Mayo Clinic Faculty Development 2025: Empowering Medical Educators
This course offers Live (in-person) only.
June 13 - 15, 2025 - Four Seasons Hotel Denver - Denver, Colorado
Course Directors: Heather A. Billings, Ph.D., Mira T. Keddis, M.D., Devyani Lal, M.D., and Jon T. Nordrum, D.P.T., D.Sc.
This course aims to build meaningful connections and cultivate a sense of belonging for medical educators through lecture-based and small-group discussions. Successful ways of engaging with learners, teaching mentors to be coaches, and ways to mitigate burnout by rediscovering happiness, joy, gratitude, and value in teaching and medical education are covered in this work-life integrated activity.
Target Audience
This course is designed for healthcare professionals who have faculty and teaching responsibilities in allied health, undergraduate, graduate, or post-doctoral educational programs. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists may benefit from this program.
Learning Objectives
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Mayo Clinic Faculty Development:
Empowering Biomedical Educators
June 13-15, 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025 |
6:30 a.m. | Breakfast and Networking |
7:20 a.m. | Welcome Announcements Heather A. Billings, Ph.D.; Mira T. Keddis, M.D.; Devyani Lal, M.D. and Jon T. Nordrum, D.P.T., D.Sc. |
| Day 1 |
7:30 a.m. | Finding Joy and Filling Our Educator Buckets: The Art of Thriving in Academia Anne L. Shandera-Ochsner, Ph.D., L.P. |
8:00 a.m. | Mini-Symposium: Practical Take-Aways to Building a 3-Shield Career Mira T. Keddis, M.D.; Devyani Lal, M.D.; Abba C. Zubair, M.D., Ph.D. |
8:45 a.m. | Thriving in Healthcare Requires Us to be BOTH Educators and Learners Alexandra P. Wolanskyj-Spinner, M.D. |
9:15 a.m. | Hindsight is 20/20: Characteristics of the “Right Applicant” Megan E. Brown, M.S.N., R.N.; Abba C. Zubair, M.D., Ph.D.; Lopa Misra, D.O. |
9:45 a.m. | Q and A Session Faculty |
10:00 a.m. | Refreshment Break and Exhibits |
10:30 a.m. | Did You Know: Microsoft AI Tools for Academics and Educators Nelly Tan, M.D. |
11:00 a.m. | What Will it Take For AI To Get Off Our Benches and Into Our Trenches? Imon Banerjee, Ph.D |
11:30 a.m. | Using the ACGME Clinician Educator Milestones as a Means to Support Professional Assessment and Growth as Medical Educators Viet D. Do., D.O., and Adrijana Anderson, P.A. |
12:15 p.m. | Panel: How to Use AI Safely, Effectively and Ethically as Teachers, Learners and Evaluators Praneetha R. Elugunti, M.H.A., M.B.A. and Sally Anne Brown, J.D. |
12:45 p.m. | Q and A Session Faculty |
1:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
2:30 p.m.
| Workshop: Working with AI to Advance Academically Jennifer A. Allen, M.Ed.; Elissa R. Hall, Ed.D., M.A.; Imon Banerjee, Ph.D |
5:00 p.m. | Reception |
Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
6:30 a.m. | Breakfast and Exhibits |
7:20 a.m. | Announcements |
| Day 2 |
7:30 a.m. | Mini-Symposium – Science of Teaching and Learning: Make it Stick Principles Steven Bowers, M.D. |
8:15 a.m. | You Want Me to Teach What?? Designing Efficient and Effective Curriculum-Micro Teaching Matthew A. Rewald, C.Ph.T. |
8:45 a.m. | Identifying the Struggling Learner Denise M. Dupras, M.D., Ph.D.; Krystal M. Renszel, D.O. |
9:15 a.m. | How to Help Your Learners Excel with a Gritty Growth Mindset Neha P. Raukar, M.D., M.S. |
9:45 a.m. | Creating Trust with Learners and Trainees Nina R. Spears, DHA, M.S.N., R.N.; Shannon K. Laughlin-Tommaso, M.D. |
10:15 a.m. | Q and A Session Faculty |
10:30 a.m. | Refreshment Break and Exhibits |
11:00 a.m. | Mini-Symposium – Evaluation Strategies for Constructive Feedback: Mitigating Biases in Oral and Written Evaluations and Formative Assessments Beth L. Ladlie MD M.P.H.; Mariela Rivera, M.D. |
11:45 a.m. | CE Fellow Track: Is it “Service”? Linking the Everyday to Milestones and Accreditation Metrics for Learners and Trainees, Program Evaluation from Learner Perspective Nitin Mishra, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.; CE Learners |
12:15 p.m. | CE Fellow Track: Keys to Reducing Remediation in Medical Education Amit A. Shah, M.D.; Andrea N. Leep Hunderfund, M.D., M.H.P.E.; CE Learners |
12:45 p.m. | Facilitated Q&A with Presenters Heather A. Billings, Ph.D. and Mira T. Keddis, M.D. |
1:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Sunday, June 15, 2025 |
6:30 a.m. | Breakfast and Exhibits |
7:20 a.m. | Announcements |
| Day 3 |
7:30 a.m. | Leveraging the Art and Science of Gratitude as Learners and Educators TBD |
8:00 a.m. | Building Accountability and Ownership in Learners Brynn K. Dredla, M.D. |
8:30 a.m. | Medicolegal Perspectives in the Academic Environment: Prevention and Mitigation Sally Anne Brown, J.D. |
9:00 a.m. | Managing Learning Accommodations: Effective Strategies for Accommodating Learners with Disabilities and Other Needs Kara E. James, M.S., CRC |
9:30 a.m. | Q and A Session Faculty |
9:45 a.m. | Refreshment Break and Exhibits |
10:15 a.m. | Mini-seminar: Experiential Learning Possibilities AR/VR/XR, Scenarios and Practice Aman Anand, Ph.D.; Diana J. Kelm, M.D. |
11:00 a.m. | Purposeful Practice: Preparing Student Physical Therapists for Interprofessional Collaboration Using SBAR Beth A. Cloud-Biebl, Ph.D., P.T., D.P.T. and Andrea N. Leep Hunderfund, M.D., M.H.P.E. |
11:30 a.m. | CE Fellow Track: What is the Hidden Curriculum and How to Teach and Navigate Through It Alexander S. Niven, M.D.; Beth L. Ladlie, M.D., M.P.H.; Leila M. Tolaymat, M.D. and Terri Nordin, M.D. |
12:15 p.m. | Facilitated Q&A with Presenters Heather A. Billings, Ph.D.; Mira T. Keddis, M.D.; Devyani Lal, M.D. and Jon T. Nordrum, D.P.T., D.Sc. |
12:30 p.m. | Course Feedback and Topic Ideas for Next Year’s Conference Heather A. Billings, Ph.D.; Mira T. Keddis, M.D.; Devyani Lal, M.D. and Jon T. Nordrum, D.P.T., D.Sc. |
12:45 p.m. | Adjourn |
All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.
Travel
Located in the heart of downtown Denver’s bustling Theatre District, The Four Seasons puts you across the street from the Denver Performing Arts Complex and three blocks from the Colorado Convention Center. We’re also just a short walk from some of the city’s best shopping, including the famed 16th Street Mall and the boutiques of historic Larimer Square. Three professional sports arenas, offering baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer, are just minutes away, as are family-friendly attractions such as the aquarium, the botanic gardens, and the renowned Denver Zoo.
Closest Airport: Denver International
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