Linda Console-Bram, MS, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine
Lives in Brecknock Township
Console-Bram’s role as an educator at DUCOM & Tower Health is to collaboratively work with her colleagues to integrate medical education, specifically pharmacology, into the educational curriculum for first- and second-year students in medical education. As a course thread director, she organizes active learning as well as independent learning modules of education that demonstrate to the students that medicine is a collaborative field where everyone comes together with their specialties to effectively take care of patients.
Her typical day varies from facilitating active learning modules, developing curriculum for independent learning modules, and collaborating with other faculty members to ensure experiential learning activities take place. She also assesses students and faculty regularly to ensure desired outcomes are being met.
The West Reading campus delivers the same curriculum as the Philadelphia campus, which is why the integration of technology is so important because it allows them to collaborate more easily. Console-Bram said it is so rewarding to be able to share her love of Pharmacology with DUCOM and Tower Health and to be able to educate the next generation of physicians in her backyard.
“We have the same great amenities as a big city, but with a more relaxed pace. We have great schools and universities, and now a medical school to etch our place on the map,” she said. Greater Reading has further developed into such a wonderful community with the influx of cultural diversity, the arts, main streets and beautiful open spaces.
DUCOM has several mechanisms in place to support the continued growth and development of its faculty. The culture and environment are very supportive, innovative, and always trying to find a different way to deliver education utilizing the latest technology. Medicine is constantly evolving, and continuous innovation is a must. The same is true for students. “We are deliberate in promoting and providing wellness opportunities for our students. Some of these include a wellness week, clubs, on-campus gym, a kitchen, a student lounge and showers. We encourage our students to take care of themselves,” she said.
