David Vermette

David Vermette, MD, MBA, MHS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine, where he serves as Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency and as a longitudinal coach for medical students. His career focuses on transforming the landscape of trainee well-being from a disease-model of burnout to a health-model of flourishing, integrating holistic, person-centered approaches into medical education.

Building on his development and validation of the Residency Community Well-Being (RCWB) instrument, Dr. Vermette’s Macy Faculty Scholars project will implement the RCWB as a tool for program evaluation and continuous quality improvement through the formation of a Community of Practice of residency program directors. This initiative aims to create thriving learning environments, strengthen validity evidence for the RCWB, and produce a national toolkit of best practices to improve the community well-being of training programs and to cultivate trainee flourishing. 

Abby Lyn Spencer, MD, MS, FACP, FAMWA, Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair for Education (Department of Medicine), and Director of the Academy of Educators, will serve as Dr. Vermette’s mentor, alongside 2014 Macy Faculty Scholar Doug Larsen, MD, MEd, Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Education (Department of Neurology), both of whom are based at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.