Join the Academy of Medical Educators for the
2026 Education & Innovation Symposium
May 13 & 14
Schedule details and other information posted below.
(Submissions Closed)
This year, we are partnering with the Graduate Medical Education Office for programming throughout the day. We are excited to collaborate and showcase the innovative work happening across the continuum of medical education.
Keynote: Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD, MS
Patricia S. O’Sullivan is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, and is still active in education research with fellows, master's, and doctoral students. For 20 years, she directed education research and faculty development for UCSF School of Medicine, overseeing programs for students, residents, fellows, and faculty to prepare them as scholarly educators. She developed a faculty development program that led to the 2016 ASPIRE for Excellence award from AMEE for UCSF. She participated in the successful UCSF 2022 ASPIRE for Excellence award for Student Assessment. Dr. O’Sullivan has held volunteer leadership positions in the AAMC, AMEE, and the American Educational Research Association. She is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Her educational research studies have collaborators from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and health-related professions. She is honored to have received USCF’s Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring, SGIM’s Career Achievement in Medical Education, and the Association of Surgical Education Distinguished Master Educator Award.
Symposium Schedule
May 13
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8:00am - 7:00pm — Anschutz Health Sciences Building
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Presenter: Aimee Gardner
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Presenter: Pat O'Sullivan
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: TBD
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center Foyer
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Moderator: Geoff Connors
| Title | Presenter |
| Evaluating Mistreatment of Resident Learners by Patients: Differences Across Clinical Learning Environments | Kimberly Indovina |
| The ABCs of Child Neurology: Evaluating the Quality and Feasibility of an Article Based Curriculum Created for Child Neurology Residents | Elizabeth Troy |
| Building Confidence in Health Policy and Advocacy: A Brief Required Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents | Apoorva Ram |
| Becoming an Educational Leader and Scholar: Initial Findings of a Novel Longitudinal Program for Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows | Kimberly O'Hara |
| GME Mission-Aligned Recruitment Strategies Should Include First Look Programs | Jacqueline Ward-Gaines |
Location: Varies, see details below
| Title | Facilitator(s) | Location |
| CBME Workshop | Bonnie Kaplan Linda Montgomery Nicole Christian Chad Stickrath | Breakout Room 2004 |
| Workshop: Basecamp to Summit: Elevating Mentorship to New Heights | Cristina Rabaza Kathy Cebuhar John Weeks Corey Lyon | Breakout Room 2007 |
| Workshop: Curriculum Design: Course and Lesson Level Introduction | Brady Slater | Breakout Room 2002 |
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Judges: TBD
| Poster # | Title | Presenter |
| 1 | Addressing Pediatric Training Gaps: Impact of a Skills-Based Orientation on Student Confidence | Cabrey Allison |
| 2 | Establishing AAI-Recommended Immunology Content Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education in the U.S.A. | Justin Andrews |
| 3 | Development of a Novel Community Engagement Curriculum for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows | Kelly Arnett |
| 4 | From Intern to Expert: Navigating Your Path to Senior Residency Success | Nicholas Bianchina |
| 5 | Implementation of a Phone Triage Simulation Curriculum in Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellow Education | Darius Blanding |
| 6 | Innovating Research Training in Residency: A Six-Year Experience with a Virtual Productivity-Based Curriculum in Ophthalmology | Francisco Bonilla-Escobar |
| 7 | Equipping Near-Peer Educators with Skills to Address Challenging Small Group Sessions | Peyton Boyd |
| 8 | Identifying Gaps in Gastroenterology APP Onboarding: Results from a National Survey and Early Outcomes from a Pilot Inpatient Training Curriculum | Catherine Brady |
| 9 | Teaching the Critical Skill of the Discharge Summary | Heather Briggs |
| 10 | Medical Spanish Student Interest Group: Connecting Medical Spanish Learning with the Core Curriculum | Zoe Caswell |
| 11 | The Use and Creation of Analogies as a Teaching Tool for Health Professional Trainees | Daniel M. Chien |
| 12 | Needs assessment of early pregnancy education in Obstetrics & Gynecology residents after the implementation of an Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic (EPAC) | Cara Clure |
| 13 | Walking a Shift in Our Shoes: A Partner Shadowing Initiative to Improve Resident Wellbeing | Kelsey Constantine |
