J. Chase Findley, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Medical Student Education
Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Dean, Accreditation and Educational Quality Improvement, Office of Educational Programs
McGovern Medical School
UTHealth Houston
Email: Jonathan.C.Findley@uth.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-741-3936
It has been tremendously rewarding to have the privilege to focus my career on the education of medical students and residents since joining UTHealth in 2013. My clinical position as an inpatient psychiatrist at the UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center has provided me with the opportunity to directly supervise hundreds of trainees across eight contiguous year of medical education. In addition to the clinical setting, I have taught in numerous other classroom and small-group venues, both related to psychiatry and to broader medical education. My primary motivation is to help future physicians to develop into professionals equipped to provide the best care possible to their patients, and to achieve a long-lasting sense of satisfaction and accomplishment in their career path.
My objectives in all activities include:
- Creating a challenging yet safe environment for trainees to push the limits of their abilities without fear of failure.
- Providing highly individualized and useful constructive feedback based on a foundation of mutual trust and respect
- Utilizing clinically-focused active learning modalities with immediate applications to patient care
- Illustrating the relevance of psychiatry to all medical specialties
- Promoting career satisfaction, professionalism, and professional identify formation with use of frequent reflection on personal and career challenges in medical education
Education
- Medical Degree
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - Residency
Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Areas of Interest
Clinical Interests
- Adult General Psychiatry
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Schizophrenia
Past and Current Educational Activities
- Director of Medical Student Education, Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, 2017-present
- Presenter for Nervous System & Behavior Module, Doctoring Course, and Foundations Course, and Psychiatry Resident Didactics, 2013-present
- Small group facilitator for Doctoring Course Psychiatry Small Group Interview sessions, 2013-present
- Clinical Supervisor for MS3, MS4, PGY-1, and PGY-2 Trainees, 2013-present
- Psychiatry Clerkship Team-Based Learning Facilitator, 2014-present
- Course Director for Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Advanced Patient Care Selective, 2014-present
- Master Clinical Advisor for MS4 Students, 2014-present
- Psychiatry Clerkship Director, 2017-present
- Nervous System & Behavior Module Co-Director, 2017-present
- Director of Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement, Office of Educational Programs, 2019-present
Honors/Awards/Appointments
- Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, 2014 through 2019
- Outstanding Teacher Award from PGY-1 Psychiatry Residents, 2014 & 2015
- Association of Directors of Medical Student Education (ADMSEP) MedEdPORTAL Award (co-recipient), 2017
- Academy of Master Educators, McGovern Medical School, 2017
- Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award, 2018
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2019
- Devneil Vaidya ADMSEP Junior Faculty Teaching Award, 2019
- McGovern Medical School Commencement Ceremony Hooder, 2019
- John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award, 2019
Publications