Learning to Lead

New season. New stories. New ways to lead.
Season 4 of Learning to Lead is here!

In our premiere episode, “How to Tell Better Stories” featuring Rebecca Zucconi, MD, we talk about how stories help us teach, lead, connect, and inspire change.

Dr. Zucconi shares practical ways to craft stories that are authentic, relevant, and memorable — whether you are interviewing, teaching, leading a team, pitching an idea, or helping others understand why something matters.

Her take-home message: be brave, step out, show up, and tell more stories.

🎧 Listen now:
S4E1: How to Tell Better Stories feat. Rebecca Zucconi, MD
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Learning to Lead is co-hosted by students, alumni and faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences: Brooklynn Weber, Peter Longley, Maya Doyle and Rahul Anand

How do great leaders bring out the best in every person on their team?

As we close our Spring season of Learning to Lead, we’re honored to share a final Leadership Hack from Beth Frates, MD:
Aligning purpose and people.

In this episode, Dr. Frates shares how effective leadership begins with truly understanding your team, then aligning each person’s strengths with a shared mission. Drawing from her work in lifestyle medicine leadership, she highlights the power of connection, collaboration, and helping individuals contribute in meaningful ways.

Key takeaways:
1. Know your people before you lead them so you build trust through genuine connection
2. Align individual strengths with collective purpose
3. Create teams where everyone can contribute and thrive

This is a simple idea, but one that can transform teams, cultures, and outcomes.

S3E16: Leadership Hack: Aligning purpose and people (feat. Beth Frates, MD)
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💬 Reflection: What’s one way you align individual strengths with your team’s mission?
Thank you for being part of our Spring season. We’re grateful to learn and lead alongside you.

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Learning to Lead is a Quinnipiac University studio production co-hosted by students, alumni and faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences: Brooklynn Weber, Amber Vargas, Peter Longley, Maya Doyle and Rahul Anand

What does authentic, purpose driven leadership look like in real life?

In episode of Learning to Lead (recorded in collaboration with Kriti Devkota, Netter M3 and host of Next-Gen LM Podcast), Beth Frates MD, a Harvard-trained physician and pioneer in lifestyle medicine and past president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, shares the experiences that shaped her path into healthcare and leadership. This episode is a powerful reflection on authentic, purpose-driven leadership, resilience in the face of uncertainty, and the impact of staying true to one’s values while forging a new path in medicine. Listeners will hear:

1. how she navigated major career decisions—changing paths from business to medicine, choosing physical medicine and rehabilitation over cardiology, and later stepping away from a traditional academic trajectory to pursue the emerging field of lifestyle medicine.

2. how she navigated challenges of leading in a space that once lacked formal recognition, as well as the importance of aligning career choices with personal values, purpose, and well-being.

3. leading for behavior change, both at the individual and systems level, highlighting the realities patients face and the need for empathy, patience, and small, sustainable goals. Beth emphasizes the power of modeling healthy behaviors as clinicians and the importance of integrating lifestyle medicine into healthcare education.

S3E15: Lifestyle Medicine and Leadership (feat. Beth Frates, MD)
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Bonus content: Link back to our blog post from 2024 on Beth’s leadership journey here: A Tale of Two Leaders (Part 2: Beth’s story): https://loom.ly/u6TCHn8

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Learning to Lead is a Quinnipiac University studio production co-hosted by students, alumni and faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences: Brooklynn Weber, Amber Vargas, Peter Longley, Maya Doyle and Rahul Anand

We’re excited to be at the Jefferson IPE Conference this week!

In alignment with our workshop, “Learning to Lead: Podcasting as a Tool for Interprofessional Education and Leadership,” we’re releasing two special Leadership Hack mini-episodes focused on teamwork and leadership within and across professions:

🎧 S3E13: Leading with Strength (feat. Brooke Salzman, MD)
🎧 S3E14: Trust Your Team (feat. Amber King, PharmD)

These conversations highlight what it takes to lead effectively in interprofessional teams: leaning into strengths, building trust, and supporting one another in high-stakes environments.

If you’re joining us at the conference, we’d love to connect.
If you’re not, tune in and join the conversation.

🎧 Listen here:
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💬 What’s one tool or hack that makes your interprofessional team better?

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Learning to Lead is a Quinnipiac University studio production co-hosted by students, alumni and faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences: Brooklynn Weber, Amber Vargas, Peter Longley, Maya Doyle and Rahul Anand

How do you succeed in a new environment when time is limited and the stakes are high?
Here's our framework: Prepare --> Engage --> Contribute

In S3E12 of Learning to Lead, fourth-year medical students (Alexander Mass, Eric Smith, Nicole Nishime, Paul Farris, Vishal Patel, Zachary Barber) from Quinnipiac University’s Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine share insights from over a year of combined experience on away rotations: one of the most high-stakes and formative parts of medical training.

They discuss how to make a strong impression, navigate unfamiliar environments, and balance confidence with humility when you don’t know all the answers.

The conversation also explores:
- Working effectively with residents and teams in fast-paced settings
- Managing self-doubt while continuing to show up and contribute
- Adapting quickly and adding value when time is short

Through personal stories and practical advice drawn from healthcare, military training, and sports, this episode offers a candid guide to not just surviving away rotations—but standing out and contributing in any new environment.

This isn’t just about medical training.

It’s about how to enter any new team, build trust quickly, and lead from day one.

S3E12: From Caterpillar Into Butterfly: Breaking the Cocoon as a 4th Year Medical Student
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💬 Your turn: What’s one strategy that helped you succeed in a new, high-stakes environment?

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Learning to Lead is a Quinnipiac University studio production co-hosted by students, alumni and faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences: Brooklynn Weber, Amber Vargas, Peter Longley, Maya Doyle and Rahul Anand

What’s one word that describes how you feel about conflict?
Stressful? Avoidable? Uncomfortable?

What if conflict could actually be a catalyst for better decisions, stronger teams, and deeper trust?

New episode: Rethinking Conflict
In S3E11, Erin Barry, PhD and Beth Koltz, EdM share how to approach conflict as an opportunity for learning, trust-building, and better decision-making.

Conflict is not the problem.
How we respond to it is where leadership begins.

S3E11: Rethinking Conflict: From Tension To Team Growth (feat. Erin Barry PhD and Beth Koltz EdM)
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Got ideas? We’d love to hear from you!
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Learning to Lead is a Quinnipiac University studio production co-hosted by students, alumni and faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences: Brooklynn Weber, Amber Vargas, Peter Longley, Maya Doyle and Rahul Anand