Skills for Effective Mentoring and Advising (AACEM, AWAEM, Faculty Development Committee and Wellness Committee Sponsored)

In academic emergency medicine, "coaching" involves activities that foster professional development, including personal growth, skill development, and mentorship. What coaching skills are crucial for mentors and advisors to ensure effective outcomes for mentees and advisees? How can you assess your approach? This session will explore various types of coaching used in academic EM, such as personal development, remediation, and skill-building coaching. We will highlight the benefits of incorporating certified or credentialed coaches into academic programs. Through demonstrations, participants will learn actionable coaching techniques and language that can be immediately applied to improve mentoring and advising practices.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
  • Describe the differences between coaching, mentoring, and advising.
  • Discuss essential coaching skills to their mentoring and advising practices.
  • Discuss the essential competencies for coaching physicians.

Presenters:

  • Pamela L. Dyne, MD
  • Elizabeth Leenellett, MD, FACEP, CPE
  • Cassandra Bradby, MD
  • Eric D. Isaacs, MD
Authors

  • Pamela L. Dyne, MD

    Olive View-UCLA Medical Center/UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

    Dr. Pamela Dyne is Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, a former president of CORD, Program Director and DIO, a certified life and health coach, as well as a certified chief wellness officer and director of coaching for the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. With over 25 years of experience in GME, faculty development, and organized medicine leadership, her current position as Chief Physician Wellness Officer of Olive View-UCLA Medical Center allows her to integrate her leadership experience and knowledge of organizational and individual wellbeing with the human aspect of middle management that is required to create institutional change.

  • Elizabeth Leenellett, MD, FACEP, CPE

    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine/ UC Health

    Dr. Elizabeth Leenellett is a Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Inclusive Excellence at the University of Cincinnati. She graduated from the University of Michigan’s Inteflex program, completed her EM residency at the University of Cincinnati and then joined the department as clinical faculty. Dr. Leenellett was the first female medical director within UCEM and served in that role at West Chester Hospital for almost a decade before becoming the inaugural UC EM Vice Chair of Women’s Initiatives. She founded the Emergency Medicine Program Of Women in leadERship (EMPOWER), established the Leadership Excels with Achievement of Diversity (UC LEADs) endowment fund, and uses the skills gained from her Hedgwig van Amerigen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship to propel initiatives forward and break down barriers. Dr. Leenellett won the 2021 Ohio ACEP Physician Leadership award, 2022 UC College of Medicine Grace LeMasters “Lift While You Climb” award, and the 2022 EMRA Faculty Mentor of the Year award. She is honored to serve as the W. Brian Gibler Endowed Chair for Education in Emergency Medicine and Chief of Staff of West Chester Hospital.

  • Cassandra Bradby, MD

    East Carolina University

    Dr. Cassandra Bradby is an EM physician and Assistant Professor at Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. As a graduate of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN, she has dedicated her career to improving diversity and inclusion in medicine through mentoring and education. After residency at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Bradby headed back south to Greenville, NC where she now serves as the Residency Program Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at ECU Health Medical Center. In addition to her work in North Carolina, Dr. Bradby serves as the current Immediate Past President of the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine for SAEM.

  • Eric D. Isaacs, MD

    University of California (San Francisco)/San Francisco General Hospital

    Eric Isaacs is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCSF and an emergency physician practicing at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital for over 30 years. He is a founding faculty member for the EMTalk course, focused on teaching communication skills around serious illness to emergency providers. He is also the Medical Director for the Age-Friendly Emergency Department at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Eric Isaacs also serves as the site director at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital for the UCSF medical student coaching program

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