, M1 Student
Poetry Corner
Amanda Gorman: The Hill We Climb (excerpt)
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Emotional Whiplash: Medical Educators and Mr. Olympia Respond “Just in Time” with Character, Caring, and Competence
Leadership Perspectives/Opinions
Jake Prunuske, MD, and Amy Prunuske, PhD: Integrating the Basic and Clinical Sciences in the Minds of Learners: Where the Rubber Meets the Road in Transforming Medical Education
Fabrice Jotterand, PhD: The P-METaL Lab: It's More Than Rock n' Roll
Jeff Fritz, PhD, and Tavinder K. Ark, PhD: Motivation
Jane Machi, MD: The Battle Against Chronic Self-Doubt: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD: Reimagine: It's Easy if You Try
David L. Joyce, MD, MPH: Beginning with the End in Mind
Transformational Snaps
Sarah Torres and Anna Visser
Poetry Corner
Sophia Scholtz: Stepping-Stone
In this Special Focus on Student Leadership:
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: All-Hands-On-Deck in 2021: A Year to Build Student Leadership Capacity!
Leadership Perspectives/Opinions
Mario Castellanos: Looking for a Leader? You've Got the Wrong Person
Sarah Meeuwsen and Michael Sobin, MD: Leadership Skills: From the Classroom to the Bedside
Stacy Moroz and Kelli Cole:The Importance of Early Standardized Clinical Curriculum in Professional Identity Development among Medical Students
Maya Saravanan: I Am Not Your Model Minority
Cassie Ferguson, MD: Smiling at Fear
Jeff Fritz, PhD: Leadership, Stewardship and Me
Apply to the LEAD-UP Program: Leadership Skill-Building Opportunity for URiM Trainees
Take 3
Gopika SenthilKumar and Kelli Cole
Winning Character Essay
Monica Gobrial: What Character Means to Me
Poetry Corner
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
December 30, 2020 Special End-of-the-Year Issue
Editor's Corner
Bruce H. Campbell, MD, FACS: Narrative Medicine, Reflection, and Patient Care
Perspectives/Opinions
Ana Istrate, MD, MS: On Joy and Sorrow in Our Long Winter
Jacob Taxis, MDiv, BCC: Deep Thoughts: Reflection and Dialogue with the Palliative Care Team
Charlie Ann Rykwalder, MBA: Now All I See Is Color
Mary Beth Graham, MD, and Nate Gundacker, MD: DOM Grand Rounds Presentation: Pandemics of the Past Century
Poetry Corner
Cleo Wade: It is okay (a poem of validation for the year 2020)
December 18, 2020 Special Diversity & Inclusion Issue
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: A Great Miracle is Happening Here. Rededication is Needed.
Perspectives/Opinions
Andy Petroll, MD: Can You Recommend a Good Primary Care Physician?
Victor Redmon, MD: The Patient Told Me, “You cannot take care of me. You’re Black and I don’t like Black people.” How Do You Respond?
Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD: The Tuskegee Study: Overcoming Racial Disparities in Vaccinations and Rebuilding the Trust of Black Americans
Katinka Hooyer, PhD, MS, and Zeno Franco, PhD: Responding to COVID-19 Through Art and Activism
Take 3
Katie Kassulke, MCW Administrative Director of Faculty Relations and Title IX Coordinator
Poetry Corner
Tamera Amadei-Bourne: Winter Equinox
December 11, 2020 Special Caring in Medicine Issue
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: We Have Both a Duty to Care and a Responsibility to Care: What Does that Look Like?
Perspectives/Opinions
Wendy Peltier, MD: What Better Time to Focus on Caring?
