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Thursday, September 18 Sessions (In-Person)

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9:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Session One, Workshop 5

Location: MEB, M3860

Transforming Pharmacy Education: Designing and Implementing Serious Learning Games

Facilitators: Rachel Kavanaugh, PharmD, BCACP, Lana Minshew, PhD, MEd; Medical College of Wisconsin

Objectives:

  1. To describe application of various serious gaming strategies.
  2. Understand the pedagogical foundations of serious games in pharmacy education.
  3. Create actionable strategies for game implementation across different educational contexts.
  4. Evaluate the effectiveness of serious games as educational interventions.

10:30 – 11:45 a.m.

Session One | Oral Presentations 5

Location: MEB, M3850

Maximizing Readiness in Minimal Time: Evaluating a Three-Day Medical School Pre-Matriculation Course
Alexa Kambol, MMP, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Cultural Humility in the Digital Age: Educating future Physicians on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Health
Adileen Sii, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

 



A Systematic Needs Assessment Identifies Critical Gaps for Geriatric Workforce Education
Angela Beckert, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Impact of Difficult Conversation Simulations on Medical Students Communication Skills
Beatrice Mumm, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Session Two | Fireside Chat

Location: MEB, M3860

Hidden Potential – Bringing out the Best in Medical Students and Medical Educators

Guest(s): Raj Narayan, MD; Jamie Jasti, MD; Mark Lodes, MD

Moderator: Margaret Samyn, MD, MBA, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

Rationale: Educating medical students to become the next generation of clinicians and clinician scientists requires not only instruction in traditional basic sciences, patient-based discussions, and clinical skills, but also creative mentorship to unlock students’ hidden potential. As high-achievers, students are often averse to imperfection, failure, and performing duties before perceived mastery. However, these are all essential components of maximizing growth as described in Adam Grant’s Hidden Potential (Viking/ Penguin Random House). While mentorship programs exist in medical schools, mentors often receive on-the-job training while managing busy clinical or research roles and could benefit from guidance, so they can find their own hidden potential as educators.

Session Plan: Using Adam Grant’s 2023 publication, this panel will discuss the importance of developing character skills through a 3-part interactive discussion focusing on: 1) Embracing our discomfort towards failure to encourage “starting early” before full readiness, 2) Building our absorptive capacity for new information and constructive feedback, and 3) Accepting our imperfections with humility, so we can learn from our mistakes rather than shaming ourselves. Throughout the session, we will also discuss how supportive “scaffolding” can help students and educators overcome obstacles and how opportunities can be approached to build confidence, uncovering the best in medical students of all ages.

Learning Objectives: After attending, participants will understand how 1) To develop a “learning mindset” 2) To build supportive scaffolding 3) To increase student confidence through opportunities

Panel Experience: Margaret Samyn, MD, MBA (Assistant Dean for Scholarly Activities/ Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin) oversees Scholarly Concentrations, summer research program, and MD/MS dual degree programs. Jamie Jasti MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Director of the Resuscitation Research Center. Mark Lodes, MD, is Chief Medical Officer, Population Health and Medical Education and specializes in the medical care of children, adolescents, and adults.

Keynote Address | Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA | 12 – 1 p.m.

Leading Medical Education Teams Through Crisis

Location: Bolger Auditorium

Keynote Address Introductions and Opening Remarks

José Franco, MD
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Senior Associate Dean for Education
School of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin

John R. Raymond, Sr., MD
President and CEO
Medical College of Wisconsin

Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MAKathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA, is a professor in the department of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee VA Medical Center. She has served as the medicine residency program director for the past eight years.

