Nicole Piemonte, PhD

Department

Medical Humanities (Phoenix)

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• The MIT Press
  Piemonte, Nicole & Shawn Abreu, MD. Death and Dying. 2021
• Routledge
  Piemonte, Nicole. “Medical Slang: A Solution or Symptom?” In Handbook of Medical Humanities, edited by Alan Bleakley., p. Chapter 14 2019
• Oxford University Press
  Piemonte, Nicole, & Kumagai, Arno.  “Teaching for Humanism: Engaging Humanities to Foster Critical Dialogues in Medical Education,” in Teaching Health Humanities, edited by Olivia Banner, Nathan Carlin, and Tom Cole., p. Chapter 2 2019
• MIT Press
  Nicole Piemonte, Afflicted: How Vulnerability Can Heal Medical Education and Practice 2018
• Rowman and Littlefield
  Piemonte, Nicole and Ramsey, Eric Ramsey. “Health Like a Broken Hammer, or the Strange Wish to Make Health Disappear.” In Existential Medicine: Essays on Health and Illness., p. Chapter 14 2017
• Peter Lang
  Waldron, Vince. Danaher, Joshua, Goman, C., Piemonte, Nicole, & Kloeber, Dayna. “Which Parental Messages about Morality are Accepted by Emerging Adults?” In Good Relationships: Moral Communication Across the Lifespan, p. Chapter 3 2015
• Macmillian Reference USA
  Spike, Jeffrey & Piemonte, Nicole. "Persistent Vegetative State." In Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering: A Global Resource. Ed. J. Britt Holbrook. 
  2nd ed., Volume 3, p. 356-359 2015
• Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions
  Berg, Ingrid , Piemonte, Nicole. (Forthcoming) 'Cultivating Clinical Reasoning: The Need for the Health Humanities' -0001

Articles

• Cancer Care Research Online
  Fisher, Carla L., Kastrinos, Amanda (student), Piemonte, Nicole, Canzona Mollie R., Wolf, Bianca & Pipe, Teri. 'Helping Diagnosed Mothers and Their Adolescent-Young Adult (AYA) Daughters Navigate Challenging Breast Cancer Conversations' 2022
• Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
  Fisher, Carla L., Kastrinos, Amanda (student), Piemonte, Nicole, Canzona, Mollie R., Wolf, Bianca & Pipe. 'Coping with Breast Cancer Together: Challenging Topics for Mothers and Their Adolescent-Young Adult (AYA) Daughters.' 2021
• American Medical Association Journal of Ethics
  Piemonte, Nicole & Shawn Abreu. “Some Jokes Aside: Responding to Colleagues Who Make Callous Jokes in Healthcare.” 2020
• The Clinical Teacher
  Piemonte, Nicole. “Resiliency in Medicine: Staying Connected to What Matters Most”
  Volume 16, Issue 4, p. 423-425 2019
• The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation
  Piemonte, Nicole. “Turning Back to Oneself: Cultivating Vulnerability and Humility in the Health Professions.” 2019
• Journal of Medical Humanities
  Robert, Jason, Piemonte, Nicole, & Truten, Jack. “The Reflective Scribe.”
  Volume 39, Issue 4, p. 447-454 2018
• Journal of Medical Humanities
  Fletcher, Erica & Piemonte, Nicole.  “Beyond the Paradox of Neoliberalism: Cultivating Quiet Subversion in Service-Learning and Curriculum Development for the Pre-Health Humanities.”
  Volume 38, Issue 4, p. 397-407 2017
• The Review of Communication
  Piemonte, Nicole. “How the Medical Humanities Can Inform Health Communication Studies.”  
  Volume 17, Issue 3, p. 137-148 2017
• Journal of Clinical Ethics
  McCammon, Susan, MD. & Piemonte, Nicole. “Continuous Palliative Sedation Until Death Should Not Be an Option of First Resort.”
  Volume 25, Issue 2, p. 124-134 2015
• Journal of Family Communication
  Waldron, Vince, Kloeber, Dayna, Goman, Carmen, Piemonte, Nicole, & Danaher, J. “How Parents Communicate Right and Wrong: A Study of Memorable Moral Messages Recalled by Emerging Adults.”
  Volume 14, Issue 4, p. 374-397 2014
• Hastings Center Report
  Piemonte, Nicole, & Hermer, Laura. (July/Aug. 2013). “Avoiding a ‘Death Panel’ Redux.”
  Volume 43, Issue 4, p. 20-28 2013
• Journal of Business Communication
  Kassing, Jeffrey, Piemonte, Nicole, Goman, Carmen, & Mitchell, Curtis. “Dissent Expression as an Indicator of Work Engagement and Intention to Leave.”
  Volume 49, Issue 3, p. 237-253 2012
• Liu, Jonathan, & Piemonte, Nicole. "Managing Challenges in Medical School: A Qualitative Study on Medical Student Resiliency." -0001
• Perspectives on Medical Education
  Liu, Jonathan, Liu, Jonathan & Piemonte, Nicole. 'Opening Up: Medical Student Resiliency and the Need for Vulnerability,” submitted for review to Perspectives on Medical Education. -0001
• Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies
  Michalec, Barret, Michalec, Barret, Piemonte, Nicole, & Hafferty, Fred.'The Elephant in the Room:Examining the Connections between Humility and Social Status.' Journal of Humanities & Social Studies. 3[4]: 72-79, p. 72-79 -0001
• Journal of Medical Humanities
  Nicole Piemonte, PIemonte, Nicole. “Last Laughs: Gallows Humor and Medical Education.” Journal of Medical Humanities 36:375–390.
  36, p. 375-390 -0001
• Applied Philosophy for Health Professions Education: A Journey Towards Mutual Understanding
  Michalec, Barret, Michalec, Barret, Piemonte, Nicole, Jon Tilburt, and Frederic Hafferty. (Forthcoming 2021). “Humility: A Case Study in the Relevance of Philosophy for 21st Century Health Professions Education,” in Applied Philosophy for Health Professions Education: A Journey Towards Mutual Understanding, edited by Megan EL Brown, Mario Veen, Gabrielle M. Finn. -0001
• Journal of Physical Therapy Education
  Berg-Carramusa, Cara A., Mucha, Matthew D., Somers, Kimberly, & Piemonte, Nicole. “The Time is Now: Leveraging the Affective Domain in Physical Therapy Education and Clinical Practice' -0001
• Teaching and Learning in Medicine
  Smith, James, Piemonte, Nicole. “The Curious Persistence of Tiered Grading in Medical School' -0001
• Greenfield, Bruce, Piemonte, Nicole, Jensen, Gail & Caston, Sarah. “Turning Toward Suffering: Rethinking Physical Therapy Education” -0001
• MedEd Portal - AAMC
  Raj, Jaya, Piemonte, Nicole, & Kristina Chapple. "Time to Take Action: Empowering Trainees through Education about Sexual Harassment."

