The Kern Institute diligently works throughout the year to research and recruit world leaders in medical education to present Kern Grand Rounds at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The team proudly presents a monthly guest lecturer during the academic year whose area of expertise falls within the Triple Aim of Medical Education: Character, Competence, and Caring.

2022 Sessions

• The Pursuit of Advocacy: Power, Purpose, Perseverance, Patience and PATIENTS | Walter J. Lanier, JD, MDIV | August 25, 2022
• The Hidden Impact of Segregation and How it Contributes to Healthcare Disparities in Metro Milwaukee | Reggie Jackson | March 17, 2022
• Compassionate Caring: One Physician's Journey from Water Therapy to Green Hair | David Margolis, MD | February 24, 2022
• Changing Perspectives on Disability | K. Jane Lee, MD, MA | January 20, 2022

2021 Sessions

• 414 Life: An Innovative Public Health Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Gun Violence in Milwaukee | Reggie Moore; Terri deRoon Cassini, PhD, MS; Derrick "Baba" Rogers; Tonia Liddell and Steve Hopkins | November 18, 2021
• Value-Added Medical Education: Reimagining Learner Roles | Marty Muntz, MD (Lead); Erica Chou, MD; Christopher Davis, MD; Catherine Ferguson, MD; John Hayes, DO; and Lana Minshew, PhD | October 20, 2021
• The Myth of the Monolith: Empathic Communication in the Time of COVID | Kimberly Manning, MD, FACP, FAAP | September 15, 2021.
• Advocacy On the Frontlines: Supporting LGBTQ Patients in Combat & Beyond | Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, Director of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW) Endowment and Senior Associate Dean and Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin School of Medicine (MCW) | April 29, 2021
• Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference | Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH, Physician Scientist, Professor, Chair & Chief of Medicine at Cooper Medical School, Rowan University | March 18, 2021
• Healing in the Aftermath of Hate | Pardeep Singh Kaleka, Executive Director of Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Founder of Serve2Unite, and published author of "The Gift of Our Wounds" and Arno Michaelis, author of "My Life After Hate" and co-author of "The Gift of Our Wounds" | February 18, 2021
• Women and COVID-19: Challenges, Opportunities, Thoughts for the Future | Elizabeth Ellinas, MD,  Director of the MCW Center for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine (AWSM), Associate Dean for Women's Leadership, and Professor of Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin | January 21, 2021

2020 Sessions

• Creating Physicians Where a Medical School Should Not Exist | Dan Hunt, MD, MBA, Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Field Secretary and Secretary Emeritus | November 18, 2020
• The Emotional Toll of Being a Healthcare Provider During a Global Pandemic | Paul A. Bergl, MD, Heidi F. Christianson, PhD, and Julie R. Owen, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin | October 22, 2020
• Civic Engagement in Healthcare: How to Address the Social Determinants of Health through Public Policy & Voting | Alister Martin, MD, MPH, Executive Director of VotER | September 29, 2020
• Navigating Ethical Issues in Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD; Mary E. Homan, DrPH, MA, MSHCE; Fabrice Jotterand, PhD, and Ryan Spellecy, PhD, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin | September 24, 2020
• Medical School as a Community of Character: Five Effective Techniques in the Formation of Compassionate and Flourishing Physicians | Stephen G. Post, PhD, Stony Brook University School of Medicine | January 23, 2020
• Health Care at the Crossroads: Profession or Business? | William T. Branch, Jr., MD, Emory University School of Medicine | February 27, 2020
• A Physician's Story of Recovery | Adam B. Hill, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine | August 6, 2020

2019 Sessions

• In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope | Rana Awdish, MD, Author of In Shock
• Equity in Action: When Caring Proves Challenging | Panel Discussion by Christopher Davis, MD, Aiman Ghufran, MD, Mary Homan, MA, MSHCWE, DrPH, David Nelson, PhD, Moderated by Jose Franco, MD | October 17, 2019
• The Residency Explorer: Maximizing Goodness of Fit in Graduate Medical Education | Mona Signer, MPH, President & CEO, National Resident Matching Program | September 19, 2019
• Our American Dilemma: Placing an Equity Lens on the Struggle for Diversity & Inclusion | Will Ross, MD, Washington University School of Medicine | August 22, 2019
• American Refugee: Dishwasher to Doctor | Hevel Kelli, MD; Emory University | March 4, 2019
• Holistic Admissions | Quinn Capers, MD; Ohio State University | February 14, 2019
• Professionalism in the Clinical Learning Environment | Lisa Lehmann, MD, PhD; Harvard Medical School | January 17, 2019
  
  

2018 Sessions

• Healing in Healthcare: Lessons from Clinicians and Patients | Larry R. Churchill, PhD; Vanderbilt University | November 15, 2018
• Character in Medical Education: What is It and Why It Matters | Andrea Leep Hunderfund, MD, MHPE | October 25, 2018
• The Respect Blind Spot: Differentiating Between Two Types and How to Strike the Right Balance | Kristie Rogers, PhD; Marquette University | October 22, 2018
• Character and the Practices of Care | William B. Cutrer, MD, MEd; Vanderbilt University | September 17, 2018
• Virtue and the Meaning of Life | Candace Vogler, PhD | September 7, 2018
• Humility, Empathy and Social Accountability: Why Medical Education Must Change in the United States | Pedro J. Greer, Jr., MD; Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University | August 15, 2018
• Reflections on Character, Virtues and the Aims of Medical Education: What Moral Knowledge is Essential to Doctoring | Larry R. Churchill, PhD; Vanderbilt University | June 15, 2018
• The Reform of Health Professions Education: Interprofessional and Competency-Based | George E. Thibault, MD | May 7, 2018
• Character: What is It, How Good Are We, and How Can We Become Better? | Christian B. Miller, PhD; Wake Forest University | April 19, 2018
• Trading Places: A doctor who found himself on the other end of the stethoscope | David P. Carbone, MD, PhD; The Ohio State University | March 29, 2018
• Utilizing Character to Rediscover Joy in the Practice of Medicine | Ryan Spellecy, PhD; Medical College of Wisconsin | February 22, 2018
• Medical Education: Where are we and where should we be? | Molly Cooke, MD, MACP; University of California-San Francisco | January 25, 2018

The Kern Institute Cross Pillar hosts informal gatherings at MCW every other month throughout the academic year to spark conversation on topics related to the Triple Aim of Medical Education: Character, Competence, and Caring.

2022 Sessions

• Finding Joy, Resilience and Character: My Medical Education Journey | Morgan Ashley Craft, Peter Nguyen, Hallie Tolo and Sarah Torres | April 14, 2022
• A Letter to My Future Self... | MCW M4 Students, Moderated by Cassie Ferguson | March 24, 2022
• Seeking Peer Outreach: An Integrated, Tiered Approach to Address Stigma and Isolation in Healthcare Education | Meg Lieb, Marissa O'Hair, Justin York and Cassandra Balson| January 27, 2022

2021 Sessions

• New Curriculum Hopes and Dreams | Jose Franco, MD; Ali Harrington, MD; Marty Muntz, MD and Amy Prunuske, PhD | November 11, 2021
• You Are Fine, How Am I? Practical Strategies for Recognizing and Responding to Mental Health Issues Within Yourself and Others | Himanshu Agarwal, MD; Sara Brady, MD; Cassie Ferguson, MD; Hilary Pick, LPC | October 13, 2021
• Can I Tell You Something? Reflections from M-4 Students | MCW Medical Students Mario Castellanos, Rachael Conger, Na’il Scoggins, and Sarah Suh | April 22, 2021
• Medical School Curriculum Innovations: Impact on MCW's Curriculum Plans | William Hueston, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Associate Provost for Education, Medical College of Wisconsin | March 25, 2021
• Medical School Admissions: Past, Present, and Future | Jane Machi, MD, Assistant Dean of Recruitment and Admissions, and Alexis Meyer, MA, Director of Recruitment and Admissions, Medical College of Wisconsin | January 28, 2021

2020 Sessions

• LGBTQ Care: How National Decisions Affect Local Care | Andrew Petroll, MD, MS, Medical Director of the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Inclusion Health Clinic and Jessica Francis, MD, OB/GYN, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin | November 12, 2020
• Student Activism & Advocacy in Action | Christian Hernandez, Sherrea Jones, and Jonathan Horng | Students, Medical College of Wisconsin | October 15, 2020
• Student Mental Health: Climate Survey 2020 - How Are We Doing? | David Cipriano, PhD | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Student and Resident Behavioral Health, Medical College of Wisconsin | September 17, 2020
• A Conversation on Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) and Graduate Medical Education (GME) in a COVID World | Kenneth Simons, MD | Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Accreditation, Designated Institutional Official (DIO) and Director, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc. (MCWAH) | February 26, 2020
• USMLE Step 1: Pass/Fail | Kenneth Simons, MD | Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Accreditation, Designated Institutional Official (DIO) and Director, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc. (MCWAH) | August 16, 2020

2019 Sessions

• Cultivating a Culture of Inclusion for Under-Represented Students at MCW | Panel discussion by representatives from the MCW Student Body; the Office of Diversity & Inclusion; the Office of Student Inclusion & Diversity; and the Kern Institute | September 26, 2019
• Learner Well-Being and Mental Health at MCW: Integrating Data to Complete the Picture | David Cipriano, PhD | August 29, 2019
• What I Wish I Had Known Four Years Ago | Zachary Helmen, Daniel Lee, Emily Navarrete, Jose Palomares, Liana Woodley | March 28, 2019
• When Things Can’t Be Fixed, Stories of Caring and Resilience | Wendy Peltier, MD and Callisia Clarke, MD | February 28, 2019
• Major Issues Facing U.S. Medical Schools | Joseph E. Kerschner, MD, Dean of MCW School of Medicine, Provost and Executive Vice President | February 6, 2019

2018 Sessions

• Narrative Medicine and Reflective Writing | Bruce Campbell, MD | November 8, 2018
• Gender Identity: Taking a Deeper Dive | Andrew Petroll, MD and Jessica Francis MD | October 25, 2018
• Speak Up in Challenging Clinical Educational Environments | Marty Muntz, MD, Michael Lund, MD, Cassie Ferguson, MD, and Kristina Kaljo, PhD | October 24, 2018
• Clinical Learning Environment: Why Should We Care? | Marty Muntz, MD | September 20, 2018
• How Can We Help Our Students Thrive? | Cassie Ferguson, MD, and Michael Lund, MD | March 14, 2018
• Promoting Resiliency and Avoiding Burnout | Jennifer Apps, PhD and José Franco, MD | January 24, 2018

2022 Workshops & Special Events

• 2022 Well-Being Summit: Inhale, Exhale and Engage: Harnessing Happiness, Joy & Resilience in Healthcare | April 5, 2022

2021 Workshops & Special Events

• 2021 Well-Being Summit: Improving Institutional Culture to Optimize Well-Being in Academic Medicine | February 25, 2021

2021 Podcasts

• Remediation in Medical Education: A Midcourse Correction by Adina Kalet, MD, MPH | Healthcare Professionalism: Education, Research & Resources | February 23, 2021
• The Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education by Adina Kalet, MD, MPH | Healthcare Professionalism: Education, Research & Resources | February 20, 2021
• How to Keep our Doctors Motivated? by Adina Kalet, MD, MPH | RE-IGNITED | February 12, 2021

2020 Podcasts

• Real Time Feedback by Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA | The Medicine Mentors | November 17, 2020
• Stories During Challenging Times, by Adina Kalet, MD, MPH | Core IM Podcast | Produced by Solon Kelleher, September 16, 2020
• Myths and Realities of Adult Learning: A Conversation with Adina Kalet | American Thoracic Society Breathing Easy Podcast: Adult Learning Theories and Active Learning Modalities | Interviewed by Deepak Pradhan, MD, FCCP, dropped 2017

2020 Workshops & Special Events

• Disrupting Medical Education: Accessible Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence for Mainstream Medical Education by Janet Corral, PhD, University of Colorado | January 9, 2020
• Pedagogical Troublemaking: Where We Can Make Teaching and Learning Effective by Janet Corral, PhD, University of Colorado | January 8, 2020
• Becoming a Data Driven Culture by Janet Corral, PhD, University of Colorado | January 8, 2020

The Kern Institute Cross Pillar hosts journal club meetings at MCW every other month throughout the academic year to discuss a journal article and explore educational innovations related to the Triple Aim of Medical Education: Character, Competence, and Caring.

2018 Sessions

• Love and Respect: The Building Blocks of Medical Student Professionalism | Mawusi Kamassah, MD Candidate, Class of 2019 and James Reneau, MD/MS Candidate, Class of 2019 | October 24, 2018
• The Implications of the Philosophy of Medicine for Medical Education | Fabrice Jotterand, PhD, MA | April 25, 2018
• The Role of Physician Empathy in the Patient Experience | José Franco, MD | February 14, 2018