The Precision Educator

The Precision Educator Podcast examines how coaching, assessment, learning analytics, and AI are shaping precision education in medicine. Hosted by leaders from Stanford Medicine, Yale Medicine, and the Society for Education in Anesthesia, the podcast is designed for program directors, clinician-educators, and education researchers seeking practical, evidence-informed approaches to improve learning and patient care.

Contributors

Host

Larry Chu, MD

Larry Chu, MD is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Director of the Stanford Anesthesia Informatics and Media (AIM) Lab. Dr. Chu founded the START online educational program as well as the Learnly online learning ecosystem for post-graduate anesthesiology education. He is an NIH-funded clinical researcher and Director of the Stanford Anesthesia Summer Institutes (SASI), which provides immersive experiences with Stanford faculty and real patients, delivering unparalleled quality education, inspiring and challenging those with early health-career interests to delve deep into the realms of science, technology, and medicine.

Host

Viji Kurup, MD

Viji Kurup MD is Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Yale. Viji completed her Residency in Anesthesiology and Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at Yale. She has been on faculty in the department since 2005 where she has developed a career as a medical educator. She has completed her fellowship in Medical Education and is currently Vice Chair for Medical Education as well as Director of the Yale Anesthesia Media Lab and the Course Director for the Anesthesia Resident Simulations. She has led the integration of the Flipped Classroom model for Anesthesia Resident Training at Yale.

Guests

Guest

Aileen Adriano, MD

Aileen Adriano, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Stanford University and a nationally recognized leader in coaching and faculty development. She serves as Associate Division Chief, former Associate Residency Program Director, and faculty scheduler for Stanford’s Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Adriano co-chairs the Society for Education in Anesthesiology’s Coaching Task Force and has helped shape the culture of coaching both at Stanford and across the country. Her work focuses on professional identity formation, values-aligned growth, and building scalable coaching programs that support physicians at every career stage.

Guest appearance on:

Talk Less, Listen More: Coaching as Precision Education

Guest

Matthew Caldwell, MD

Matthew Caldwell is a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist with expertise in perioperative echocardiography and a national leader in the use of clinical data to support competency-based medical education. He completed his anesthesiology residency and adult cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital after earning his MD from Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Caldwell’s academic work sits at the intersection of high-functioning clinical teams, nontechnical skills, and large-scale electronic health record analytics. As a member of the Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center, his research explores how experience data and longitudinal patterns can be used to understand learning trajectories, improve coaching, and align educational processes with real-world clinical practice. His recent publications span anesthesiology education, operative team performance, and the use of EHR data to advance precision education.

https://medschool.umich.edu/profile/4305/matthew-d-caldwell

Guest appearance on:

When Data Becomes a Coach: Rethinking Assessment, Coaching, and Learning Trajectories