Publications

• “Death, Suffering, and the Medical Humanities.” Television Interview with Lisa New. Center for the Public Humanities, Arizona State University and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) 2022
• Nicole Piemonte, Death And Dying in Healthcare. The Preventative Medicine Podcast. Interview with Ragav Sharma 2022
• Nicole Piemonte, “The White Coat Ceremony.” The Level Up Podcast. Interview with Zachary Gabor 2022
• Nicole Piemonte, “Taking a Different Approach to Death and Dying.” In the Moment Podcast. Townhall Seattle. Interview with Steve Scher 2021
• Nicole Piemonte, “Humanities in Healthcare: Parts 1 and 2.” Podcast episode. Waves: The Official Podcast of the American Physical Therapy Association Michigan Chapter. Interview with Andy Wicks and Katharine Cline 2021
• Nicole Piemonte, 'Cultivating the Habits at the Heart of Patients Care.' Podcast episode. Healing Pain. https://www.integrativepainscienceinstitute.com/podcasts 2021
• “Cultivating the Habits at the Heart of Patient Care.” Podcast episode. Healing Pain Podcast. Interview with Joe Tatta. https://www.integrativepainscienceinstitute.com/podcasts/ 2021
• Nicole Piemonte, “Rethinking the Humanities in Medical Education.” The Polyphony: Conversations Across the Medical Humanities. Online magazine. www.thepolyphony.org. 2021
• QJM
  Nicole Piemonte, Piemonte, Nicole. Interview by Lila MacLellan. “Should We be Testing Doctors for Empathy?” Quartz. October 24, 2019. https://qz.com/work/1726642/should-we-test-medical-school-applicants-for-empathy. 2019
• Nicole Piemonte, “Embedding the Humanities into Medical Education: How Embracing Vulnerability can Transform Healthcare.” Podcast episode. The Level Up Initiative. www.thelevelupinitiative.mykajabi.com 2019
• The MIT Press
  Piemonte, Nicole. Annotation contributor to annotated text of Mary Shelley’s 1818 Frankenstein, intended for students in STEM education. 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. “When Suffering Heals: How Embracing Our Shared Vulnerability Can Revolutionize Medical Education and Practice.” 2015
• Creighton Magazine
  Nicole Piemonte, Interview by Micah Mertes. “We are More than Molecules. Creighton Magazine. Feature article on the medical humanities. Creighton Magazine. Spring 2020. http://www.creighton.edu/creightonmagazine/2020sprfeaturewearemorethanmolecules/ -0001
• Nicole Piemonte, “Patients at the End of Life: What You Need to Know.” Webinar. The American Medical Association (AMA) Student Group. www.facebook.com/groups/AMAmedstudents/ -0001
• Omaha World-Herald
  Nicole Piemonte, Interview by Rick Ruggles. “Humanities, Medicine Merge In New UNO Program As More Schools Recognize Benefits To Patients, Providers.” Omaha World-Herald. Newspaper. -0001

