2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Julie B. McCausland, MD, MS is the program director for the transitional year program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Medical Education in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She specializes in emergency medicine.

2021 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Jodi Leonard works as an education manager in pediatric residency at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.

In the poster, “Online Well-Being Group Coaching Program for Physicians: Two Randomized Control Trials,” Tyra Fainstad, MD and her team describe two studies that looked to explore the impact of well-being group coaching on physicians and physician learners.

2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Steven R. Brown, MD, FAAFP is the program director for family medicine at University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix.

This week's e-Communication includes information about the ACGME Awards, Review and Comment, a new event about program director well-being, and the date for the 2023 National Learning Community of Sponsoring Institutions meeting. 

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Timothy R. Long is a program director for anesthesiology and vice chair for education at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

2020 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Fiona Gallahue, MD, FACEP is the emergency medicine program director at the University of Washington.