| 14 | Development of a Novel Pain Science Elective for Third Year Doctor of Physical Therapy Students | Rebecca Dehne |
| 15 | Using AI Avatars for Communication Practice in a Doctor of Physical Therapy Pain Science Course | Rebecca Dehne |
| 16 | Mixed Methods Evaluation of Teaching Movement Science Competencies in Entry-Level Physical Therapist Education | EJ Gann |
| 17 | Avatars with Advantages: Live AI-Powered Partners in Faculty Development | Aimee Gardner |
| 18 | FacDev Sprinkles: Because Great Teaching Deserves a Little Sugar | Aimee Gardner |
| 19 | Creating a Novel Curriculum with the Cancer Biology Integrated Science Elective | Christopher Geiger |
| 20 | Teaching advocacy skills: a longitudinal GME curriculum adaptable to different learners | Stephanie Gold |
| 21 | Implementing a guideline-based internal medicine resident curriculum focused on common gastrointestinal disorders encountered in the primary care setting | Hadley Greenwood |
| 22 | Mixed methods analysis of emergent clinical infantile hemangioma teleconsultation questions from primary care providers to pediatric dermatologists: directions for educational outreach | Sofia Guelfand Warnken |
| 23 | Utilization of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM) to Explore Non-Technical Skills of Pediatric Interprofessional Resuscitation Teams | Lorel Huber |
| 24 | Walking on eggshells: a mixed-methods study exploring medical student-faculty communication | Sheilah Jiménez |
| 25 | Adenoidectomy Task Trainer for Otolaryngology Residents and Medical Students | Parker Juels |
| 26 | Peer Led Interprofessional Healthcare Advocacy Education | Parker Juels |
| 27 | Implementing a Radiology and Virtual Reality Elective | Ilana Kafer |
| 28 | An Interleaved Micro-Learning Board Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents | Hannah Kimmel |
| 29 | Designing a Family Medicine–Focused Dermoscopy Curriculum: A Three-Part Lecture and Workshop Series | Hannah Kimmel |
| 30 | A Board Style Focused Review of Antimicrobials for Medical Students | Tommy King |
| 31 | Opening the Door: Expanding Access and Opportunity in Academic Emergency Medicine Through a Career Development Curriculum | Renee King |
| 32 | Teaching the Teachers: Disseminating a Successful Clinical Reasoning Curriculum for BMT APPs | David Klimpl |
| 33 | Who’s on the Team? Exploring How Pediatric Hospital Medicine Team Structure Influences Medical Students’ Learning Experiences | Julia Kozlowski |
| 34 | Visual Thinking Strategies in Hybrid Physical Therapy Education: Enhancing clinical skills through art based education | Melanie Lambert |
| 35 | Why Preceptors Leave: Insights from Exit Interviews in a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship | Elena Lebduska |
| 36 | Empowering Inpatient Educators: A Needs Assessment to Inform Faculty Development for the Inpatient Family Medicine Service at Denver Health | Allie Lindbloom |
| 37 | Enhancing Learning Through Post-Simulation Coaching: Strategies for Determining Clinical Readiness | Jennifer Logan |
| 38 | Exploring Preceptor Perspectives on Entrustment Decisions in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships | Katlynn Adkins |
| 39 | A Modern Airway Management Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents | Matthew Mendes |
| 40 | Impact of surgical board certification on outcomes of surgery - an evidence mapping review | Saad Mohammed |
| 41 | Exploring a Virtual Reality Escape Room with Cardiac Anatomy | Haley Morgan |
| 42 | HALO effect: A national survey of critical care fellow experiences with high acuity, low occurrence procedures | Christopher (C.J.) Mowry |
| 43 | Preventing and managing behavioral escalation in the acute care setting: an interdisciplinary approach to internal medicine curriculum development | Heather Murray |
| 44 | Assessment of Resident Perceptions of Didactic Teaching in Dermatology Training | Sabrina Newman |
| 45 | Anchored in Education: Charting Pediatrics and the Evolution of Pediatric Podcasting | Daniel Nicklas |
| 46 | Enhancing Scientific Visibility and Public Scholarship through Wikipedia: A Case Study of the American Association for Anatomy | Mike Pascoe |
| 47 | Learning Together: A Medical Student-led Community Health Education Initiative for Persons in Transitional Housing and Recuperative Care Programs | Ekshika Patel |
| 48 | Exploring Drivers of Study Strategy Change in the Transition to Medical School | Haley Perkins |
| 49 | Measuring Clinical Competence and Confidence in Advanced Practice Provider (APP)Fellows: Development and Implementation of Evaluation Tools | Amy Quinones |
| 50 | Humanism at the Core: Embedding the Arts and Humanities in Clerkship Training | Samantha Robin |
| 51 | Survey results from novel long term care curriculum for Family Medicine Residents | Katherine Runkel |
| 52 | Novel Geriatrics consult rotation education experience | Katherine Runkel |
