Teaching Scholars Lecture Series

Diane Magrane, M.D.

On Nakedness and Leadership

Metaphors of nakedness help us to understand the personal venerability we feel in taking on leadership roles in organizational and social change. This multimedia, interactive presentation will explore the risks and necessity of taking on such changes responsibly through analysis and response to data and personal stories.

October 7, 2003
ED III G-225
4:00-5:00 pm

All UAMS faculty invited
One hour CME Credit

Diane M. Magrane is the Associate Dean for Medical Education and Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.  She received her M.D. degree from the University of Iowa in 1978 and completed residency training in Ob/Gyn at St. Louis University Hospitals in St. Louis, Missouri in 1982.  She has been actively involved in improving instruction, evaluation, and faculty development in medical education here at UVM and in national educational organizations.  Her 12 years as a clerkship director ended in July 1994 when she was appointed to the position of Associate Dean at UVM.  In this position she is guiding the students and faculty of the College Of Medicine through a systematic redesign of the four-year curriculum and its supporting infrastructure.  In January 2003, 83% of over 300 faculty endorsed the full Vermont Integrated Curriculum, including the concept of weaving genetics, ethics, and epidemiology throughout medical education.

Her educational scholarship lies in interdisciplinary activities in women’s health education, understanding the student-physician-patient relationship, and in applying systems of educational psychology, complexity theories, and classic curriculum design to changing academic medicine. She is a founding member of the Alliance for Clinical education, past chair of the APGO undergraduate medical education committee and of the examination committee of the Council for Resident Education in Obstetrics and gynecology, and currently President of the Association for Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics.  In May 2002 she was honored as a distinguished alumnus of the University of Iowa College of Medicine.

In January 2003, Dr. Magrane will assume the position of Associate Vice President for Faculty Development and Leadership Programs at the Association of American Medical Colleges. There she will be responsible for Women in Medicine, Faculty Development, and Executive Development programs in addition to developing new programs in Leadership skills for all health science faculties.

For more information, contact:

Anna S. Moses, M.Ed.
Office of Educational Development
mosesannas@uams.edu
1.501.526.4848

Diane Heestand, Ed.D.
Office of Educational Development
Heestanddianee@uams.edu
1.501.686.8346

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