{"id":514420,"date":"2026-01-14T01:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/514420\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:49:10","slug":"center-times-plus-ut-southwestern-dallas-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/514420\/","title":{"rendered":"Center Times Plus, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zaiba Jetpuri, D.O.<\/a>, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine<\/a>, recently received the Texas Academy of Family Physicians<\/a> (TAFP) 2025 Academic Exemplary Teaching Award. Presented Nov. 15 during TAFP\u2019s Annual Session and Primary Care Summit in Addison, Texas, the award recognizes individuals with outstanding teaching skills who have developed and implemented innovative teaching models.<\/p>\n

Nominators \u2013 who included colleagues and former residents \u2013 said Dr. Jetpuri\u2019s inclusive teaching style makes students feel comfortable to ask questions and share their perspectives. Considered a mentor and role model by many residents who have trained under her, Dr. Jetpuri creates a safe space for students, residents, and colleagues, her nominators wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeaching is the part of my work that fills my cup, so to speak, and helps push me through the tough days. So to be recognized by colleagues and learners is very humbling and energizing,\u201d said Dr. Jetpuri, who also serves as UTSW Family Medicine Residency Program Director. \u201cIt reminds me why I chose academic medicine. I want to help shape future family medicine doctors who will care for me, my family, and our community with heart, equity, and skill.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jetpuri, left, receives her award from Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) Board Chair Lindsay Botsford, M.D., M.B.A. Photo credit: TAFP\/Jonathan Nelson<\/p>\n

Dr. Jetpuri developed the Family Medicine Residency Essentials Track, an innovative boot camp for fourth-year medical students, and she has had a role in many curricular efforts for the Family Medicine Residency involving Pediatrics, Culinary Medicine, and Grand Rounds. In 2024, she co-created the Department\u2019s inaugural continuing medical education and alumni symposium \u2013 the UTSW Family and Community Medicine Golden Jubilee. She is also a member of the UT\u00a0Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) and a Fashena College mentor.<\/p>\n

Her teaching style is built on meeting learners where they are and ensuring everyone feels supported, heard, seen, and challenged.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to set expectations early and create an environment that can make them feel encouraged and OK to ask all the questions that may be brimming in their heads,\u201d Dr. Jetpuri said. \u201cI also try to make sure I give timely feedback so they know how to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enthusiasm, she said, is the key to effective teaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are really excited about what you teach, it can be contagious and remind students that what they do really makes a difference,\u201d Dr. Jetpuri explained. \u201cI also think just being present and honest helps. Sometimes we don\u2019t know all the answers as teachers, so it\u2019s OK to have those discussions with your students and show them how to learn or where to find the solutions when you don\u2019t have them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Jetpuri earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology and business and an M.B.A. from UT Dallas, followed by a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. After completing her family medicine residency at UT\u00a0Southwestern, she joined the faculty in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zaiba Jetpuri, D.O., Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, recently received the Texas Academy of Family Physicians…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":514421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-514420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115890943696981543","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}