Editing and Reviews

• Hastings Center Report
  Piemonte, Nicole, & Hermer, Laura. “The Authors Reply.”
  Volume 44, Issue 2, p. 4 2015

Presentations

• More than Soft Skills: Cultivating Compassion and Vulnerability in Healthcare Practice and Education. Keynote for Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning 7th Annual Scholarly Symposium 2022
• More than Soft Skills: Cultivating Compassion and Vulnerability in Healthcare Practice and Education. Boston Universitys Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. 2022
• Bringing the Humanities to Healthcare Education: From Theory to Practice. New York New Jersey Physical Therapy Clinical Education Consortium 2022
• Addressing Suffering at the End of Life: The Importance of Conversation. Graduate Medical Education Grand Rounds, Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance, Phoenix, AZ 2022
• The Health Humanities: Why They Matter for Education in the Health Professions. Midwestern University Research Forum. Midwestern University. Glendale, AZ 2022
• White Coat Keynote Address. Lincoln Memorial University, Physical Therapy Program. Knoxville, TN. 2022
• Vivekanandan, Renuga, Dunlay, Robert, Porter, Joann, Tierney, Maureen, Sharma, Poonam, Pritza, Randy, Destache, Chris, Thomas, Nicole, Baedke , Laurie, McKillip, Kate, Piemonte, Nicole, Chambers, Claudia, Svolos, Thomas, & Johnson, Ronn. Advancing Inclusion at Creighton University School of Medicine. Poster presented at the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine meeting. Drexel University College of Medicine 2022
• White Coat Keynote Address. University of South Florida, Physical Therapy Program. Tampa, FL 2022
• Vulnerability and Compassion in Healthcare: How the Humanities Can Help. University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Tampa, FL 2022
• Trauma-Informed Care as Clinicians in the Midst of Trauma: Bringing Ones Whole Self to the Clinical Space. Keynote for American Physical Therapy Association Oregon Chapter Annual Conference. 2022
• Communication at the End of Life. Invited Lecturer. Health Communication, Masters of Public Health. University of Puget Sound. Tacoma, WA 2022
• Piemonte, Nicole, Vivekenandan, Renuga, McKillip, Kate, & Sharma, Poonam. Microaggression as a Critical Conversation in the Biomedical Sciences. As A Member of the Creighton Family, How Can We Take Concrete Steps to Build an Inclusive Culture? Creighton University School of Medicine Grand Rounds 2022
• Why the Humanities Matter in Medical and Premedical Education. Invited Lecturer. SP22 ASU: Intro to Clinical Healthcare. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ 2022
• Jones, Rachel & Piemonte, Nicole. Make it Stick: Learning Strategies for Medical Students. Poster presented at the University Assessment Symposium, Creighton University. 2021
• Piemonte, Nicole. Integrating the Humanities into Physical Therapy Curricula: Lessons from Medical Education. Panelist, Exploring Connections Between Habits of Heart and Health: Re-imagining Physical Therapy Education. American Physical Therapy Education Leadership Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. 2021
• Piemonte, Nicole. Cultivating the Habits at The Heart of Patient Care: Compassion, Vulnerability, & Imagination. Keynote for American Physical Therapy Education Leadership Conference. 2021
• Cultivating the Habits at The Heart of Patient Care: Compassion, Vulnerability, & Imagination. Keynote for American Physical Therapy Education Leadership Conference Atlanta, GA 2021
• Piemonte, Nicole & Epter, Mike. Addressing Mistreatment in Clinical Learning Environment. Creighton University School of Medicine Faculty Development. Phoenix, AZ 2021
• Piemonte, Nicole & Epter, Mike. Addressing Mistreatment in Clinical Learning Environment. Creighton University School of Medicine Faculty Development. Phoenix, AZ 2021
• Vulnerability, Burnout, and COVID-19: How to Promote Wellness in the Clinical Setting. Panelist, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Wellness Retreat. Phoenix, AZ 2021
• Vulnerability, Burnout, and COVID-19: How to Promote Wellness in the Clinical Setting. Panelist, St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Wellness Retreat. Phoenix, AZ 2021
• Welcoming First-Year Medical Students to Phoenix: A Closer Look at Our Curriculum. Creighton University School of Medicine Alumni Board Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. 2021
• Incorporating Palliative Care into Clinical Research Settings. The Society of Clinical Research Associates. Phoenix, AZ. 2021
• Welcoming First-Year Medical Students to Phoenix: A Closer Look at Our Curriculum. Creighton University School of Medicine Alumni Board Meeting. Phoenix, AZ 2021
• Incorporating Palliative Care into Clinical Research Settings. The Society of Clinical Research Associates. Phoenix, AZ 2021
• Writing Effective Evaluations in Healthcare Education. Creighton University School of Medicine Faculty Development. Phoenix, AZ 2021
• The Invisible Influence of Medical Pedagogy: When the Medical Humanities are Not Enough Panelist, Teaching and Reading Vulnerability in Medical Humanities The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research 4th Annual Congress 2021
• Eno, Cassie, Piemonte, Nicole, Charise Alexander Adams, Lee Budesheim, Gail Jensen, Tracy Leavelle, Barret Michalec, & Jim Smith. Cultivating Empathy Among Medical Students: Evaluating the Incorporation of the Humanities into a Revised Medical Education Curriculum. University Research Week. Creighton University. Omaha, NE 2021
• Piemonte, Nicole. Panelist. Arizona Health Cultures Post-Covid: A Conversation on Humanities, the Arts, and Health. Institute for Humanities Research, Creative Health Collaborations, and the Arizona Wellbeing Common. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ 2021
