ASPEN LECTURE WORKSHOP: Drs. Dawn DeWitt and Tracy Klein

Title of talk: Effective Supervision and Mentoring Practices in Context: Finding a Best Fit

Workshop Facilitators: Drs. Tracy Klein and Dawn DeWitt and colleagues

The guidebook ‘Eleven Practices of Effective Postgraduate Research Supervisors’ was prepared by Richard James and Gabrielle Baldwin for use in professional development programs for faculty of the University of Melbourne. The goal was to boost the quality of the experience for graduate researchers and to improve higher degree completion rates and times. At the heart of the guide are a set of principles for effective supervisor-supervisee (or adviser-advisee) relationships. While focused squarely on the supervision of graduate students, the guidebook may have wider applicability for supervision and mentoring in other academic contexts.

This workshop following the talk will compare the Eleven Practices with the Educational Alliance (Telio) model and give participants an opportunity to identify and discuss which model and practices might be best applied to their own mentoring/mentee goals.

 Learning Objectives:

1. Compare and Contrast James’ & Baldwin’s Eleven Practices of Effective Postgraduate Research Supervisors with Telio’s Educational Alliance Model
2. Discuss which elements are most appropriate and transferable as practices for mentor-mentee relationships
3. Develop a personal plan to incorporate or adapt these tools/models into your own (participant) practices

Biographies

Professor Dawn E. DeWitt BA, MSc, MD, Cert Med Ed, MACP, FRACP, FRCP (London, Hon)
Senior Associate Dean, Founding Director CIPHERS*; Inaugural Year 4 Director Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University
*Collaboration for InterProfessional Health Education & Scholarship

Dr. DeWitt has held medical education leadership roles for over 25 years in three countries.  After obtaining her MD at Harvard Medical School she completed Internal Medicine training, a Chief Residency and a Certificate in Medical Education at the University of Washington. During her 10 years on faculty in the University of Washington, WWAMI program, she led innovations in curriculum, distance education and rural faculty development and was recognized as one of the “Best Doctors in America” by her peers. Dr. DeWitt is a Master in the American College of Physicians, a national Wellness Champion, and co-author of the best-selling book “Teaching in Your Office.” Awards include the Alpha Omega Alpha faculty award; the “Golden Apple” teaching award (MEDEX Physician Assistant Program), and the Inaugural UW Alumnae Early Career Achievement Award.  At the Melbourne Medical School, she served as Associate Dean Rural Health, Foundation Chair of the School of Rural Health/Rural Health Academic Centre, and Clinical Dean, Rural Clinical School. Her team developed Australia’s first purpose-built interprofessional teaching clinic and was awarded both the Medical School and University Program Innovation in Education Awards.

At the University of British Columbia, she provided strategic leadership for the MD Undergraduate Program and Postgraduate training as the Regional Associate Dean Vancouver-Fraser and for curriculum renewal as the Associate Dean UGME. In 2016, she was recruited to serve as the inaugural Vice Dean for Student and Faculty Experience at the newly founded Washington State University College of Medicine.  She served as the Inaugural Associate Dean for Clinical Education (Spokane Campus) before becoming the Inaugural Director for Year 4, leading the development of the WSU CIPHERS (Collaboration for InterProfessional Health Education Research & Scholarship) and leading a $2M HRSA grant on IP education for treatment of substance use disorder.  

Dr. Tracy Klein, PhD, FAAN, FAANP https://labs.wsu.edu/tracy-klein/
is an Associate Professor at Washington State University College of Nursing. Her scholarship encompasses the interface between public policy and prescribing as it relates to practitioner, patient and institutional factors. Her research on controlled substances and pharmacotherapeutics is published in the Journal of Rural Health; Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research; Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy; University of Toronto Medical Journal; and the Journal of Pediatric Healthcare. Her clinical expertise includes teaching and practice as a family nurse practitioner;  and state, national, and international policy consultation.

The ASPEN speakers series is jointly sponsored by the Washington State University College of Nursing and Collaboration for InterProfessional Health Education Research & Scholarship (CIPHERS) to encourage discussion of scholarship and educational collaboration among the health sciences.

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