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2025 Western GEA/GSA/OSR Conference
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Monday, May 5
 

7:30am PDT

Registration
Monday May 5, 2025 7:30am - 10:00am PDT
Lloyd Center Ballroom
Monday May 5, 2025 7:30am - 10:00am PDT
Lloyd Center Ballroom
  Registration

8:00am PDT

Breakfast and Awards
Monday May 5, 2025 8:00am - 9:30am PDT
Multnomah + Holladay
Monday May 5, 2025 8:00am - 9:30am PDT
Multnomah + Holladay
  Meal

9:00am PDT

Leave of Absences Policies and Processes: Opportunities for Cross Department Collaboration
Monday May 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Mt. Hood
Leave of absence (LOA) policies from multiple institutions will be examined, as well as describing how students move through the process. Panelists will discuss challenges for students, administrators, registrars, and financial aid staff. Small group time will focus on workshopping LOA policies and also identifying who are key collaborators.
Speakers
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Debbie Blackstone, PhD

Registrar, University of Washington School of Medicine
Monday May 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Mt. Hood
  Panel, Professionalism and Academic Performance/Progression

9:00am PDT

Clinical Skills Assessment of Medical Students in a Post-Step 2 CS World: Discussion of opportunities for innovation and ways to mitigate challenges
Monday May 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Mt. St. Helens
With the discontinuation of Step 2 CS, it is important to discuss the future of clinical skills assessment, particularly as medical schools shift toward competency-based approaches. As members of the California Consortium for the Assessment of Clinical Competence (CCACC), we will facilitate a discussion of opportunities/challenges in clinical skills assessment.
Speakers
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Khiet DT Ngo, D.O., MSc.

Associate Professor Associate Dean for Clinical Skill Education & Innovation, University of California Riverside School of Medicine
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Alan Liu

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical Education; Associate Director, Clinical Skills Education and Evaluation Center, University of Southern California (USC)
Monday May 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Mt. St. Helens
  Small Group Discussion, Assessment and Evaluation

9:00am PDT

Paving the Path: A Model of Integrated Support From Pre-Medical Education through GME
Monday May 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Sellwood/Hawthorne
The medical education continuum is characterized by inherently stressful critical junctures that offer opportunities for intervention. This interactive session will describe the use of professional identity development and self-determination theory frameworks to develop an integrated pathway of learner support. Participants will identify opportunities to implement this model at their institutions.
Speakers
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Cloe Le Gall-Scoville

Director of Resident and Fellow Development, UC Davis
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Joanna Arnold

Director of the Office of Student Learning and Educational Resources, UC Davis
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Margaret Rea, PhD

Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, and Director Student and Resident Wellness, UC Davis School of Medicine
Monday May 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Sellwood/Hawthorne
  Workshop, Wellbeing and Flourishing

9:00am PDT

Storytelling…a Skills Workshop to Enhance Professional Identity Formation
Monday May 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Morrison/Ross Island
This storytelling workshop is a collaboration between students, student affairs, and faculty aimed at equipping educators with storytelling skills that focus on autonomy and professional identity formation.
Speakers
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Sara Stern

Faculty Co-Director of Professional Identity Formation, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
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Tom Hurtado

Senior Director of Student Affairs and Professional Identity Development, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
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Corey Shayman, PhD

MD-PhD Student, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
BJ

Brooke Johnston, MD

Co-Director of Professional Identity Formation, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
Monday May 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Morrison/Ross Island
  Workshop, Professional and Leadership Development

10:15am PDT

How to Build a House – Implementing a House Model in Medical School
Monday May 5, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Mt. Bachelor
In our small group discussion, we will describe our experience implementing a house model at our institution. We hope that participants can learn from our experiences and share their own development and implementation ideas for this model.
Speakers
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Jacob Robson

Associate Professor of Medicine, The Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
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Sara Wikstrom

Associate Professor of Medicine, The Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah
Monday May 5, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Mt. Bachelor
  Small Group Discussion, Transitions in Student Affairs and Medical Education

10:15am PDT

Transition into Clinical Workplace Learning: Becoming a Medical Professional
Monday May 5, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Three Sisters
The transition into workplace learning is fraught with challenges for students and educators. Successful strategies are necessary to motivate students, staff, and faculty to maximize engagement. This session offers an opportunity for faculty educators and education staff to apply relevant education theory, review literature, and brainstorm innovations to optimize learning.
Speakers
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Sara Clemons

Executive Director of Assessment, Curriculum and Evaluation, UCSF
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Sam Brondfield, MD, MA, FASCO

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California San Francisco
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Susannah Cornes, MD

Professor, UCSF
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Kristin Casey Callaghan

Curriculum Manager, Clinical Microsystem Clerkship, UCSF
Monday May 5, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Three Sisters
  Small Group Discussion, Transitions in Student Affairs and Medical Education

10:15am PDT

Exploring Transitions in Block Clerkships: Challenges, Opportunities, and Practical Strategies to Enhance Medical Student Learning and Professional Identity Development
Monday May 5, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Morrison/Ross Island
This workshop explores challenges and opportunities that medical students face during transitions in block clerkships. Participants will analyze the impact on learning and professional identity formation and will apply practical strategies, based on a higher education framework, to improve transitions and guide design of interventions in the clinical curricula.
Speakers
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Sahithee Batchu, BS

Medical Student or Ms., University of California, San Francisco
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Karen Hauer MD PhD

Professor, Vice Dean for Education, UCSF
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Bridget O’Brien, PhD, MS

Dr. or Professor of Medicine and Education Scientist in the Center for Faculty Educators at UCSF., University of California, San Francisco
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Shelene Stine, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Head of Assessment and Clinical Partnerships
Clinical Skills and PBL Faculty, Joint Medical Program, University of California, Berkeley/UCSF
Monday May 5, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Morrison/Ross Island
  Workshop, Transitions in Student Affairs and Medical Education

11:30am PDT

Closing & Debreif
Monday May 5, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Multnomah + Holladay
Monday May 5, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Multnomah + Holladay
  Plenary
 
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