Geisel School of Medicine has received a 2025 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Award from Insight Into Academia Magazine, an influential magazine that covers issues and trends in American higher education.
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Advancing Patient Care Through Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
A day of dynamic Interprofessional Education (IPE) at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center brought together 175 medical, nursing, and physician assistant students, staff, and faculty from Geisel School of Medicine, Franklin Pierce University, and Colby-Sawyer College for a shared learning experience focused on enhancing collaborative, team-based patient care.
Decision Quality and the Future of Neighborhood Health: A U.S. Perspective (Video) — NHS Confederation
Watch video – Features a conversation with Al Mulley, professor of health policy and clinical practice and of medicine, on Health on the Line podcast, discussing building sustainable neighborhood health systems.
‘Dancing Patients’ Aren’t the Biggest Problem With Drug Ads — The Washington Post
Read article – Steven Woloshin MED ’96, a professor of medicine and community and family medicine, co-authors an opinion piece about the problem with drug commercials. “Direct-to-consumer ads, as pharmaceutical ads aimed at the general public are known, almost always fail to communicate what consumers most need to know—how well a drug actually works,” Woloshin writes.
Medical Schools Train Faculty on AI Best Practices — AAMC
Read article – Thomas Thesen, an associate professor of medical education, is featured in an article about training faculty and administrators in medical schools on how to use AI, with a mention of the AI teaching academy for faculty that Thesen co-directs. “We have to teach people principles and critical thinking about AI,” Thesen said.
Evergreen Aims to Personalise Mental Health Support for Dartmouth Students — Digital Watch Observatory
Read article – Introduces Dartmouth’s Evergreen, co-led by Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry.
Dartmouth Builds Its Own AI Chatbot for Student Well-Being — Inside Higher Ed
Read article – An article about the launch of Evergreen, an AI-driven platform designed by students and faculty to help students maintain well-being and manage stress. The article quotes Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry; Ayush Saran D ’27; and Teddy Roberts D ’26. “They’re being really careful that everything the chatbot is going to say is something they can say is evidence-backed, and we’re specifically cutting things if we can’t 100% say that the evidence supports this claim,” Roberts said.
JoAnna Leyenaar Named Paul Batalden Chair for Clinical Improvement and Professional Development
Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of JoAnna Leyenaar, MD, MPH, MSc, as the Paul Batalden Chair for Clinical Improvement and Professional Development.
AI Therapy: Can an Algorithm Help You More Than a Human? (Audio) — Radio Health Journal
Listen to story – Michael Heinz, an assistant professor of psychiatry, talks to the In Good Health podcast about the use of AI in therapy and Dartmouth’s Therabot study. “Our goal is never to reduce the human connection that folks have, but I think there are a lot of people out there who either don’t have access to a therapist or are afraid to go see a therapist,” Heinz said.
Dartmouth’s Evergreen AI Puts Student Wellness to the Test — Forbes
Read article – Quotes President Sian Leah Beilock and Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, in a story about the launch of Evergreen, an AI-driven platform designed to help students maintain well-being and manage stress. It is being developed by students guided by Jacobson; Lisa Marsch, a professor of psychiatry and biomedical data science; and Andrew Campbell, a professor of computer science. “Evergreen was conceived by students, for students, who are harnessing the power of AI to create a personalized behavioral health tool to promote well-being among their peers,” Beilock said.