Melanie Sulistio is a cardiologist.

7 ideas for an alternative Match Day

Medical Education
March 18, 2020

As a cardiologist, a mom of three school-aged kids, a physician’s wife, and associate dean of student affairs, I am acutely aware of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our communities. In this time of constant change and concern, it is important to find joy in whatever we can. This week is Match Week. Instead of our senior medical students celebrating their accomplishments together, they are social distancing and foregoing …

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7 ideas for an alternative Match Day

Why it’s important to take the time and give feedback

Medical Education
January 28, 2017

I recently gave a teaching workshop focused on giving feedback. Thrilled to share my passion for medical education, I excitedly prepared my slides, ready to discuss tools that can help make someone a more effective educator.

Despite the evidence and the recommendations from well-known educators I presented, there was an attendee that was dubious. The inevitable question arose, “But, why?” Why, this person asked, take the time to give feedback when …

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Why it’s important to take the time and give feedback

A letter from an educator to medical trainees

Medical Education
September 17, 2015

Dear trainee,

I was once in your shoes. There was a time where I wore a beat up white coat, pockets overflowing with cards and knew every nook and cranny of the hospital. I was the doctor that woke up the patients in the am, gently asking them to roll over so I could listen to their lungs sounds. That was me.

If you’re anything like me, then you are counting the …

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A letter from an educator to medical trainees