2025 Western GEA/GSA/OSR Conference: Full Schedule

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

7:30am PDT

WGSA Business Meeting

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

Sellwood/Hawthorne

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

Meeting

9:30am PDT

Elevating the Role of Student Affairs in Medical Education Scholarship

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

Sellwood/Hawthorne

This interactive workshop will equip student affairs professionals with tools to elevate their contributions to medical education through scholarship. Participants will identify opportunities, overcome barriers, and develop practical strategies for initiating and sustaining scholarly projects to integrate scholarship into their roles, and advocate for the recognition of student affairs contributions.

Speakers

Cherie Singer

Associate Dean of Student Affairs, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine

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

Workshop, Professional and Leadership Development

10:45am PDT

Survey Design: A MESRE Workshop

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

Sellwood/Hawthorne

This workshops will enable participants to describe conceptual and pragmatic issues in surveydesign, apply a framework for survey design, and compose high-quality survey items

Speakers

Sam Brondfield, MD, MA, FASCO

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

Odinakachukwu (Odi) Ehie, MD, MAEd, FASA

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

Workshop, Professional and Leadership Development

1:15pm PDT

Balancing the Demands of the Race for Competitiveness for Residencies with Medical Education

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

Sellwood/Hawthorne

As students struggle to distinguish themselves for residency applications, more emphasis has been placed on achieving higher step 2 scores, significant experiences, and research. In this panel discussion, strategies for medical education and student affairs collaboration to address these challenges will be discussed.

Speakers

Stephanie K. Zia, MD, MACM, FAAP, FACP, FHM

Assistant Dean for Career Advising, Office of Student Affairs
Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics & Medical Education, Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California

Lisa R. Shah-Patel, MD

Director, Career and Professional AdvisingClinical Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

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

Panel, Advising Strategy and Models

1:15pm PDT

Leveraging AI to Enhance Medical Student Learning and Support

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

Sellwood/Hawthorne

This workshop explores how AI can enhance medical education through student data analysis, question generation, and clinical scenario modification. Participants will engage in hands-on activities to personalize learning, identify at-risk students, and create adaptive questions, gaining practical skills to improve student support and exam preparation.

Speakers

Adeste Sipin, MA

Director, Academic Support, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

Reem Shehata, M.Ed

Coordinator, Academic Support, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

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

Workshop, AI, Simulation, and Technology

2:30pm PDT

The NEXT STEP1 Project: Practical Strategies and Resources for USMLE/COMLEX Pass/Fail Transition

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

Sellwood/Hawthorne

In 2022, the USMLE Step 1/COMLEX Level 1 exams transitioned to Pass/Fail. The NEXT STEP1 Project, a collaboration of four AAMC groups, was launched to create strategies for adapting to this change. Participants will explore practical approaches to implement strategies at their institutions, focusing on curriculum, advising, and residency applications.

Speakers

Julie Youm

Associate Dean, Education Compliance & Quality
Director, Educational Technology, University of California Irvine

Nagaraj Gabbur

ObGyn Program Director, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health

Michael Campion

Director, Academic & Learning Technologies, University of Washington School of Medicine

Michael Campion, M.Ed., serves as Director of Academic and Learning Technologies at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM), where his team partners with faculty and students in the effective use of technology and data to support medical student education. Examples... Read More →

Gordon J Green, MD, MEd, EdD

Senior Associate Dean for Simulation & Patient Safety
Professor of Medical Education, California University of Science and Medicine

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

Workshop, Transitions in Student Affairs and Medical Education

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

Workshop, Wellbeing and Flourishing

2025 Western GEA/GSA/OSR Conference

9:30am PDT

Allison P. Knight, PhD

Margaret Rea, PhD

10:45am PDT

Melody Tran-Reina, MD

Lisandra Franco, MD, FACP

Stephany Sánchez, MD

Sara Teasdale, MD, FACP

1:15pm PDT

Susan Guralnick, MD

Sheetal Shah, Ph.D.

2:30pm PDT

Lisa Howley, PhD, MEd

Christy K. Boscardin, PhD

7:30am PDT

9:30am PDT

Cherie Singer

10:45am PDT

Sam Brondfield, MD, MA, FASCO

Odinakachukwu (Odi) Ehie, MD, MAEd, FASA

1:15pm PDT

Stephanie K. Zia, MD, MACM, FAAP, FACP, FHM

Lisa R. Shah-Patel, MD

1:15pm PDT

Adeste Sipin, MA

Reem Shehata, M.Ed

2:30pm PDT

Julie Youm

Nagaraj Gabbur

Michael Campion

Gordon J Green, MD, MEd, EdD

9:00am PDT

Cloe Le Gall-Scoville

Joanna Arnold

Margaret Rea, PhD