Alicia Pilarski, DO, and Cassie Ferguson, MD: Loving Each Other Through the Darkness
Himanshu Agrawal, MD: My Tryst with Shame and Stigma
David Cipriano, PhD: MCW Suicide Prevention Council: Addressing Culture Through Risk Protective Factors
Kristin Kroll, PhD: The BRaVe Clinic: Evidence-Based and Virtual Mental Health Care
Poetry Corner
Connor Pedersen: Origin
December 4, 2020 Special Global Health Issue:
Guest Director's Corner
Joseph Kerschner, MD: Learners and Justice: Our Present and Future
Editor's Note
Bruce Campbell, MD: Waiting in Lines
Perspectives/Opinions
Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH and Tifany Frazer, MPH: Global Engagement Elicits the 3Cs
Bipin Thapa, MD: Dasain and Tihar
Poetry Corner
Julie Arthur: Words for these Times, a Pandemic
In this Thanksgiving Issue:
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Thanksgiving, Kern Cookies, and Gratitude
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Thanksgiving is a Time for Gratitude and a Commitment to Making a Difference
Perspectives/Opinions
Karen Marcdante, MD: A Thanksgiving Reflection
Jennifer Mackinnon, MD, MM, Jennifer Hollis, CM-Th, MDiv, Julia Reimann: Harps of Comfort at Froedtert Hospital: A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Melech Lensky, JCC, JD: A Gratitude Perspective
Michelle Minikel, MD: No Words Can Describe This Experience
Podcast
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA: Real Time Feedback
Poetry Corner
Billy Collins: As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: What a Week for Democracy! A Great Time for Kern to Build Community Through a New Funding Opportunity
Perspectives/Opinions
Dan Hunt, MD, MBA: Kern Grand Rounds Preview: Creating Physicians Where a Medical School Should Not Exist
Erica Engstrand: This Year's MCW Common Read and How You Can Participate
Chase LaRue: A Turn of the Clock: A Student Perspective on Remaining “Present” in Medical School
Kayt Havens, MD: Meaningful Careers in the VA
Take 3
Greg Wesley, JD: Senior Vice President for Strategic Alliances and Business Development
Poetry Corner
Sarah Steffen: Her Hospital is Now my School
Editor's Corner
Bruce Campbell, MD, FACS: My Dad was a Veteran
Guest Director's Corner
Louis Pangaro, MD, MACP: Learning to Care for Those in Harm’s Way – Educational Innovations from The Uniformed Services University School of Medicine
Perspectives/Opinions
Eric Holmboe, MD: The Impact of Military Service on a Clinician-Educator’s Career: A Personal Story
Kenneth Lee, MD: Veteran’s Day Reflection
Tej Ishaan Mehta MD: On a Pale Horse – Veterans, Values, and Viruses
Nicholas Krueger: My Journey to Becoming an Army Doctor
Corey McKenzie: Veteran’s Day Reflections as a Service Member and Medical Student
Take 3
Jeffrey Jackson, MD, MPH: In the Service of Fellow Veterans
Poetry Corner
John McCrae, MD: In Flanders Fields
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Physicians Have Many Civic Duties and Voting is One of Them
Perspectives/Opinions
Christopher Davis, MD, MPH: Advocating for Safe Voting in Milwaukee – It’s Tough Sledding Out There
Libby Ellinas, MD: Defining Recognition
Morgan Lockhart: Shedding Light on Indigenous People of the Bemidji Area: A Cherokee Nation M2 Perspective
Poetry Corner
Mary Oliver: When Death Comes
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: What to do When it's Your Turn - and it's Always your Turn
Perspectives/Opinions
Eileen Peterson: Women in Academic Surgery
Kristi Castello: Exploring Diversity and Inclusion with the Council for Women’s Advocacy
Kate Stark: MCW’s American Medical Women’s Association Chapter Focuses on the Intersectionality Between Race and Gender
Adrienne German: Kaleidoscope is Partnering with the Milwaukee Bucks to Offer a Virtual Session
Take 3
Julie Freischlag, MD: Incoming President-Elect, American College of Surgeons
Amy Farkas, MD, MS, and Cecilia Scholcoff, MD, MPH: Department of Medicine, Women Resident's Book Club
Poetry Corner
Mary Sellars: Embrace. It is time.
