2025 Western GEA/GSA/OSR Conference: Full Schedule

9:30am PDT

Revolutionizing Assessment: Leveraging AI to Expand Test Banks and Enhance Rationales in MCQs

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

This workshop equips participants with practical strategies for using AI to enhance assessments. Participants will learn how to efficiently expand test banks and improve MCQ rationales through hands-on activities and discover actionable AI techniques to elevate the quality of formative assessments and optimize the assessment development process at their institution.

Speakers

Rosemary Tyrrell

Director of the Office of Faculty Development and Assistant Professor, University of California Riverside

Sherif Hassan, MD

Executive Associate Dean, Pre-clerkship Medical Education, University of California Riverside

Saturday May 3, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Morrison/Ross Island

Workshop, AI, Simulation, and Technology

10:45am PDT

How to use Foundational and Clinical Science Integration Tools to Support Clinical Decision Making Skills Development

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

Morrison/Ross Island

Cognitive integration is foundational for development of the master adaptive learner leading to adaptive expertise in clinical practice. This workshop provides evidence for the value of cognitive integration, then introduces practical tools that can be applied in pre-clerkship and clerkship settings to promote cognitive integration in teaching and learning.

Speakers

Khiet DT Ngo, D.O., MSc.

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

Kathryn E. Miller, M.D.

Director Sciences and Art of Medicine Integrated
Assistant Dean for Longitudinal Clinical Education
Associate Professor Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Saturday May 3, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Morrison/Ross Island

Workshop, Curriculum: Teaching and Learning Pedagogies and Curricular Innovation

1:15pm PDT

Imposter Syndrome: Implications and Interventions to Promote Student Success

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

Morrison/Ross Island

This workshop will present a model of well-being and academic success of health professions students developed in a longitudinal study. Participants will explore findings related to impostor syndrome and its relationship to pre-matriculation variables and the learning environment, and design interventions to be used at their home institutions.

Speakers

Karl Jandrey, DVM

Professor and Associate Dean Admissions and Student Programs, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Michael Wilkes, MD, PhD

Professor, University of California, Davis

Margaret Rea, PhD

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

Saturday May 3, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT
Morrison/Ross Island

Workshop, Wellbeing and Flourishing

2:30pm PDT

The Fight Against Human Trafficking: Empowering Healthcare Professionals Through Education and Action

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

Morrison/Ross Island

This workshop equips healthcare professionals to identify and support human trafficking victim-survivors using trauma-informed care. Participants will engage in case-based learning, role-playing exercises, and expert panels, gaining practical skills to integrate anti-trafficking education within healthcare settings while prioritizing personal wellbeing.

Speakers

Mikayla Mefford, MPH

AMWA-PATH Student Research & Education Chair; Medical Student, UCLA, American Medical Women's Association-Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans; University of California Los Angeles,

Elizabeth Berdan, MD, MS, FAAP, FAPSA, FACS

AMWA-PATH Physician Research and Education Chair; Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgeon; American Medical Women's Association-Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans

AboutPhysicians Against the Trafficking of Humans (PATH) was founded by AMWA in 2014 in order to educate physicians, residents, and medical students about issues surrounding human trafficking. Celebrating a Decade of Awareness raising and trainingMission StatementTo help medical professionals better care for victims of human trafficking by:Enhancing awareness of the scope of the problemIdentifying at-risk patients by utilizing victim-centered interviewing techniquesProviding and promoting trauma-informed careEquipping health professionals to intervene safely on behalf of patientsConnecting patients, prov... Read More →

Saturday May 3, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Morrison/Ross Island

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

7:30am PDT

WGEA Networking Meeting

Sunday May 4, 2025 7:30am - 8:00am PDT

Morrison/Ross Island

Open to All

Sunday May 4, 2025 7:30am - 8:00am PDT
Morrison/Ross Island

Meeting

9:30am PDT

Med School Marble Fill Frenzy: A Game Approach to Normalizing the Ups & Downs and Support Services during Medical School

Sunday May 4, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am PDT

Morrison/Ross Island

Come experience the game environment used during MS1 orientation to normalize challenges medical students experience and the access to appropriate resources. Learn how the game was developed, student reactions, impact on usage of student support services, and learn how you can develop your own game.

Speakers

Naveena Rai

Christina Granillo

Director of Academic Success, UC Riverside School of Medicine

Jackeline de Luna, MS

Academic Specialist, UC Riverside School of Medicine

Hi, I’m Jackeline De Luna! I’m an academic specialist at the UCR School of Medicine with a passion for empowering students—especially those navigating high-stress, high-stakes academic environments. With over five years of experience in student support, I specialize in academic... Read More →

Janelle Martinez MBA

Academic Specialist, UC Riverside School of Medicine

As an Academic Specialist at the UC Riverside School of Medicine, I am dedicated to enhancing the educational journey of our students, particularly during their preclerkship years. I specialize in developing visual resources and designing content that is easily digestible, leveraging... Read More →

Sunday May 4, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Morrison/Ross Island

Workshop, Advising Strategy and Models

10:45am PDT

A WISE Way to Teach Sharing Difficult News

Sunday May 4, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am PDT

Morrison/Ross Island

In this workshop participants will learn, discuss and practice a simple and new approach to teaching preclinical medical students to effectively share difficult news. Participants will discuss curricular challenges and solutions faced by faculty preparing early learners to effectively communicate in complex patient care situations.

Speakers

Deb Seymour

Assistant Dean for Student Success, Univeristy of Colorado, SOM

Anna Munoa, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, DOCS Communication Associate Director
Associate Professor
University of Colorado, School of Medicine

Sunday May 4, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
Morrison/Ross Island

Workshop, Curriculum: Teaching and Learning Pedagogies and Curricular Innovation

1:15pm PDT

Approaches to Equitable and Effective Professionalism Feedback Conversations

Sunday May 4, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT

Morrison/Ross Island

This workshop will use small group work and role-play to explore approaches to professionalism feedback discussions that are equitable and adaptable. The workshop will examine how power, emotions, teacher-learner relationships, and identity influence professionalism feedback discussions.

Speakers

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

Daniela Maristany MD

Assistant Professor, UCSF

Karen Hauer MD PhD

Professor, Vice Dean for Education, UCSF

Lavjay Butani MD

Sunday May 4, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT
Morrison/Ross Island

Workshop, Professionalism and Academic Performance/Progression

2:30pm PDT

Generative AI as Co-pilot for Developing High Quality MCQ Items

Sunday May 4, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Morrison/Ross Island

This workshop will review the features of a high-quality USMLE multiple choice question item. Participants will be introduced to and practice three strategies to develop USMLE-style MCQ questions. Participants should bring laptop computers and have access to log-in versions of commonly used commercial AI platforms.

Speakers

Christina Granillo

Director of Academic Success, UC Riverside School of Medicine

Khiet DT Ngo, D.O., MSc.

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

Tejal Khandhar, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of California Riverside School of Medicine

Christina Stirwalt, MS3

Third Year Medical Student (Class of 2026), University of California Riverside School of Medicine

Sunday May 4, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Morrison/Ross Island

Workshop, Assessment and Evaluation

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

Sara Stern

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

Tom Hurtado

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

Corey Shayman, PhD

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

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

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

Workshop, Transitions in Student Affairs and Medical Education