Ruth Gotian, Ed.D - The Fear of Not Trying Behind the Microscope

Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy and Assistant Dean for Mentoring at Weill Cornell Medical College. She has spent more than 25 years involved in physician and physician scientist education at Weill Cornell and was the administrative director of the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program. Dr. Gotian received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her Ed. D from Columbia University. Today, Dr. Gotian shares some of her incredible insights into what makes successful physician scientists tick, and how we can begin to teach those attributes of resilience to rising trainees.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Gotian for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Gotian on Twitter: @RuthGotian

Dr. Gotian’s Faculty Page: http://vivo.med.cornell.edu/display/cwid-rgotian

Check out some of Dr. Gotian’s publications:

How to develop a mentoring team:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthgotian/2020/07/06/how-to-cultivate-a-mentoring-team-in-five-easy-steps/#297631d5244a

Why you need a support team:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00992-3

Mentoring during the covid 19 pandemic:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01028-x

Five power skills for becoming a team leader:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00178-2

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer, Social Media Coordinator, and BTMblog Editor-in-Chief – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

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