Director's Corner
Olivia Davies and Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: The Failure Effect: Why We Should Share our "Failure Stories" in Medical Education
Perspectives/Opinions
Paul Bergl, MD: Kern Grand Rounds Preview: The Emotional Toll of Being a Health Care Provider During a Global Pandemic
Jeff Fritz, PhD: 2019 MCW Professionalism Enrichment Award Winner, Reflections on Professionalism
Cassie Ferguson, MD: 2018 MCW Professionalism Enrichment Award Winner, Reflections on Professionalism
Megan Quamme: Registering New Voters in the Emergency Department: A Virtual Session with Dr. Alister Martin from VotER
Take 3
Verna Monson, PhD: MCW IHER Conference Plenary Presenter
Poetry Corner
Ben Ferguson: Poem for Mom
Guest Director's Corner
Mark D. Schwartz, MD: A "Sermon" for Medical Students about Civic Character
Perspectives/Opinions
Jon Lehrmann, MD: One Physician's Recipe for Resilience
Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD: Every Virus Needs a Host and the Answer Lies Within Each of Us
Sherrea Jones, PhD: The Congruence in My Quest
Take 3
Ann K. Rosenthal, MD: 2020 MCW Distinguished Service Award Recipient
Poetry Corner
Bisola-Sarah Omoba: Healer
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: The Truth About Trust
Perspectives/Opinions
Libby Ellinas, MD: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Losing a Brilliant Voice for Equity
Wendy Peltier, MD: Quick Takes from IHER 2020
Eileen Peterson and Anna Visser: First- and Second-Year Medical Students’ Responses to Remote Learning
Ilya Avdeev, PhD: An Invitation to Reimagine Medical Education: Before Thinking Outside the Box, Think About the Box
Poetry Corner
Mary Oliver: Heavy
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: RGB and Dad
Perspectives
Camille B. Garrison, MD: The Lonely Only: Physician Reflections on Race, Bias, and Residency Program Leadership - Winner of the 2020 MCW President's Prize for Medical Creative Writing
ThriveOn, a Community-Centered Collaboration, has Broad-Reaching Focus Areas
Jean Mallett, MBA, and MCW M2 medical students Enrique Avila, British Fields, Jamal Jarrett, Adriana Perez, and Morgan Lockhart: Virtual Health Science Program Hosts a Week of Health and Science Exploration
Poetry Corner
Scott Lamm: The Silent Becoming
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: The future of our profession must find their voices
Perspectives
David Lambert: Front Line Adjacent: A Reflection on being Removed from Clinical Rotations
Olivia Davies: May I have Coffee?
Reed Colling & Olivia Davies: Questions from Milwaukee: Q&A with Reed Colling, MCW-Green Bay M4
Kelli Cole & Gopika SenthilKumar: The Life Bus Project: How two MCW Medical Students engaged in Social Innovation
Jess Sachs: The Unsolvable Tension Behind Good Intentions: Confronting Sincerity and its Shadow
Poetry Corner
Hayden Swartz: I held a heart today
Editor's Corner
Bruce H Campbell, MD FACS: Trying to Remember 9/11
Perspectives
Leroy J. Seymour, MD MS: On inclusion, diversity, and why Black Lives Matter too
Kristen Pallok and Shaina Sekhri: Racism is a Public Health Crisis: When Will We Decide It Matters?
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD MA, Lily Littrell and Luke Littrell: Authenticity, Selflessness, Courage, and Team
Poetry Corner
Langston Hughes: Harlem
Guest Director's Corner
Cassie Ferguson, MD: The Moral Imperative to Promote Well-Being in our Learners
Kern Connection Café Preview
David Cipriano, PhD: Student and Resident Behavioral Health at MCW: A Personal Perspective
Perspective
Himanshu Agrawal, MD: Being Human in Medicine: Fabulous Failures
Poetry Corner
Hayden Swartz: A Medical Student's Remorse | My Anatomy Group
Guest Director's Corner
Alexandra Harrington, MD: It Starts with Faculty
Perspectives
Ryan Spellecy, PhD: Lessons Learned in Character Education: Don't be Intimidated
Art Derse, MD, JD: How Medical Humanities Can Help Save Lives - Including Ours
Cassie Ferguson, MD: The Messy
Poetry Corner
Rafael Campo, MD: What the Body Told
Editor's Corner
Bruce Campbell, MD: 13,000 Days on the Hamster Wheel: Finding Meaning on the Way to Retirement
Opinion
Robert N. Golden, MD and Joseph E. Kerschner, MD: There is a Safe, Healthy Path Forward from the Ravages of the Coronavirus
Perspective
Jeff Fritz, PhD: The When and Why of my Good Trouble in Medical Education
Poetry Corner
Olivia Davies: Sutures and Stones
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Why Build a Kern Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Medical Education Transformation for "Basic" Scientists?
Letter to the Editor
Javier Mora, MD Candidate 2021: A Call for Waiving the MCAT at our Medical School in the 2021 Application Cycle
Educational Perspectives
Janet Rader, MD, Kristina Kaljo, PhD, Emma Grellinger, Nadia Tabit, Liliana Kasta, and Akanksha Dasari: SPARCC Students Reflect on their Experiences
M. Paula Phillips: How Do We Decide? Seeking Wisdom as we Reopen Schools
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Milwaukee is Special; Let’s Make Some “Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble”
Educational Perspectives
Chris Decker, MD and Julia Schmitt: TI2 vs. COVID: How We're Winning the Battle of Experiential Learning in a Virtual World
Sondra Zabar, MD and Kinga Eliasz, PhD, MS: "First Night-onCall" 2020: Preparing for Internship in the Face of a Pandemic
Racial Injustice & Inequities Perspectives
David Cipriano, PhD: Initiating MCW's "Community Conversations" about Race and Racism
Victor Redmon, MD: Why We Need More Black Male Physicians
Anna Visser, MD-Candidate 2023: "How to Be an Antiracist" Chosen as this year's MCW Common Read
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Bad Doctors, Rare but Devastating, Reveal our Vulnerabilities and Opportunities to Create Robust Character and Professionalism in Medical Education
Grand Rounds Preview
Adam Hill, MD: A Physician's Story of Recovery
Educational Perspectives
Wendy Peltier, MD: A Letter to our Interns
Kim Tyler, MD, MS: A View from Internship
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Mentoring Toward Purpose and Meaning: Helping our students retain their passion for medicine by asking Why?
Racial Injustice & Inequities Perspective
Eileen Peterson MD Candidate 2023: Racial Discrimination in Academic Surgery
Educational Perspective
Cassie Ferguson, MD, Kurt Pfiefer, MD, Marty Muntz, MD, Cassidy Berns, Kaicey von Stockhausen, and Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Learning Communities at MCW: Past, Present and Future
Pandemic Perspectives
Jake Taxis, MDiv, BCC: Anonymity and the Shape of a Soul
Teresa Patitucci, PhD: MCW Art Club
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Never Waste a Crisis! Now is the Time to Build Learning Communities
Editor's Note
Bruce Campbell, MD: Becoming Uncomfortable
Pandemic Perspective
Wendy Peltier, MD, and Julie Owen, MD: But Where's the Finish Line?
July 10, 2020
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Kern Institute Renovations Underway!
Editor's Note
Bruce Campbell, MD: A COVID-19 Conversation
Perspective on LGBTQ Issues
Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, FAMIA, FASA: The Issues of Bostock and the Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQ Health
Student Perspective
Spenser Marting, MD Candidate 2023: Telehealth at the Saturday Clinic
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD: Mentee-ing Matters
Racial Injustice & Inequities Perspective
Ashley M. Hines: Dear White Colleagues
Fourteen Medical Student Voices
Bruce Campbell, MD: M1 Students React to COVID-19: Feeling Helpless, Seeking Knowledge, and Becoming Empowered
Director's Corner
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: The Kern Institute is Not a "Black Box"!
Racial Injustice & Inequities Perspectives
Sherry-Ann Brown, MD, PhD: Pandemics Juxtaposed
Scott Lamm: Can We Agree This is a Problem?
