Good For You: Three physicians participating in TMA leadership program

Three physicians participating in TMA leadership program

Dr. Justin Calvert, Dr. Jacob Dowden and Dr. Chetan Shah are among 20 doctors from across the state chosen for the inaugural class of the Leadership Lab training program.

The Tennessee Medical Association is delivering new leadership training programs to help physicians and health-care organizations adapt to emerging team-based environments, value-based reimbursement and the increasing focus on quality and efficiency in health-care delivery.

This year, the former TMA Physician Leadership College expanded and was repackaged with two new courses under the brand of the John Ingram Institute for Physician Leadership: an intensive leadership retreat and the Physician Leadership Lab.

The multi-month Leadership Lab is a partnership between the Tennessee Medical Association and the Tennessee Medical Education Fund Inc. It is a mix of classes and online webinars. Each participant will implement an improvement project in his or her own practice as part of the course.

Collegiate honors

Ruby Falls has awarded John T. Steiner Sr. Memorial Scholarships to Alyssa Boates-Miller, Libby Worely and McKenzie Morgan.

The scholarships honor Ruby Falls employees who are outstanding students in college, selected by a scholarship committee. The awards are presented by Mo Steiner, widow of Jack Steiner Sr., owner of Ruby Falls.

Boates-Miller is an accountancy major at the University of Memphis and has worked at Ruby Falls for five years. Worley, a one-year employee, is an engineering major at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Morgan also attends UTC and is studying exercise science; she has been employed at Rock City for two years.

– See Rock City Inc. selected Andrea Depelteau as the recipient of its Martha Bell Miller Scholarship. The award honors Martha Bell Miller and her legacy portraying the attraction’s Mother Goose, as well as recognizing current employees of See Rock City for their educational efforts.

Depelteau, 25, graduated in December with a nursing degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She plans to sit for state boards to get her nursing license then apply for the UTC nurse practitioner program.

– Roselin Prado was named Outstanding Senior of the Year at December commencement exercises at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale. She is the daughter of Rodolfo and Mildred Prado of Altamonte Springs, Fla.

– Carrie Arendale of Hixson has returned from a three-month semester studying in Zambia. She is a sophomore nursing major at Harding University. She spent last semester immersed in Zambian culture, visiting Botswana and mission teams in Tanzania.

Dale chosen Phi Theta Kappa Scholar

Karen Dale, associate professor of music at Cleveland State Community College, is one of 30 college instructors selected from nearly 3,000 chapter advisers to serve as a Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar.

The scholars, who were selected through an application process, are attending the annual Faculty Scholar Conference at Phi Theta Kappa’s Center for Excellence in Jackson, Miss., this weekend, where they will prepare to serve as discussion facilitators for the 2016 Honors Institute at Wake Forest University. During Honors Institute, the Faculty Scholars will lead groups of 15 to 18 honor students in seminar discussions. The group will also serve as Faculty Scholars for the 2017 Honors Institute.

Dale was also chosen the 2016-17 Parnell Scholar. This scholarship goes to the Faculty Scholar whose application is judged most outstanding among applicants.

Martin wins TNStars scholarship

Alexander Martin, a freshman at Ooltewah High School, is one of 10 students to receive a $1,000 scholarship presented by TNStars, 10 Kids: $10,000 Holiday Scholarship Giveaway. The program was sponsored by the Tennessee Treasury Department.

Winners and their families gathered at the Tennessee state capitol for a celebration with treasurer David H. Lillard, Speaker of the House Beth Harwell and state Reps. Susan Lynn and Mike Carter.

Martin told TNStars representatives he hopes to be an engineer for the U.S. Army.

– Compiled by staff writer Susan Pierce