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General Internal Medicine – Faculty Development Program

Faculty Development Seminars

The Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM) is committed to maintaining excellence in clinical care, education, scholarship, academic accomplishment and personal development. To foster this goal, the DGIM has developed a twice monthly hour-long faculty development seminar. Seminars are held virtually allowing faculty from across the campus to attend. Topics revolved around teaching skills, assessment and evaluation, and professional development. Topics for the 2023-2024 academic year included the following:

  • How to Read a Letter of Evaluation
  • Pearls, Pitfalls and Perks of Medical Education Research
  • How to Accomplish Direct Observation of Residents in Clinic
  • Tell Me What You Really Think: How to Provide and Receive Realtime Feedback
  • Skills to Recognize and Respond to Discrimination and Harassment from Patients
  • Mentoring
  • Managing the Imposter Syndrome
  • Remediation of Residents with Knowledge Based Deficits
  • Perfectionism and People Pleasing
  • Guidelines for Writing and Evaluating History and Physicals
  • Review of a De-escalation Curriculum for Managing Challenging Patients
  • Assertiveness vs Aggression
  • Review of the GME Internal Medicine Residency Survey

Faculty Mentoring Program

The Division of General Internal Medicine has implemented a mentoring program for junior faculty designed to optimize the early experience in academic medicine and help new faculty chart a course for success. Junior faculty are assigned to a senior faculty member who meets with the new faculty member on a regular basis. The senior faculty mentor facilitates finding research collaborators, developing scholarly productivity and navigating academic advancement.

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The Department of Medicine at Alpert Medical School is comprised of eleven distinct Divisions. These Divisions, working in conjunction with the community doctors who comprise our Primary Care offerings, provide patients with an outstanding level of care both within the Brown affiliated hospitals and throughout several community-based clinical locations. In addition to patient services, several of our Divisions offer exceptional programs for Residents and Fellows within their designated areas of expertise.

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  • How To Reach Us

    Office of the Physician-in-Chief
    Louis B. Rice, MD
    593 Eddy Street
    Providence, RI 02903