Tuesday, September 15 Sessions (Virtual)

We invite all Conference participants to utilize the Zoom AI Companion during this year's online sessions, which provides private, real-time discussion summaries and answers to participant inquiries, while helping everyone stay engaged with the topics and each other. In the event of a Zoom connectivity problem, please contact the IHER team at IHERConference@mcw.edu.

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The Zoom Events lobby will open at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15.

View the full list of sessions for all days

Morning Sessions

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Workshop 1, 9–10:15 a.m. | The AI-Empowered Medical Educator: Reimagining Assessment and Enhancing Learning in the Era of Generative AI

SPEAKERS

Taralyn Tan, PhD
Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation & Scholarship
Harvard Medical School

Galina Gheihman, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School

Judy Sng PhD, MMSc
Education Director and Lead
National University of Singapore

Objectives:

Describe current and emerging generative artificial intelligence (GAI) trends in health professions education (HPE).
Identify opportunities in their own context and strategies to become an AI-empowered educator.
Practice applying theory-informed approaches to leverage GAI for enhanced assessment in to their own educational work.

Oral Presentations 1, 10:30–11:45 a.m. | Multiple Presentations

National Needs Assessment of Early-Career Neurology Clinician Educators: Informing the Development of a Longitudinal Faculty Development Program
McKenna Knych, MD, Assistant Professor; Medical College of Wisconsin

A Competency-Based Planetary Health Curricular Roadmap Developed with Medical Student Scholars
Galina Gheihman, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology; Harvard University

Teaching the Physical Exam Across Spanish Language Proficiency Levels: A Student-Led, Curriculum-Integrated Approach
Joanne Bernstein, MD, MSE, Associate Professor; Medical College of Wisconsin

The Forgotten Class: Exploring Medical Student Experiences During Overlapping Curricula
Carolina Morales, BS, Medical Student

Roundtable 1, 10:45–11:45 a.m. | Using AI in Personal Essays and Letters for Residency Application

SPEAKER

Jorge L. Cervantes, MD, PhD

We expect that after the session participants should have a better understanding of the ways that students, faculty, and programs may be using GenAI as a source of ideas, content, as part of the residency application cycle.

Program directors and faculty require a working understanding of the capabilities of GenAI in order to guide trainees in its responsible usage through the residency application process.

Plenary Speaker Spotlight | Jonathan H. Chen, MD, PhD | 12–1 p.m.

AI in Medicine: Real Magic or Technological Illusions?

Objectives:

Describe the rapid trajectory of AI performance on medical knowledge and reasoning tasks, and why to plan for where the technology is going rather than where it is today.
Interpret randomized trial evidence on physician-AI collaboration, including why AI systems alone can outperform physicians using the same AI.
Recognize common failure modes of clinical AI – hallucination, errors of omission, and deskilling – and strategies to mitigate them.
Identify near-term AI applications in clinical workflows, from chart summarization to agentic systems, and the evaluation each warrants before deployment.
Articulate the enduring human elements of medical practice – competence, communication, and character – and critically examine which roles AI may augment or replace.

Jonathan H. Chen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Computational Medicine) and of Biomedical Data Science
Stanford Healthcare

Dr. Chen leads a clinical informatics research group to empower individuals with the collective experience of the many, combining human and artificial intelligence to deliver better care than either alone. He also serves as Director of Medical Education in Artificial Intelligence for Stanford Medicine. Before his medical training, Dr. Chen co-founded a company to translate his Computer Science graduate work into an expert system used by people around the world. He continues to practice medicine for the concrete rewards of caring for real people and to inspire his work to advance not just the science and technology, but to redefine how we train (and retrain) an entire generation of the healthcare workforce to safely and effectively integrate intelligent systems to reach all patients in need.

