Welcome back clinical problem solvers to another episode of WDX. It's Charmin and Kay, and we are post half marathon. Kay, how are you feeling? A week out of half marathon with a width, a thousand elevation. I'm still not over that. I'm feeling good. Yeah, I'm feeling great. So Sharmin Ouddown to L.A. for the half marathon, which I was very appreciative of. She woke up with me at 5 a.m. And, yeah, was there through it all. So find yourself for Charmine.

I don't know if it was there through at all. This is how it happened. We walked through the starting line.

Kay ran. I went and got a coffee and sat down and caught up with my parents. And then I walked

to the finish line. And then there she was coming like she did not run 13 miles. It was pretty

impressive.

Yep, and Charmine carried all of my swag afterwards.

So, yeah, it was great.

It was well enough about me.

Let's talk about our guest for this episode.

It is my pleasure to introduce Dr. Julia Armendaris.

Dr. Armendaris is a hospice and clinician educator in the Bay Area who works closely with trainees on the wards and in the classroom. She is the co-director of the medical education elective for the Stanford Internal Medicine residency, where she shares her passion for med ed with Stanford Jr. and senior residents. Her special areas of interest within med ed are communication, specifically feedback and the struggling learner.

She is also a facilitator for a national CME course called Model,

maximizing ongoing development and educational leadership within the Veterans Administration,

where she delivers a feedback workshop

for attending physicians.

She is currently collaborating with faculty at Stanford and other academic programs for research

projects, including resident perspectives on faculty feedback delivery, how to improve feedback

skills for attending physicians, and how to coach feedback givers.

Outside of medicine,

Julia loves gardening, the ocean, and spending time with family and friends. Yeah, I'm super excited about this episode. I've known Julia for a while. She is a wonderful human, incredible educator,

and you all see why. And one of the kind of souls you'll ever meet.

And I really like the way she thinks about feedback and the feedback culture and also how we can help those who are struggling.

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