Office of Continuing Professional Development
Welcome to the home page for OCPD, the Office of Continuing Professional Development! OCPD is focused on the needs of our physicians and faculty, with many opportunities for staff, health professions students and trainees within the Carilion Clinic system (including the Virginia Tech Cari...
About Us
"Continuing professional development" is a term that covers a great deal of territory! Our vision is reflected in our office’s organizational structure, where we have combined two previously separate units, Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Professional Development (PD), into a single office. Our goal is to provide a streamlined support unit that will help meet the ongoing learning needs of a variety of groups across our health system. Each of our program areas can be viewed as tools to facilitate continuous learning across the continuum of health professions training and practice.
It is our sincere hope that every learning activity we provide or sponsor will enable participants to get better at what they do every day, whether it is clinical care, teaching and assessing students, communicating effectively, conducting high-quality research or leading administrative units or other programs. In our view, all of these elements ultimately contribute to safer and higher quality patient care, both now and in the future. We are pleased you have landed on our page. We invite you to explore the various types of activities we provide and we welcome your feedback, questions and/or comments!
Contact Professional Development
Shari A. Whicker, Ed.D., M.Ed.
Senior Director, Office of Continuing Professional Development
Assistant Dean, Faculty Development
Director, TEACH (Teaching Excellence Academy for Collaborative Healthcare)
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Carilion Clinic | Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
540-855-6864
sawhicker@carilionclinic.org | swhicker@vt.edu
Mariah Rudd, M.Ed.
Director, Office of Continuing Professional Development
TEACH (Teaching Excellence Academy for Collaborative Healthcare)
Carilion Clinic | Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
540-855-6863
mjrudd@carilionclinic.org | mjrudd@vt.edu
Sarah Harendt, M.S.
Manager, Education & Faculty Development, Office of Continuing Professional Development
TEACH (Teaching Excellence Academy for Collaborative Healthcare)
Carilion Clinic | Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
540-855-6862
smumbargerwells@carilionclinic.org | saumbarg@vt.edu
JT Addair
Professional Education Resource Coordinator
TEACH (Teaching Excellence Academy for Collaborative Healthcare)
Carilion Clinic | Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
jtaddair@carilionclinic.org | jta15@vt.edu
Michele Richardson
Administrative Coordinator, Office of Continuing Professional Development
TEACH (Teaching Excellence Academy for Collaborative Healthcare)
Carilion Clinic | Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
540-589-6007
mnrichardson@carilionclinic.org | mnrichardson@vt.edu
Contact Continuing Medical Education
Paul Dallas, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.H.C.P.
Medical Director, Continuing Medical Education
540-224-5421
apdallas@carilionclinic.org
