CHEST Board Review enlists the top names in chest medicine to provide attendees with a comprehensive review for their board certification or recertification exams. Faculty not only provide insight into the content worth studying, but they show you how to apply what you know to solve case-based problems.
CHEST Critical Care Board Review 2022 Chair Başak Çoruh, MD, FCCP, and Vice-Chair Meredith Pugh, MD, MSCI, will be among the faculty ready to guide you through the review, August 12-15. Let’s get to know them before live online sessions kick off in just a few months.
Başak Çoruh, MD, FCCP
Başak Çoruh, MD, FCCP
Başak Çoruh, MD, FCCP
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Dr. Çoruh: I'm an Associate Professor at the University of Washington. I completed my residency, chief residency, and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Washington. I spend most of my clinical time working in the Intensive Care Unit. My favorite part of my job is being a Program Director for our Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship. As a clinician-educator, I love thinking about how best to teach our fellows, so it's not a really big stretch to see why I enjoy teaching in the Board Review course, as well.
What is your teaching philosophy for Board Review courses?
Dr. Çoruh: There are four primary aspects to my teaching philosophy. First, I love the challenge of taking a tricky concept—something that's very challenging—and breaking it down into digestible small bites.
The second aspect is really teaching learners how to think through an approach to a problem, rather than just memorizing facts.
The third is helping learners focus on their own unique needs, a core component of adult learning theory. What’s great about a virtual Board Review course is real-time feedback. Participants may ask us to slow down or go back to the stem of a question. Plus, the content is presented in bite-sized modules that are available for the learners to review in their own time. So, at any point, somebody can say, “I'm going to sit down and watch this 15- to 20-minute video when it works for me, and I'm going to learn some background content on my own.”
The final thing is that learning needs to be fun. I think learning is memorable when it's interactive, fun, and safe.
One of the things I love about the Board Review course is that we have incredible faculty who are brilliant, fantastic educators, but they also truly enjoy teaching in the course. And, I think that makes it more fun for everyone.
Can you share a fun fact about yourself or a favorite hobby?
Dr. Çoruh: Back in eighth grade, I was a foosball champion in a small seaside village in Turkey.
Meredith Pugh, MD
Meredith Pugh, MD
Meredith Pugh, MD
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Dr. Pugh: I’m an Associate Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where I completed my fellowship. My time is distributed as a faculty member in the Medical Intensive Care Unit, and directing the pulmonary and critical care fellowship. I have a subspecialty focus in pulmonary vascular disease and pulmonary hypertension, which comprises the majority of my outpatient work.
What interested you in being involved with CHEST Board Review?
Dr. Pugh: When I began my involvement in this course as a faculty member and experienced how CHEST creates an opportunity for individuals to network and get to know colleagues around the world in very diverse practice environments, it made me want to invest in the course and be a part of the leadership group. CHEST does a great job to help [learners] with preparation of materials, the Board Review course itself, and providing those opportunities to connect.
What is your teaching philosophy for the Board Review course?
Dr. Pugh: One approach that really works best that I try to model in the ICU is breaking down complicated topics into small little bites. One of the things that I really appreciate about how the Board Review course has adapted over time as we've transitioned to this virtual course format is exactly that—breaking down very complex topics into smaller sound bites. At Board Review, short didactic sessions are followed by interactive, case-based questions and in-depth explanations of exam concepts aimed at reinforcing the material.
Can you share a fun fact about yourself or a favorite hobby?
Dr. Pugh: I love a good spin class.
Dr. Çoruh and Dr. Pugh look forward to seeing you online at the Critical Care Board Review course, August 12-15. Prepare before the prep—read our other Board Review blogs on study tips and identifying knowledge gaps.