PROMOTING REFLECTION and INDIVIDUAL growth through SUPPORT and MENTORING (PRISM)

PRISM Components

Professional Identity Formation Sessions
Each month students have the opportunity to hear from content experts on a different aspect of developing a strong physician identity

Reflection
Students complete a reflection assignment each month focused on that months’ session topic.

Faculty Mentoring groups
Students meet in their PRISM mentoring groups each month and meet 1:1 with their physician mentor each academic year.

Career Development
Guidance on career choice begins in the M1 year and progresses through all four years. From introducing resources to help M1 students’ specialty exploration to preparing M3 and M4 students through the residency match process, PRISM offers a vehicle through which we ensure students stay on-pace for each career preparation milestone.

Sample PRISM Topics
• Emotional Intelligence and Self-awareness
• Imposter Syndrome
• Introduction to Careers in Medicine
• Growth Mindset and Transitions
• The Mindful Physician
• Making the Most of the M2 Year: Preparing for Step 1 and Beyond
• The Hidden Cost of Caring
• The Physician as Leader and Advocate
• The Business of Medicine
• Preparing for a Successful Residency Match
• Alternative Careers in Medicine

PRISM Goal

• Guide personal development through self-awareness, role modeling, and support
• Provide a safe environment to foster personal reflection
• Promote self-care and wellness
• Encourage team building and problem solving strategies
• Assist in career development

PRISM Components

• Reflection
• Readings
• Interactive Lectures
• Faculty Mentoring Groups
• OUWB Connect
• Career Development

Mentor Requirements/Benefits

• Corewell Health Physician
• OUWB Faculty
• Able to attend monthly sessions on Tuesday afternoons (M1 & M2 year) and Friday afternoons (M3 year)

Faculty Mentor Time Commitment

• Monthly PRISM sessions (3 hours each)
• Respond to student reflections
• Group activity 
• Yearly one-on-one meetings with mentees
• Two-hour summer training session
• PRISM Orientation, the White Coat Ceremony (M1 year)
• Match Day, Honors Convocation and Commencement (M4 year)

To view lists of previous PRISM mentors, please contact [email protected].

Varsha Karamchandani, M.D.
Assistant Professor
PRISM Co-Course Director

Berkley J. Browne-Holtz, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
PRISM Co-Course Director

Julie Jagmin
PRISM Course Coordinator

Pavan Brahmamdam, M.D.
Surgery

Matthew Drogowski, M.D.
Emergency Medicine

W. Brad Fields, M.D.
Internal Medicine/Pulmonary & Critical Care

Lisa Higley, D.O.
Internal Medicine

Christopher Jaeger, M.D.
Urology

Adam Weiner, M.D.
Ophthalmology

Liz Wilson, D.O.
Internal Medicine

Hannan Alsahlani, D.O.
Pediatrics

Mohammad Chisti, M.D.
Internal Medicine

Kausar Jabbar, M.D.
Pathology

Matthew Kopera, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery

Asadulla Mohammed, M.D.
Internal Medicine/ Pulmonary & Critical Care

Mary Smyth, M.D.
Pediatrics

Melissa Bayci, M.D.
Obstetrics/Gynecology

Robert Burke, M.D.
Internal Medicine/Pulmonary & Critical Care

Leonardo Cavinatto, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery

Barbara Herzig, M.D.
Psychiatry

Shabana Kalladi Puthanpurayil, M.D.
Pediatrics

Leia Meyers, M.D.
Family Medicine & Community Health

Joann Smith, M.D.
Obstetrics/Gynecology

Carmen DeMarco, M.D.
Infectious Disease

Matthew Denenberg, M.D.
Emergency Medicine

Abdulrahman Effendi, M.D.
Nephrology

Yujin Oh, M.D.
Family Medicine

Anuradha Prasad, M.D.
Ophthalmology

Sindhu Ramesh, M.D.
Internal Medicine

Bassel Salman, M.D.
Pediatrics