Learn more about Dr. Fletcher

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1:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Paper Poster Sessions | MCW Cafeteria Lobby, 1st Floor

Flourish or Fade: A Scoping Review of Pharmacy Faculty Well-Being and Career Sustainability
Zachary A. Pape, PharmD, BCACP, Medical College of Wisconsin

Choose Your Path to Board Exam Success: A Game-Changer for Students
Rachel Kavanaugh, PharmD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Evaluation of a Peer Mentorship Program in the MCW Clinician Educator Scholarly Concentration
Alexa Kambol, MS, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Educating Mothers and Pregnant Women in a Women’s Shelter on Navigating Digital Information: A Digital Wellness Module
Aylinh Eng, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Thinking Like a Rheumatologist: Exploring the Script Concordance Test (SCT) as a Teaching Tool
Amanda Jimenez, MD, Emma Austenfeld, MD, MPH; Medical College of Wisconsin

Assessing the Effectiveness of Workshops in Enhancing Medical Students’ Understanding of Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health
Rachel Jones, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

REACHing for Self-Care: Studying Medical Student Perceptions on Stress and Self-care
Brendan Koxlien, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Developing a Co-Creation Collaborative: A Faculty-Student Team for Curriculum Innovation Collaboration
Priscilla Vazquez, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Evaluation of Three-Year Pediatric Mock Code Simulation Curriculum
Jessica Kent, MBA, Amanda Rogers, MD; Medical College of Wisconsin

Streamlining the MCW EM Advising Experience: A Centralized Digital Platform for Medical Students
McKenna Knych, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Quantifying Physician Associate and Nurse Practitioner Experience in Critical Care Fellowship
Kaitlin M Spiegelhoff, MMS, Sarah E. Vanderlinden, DMSc, PA-C; Medical College of Wisconsin

Innovation in Health Care Education: Using AI Powered Early Alert System to Monitor and Support Student Well-Being
Jennifer Kusch, PhD, MS, MPH, Medical College of Wisconsin

ASK-ADVISE-REFER: Improving Patient Access to Tobacco Cessation Resources in the Community Pharmacy via Pharmacy Technicians (A Pilot Study)
Mathew A. Letizia, PharmD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Establishing a Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) at an Urban-Based Free Clinic
Jessica Angel-Gonzalez, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

RX Social Connection: Impact of Pharmacists on Social Isolation and Loneliness with Older Populations
Mathew A. Letizia, PharmD, Medical College of Wisconsin

A Novel Abbe-Vermilion Switch Flap for Near-Total Upper Lip Reconstruction
Laura Whitney, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Uterine Fibroid Education: Assessment of an On-Demand E-Learning Module on Medical Student Training
Maya Seshan, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Advanced Anatomical Science Education in the 4th Year of Medical School
Melanie Gartz, PhD, MS, MHS, Medical College of Wisconsin

A Proof-of-Concept Comparison of Learning Modalities in Medical Students
Nick Parks, BSN, Matthew Chinn, MD; Medical College of Wisconsin

Real-time, Brief Reflections as a Tool to Foster Professional Identity Development in Medical Students
Noah Miller, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Improving Project-Based Mentoring Skills of Faculty Who Mentor Medical Students
Makenzie Whalen, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Assessing Online PRP Injection Information: Can ChatGPT Serve as a Reliable Evaluator?
Rushabh Shah, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Enhancing the Research Experience of General Surgery Residents Through a Research-Year Writing Intervention
Amanda Jentsch, BA, Medical College of Wisconsin

Exploring Cultural Humility in the Care of Muslim Patients: A Case Study-Based Approach for Medical Students
Tasmia Amjad, BS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Accelerated Pathways to Surgical Residency: A Mixed Methods Analysis of M3/M4 Student Surgery Clerkship Performance and Perceived Readiness for Surgical Residency in Three-Year Medical School Curricula at MCW-Milwaukee vs. Regional Campuses
Adalyn Strand, Medical College of Wisconsin

The Effectiveness of Photovoice as a Tool to Increase Cultural Intelligence in Medical Education
Vishal Srinivasan, BS, Lana Minshew, PhD, MEd; Medical College of Wisconsin

Unhiding the Hidden Curriculum in Medical Education
Alexis Cole, MS, Medical College of Wisconsin

Medical Education: Debriefing of Adverse Events*
Adrianna Jelen, DO, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals