Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
As course director and primary instructor:
Genetic Counseling Ethics I and II (Fall 2019 - Fall 2021) - required course for Master's-level GC students
Caring for Vulnerable Patients (Fall 2021) - elective for medical students
Death & Dying (Spring 2021) - elective for medical and pharmacy students
Physician Assistant Ethics (Summer 2019 - Summer 2020) - required course for PA students
As guest lecturer for courses:
I have been a guest lecturer for classes with medical students, pharmacy students, psychology doctoral interns, graduate school student researchers, nursing students in advanced degree programs, and physician assistant students.
Examples:
As ethics educator for clinical trainees and staff:
I regularly lead didactics and case discussions among residents, fellows, attending physicians, nurses, social workers, care managers, and other multidisciplinary groups.
Examples:
As facilitator:
Community Action Poverty Simulation (2019 - )
Practice of Medicine Ethics Simulation (2019 - )
Interprofessional Education, "Choosing to Die" (Fall 2020)
As instructor for the Academy for Inclusive Excellence:
Implicit Bias and Its Everyday Impact (2021 - )
Bias in Chart Noting (2021 - )
Addressing Disability Bias in Clinical Environments (2021 - )
Bias in Research (2021 - )
As mentor:
Lee Scholarship, "Role of Physician as Healer" (2020 - 2021)
As ethics bowl judge:
Practice of Medicine Ethics Bowl (2017 - 2019 )
Physician Assistant Ethics Bowl (Summer 2018/2019)
Genetic Counseling Ethics Bowl (Fall 2018)
Genetic Counseling Ethics I and II (Fall 2019 - Fall 2021) - required course for Master's-level GC students
Caring for Vulnerable Patients (Fall 2021) - elective for medical students
Death & Dying (Spring 2021) - elective for medical and pharmacy students
Physician Assistant Ethics (Summer 2019 - Summer 2020) - required course for PA students
As guest lecturer for courses:
I have been a guest lecturer for classes with medical students, pharmacy students, psychology doctoral interns, graduate school student researchers, nursing students in advanced degree programs, and physician assistant students.
Examples:
- Ethical Care of Patients with Disabilities
- Decision-making Capacity
- Moral Distress
- Decision-making at the End of Life
- Ethics of Human Research
- Ethics of Psychiatric Nursing
- Patient Rights
- The Therapeutic Relationship: Care and Vulnerability
- The Process of Informed Consent and Shared Decision-making
- Medical Decision-making for Incapacitated or Incompetent Patients
- Transplantation Ethics
As ethics educator for clinical trainees and staff:
I regularly lead didactics and case discussions among residents, fellows, attending physicians, nurses, social workers, care managers, and other multidisciplinary groups.
Examples:
- Ethics of Involuntary Treatment and Covert Drugging
- Shared Decision-making in Mental Health Contexts
- The Challenge of Non-adherence
- Understanding Autonomy in Psychiatric Care
- Nursing Ethics
- Introduction to Clinical Ethics Services
- Unrepresented Patients
- Ethics of the Arkansas Healthcare Decisions Act
- "This Again?": Managing the Weight of Moral Distress
- Adults Patients in a Pediatric Hospital: Ethical Issues that Can Arise
- Arrestees, Prisoners, and Parolees: Ethical and Legal Guidance for the Emergency Department
As facilitator:
Community Action Poverty Simulation (2019 - )
Practice of Medicine Ethics Simulation (2019 - )
Interprofessional Education, "Choosing to Die" (Fall 2020)
As instructor for the Academy for Inclusive Excellence:
Implicit Bias and Its Everyday Impact (2021 - )
Bias in Chart Noting (2021 - )
Addressing Disability Bias in Clinical Environments (2021 - )
Bias in Research (2021 - )
As mentor:
Lee Scholarship, "Role of Physician as Healer" (2020 - 2021)
As ethics bowl judge:
Practice of Medicine Ethics Bowl (2017 - 2019 )
Physician Assistant Ethics Bowl (Summer 2018/2019)
Genetic Counseling Ethics Bowl (Fall 2018)

To see examples of my teaching in academic and clinical settings, please visit my website that contains an abbreviated portfolio.
Teaching Associate, Georgetown University
Courses designed and instructed by me:
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Introduction to Bioethics (Guest Lecture)
Georgetown Medical Institute, Summers 2013/2014 Visit guest lecture website |