School of Medicine
School of Medicine Educators Honored For Service
Oct 13, 2006
Four educators from the University of Kansas School of Medicine were honored during the 2006 Faculty Retreat for providing years of exceptional instruction and counsel to students and new faculty. |
| Honored during the School of Medicine Faculty Retreat on Sept. 29 were, from left, John W. Calkins, MD, and Jacqueline S. Osland, MD, recipients of the Ruth Bohan Teaching Professorship Award; and the Leone Mattioli, MD, and Elizabeth C. Penick, PhD, recipients of the The Jayhawk – Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Awards. |
The retreat introduced the first Jayhawk – Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Awards for work with junior faculty. These inaugural awards were presented to Leone Mattioli, MD, professor of Pediatrics and Elizabeth “Betty” C. Penick, PhD, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science.
Mattioli has been a faculty member with the School of Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center for almost 40 years.
He has become know for his role in launching and refining many young careers. Three junior faculty members recruited this past year said the opportunity to learn from Mattioli was a major factor in their decision to join KU Pediatrics.
In their nomination, Mattioli's mentees said his council not only increased their understanding but also their curiosity. They said his commitment to excellence focused not only on technical skills, but on ethics, humanism and professionalism.
"In an academic health sciences center, having a mentor that takes the time to help his junior scholars with their teaching presentations and scholarly activities deserves recognition," Barbara Atkinson, MD, the Executive Dean and Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, KU School of Medicine, said.
In her 26 years with the KU School of Medicine, Penick has mentored over 50 to 75 residents in addition to a long list of our junior faculty members.
Penick has managed to take these mentor young clinicians and researchers under her wing while juggling her own clinical, teaching and research responsibilities.
"I have seen the fruits of this mentor’s day to day efforts through the careers that have been launched, research appetites whetted, teaching skills honed, and clinical needs met," Dr. Barry Liskow said. "It is always comforting to be able to count upon this individual to be there to ferment to excellence the great capacity found in the fruit of our department – our junior faculty members.”
The 2006 Ruth H. Bohan Professorships for excellence in medical education went to Jacqueline S. Osland, MD, clinical associate professor of Surgery on the Wichita campus and John W. Calkins, MD, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Osland has been the Program Director for the Department of General Surgery Residency Program since 2004. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has been selected as an examiner for the American Board of Surgery.
Atkinson said Osland is an innovator and leader in teaching and practicing medicine, who has introduced new methods and surgical techniques to the Wichita community.
"Dr. Osland an outstanding clinician providing superb patient care and committed to patient advocacy and is a dedicated medical educator who has continuously worked to improve the educational environment and residency program in surgery," Atkinson said.
After completing his residency at KU Medical Center, Calkins joined the faculty in 1980 as an assistant professor. In addition to his role as a professor, Calkins has served two terms as interim chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and one as Chair. Dr. Calkins has been active as a clinician scientist and educator. He has contributed to regional and national professional organizations, most recently having been elected Chair of District 7 in the American College, and has designed District meetings to facilitate the education of his peers in the community.
In her nomination of Calkins, Mary Duff, MD, assistant professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics wrote, “My motivation for pursuing a career in medical education is the ripple effect one can have. Serving as physicians we can help many patients and families; however taking the time to teach the next generation of physicians creates a much larger ripple. John Calkins’ excellence in education has created a tidal wave, not just ripples.”
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