Learn more about Dr. Chen

Afternoon Sessions

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Ignite Presentations, 1:15–2:30 p.m. | Multiple Presentations

Comparison of AI and Manual Coding of Medical Students’ Reflections: An Asynchronous Discussion Board Exploration
Leslie Ruffalo, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, Director of Center for Healthy Communities and Research; Medical College of Wisconsin

Seeking Efficiencies by Sharing Cross Cutting Core Curriculum Sessions Across Graduate Medical Education
Beth Shaw, PhD, Assistant Professor; Medical College of Wisconsin

Post-Stroke Case and Workshop: A Five-Year Analysis of Pharmacy and Occupational Therapy Interprofessional Education Event
Maya Livni, Medical Student; Medical College of Wisconsin

Using a Continuous Improvement Process for Developing High Quality Micro-Podcasts
Melanie Gartz, PhD, MS, MHS, Assistant Professor; Medical College of Wisconsin

Live Virtual Review Sessions to Reinforce Gross Anatomy Knowledge for Pre-Clinical Medical Students
Angela Beckert, MD, Associate Professor; Medical College of Wisconsin

Bridging the Gap Between Ethical Theory, Alternative Therapy & Clinical Practice
Rachel Kavanaugh, PharmD, BCACP, Associate Professor; Medical College of Wisconsin

Implementing Mind-Body Skills Groups to Promote Flourishing and Reduce Burnout Among Medical Providers
Kathryn Agard, CMP, PMP BS

Oral Presentations 2, 1:15–2:30 p.m. | Multiple Presentations

Diagnostic Performance and Fatigue Across Alternate Radiology Display Modalities
Grace Borkowski, MS, Medical Student

Comparison of Student Performance on Gross Anatomy Assessments Between Regional- and Systems-Based Medical School Curricula
Colin Hansen, BS, Medical Student; Medical College of Wisconsin

Evaluating LLM-Generated Feedback for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
Dylan Pieper, MA, Data Scientist and Research Analyst

Neurological Exam Round-Robin: Advancing Neurological Examination Skills for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) through an Interactive, Hands-on, Skills-based Workshop
Galina Gheihman, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology; Harvard University

Fireside Chat 1, 2:30–3:30 p.m. | Faculty Involvement in Pathway Programs Influences a Learner's Sense of Belonging

SPEAKERS | MCW OFFICE OF ACADEMIC PATHWAYS

Crystal Jushka, MEd
Program Manager

Jean Mallett, DrPH, MBA
Program Director

Zandra Clevert
Academic Outreach Coordinator

Ricardo Aguilar, MSEd
Program Coordinator

Pathway programs provide early exposure to careers in health science, but they do more than inform. They reveal what happens when we care deeply about the learners who pass through our institution. This session invites faculty and staff to reflect on their own role in cultivating a healthcare workforce grounded in empathy, belonging, and excellence, and to recognize that their everyday involvement in pathway initiatives is not just generous but essential. In academic health centers (AHC), how we care for pathway participants and all learners becomes a blueprint for the kind of professionals and systems we ultimately produce. Faculty and staff who participate in these programs demonstrate professionalism with purpose by fostering a culture of belonging that directly impacts future healthcare outcomes. The Office of Academic Pathways team will discuss and explore how to cultivate a culture of belonging at an AHC.

Learn more about the Office of Academic Pathways

Panel Session 1, 2:30–3:30 p.m. | AI Use Policies and Guidelines in Health Sciences Education

MCW SPEAKERS

Neil Hogg, PhD
Sr. Associate Dean, Professor

Lisa Cirillo, PhD
Assistant Dean, Associate Professor

Ehab Abourashed, PhD, MS, BPharm
Associate Dean, Professor

Kerrie Quirk, MEd
Program Manager

Objectives:

Describe key shared challenges facing health professions and biomedical sciences education across schools of medicine, pharmacy, and graduate biomedical programs.
Identify strategies and innovations implemented within each school that can be adapted or scaled across disciplines.
Discuss opportunities for cross-discipline collaboration on responsible AI use in health sciences education.
Evaluate how AI may influence your own educational practices or decision-making.

Workshop 2, 3:45–5 p.m. | Demonstration of Novel Curriculum to Promote Character Formation and Virtue in Higher Medical Education

SPEAKERS

Christopher Noda, MD

Kathryn Rowland, MD, MPH

John Rhee, MD, MPH
President, Hippocratic Society
Instructor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School

Michael Egan, BS, MBE (Candidate)

Justin Sanchez, MD

Objectives:

Understand the principles of virtue formation in higher medical education, and its application as the foundation for our curriculum.
Apply foundational principles to an interactive case discussion to illustrate the curriculum’s role in promoting the development of virtue.
Garner understanding of how to study the implementation of this curriculum and its effects on medical student flourishing and sense of purpose.