Innovations in Healthcare Education Research Conference

Conference Theme: Reimagining Our Efforts in Healthcare Education

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Martin Pusic, MD, PhD
Fostering Adaptive Expertise All Along the Education Continuum: The Master Adaptive Learner

Cathleen Pettepher, PhD
Integrating Foundational Sciences Throughout the Curriculum

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD
Thinking as a Basic Science in Health Professions Education

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Conference Theme: Reimagining Our Efforts in Healthcare Education

AWARD WINNERS

Erin Gruber
Self-reported Levels of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress During the First 6 Months of Medical School – A Case Study at the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Regional Campuses

Meghan Peterson, BS
Seeking Peer Outreach: An Integrated, Tiered Approach to Address Stigma and Isolation in Medical Education

Marissa Cepress, BS
Human Trafficking in Wisconsin: The Physician’s Role in Ending Modern Day Slavery

Katherine Lumetta, MEd, BS
Identifying Barriers to Practicing a Growth Mindset in Medical Education

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Sondra Zabar, MD
Supporting a Learning Healthcare System – Using Simulation to Continuously Improve Telemedicine and Healthcare Quality

Louis N. Pangaro, MD, MACP
Planning for the Future – What’s Essential and What’s Desirable?

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Conference Theme: Professional Identity Formation

IGNITE SESSION VIDEOS

• Himanshu Agrawal, MD, DF-APA: A Day in Bed – A Novel Idea in Medical Education
• Sonal Chandratre, MD: Surviving The Attacks On My Professional Identity – An Inspirational Autobiography
• Rachel Kavanaugh, PharmD: Taking a Hands-On Approach: Developing a Longitudinal Physical Assessment Curriculum for Pharmacy Students
• Jutta Novalija, MD, PhD, CHSE: Escaping the Operating Room – A Team Building Exercise
• Wendy L. Peltier, MD: Can We Define Caring for Medical Education?
• Robert Trevino, MD, PhD: I was, I am, I will be: Evolving Professional Identity Formation through Training

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

The conference featured keynote speaker Verna E. Monson, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Educational Psychologist and Consultant, Professionalism and Ethics Education in Medical Schools. Dr. Monson presented on "Understanding Medical Professional Identity Formation and Professionalism Remediation."

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The 6th Annual MCW Innovations Conference was attended by more than 150 educators and students. The conference included opportunities for attendees to view more than 30 poster presentations, 15 podium presentations, workshops and faculty development sessions.

AWARD WINNERS

The #MCW Common Read: Finding Common Language and Shared Experience
Olivia M.T. Davies, BS; Sehr Khan, BS; Gerilyn M. Olsen, BA; Sarah Bennett, BA, MS; David Cipriano, PhD, MS; Arthur R. Derse, JD, MD; Kathlyn Fletcher, MA, MD; Joe Hodapp, BA; Scott Lamm, BS; Sophia Lindekugel, BA; Ashley Ng, BS; Zoe Retzlaff, BS; Elizabeth Suelzer, MLIS, AHIP; Kimberly Tyler, BS, MS; Catherine Ferguson, MD; Wendy Peltier, MD; and Martin Muntz, MD

Faculty Expectations of Entering Medical Students Skills and Values
Jane Machi, MD; Joseph Budovec, MD; Greg Kaupla, MCE; and William J. Hueston, MD

Clinical Exposure and Cultural Competency Training in the Preclinical Years: a Pilot Program involving Veteran Patients
John Wagner, BA, MA; Mara Peterson, BS; Maggie Murphy, MT-BC; Ramadevi Parachuri, MD

Improving Residents as Educators in Clinical Settings
Jacqueline M. Powell, BS; Bipin Thapa, MD; Megan M. Haak, MA; Greg Kaupla; Kristina Kaljo, PhD; Heather Toth, MD; Paul Lemen, MD; Kenneth Simons, MD; Robert Treat, PhD; Robert Trevino, MD, PhD; Laura Walker; Caitlin Pilon; and Marie Padilla

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

The conference featured keynote speaker Elizabeth Baker, MD, MHPE, Senior Associate Dean at the Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Baker presented on "Reimagining the Curriculum: Educational philosophy, 'flipping the classroom' and innovative transformation."

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The 5th Annual MCW Innovations Conference was attended by more than 150 educators and students. The conference included opportunities for attendees to view more than 30 poster presentations, 15 podium presentations, workshops and faculty development sessions.

AWARD WINNERS

Rising M-1 Medical Student Anxiety: Six Years Later with a New Curriculum and Generation of Students
Robert Treat, PhD; Diane Brown, MS; Koenraad De Roo; William J. Hueston, MD; Amy Prunuske, PhD; Kristina Kaljo, PhD; Jennifer Janowitz, MS; Dawn Bragg, PhD

Capacity Coaching for Patients who are not Difficult, but have Difficult Lives
Kathryn Havens, MD; Dr. Laura Miller; Kristyn Ertl; Kasey Boehmer, PhD; Hilary Ryan, MSW

Medical Student's "Final Answer": Game Show Teaching Sessions Well Rated Even After NBME Examination
Sara Lauck, MD, MCW Department of Pediatrics; Erica Chou, MD, MCW

Increasing Pharmacy Students' Knowledge of Medical Interpretation: Early Collaboration with Medical Interpreter Students
Sue Korek, MAED, MCW School of Pharmacy; Karen MacKinnon, BPharm, RPh, MCW School of Pharmacy; Rodney Ramos, Sr., BS, Milwaukee Area Technical College

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

The conference featured keynote speaker, Dr. John Andrews from the University of Minnesota, who shared his insights as a leader in a competency-based medical school program in pediatrics (EPAC) that involves collaboration with several other medical schools.

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The 4th Annual MCW Innovations Conference was attended by more than 130 educators and students from MCW and schools and universities from Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. The conference included opportunities for attendees to view more than 30 poster presentations, 17 podium presentations, workshops and faculty development sessions.

AWARD WINNERS

Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Program Designed to Promote the Self Efficacy of Medical Students Underrepresented in Medicine
Amy Prunuske, PhD; Anna Wirta Kosobuski; Abigail Whitney, BS; Andrew Skildum, PhD

Using Likelihood Rations to Improve the Quality of Resident Medical Education
Justin Adams, MD

No Difference Between Third-Year Medical Student and Intern Presenter Empowerment Action Scores During Pediatric Patient and Family Family-Centered Rounds
Sara Lauck, MD; Sarah Vepraskas, MD; Jennifer Hadjiev, MD; Anjali Sharman, MD; Heather Toth, MD, Dawn Bragg, PhD; Michael Weisgerber, MD, MS

SURFBoards Program: An Innovative Mixed Methods Comprehensive Pediatric Resident Boards Review Curriculum
Amanda Rogers, MD; Michael Weisgerber, MD; Jennifer Di Rocco, DO; Sara Lauck, MD

Using LibGuides to Promote Self-Directed Learning
Elizabeth Suelzer, MLIS; Barabara Ruggeri, MLIS; Rita Sieracki, MLS

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