• Piemonte, Nicole. Research in the Context of Serious Illness: When Patients Need to Make Big Decisions. Arizona Clinical Research Meeting. Phoenix, AZ 2021
• Barret Michalec & Nicole Piemonte, Liz Harrell, Andreas Xyrichis, Tilburt, Jon & Hafferty, Fred Role of Humility within Interprofessionalism: Introducing the Professional Humility Concept" Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education 7th Biennial Conference" 2021
• Piemonte, Nicole & Shawn Abreu. Communicating with Patients about Serious or Terminal Illness. Creighton University School of Medicine Fourth-Year Capstone. Phoenix, AZ. April 12 & 21, 2021. 2021
• Piemonte, Nicole. Ethics at the End-of-Life: Dementia as an Example. St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Ethics Committee. Phoenix, AZ. . 2021
• Humanities and Ethics in Physical Therapy Education. The American Council of Academic Physical Therapys Consortium for The Humanities, Ethics and Professionalism 2021
• Piemonte, Nicole. Confronting Suffering in the Health Professions. The Rehab Book Collective. 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole. Teaching the Millennial Learner: Active Learning in Healthcare Education. Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance, Faculty Development Session 2020
• Rachel Jones & Nicole Piemonte. Make it Stick: Key Concepts for Medical Student Learners. 2020 Medical Education Learning Specialists Annual Meeting 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole. Institute for the Medical Humanities Alumni Spotlight. 20th Annual Institute for the Medical Humanities Research Colloquium. Galveston, TX 2020
• Krebs Paula, Piemonte, Nicole & Camodeca, Gina. Panel presentation at the Health Humanities Undergraduate Education Working Group, National Humanities Conference 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole & Abreu, Shawn. The Business of Death: Resisting the Commodification of Hospice and Palliative Medicine in the U.S. Health Care System." Human/e Health and Health Care Symposium. Creighton University" 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole, Witt, Christopher, Dineen, Kelly & Vivekanandan, Renuga. Panel discussion following Jonathan Metzl's keynote Dying of Whiteness: The Pandemic and Politics pf Racial Resentment" Human/e Health and Health Care Symposium. Creighton University." 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole. Incorporating Humanities and Ethics into Health Professions Curricula. The American Council of Academic Physical Therapys Consortium for The Humanities, Ethics and Professionalism Annual Business Meeting. Virtual Meeting 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole. Medical Students Experience with Medical Humanities Curricula. Faculty Lyceum, Department of Medical Humanities, Creighton University School of Medicine 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole. Best Practices in Radiology Education. Department of Radiology. Creighton University Alliance, Valleywise Health 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole. Advanced Dementia at the End of Life and Surrogate Decision-makers. Banner Alzheimers Institute. Phoenix, Arizona 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole & Shawn Abreu. Communication in Serious Illness. Creighton University School of Medicine Fourth-Year Capstone. Phoenix, AZ 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole. Death, Vulnerability, and Gallows Humor: The Hidden Curriculum of Anatomy Education. Creighton Universitys Masters in Medical Science program. Omaha, NE 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole. Who Can Choose to End Suffering? Voluntarily Stopping Handfeeding as an Example. Creighton University Internal Medicine Residency Program, Valleywise Health Medical Center 2020
• Piemonte, Nicole. Keynote Address: Stories Matter: How Narratives Reveal Our Need For Others in Healthcare Practice and Education. Keynote presentation at the Second Annual Arizona Nexus Interprofessional Conference, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona. 2019
• The Trials and Triumphs of Curriculum Revision: Integrating Ethics and Humanities in Medical Education. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2019 Learn Serve Lead National Meeting. 2019
• Baer, Matt, Nicole Piemonte, and John Wolf. How Student-Led Meetings Focused on Reflection Can Alleviate Burnout. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2019 Learn Serve Lead National Meeting. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Right vs. Needs: The Politics of Healthcare Access. Arizona State University, Lincoln Scholars Program. 2019
• Raj, Jaya, Nicole Piemonte, and Kristina Chapple. Time to Take Action: Empowering Trainees through Education about Sexual Harassment. Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), 2019 Fall Meeting. Denver, CO. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Active Learning in Obstetrics and Gynecology Training. Creighton University OB-Gyn Faculty Retreat. Valleywise Medical Center. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Incorporating the Medical Humanities into Medical Education. The Kingfisher Institute's Faculty Lyceum— "Locating Humanities in Medicine and Medicine in Humanities: Talking and Teaching Across Disciplines." Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. 2019
