Coaching in Medical Education

Holly A. Caretta-Weyer, MD, MHPE

Associate Residency Program Director / Director of Evaluation and Assessment

Stanford University

Dr. Holly Caretta-Weyer is currently Associate Residency Program Director and Director of Evaluation and Assessment for the Stanford University Emergency Medicine Residency Program as well as EPA/CBME Implementation Lead at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Caretta-Weyer attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health where she graduated Alpha Omega Alpha with Honors in Research. She loved being a Badger so much that she stayed for her Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Wisconsin where she was also Chief Resident. Dr. Caretta-Weyer then moved to the West Coast where she completed her Medical Education Scholarship Fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and completed her Masters in Health Professions Education (MHPE) at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is a PhD candidate at Maastricht University studying residency selection in a competency-based system in March of 2021.

Nicole Deiorio, MD

Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Dr. Nicole Deiorio is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Prior to that, she spent 20 years at Oregon Health and Science University, where she served as Clerkship Director, Associate Program Director, and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. At VCU she runs the coaching program for undergraduate medical education. She co-chaired the 2018 American Medical Association Coaching Thematic Meeting and works with the Association of American Medical Colleges Core Entrustable Professional Activities group, particularly in the intersection of coaching and EPA attainment. Dr. Deiorio's research experience includes coaching, investigating the residency selection process, and outcomes in competency-based undergraduate medical education.

Jeremy Branzetti, MD, MHPE

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Yale University

Jeremy Branzetti, MD MHPE is a board certified emergency medicine physician who specializes in providing acute care for critically ill and injured patients. Dr. Branzetti earned dual bachelor's degrees at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook and received his MD from the same institution. He completed a 4-year residency in emergency medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, and was chief resident in his final year. Finally, he obtained a Masters in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University’s School of Health Professions.

Dr. Branzetti has over a decade of experience in GME leadership and medical education scholarship, with extensive expertise in evidence-based learning science, adaptive expertise, programmatic identity formation, translating “branding” concepts from business to the world of medicine, and wellness. Now, he founded Academic Educator Coaching (academiceducatorcoaching.com) to use that accrued experience to coach early-career medical educators to chart meaningful careers in medicine on their own terms. Reach out if you feel like your career could use a little help in achieving professional success and personal joy.

Outside of Medicine, Dr. Branzetti is a semi-avid bicyclist, wistful former hockey player, adventurous world traveler and hiker, aspiring guitarist, not-so-novice beer brewer, amateur kitchen scientist, and sidekick to the best dog in the world.

Megan Wolff, MD, MHPE

Professor, Emergency Medicine

University of Michigan

Dr. Megan Wolff is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Pediatrics, the Associate Program Director for the Pediatrics Residency program, and the Curriculum Director of the RISE (Research, Innovation, Scholarship, Education) Unit at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. She joined the faculty of the Department of EM after completing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship training at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and pediatrics training at the Boston Combined Residency Program, where she served as a Chief Resident. She earned her Masters in Health Professions Education from the University of Michigan. Her academic interests are focused on medical education including interactive teaching techniques, coaching, and self-directed learning.