About
Meet Ashley Wood, PhD
Ashley Wood, PhD is a healthcare education leader and founder of Axis Academic Consulting, with more than a decade of experience in graduate medical education, faculty development, and program evaluation.
As Director of Faculty Development for GME at HCA Healthcare, she designed and scaled enterprise-wide initiatives — including simulation-based training, national didactics, and just-in-time teaching resources — supporting over 5,000 residents and 5,000 faculty across the nation's largest hospital system.
A frequent national speaker on feedback culture, bedside teaching, and simulation-based learning, Ashley founded Axis Academic Consulting to bring that depth of experience directly to programs that need it — without the overhead of a large firm.
10+
Years in GME
5,000+
Residents supported at HCA
5,000+
Faculty supported at HCA
Professional Experience
Director, Faculty Development for GME
HCA Healthcare
Designed and scaled enterprise-wide faculty development initiatives — including simulation-based training, national didactics, and just-in-time teaching resources — supporting over 5,000 residents and 5,000 faculty across the nation's largest hospital system.
Faculty Development
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Expanded faculty development programming at one of the nation's premier academic medical centers.
Faculty Development
Virginia Tech
Led faculty development initiatives supporting graduate medical education and academic program growth.
Speaking & Facilitation
Ashley is a frequent national speaker and facilitator on topics including:
- ✓Feedback culture in clinical education
- ✓Bedside teaching techniques
- ✓Simulation-based learning in GME
Education
PhD, Higher Education & Policy
Virginia Tech
M.S., Counseling & Human Development
Radford University
B.A., History & Political Science
Radford University
Approach
- ✓Plain language, practical outcomes — no unnecessary complexity
- ✓Useful first; perfect later — momentum matters in GME environments
- ✓Own the metrics; show the trend — documentation that tells a story to surveyors
- ✓Built for real programs, not ideal ones — solutions that work within actual constraints