2025 Western GEA/GSA/OSR Conference: Full Schedule

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9:30am PDT

Supporting Learner Well-Being by Proactively Addressing Educator Well-Being

Saturday May 3, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am PDT

This workshop will highlight the systemic and cultural factors that impact medical educator well-being. The goal is to help participants identify potential solutions for their institutions to ensure the well-being of their educators, success of their learners, and ultimately the development of a healthy, diverse, and inclusive physician workforce.

Speakers

Allison P. Knight, PhD

Assistant Vice Dean for Student Affairs and Director of Student Wellness, Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University

Margaret Rea, PhD

Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, and Director Student and Resident Wellness, UC Davis School of Medicine

Saturday May 3, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Sellwood/Hawthorne

Workshop, Wellbeing and Flourishing

10:45am PDT

Pathways to a Diverse Physician Workforce: Holistic Admissions Practices and Mission-Based Pathway Programs

Saturday May 3, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am PDT

Sellwood/Hawthorne

This workshop will introduce holistic admissions practices, our institution’s outcomes in diversifying the physician workforce, and highlight formalized mission-based pathway programs as one framework to recruit and retain diverse trainees in medicine. Participants will explore strategies and best practices in holistic admission review, recruitment, and retention.

Speakers

Melody Tran-Reina, MD

Executive Director, Community Health Scholars, UC Davis School of Medicine

Lisandra Franco, MD, FACP

Assistant Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine

Stephany Sánchez, MD

Associate Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine

Sara Teasdale, MD, FACP

Associate Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine

Saturday May 3, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Sellwood/Hawthorne

Workshop, Expanding Knowledge, Practices, and Language in the Learning Environment

1:15pm PDT

Advocacy and the Generation Divide: A Gentle Medium

Saturday May 3, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT

Sellwood/Hawthorne

This workshop offers a conversational model for learners and educators in medical education, focused on bridging the generational differences. The workshop aims to improve a sense of belonging, address generational gaps, and support DEI values by using self-advocacy in supporting learners.

Speakers

Susan Guralnick, MD

Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Designated Institutional Official (DIO), UC Davis Health

Sheetal Shah, Ph.D.

Psychologist, UC Davis Health

Saturday May 3, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT
Sellwood/Hawthorne

Workshop, Professional and Leadership Development

2:30pm PDT

Leveraging Principle-Based AI Tools to Enhance Medical Education

Saturday May 3, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Sellwood/Hawthorne

This interactive workshop will apply the new AAMC Principles for Responsible AI in MedEd and will equip attendees with practical skills to integrate AI into medical education, advisement and support. Participants will leave with actionable strategies and a tools they can implement in their teaching, advisement, and administrative roles.

Speakers

Lisa Howley, PhD, MEd

Senior Director, Transforming Medical Education, Association of American Medical Colleges

Christy K. Boscardin, PhD

Professor, Department of Medicine and Anesthesia, UCSF

Christy Boscardin, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Medicine and Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and the Director of Student Assessment in the School of Medicine. Dr. Boscardin is also the Director of the Medical Education Scholarship for the Department of... Read More →

Saturday May 3, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Sellwood/Hawthorne

Workshop, AI, Simulation, and Technology