• Weinberg, Jordan & Piemonte, Nicole. The Outward Mindset: The Key to Effective Leadership is Not What We Do but Who We Are. General Surgery Grand Rounds. St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole & Richardson, Randy. Learning Strategies in Radiology Resident Education. Maricopa Integrated Health and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Radiology Retreat. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Creating a Shared Vision for Radiology Education. Creighton Alliance Radiology Residency Program, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Creating and Sustaining Vision in Your Career. Neuroradiology Fellowship Program, Barrow Neurological Institute. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Transitioning to Intern Year. Department of Family Medicine Residency Program.Creighton University Alliance, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole & Thomas, Meghan. Intern Year: What's in Store for Your Family. Creighton Surgery Residency Program's Chairmen Welcome for Interns and Families. Scottsdale, Arizona. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. How Confronting Vulnerability and Suffering Can Change Your Medical Practice. Grand Rounds, Department of Internal Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Building Teams and Giving Feedback. Department of Family Medicine Residency Program.Creighton University Alliance, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Creating a Positive Learning Environment and Giving Feedback. Phoenix Children's Hospital, Graduate Medical Education Committee. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Autonomy and Beneficence at the End of Life. Clinical Pastoral Education Program. St.Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Phoenix, Arizona. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole, Fletcher, Erica, and Nate Johnson. Teaching in the Borderlands of Healthcare Education: Can the Humanities Be Relevant Without Reductionism? The 8th Annual International Health Humanities Consortium. Chicago, Illinois. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Toxic Professionalism: Reconciling Spaces of Suffering in American Medicine. Keynote presentation at the 2019 You Are Here Conference, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. 2019
• Howell, Sandra & Piemonte, Nicole. Active Learning in Medical Education. Creighton University School of Medicine Leadership Retreat, Phoenix, Arizona. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Ethics at the End of Life: Withholding Food and Drink for a Patient with Advanced Dementia? Hospice of the Valley, Ethics Committee. Phoenix, Arizona. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Death, Dissection, and the Hidden Curriculum of Medical Education. Educational Techniques in Anatomy course, Creighton University's Clinical Masters in Anatomy program. Omaha, Nebraska. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole, & Raj, Jaya. Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Clinical Learning Environment. Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Studying Smart: Preparing for the Family Medicine Board Exam, Department of Family Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Living vs. Being Alive: Exploring the Ethics of Caring for those in Minimally Conscious States. Panel presentation, Arizona State University, Center for Biology and Society. 2019
• Piemonte, Nicole. Learning Theory in Medicine: How is it Relevant to Your Daily Practice? Department of Cardiology. St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Burnout and Resiliency in Palliative Care. Department of Palliative Medicine. St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. What is Suffering and How Do We Respond to it? Department of Chaplain Services. St.Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole & Chadwick, Jacque. Starting with "Why": Creating a Shared Vision for Surgical Education.Creighton Alliance Surgery Retreat, Creighton University, Black Canyon City, Arizona. 2018
• Thakrar, Hiral, Jaya Raj, & Nicole Piemonte. Creating a Culture of Well-Being: A Program Innovation in Internal Medicine to Promote Self-Care. Poster presented at the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, Orlando, Florida. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Is Access to Healthcare a Human Right?: The Politics of Private Insurance. Arizona State University, Lincoln Scholars Program. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Obstacles to a Creating a Positive Learning Environment in OB-Gyn. OB-Gyn Resident Leadership Summit. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Creating a CV and Nailing Your Interview. Department of Radiology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Best Practices in Clinical Teaching: Setting Expectations, Giving Feedback, and Leading Teams. Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Grand Rounds, Maricopa Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. What Med School Never Taught You: Confronting Vulnerability and Suffering in Medical Practice. Distinguished Lecture, The Kingfisher Institute for the Liberal Arts and Professions & Creighton University School of Medicine, Bergen Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Humanities and the Health Professions: What Medicine Can Teach Us about Being Human. Distinguished Lecture, The Kingfisher Institute for the Liberal Arts and Professions & Creighton University School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. The Basics of Giving Feedback. Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Richardson, Randy, & Nicole Piemonte. Residents as Teachers: Clerkship Expectations and Giving Feedback.Medical Education Grand Rounds, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Psychological Safety and the Clinical Learning Environment. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Mentoring in Graduate Medical Education: Navigating Appropriate Boundaries.Department of Family Medicine. St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Residents as Teachers: Sustaining a Positive Learning Environment. Department of Neurology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. The Clinical Learning Environment. Department of Family Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Transitioning to Intern Year. Department of Family Medicine Residency Program.Creighton University Alliance, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole & Jaya Raj. Sexual Harassment and Mistreatment in the Clinical Learning Environment,Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Thakrar, Hiral, Jaya Raj, Nicole Piemonte, & Sonal Haerter. Wellness Half-Days: An Institution-Wide Intervention to Promote Self-Care. Presented at the Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, and Wellness Symposium, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Reducing Burnout & Being Well: Whose Job is it, Anyway? Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Faculty Development Retreat, The Arrogant Butcher. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Wellbeing Session: Reflective Writing, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Residents as Teachers: The Clinical Learning Environment, Giving and Receiving Feedback, and Leading Teams, Department of Radiology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Nakaji, Peter, MD, & Nicole Piemonte. Identifying and Supporting the Struggling Learner. Professional Development Workshop, Department of Academic Affairs, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Preparing for the Family Medicine Board Exam, Department of Family Medicine, St.Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Wellness and Psychological Safety in the Residency Training Environment, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2018
• Piemonte, Nicole. Teaching for Humanism: Engaging Humanities to Foster Critical Dialogues in Medical Education. The Institute for Humanities Research, ASU, Tempe, Arizona. 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Is Healthcare a Human Right?: The Ethics of Private Health Insurance. Arizona State University, Lincoln Scholars Program. 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Authentic Leadership and High-Functioning Teams. Resident Retreat, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Leading Teams and Creating a Positive Learning Environment. Resident Retreat for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Creating a Positive Clinical Learning Environment, Department of Family Medicine, St.Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Creating a Positive Learning Environment for Students and Fellow Residents, Department of Neurosurgery, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Giving and Receiving Feedback. Department of Family Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2017
• Randy Richardson & Nicole Piemonte, How Much Do They Matter?: Student and Resident Evaluations. Professional Development Workshop, Department of Academic Affairs, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Service vs Education: Engaging in Meaningful Work and Teaching. Professional Development Workshop, Department of Academic Affairs, St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Giving and Receiving Feedback. Department of Surgery, St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Becoming a Healer: Using Poetry to Teach the Lived Experiences of Illness, Suffering, and Loss. Hippocrates Poetry and Medicine Symposium, Harvard University, School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Creating a Positive Clinical Learning Environment, Department of Surgery, St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Mistreatment in the Clinical Learning Environment. Presented at the Resident as Teacher Workshop, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Clinical Learning Environment and Medical Student Mistreatment, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Incorporating the Medical Humanities into Medical Education. Presented to the Curriculum Revision Council, Creighton University, School of Medicine 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Residents as Teachers: Setting Expectations for Students, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center 2017
• Piemonte, Nicole. Cultivating the Moral Imagination in Healthcare Education. Humanities in Medicine Symposium, Mayo Clinic Phoenix, AZ 2016
• Reinforcing the Systems We'd Rather Resist: Critical Distance in Pre-health Education. The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, D.C. 2016
• Piemonte, Nicole. Caustic Creativity: Why Medical Slang and Gallows Humor Die Hard. Metaphors in Medicine, Dartington Hall, Totnes, England. 2016
• Piemonte, Nicole. Teaching the Lived Experiences of Illness and Suffering in Undergraduate Healthcare Education. The International Coalition of North American Phenomenologists Annual Meetings, Phoenix, AZ 2016
• Robert, Jason & Piemonte, Nicole. Pre-Scribing Professionalism: Encouraging Self-Reflection and Professional Development Among Premed Students Working as Medical Scribes. The Academy for Professionalism in Health Care Conference, Philadelphia, PA 2016
• Fletcher, Erica & Piemonte, Nicole. Beyond the Paradox of Neoliberalism: Cultivating Subversive Politics in Service-Learning and Curriculum Development for the Pre-Health Humanities. Presented at the Arts and Health Humanities Conference, Cleveland, OH. 2016
• Piemonte, Nicole & Robert, Jason. Opting Out of Childhood Vaccinations: An Interactive Effort to Uncover Shared Values Amidst Widespread, High-Stakes Disagreement. The Public Values Consortium 5th Biennial Workshop, Phoenix, AZ 2016
• Piemonte, Nicole, McCammon, Susan & Pearson, Rachel. Cultivating Healers: A Creative Re-Imagining of the Medical Self. American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 17th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX 2015
• Piemonte, Nicole & Determeyer, Peggy. Teaching the Professionals and the Public: The Two Sides of End-of-Life Care Education. American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 17th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX 2015
• Piemonte, Nicole. Reflective Writing and Professional Identity Formation. Presentation at the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics' September Speakeasy, Tempe Mission Palms 2015
• Piemonte, Nicole. Reflective Writing and Professional Identity Formation. Presentation at the LincolnCenter for Applied Ethics September Speakeasy, Tempe Mission Palms 2015
• Piemonte, Nicole. What Should We Really Expect from Our Doctors? Lecture for Introduction to the Medical Humanities, undergraduate course at the University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural Sciences 2015
• Piemonte, Nicole. What Should We Really Expect from Our Doctors? Lecture for Introduction to the Medical Humanities, undergraduate course at the University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural Sciences, 2015
• Piemonte, Nicole. Existential Suffering and the Role of Medicine. Lecture for Readings in Medicine and Society, undergraduate course at the University of Houston, Honors College 2015
• Piemonte, Nicole. Heidegger, Ontological Death, and Medical Education. Panelist. The Institute for the Medical Humanities Research Colloquium, UTMB, Galveston, TX. 2014
• Piemonte, Nicole. Curing, Caring, and Healing: What are the Goals of Medicine? Lecture given for the Physician-Healer Student Association Fall meeting, UTMB 2014
• Piemonte, Nicole & Hashmi, A. The Social Determinants of Health: A Workshop. Lecture for third-year medical students, UTMB 2014
• Piemonte, Nicole. Suffering and Care: Determining the Goals of Medicine. Lecture for Introduction to Medicine and Society, undergraduate course at the University of Houston, Honors College 2014
• Piemonte, Nicole. Students Together for Service: Giving Back to Our Community. Presented at UTMBs Presidents Cabinet Awards Dinner, Moody Gardens 2014
• Piemonte, Nicole, Schatte, Dawnelle, & Clark, Mark. Narratives of Identity Formation in Psychiatry Clerkship. Academy of Master Teachers Educational Symposium, Houston, TX 2014
• Piemonte, Nicole, Burns, Nick, Clark, Seth & Hashimi, Ahmar. Beyond Medicine: Social Health and Human Rights Developing and Innovative Population Health Curriculum for Preclinical Medical Students. Poster presentation. Preventative Medicine & Community Health Science Education Annual Conference, Galveston, TX 2014
• Clark, Mark, & Piemonte, Nicole. Autobiographical Composition and Professional Identity Formation: A Pilot Course. Poster presentation. 2014 Innovations in Health Science Education Annual Conference, Austin, TX 2014
• Clark, Mark & Piemonte, Nicole. Autobiographical Composition and Professional Identity Formation: A Pilot Course. Poster presentation. 2014 Innovations in Health Science Education Annual Conference, Austin, TX 2014
• Piemonte, Nicole, McCammon, Susan & Baker, Sarah. Cultivating Empathy: A Component of Professional Identity Formation in Medical Education. The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 15th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2013
• Piemonte, Nicole. (Dis)placing Death: The Institutionalization of Death and Dying and the American Hospice Movement. Osler Student Societies Summer Seminar on Humanism in Medicine, UTMB 2013
• Piemonte, Nicole & Clark, Mark. Using Story and Creative Expression in Health Professions Education: Reflection and Expression to Professional Identity Formation. Academy of Master Teachers Educational Symposium, Houston, TX 2013
• Piemonte, Nicole & Fletcher, Erica. Prostitution in the Sin City of the South": Revealing Inscriptions of Gender 2013
• Piemonte, Nicole. As Critical as Vital Signs: Exploring the Nurses Role in the Initiation of End-of-Life Conversations. Nursing Ethics Seminar, UTMB 2013
• Waldron, Vincent, Piemonte, Nicole, Kloeber, Dayna, Goman, Carmen & Danaher, Joshua. How Parents Communicate Right and Wrong: A Study of Moral Messages Recalled by Emerging Adults. National Communication Association 97th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 2012
• Fisher, Carla, Pipe, Teri, Piemonte, Nicole & Wolf, Bianca. Difficult Topics for Mothers and Daughters when Coping with Breast Cancer. European Association for Communication in Healthcare, International Conference, St. Andrews University, Scotland 2012
• Piemonte, Nicole & Fletcher E. Regulating Vice: Anti-Miscegenation and Prostitution during Galvestons Open Era and On the Line: Prostitution in the Sin City of the South. UTMB History of Medicine Social Club 2012
• Piemonte, Nicole. A Second-Person Experience of Suffering: Learning through Care for the Dying. The Institute for the Medical Humanities, Student Colloquium, UTMB, Galveston, TX 2012
• Waldron, Vincent, Piemonte, Nicole, Kloeber, Dayna, Goman, Carmen, Danaher, Joshua & Gracia, Frank. Intergenerational Communication of Memorable Moral Messages. National Communication Association, 96th Annual Conference, San Francisco 2010
• Kassing, Jeffrey, Piemonte, Nicole, Goman, Carmen & Mitchell, Curtis. Dissent Expression as n Indicator of Work Engagement and Intention to Leave. National Communication Association, 96th Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA 2010