Cassie Ferguson, MD & Adina Kalet, MD: Rethinking Remediation
Chris Decker, MD, and Julia Schmitt: Pushing Institutional Climate Change for Underrepresented Minority Students
Lara Voigt, MD: Parenting in the Time of Black Lives Matter
Educational Perspectives
Alexandra Harrington, MD: What Part of Your Character Are You Working on Today?
Tavinder K. Ark, PhD: Why is the Kern Institute's Medical Education Data Scientist Smiling?
June 12, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: Let's Talk About Racism and Be Ready to Get It Wrong
Racial Injustice & Inequities Perspectives from:
Loren Nunley, MD, MBA: An Open Letter to my Colleagues
Bruce Campbell, MD: Microaggression
Megan L. Schultz, MD, MA: My White Privilege
Kathlyn E. Fletcher, MD, MA: A Personal Call to Action
Educational Perspective from:
Amy J. Prunuske, PhD and Jacob Prunuske, MD, MSPH: Marrying the Basic Sciences to Clinical Medicine
June 5, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: Everything Around Us has to do with Medical Education
Racial Injustice & Inequities Perspectives from:
Malika Siker, MD: Confessions of a So-Called Diversity "Expert"
Sherréa Jones, PhD: The Disease of Racism
Cassie Ferguson, MD: From Ally to Accomplice
Laura Grogan: I am White and I Have Been Complacent
Christopher Davis, MD: Coronavirus and Inequities: Why the Shock?
Marty Muntz, MD & Kristina Kaljo, PhD: Speak Up in the Face of Microaggression
Pandemic Reflections from:
Kelsey Lamb & Ashley Creager: Finding Purpose and Garnering Hope in the Era of COVID-19
Meghan Nothem, DO: Reflections on Courage
May 29, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: Performance-Based Assessment to Ensure Physicians Have the "Right Stuff"
Perspective from Katie Recka, MD: Make it to the Mat
Perspective from Adrienne Klement, MD: The Power of a Letter
May 22, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: How Will We Return in the Fall? Back to Normal? I Hope Not.
Graduation Perspective from Cassie Ferguson, MD: Joy
Graduation Perspective from Jose Franco, MD: Graduation and Family
Graduation Perspective from Marty Muntz, MD: All the World is a Stage
Perspective from David Nelson, PhD: The Gathering
Perspective from Christopher Davis, MD, MPH: MaskUpMKE - Saving Lives, Building Trust, and Moving Forward
May 15, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: Embracing the New Normal and Who Gets to be a Physician
Perspective from Wendy Peltier, MD: Where is my Toolbelt?
Perspective from Kurt Stefan, MBA: Remote Simulation During COVID-19
May 8, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: Working Toward a Philosophy of Medical Education Transformation
Perspective from Kathlyn Fletcher, MD: Rare Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Opportunities for Residents
Perspective from Sandra Pfister, PhD: Walking with Purpose at 64
Perspective from Malika Siker, MD: Lessons from "Life is Beautiful"
May 1, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: Making a Difference: MaskUpMKE
Perspective from Libby Ellinas, MD: Women: Minding the Gap
Perspective from Laura Mark, PA-C, MPH: Social Narrowing
April 24, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: Education Strategies on a Dime
Perspective from Chris Decker, MD: Staying Safe Yet Compassionate
Perspective from Alexandra Harrington, MD: Gratitude for Lab Staff
April 17, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: Preparing Our Students
Perspective from Kathlyn Fletcher, MD: Residency During COVID
Perspective from Nathalie Abenoza, Christian Hernandez, Eli Martinez, Javier Mora and Sebastian Daniel: Community Raised & Engaged
April 10, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD: Practical Wisdom in Action
Perspective from Fabrice Jotterand, PhD: Seizing the Moment
Perspective from Mary Homan, DrPH: It's Not About the Vent
April 3, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: We Can't Wait!
Perspective from Cassie Ferguson, MD: COVID-19 and Grief
Perspective from Chris Davis, MD, MPH: Building Trust with Underserved Communities
March 27, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Bringing Medical Students to the Fight
Perspective from Marty Muntz, MD: PPE & Moral Injury
March 20, 2020
Director's Corner by Adina Kalet, MD, MPH: Welcome to the Transformational Times