| 53 | A New Elective For Trainees Demonstrated Sustained Well-Being Improvements 6 Months After The Elective | Jennifer Sedler |
| 54 | Not All that Wheezes Is Asthma: The Essential Role of Re-evaluation in Teaching through Illness Scripts | Benjamin Silva |
| 55 | Development and Implementation of Medical Infographics to Enhance Residency Wards Curriculum | Laura Simon |
| 56 | Locally Mediated Remote Learning- A Novel Approach for Faculty Education | Molly Slate |
| 57 | Pediatric Residents’ Perspectives on their Professional Identity Formation as Educators | Kirsten Snook |
| 58 | Addressing the Absence of Pediatric Brain Death Education Through Didactic Curriculum for Pediatrics Residents | Jacob Story |
| 59 | Passport to Practice: Designing a Study Abroad Course | Kimberly Stultz |
| 60 | Adapting a one-year academic hospitalist POCUS curriculum to meet national consensus guidelines | Kevin Sullivan |
| 61 | Overcoming Immunity to Change: Novel Self-reflection for Struggling Learners | Benjamin Vipler |
| 62 | Taking the Path: The Physician Assistant Student Experience With an Advancement Pathway for an Inpatient Pediatric Clinical Rotation | Linsey Weller |
| 63 | Avoid the Virtual Void: Evolving Pain Medicine Fellowship Didactics to an Interactive, Hybrid Model | William White |
| 64 | Closing the Gap: Structured Study Curricula for URiM Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents | Gabrielle Whitmore |
| 65 | The Educational Value of the Pediatric Mental Health Rotation: A Qualitative Exploration of Resident Experiences | Kylie Wu |
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Moderator: Aimee Gardner
Speaker: Pat O'Sullivan
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Moderator: TBD
| Title | Presenter |
| Exploring Careers in Healthcare & Onward (ECHO): A community outreach program to promote healthcare career interest in K-8 students surrounding the CU Anschutz medical campus | Ariel Davydov |
| The wicked problem of mistreatment in the clinical learning environment: Is a redesign of clerkships the answer? | Rachael Tan |
| A Call to Reimagine Global Physician Training: Evidence from a Multivariate Analysis of Burnout Among Trainees in Guatemala | Ekshika Patel |
| Moments of pride: A qualitative study of medical students' reflections on meaningful experiences | Sarah Ashley |
| Beyond Medical Students as Teachers, Medical Students as Educators: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study of Medical Student Educator Identity Formation | Nicolle Fernández Dyess |
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Moderator: TBD
| Title | Presenter |
| Details coming soon |
Location: Varies, see details below
| Title | Facilitator(s) | Location |
| "Let’s Check Your Report Card": Why do Fair Assessments Matter? | ? Ward Gaines Miller | Breakout Room 2007 |
| Second Victim Experience in GME: Practical Tools for Medical Educators | Anneliese Grewing Meredith Bone Michelle Kiger | Breakout Room 2002 |
| Workshop: Teaching with Power Tools: Practical AI Tools that You Can Use Tomorrow | Matt Zuckerman | Breakout Room 2004 |
| WIP It Good: Teaching Scholars Projects Quick Shots | Chad Stickrath Helen MacFarlane | Breakout Room P12-1203 (ground floor) |
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Moderators: Aimee Gardner, Tai Lockspeiser, Geoff Connors, Chad Stickrath, Helen MacFarlane
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center Foyer
May 14
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8:45 am - 1:15 pm — Zoom
Location: Zoom
Presenter: Aimee Gardner
Location: Donald Elliman Conference Center
Presenter: Pat O'Sullivan
Location: Zoom
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: TBD
Location: Zoom
Moderator: TBD
| Title | Presenter |
| Mind the Gap: Addressing a Need for Increased Geriatric-Specific Curriculum for First-Year Medical Students and Advanced Practice Provider | Jason Hayes |
| Patient Perspectives on Collaborative Care: Integrating Geri-Educators into Interprofessional Education | Kimberly Indovina |
| CRAVING FOR MORE: EXPANDING ADDICTION MEDICINE TRAINING FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS | Erin Szemak |
| Learning with a Twist: Pipe Cleaner Models for Coronary Anatomy Education | Rachel Huynh |
| Expanding Pathology Education through Web and Video-Based Learning Platforms | Francisco La Rosa |
Location: Zoom
Moderator: Tai Lockspeiser
| Title | Presenter |
| Development and Validation of the Denver Critical Illness Intubation Entrustment (D-CITE) Tool | James Wykowskiydov |
| Is It Empathy or Something Else? A Case Study on Developing Data-informed Indicators of Item Misresponse. | Wendy Christensen |
| Beyond Grades: Cultivating Master Adaptive Learners through Ungrading | Meghan Hernandez |
| Development and use of a medical student professionalism alert dashboard | Sean Marshall |
| Pre-clinical Indicators of Professionalism Concerns during the Clerkship Year | Wendy Madigosky |
Location: Zoom
Moderator: TBD
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