Other

• Liz Harrell, DNP, PMHNP-BC and Shannon Dirksen, Ph.D., Nicole Piemonte, Ph.D. The Student Health Outreach for Wellness (SHOW) is Arizona’s first state-licensed, free, student-run, integrated clinic and community initiative. Because there is a paucity in the literature about sustainable models to fund student-run free clinics, this project received a research grant from a Dignity-ASU collaboration in order to develop a sustainable funding model for SHOW and for student-run free clinics more generally.

• Jason Robert, PhD, Nicole Piemonte, PhD, Jack Truten, PhD. Little attention has been paid to the formation of the future medical self that takes place during students’ premedical years before applying to medical school. As such, we developed a new Reflective Scribe program where students employed as medical scribes are invited to participate in reflective writing sessions, guided by a trained facilitator. This is just one component of a suite of narrative ethics and professionalism programs we intend to develop.

• Mark Clark, PhD, Nicole Piemonte, MA. This project involved the creation of a life-writing and discussion-group medical school elective aimed at composing autobiographical prose that reflects upon and cultivates components of professional identity formation.

• This study examined maladaptive communication patterns between mothers and young adult daughters in relation to coping and health promotion/prevention behavior after mothers received a cancer diagnosis.

Awards

• The Kingfisher Award
  Creighton University
• Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee
  Gold Humanism Honor Society
• The Peekie Nash Carpenter Endowed Chair in Medicine
  Creighton University
• National Communication Association
  Distinguished Article Award
  Family Communication Division
• Golden Apple
  Golden Apple Award
  Creighton University, School of Medicine
• First place, Wellness Poster Award
  St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
• Harry Huntt Ransom Fellowship in the Medical Humanities
  UTMB
• University Federal Credit Union Scholarship
  UTMB
• Jason E. Perlman Memorial Award
  UTMB
• Chester R. Burns Institute for the Medical Humanities Alumni Award
  UTMB
• John D. and Mary Ann Stobo Award in Oslerian Medicine
  UTMB
• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges
  UTMB
• Zelda Zinn Casper Scholarship Award
  UTMB
• William Bennett Bean Scholarship in the Medical Humanities Award
  UTMB
• Top Thesis Award
  Communication and Aging, National Communication Assoc.
• Early Career Scholar Award
  American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
• Graduate Fellowship Award
  Arizona State University
• Master of Arts Communication Studies Scholarship Award
  ASU
• Provost Scholarship, Full Tuition Waiver
  2004-2008
  Arizona State University