Thursday, September 18 Sessions (In-Person)
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IHER Conference Program
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9:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Session One, Workshop 5
Location: MEB, M3860
Transforming Pharmacy Education: Designing and Implementing Serious Learning Games
Facilitators: Rachel Kavanaugh, PharmD, BCACP, Lana Minshew, PhD, MEd; 91ɫƵ
Objectives:
- To describe application of various serious gaming strategies.
 - Understand the pedagogical foundations of serious games in pharmacy education.
 - Create actionable strategies for game implementation across different educational contexts.
 - Evaluate the effectiveness of serious games as educational interventions.
 
10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Session One | Oral Presentations 5
Location: MEB, M3850
Maximizing Readiness in Minimal Time: Evaluating a Three-Day Medical School Pre-Matriculation Course
Alexa Kambol, MMP, BS, 91ɫƵ
Cultural Humility in the Digital Age: Educating future Physicians on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Health
Adileen Sii, BS, 91ɫƵ
A Systematic Needs Assessment Identifies Critical Gaps for Geriatric Workforce Education
Angela Beckert, MD, 91ɫƵ
Impact of Difficult Conversation Simulations on Medical Students Communication Skills
Beatrice Mumm, BS, 91ɫƵ
Session Two | Fireside Chat
Location: MEB, M3860
Hidden Potential – Bringing out the Best in Medical Students and Medical Educators
Guest(s): Raj Narayan, MD; Jamie Jasti, MD; Mark Lodes, MD
Moderator: Margaret Samyn, MD, MBA, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Rationale: Educating medical students to become the next generation of clinicians and clinician scientists requires not only instruction in traditional basic sciences, patient-based discussions, and clinical skills, but also creative mentorship to unlock students’ hidden potential. As high-achievers, students are often averse to imperfection, failure, and performing duties before perceived mastery. However, these are all essential components of maximizing growth as described in Adam Grant’s Hidden Potential (Viking/ Penguin Random House). While mentorship programs exist in medical schools, mentors often receive on-the-job training while managing busy clinical or research roles and could benefit from guidance, so they can find their own hidden potential as educators.
Session Plan: Using Adam Grant’s 2023 publication, this panel will discuss the importance of developing character skills through a 3-part interactive discussion focusing on: 1) Embracing our discomfort towards failure to encourage “starting early” before full readiness, 2) Building our absorptive capacity for new information and constructive feedback, and 3) Accepting our imperfections with humility, so we can learn from our mistakes rather than shaming ourselves. Throughout the session, we will also discuss how supportive “scaffolding” can help students and educators overcome obstacles and how opportunities can be approached to build confidence, uncovering the best in medical students of all ages.
Learning Objectives: After attending, participants will understand how 1) To develop a “learning mindset” 2) To build supportive scaffolding 3) To increase student confidence through opportunities
Panel Experience: Margaret Samyn, MD, MBA (Assistant Dean for Scholarly Activities/ Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, 91ɫƵ) oversees Scholarly Concentrations, summer research program, and MD/MS dual degree programs. Jamie Jasti MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Director of the Resuscitation Research Center. Mark Lodes, MD, is Chief Medical Officer, Population Health and Medical Education and specializes in the medical care of children, adolescents, and adults.
Keynote Address | Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA | 12 – 1 p.m.
Leading Medical Education Teams Through Crisis
Location: Bolger Auditorium
Keynote Address Introductions and Opening Remarks
José Franco, MD
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Senior Associate Dean for Education
School of Medicine
91ɫƵ
John R. Raymond, Sr., MD
President and CEO
91ɫƵ
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA, is a professor in the department of medicine at the 91ɫƵ and the Milwaukee VA Medical Center. She has served as the medicine residency program director for the past eight years.
1:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Paper Poster Sessions | 91ɫƵ Cafeteria Lobby, 1st Floor
Flourish or Fade: A Scoping Review of Pharmacy Faculty Well-Being and Career Sustainability
Zachary A. Pape, PharmD, BCACP, 91ɫƵ
Choose Your Path to Board Exam Success: A Game-Changer for Students
Rachel Kavanaugh, PharmD, 91ɫƵ
Evaluation of a Peer Mentorship Program in the 91ɫƵ Clinician Educator Scholarly Concentration
Alexa Kambol, MS, BS, 91ɫƵ
Educating Mothers and Pregnant Women in a Women’s Shelter on Navigating Digital Information: A Digital Wellness Module 
Aylinh Eng, BS, 91ɫƵ
Thinking Like a Rheumatologist: Exploring the Script Concordance Test (SCT) as a Teaching Tool
Amanda Jimenez, MD, Emma Austenfeld, MD, MPH; 91ɫƵ
Assessing the Effectiveness of Workshops in Enhancing Medical Students’ Understanding of Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health
Rachel Jones, BS, 91ɫƵ
REACHing for Self-Care: Studying Medical Student Perceptions on Stress and Self-care
Brendan Koxlien, BS, 91ɫƵ
Developing a Co-Creation Collaborative: A Faculty-Student Team for Curriculum Innovation Collaboration
Priscilla Vazquez, BS, 91ɫƵ
Evaluation of Three-Year Pediatric Mock Code Simulation Curriculum
Jessica Kent, MBA, Amanda Rogers, MD; 91ɫƵ
Streamlining the 91ɫƵ EM Advising Experience: A Centralized Digital Platform for Medical Students
McKenna Knych, MD, 91ɫƵ
Quantifying Physician Associate and Nurse Practitioner Experience in Critical Care Fellowship
Kaitlin M Spiegelhoff, MMS, Sarah E. Vanderlinden, DMSc, PA-C; 91ɫƵ
Innovation in Health Care Education: Using AI Powered Early Alert System to Monitor and Support Student Well-Being
Jennifer Kusch, PhD, MS, MPH, 91ɫƵ
ASK-ADVISE-REFER: Improving Patient Access to Tobacco Cessation Resources in the Community Pharmacy via Pharmacy Technicians (A Pilot Study)
Mathew A. Letizia, PharmD, 91ɫƵ
Establishing a Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) at an Urban-Based Free Clinic
Jessica Angel-Gonzalez, BS, 91ɫƵ
RX Social Connection: Impact of Pharmacists on Social Isolation and Loneliness with Older Populations
Mathew A. Letizia, PharmD, 91ɫƵ
A Novel Abbe-Vermilion Switch Flap for Near-Total Upper Lip Reconstruction
Laura Whitney, BS, 91ɫƵ
Uterine Fibroid Education: Assessment of an On-Demand E-Learning Module on Medical Student Training
Maya Seshan, BS, 91ɫƵ
Advanced Anatomical Science Education in the 4th Year of Medical School
Melanie Gartz, PhD, MS, MHS, 91ɫƵ
A Proof-of-Concept Comparison of Learning Modalities in Medical Students
Nick Parks, BSN, Matthew Chinn, MD; 91ɫƵ
Real-time, Brief Reflections as a Tool to Foster Professional Identity Development in Medical Students
Noah Miller, BS, 91ɫƵ
Improving Project-Based Mentoring Skills of Faculty Who Mentor Medical Students
Makenzie Whalen, BS, 91ɫƵ
Assessing Online PRP Injection Information: Can ChatGPT Serve as a Reliable Evaluator?
Rushabh Shah, BS, 91ɫƵ
Enhancing the Research Experience of General Surgery Residents Through a Research-Year Writing Intervention
Amanda Jentsch, BA, 91ɫƵ
Exploring Cultural Humility in the Care of Muslim Patients: A Case Study-Based Approach for Medical Students
Tasmia Amjad, BS, 91ɫƵ
Accelerated Pathways to Surgical Residency: A Mixed Methods Analysis of M3/M4 Student Surgery Clerkship Performance and Perceived Readiness for Surgical Residency in Three-Year Medical School Curricula at 91ɫƵ-Milwaukee vs. Regional Campuses
Adalyn Strand, 91ɫƵ
The Effectiveness of Photovoice as a Tool to Increase Cultural Intelligence in Medical Education
Vishal Srinivasan, BS, Lana Minshew, PhD, MEd; 91ɫƵ
Unhiding the Hidden Curriculum in Medical Education
Alexis Cole, MS, 91ɫƵ
Medical Education: Debriefing of Adverse Events*
Adrianna Jelen, DO, 91ɫƵ Affiliated Hospitals