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17th Annual Meeting LCI 2020
Keynote: Sandrijn van Scheik
Student track 1
“How to be an LC Expert” faculty panel
Caroline Gentile
Session 1
Oral Presentation A
Enhancing Student Character Development through a Longitudinal Coaching Program
Kurt Pfeifer
First year medical student experience: Hepatitis A vaccination clinic assessing attitudes towards those experiencing homelessness via six-word story
Joaquin Garcia
The Studio: Reducing student burnout and stress via collaborative virtual art experience
Lynn-Marie Jarrett
CASA: Career and Specialty Advising in Learning Communities
Lisa Gilmer
Session 2
Working on Students' ERAS Personal Statements During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Leonard Noronha
Session 3
Incorporating structural competency and anti-racism practice into the Learning Community
Carrie Francis
Session 4
Training LC Faculty to Develop Individualized Learning Plans Through ISMART Goals
Sathyanarayan Sudhanthar
Session 5
How can Mentors Build Community and Advise in their Small Groups in a Virtual World?
Maya Sardesai/Emily Frosch
Hot Topics
#1: Learning Community Faculty and Staff Talking about White Privilege, Race, and being Anti-racist
Megan McVancel/Rob Shochet
#2: What is Lost and What is Gained in Professional Identity Formation in Learning
Communities in a Virtual World?
Maya Sardesai
#3: What COVID-19 and George Floyd Demand from Academic Medical Institutions
Sharon Edwards
#4: Relationship-Centered Feedback
Lars Osterberg, Lexi Doyle, Ben Schwarz, Christine Xu
#5: Coaching Into Wellness for Medical Students
Debra Atkinsson
Session 6
Oral Presentations B
Feedback and Feedforward: The critical role of Master Assessors in Integrating an EPA-based Program of Assessment with student support systems
Meg Keeley
"Applying Principles of the Growth Mindset in the Context of Inequities: An Experiential Discussion on Being Human"
Ken Hopper
Clinician-Educators in Learning Communities Develop Through Action Research Projects
Stacy Plyman
Development of Empathy & Self-awareness competence through educational immersion activities
Sylvia Olivares
Session 7
Using Individualized Development Plans for Clerkship Students
Gaby Berger
Session 8
Topics in Relational Health
Eran Magen/Kim Pham
Session 9
Equitable Practices in Learning Communities: A Panel Discussion - Panelists: Thamanna Nishath MS3 (Univ of WA), Danika Franks (TCU and UNTHSC), Sara Tariq (Univ of Ark), Sara Fazio (Harvard), Jason Noah (UAB)
Molly B. Jackson
Featured Oral Presentation
Scaffolding Catalyst: The Role of Learning Communities in medical student professional identity formation
David Hatem and Brian Mavis
Student Track 2
Student track: workshop on optimizing student leadership structures within LCs
Brynn Uchiuji
Updates/Awards
18th Annual Meeting LCI 2021
Lash Nolen Keynote Presentation
The Only One: Moving Towards Anti-Racism Within Learning Communities
Oral Presentations A
Crisis and emergency preparedness: How to encourage and support medical student engagement in community crisis response
Presenters: Ekaterina Skaritanov, Benjamin Potee, and Camila Hernandez– University of Massachusetts Medical School
Interprofessional Learning Communities: Key factors and challenges
Presenters: Cesar Lucio and Angeles Dominguez - Tecnológico de Monterrey
Student-led approaches to wellness in virtual medical education
Presenters: Liz Patton, Brianna Wright, Katelyn Paulsen, and Piper Wenzel – University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
Featured Oral Presentations
Career exploration & decision-making among LC medical students who are Black, Indigenous & People of Color: A qualitative analysis of focus group discussions
Presenters: L’Oreal Kennedy and Bisu Asmerom – University of Washington School of Medicine,
Ashley Williams - Long Beach Memorial
Same goal, different paths: Fostering professional identity formation through learning communities
Presenters: David Hatem - University of Massachusetts Medical School, William Agbor-Baiyee -
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, Meg Keeley - University of Virginia Medical
School, and Silvia Olivares - Tecnológico de Monterrey
https://youtu.be/eDxeVsN5Voo
Oral Presentations B
Title: Reaching a national learning community
Presenters: Cesar Lucio - Tecnológico de Monterrey
Title: Longitudinal Coaching Through the learning community: Analyzing the experiences of the first
Ace (Active learning – Competency based – excellence focused) graduating class
Presenters: Lauren Parker and Lisa Gilmer – University of Kansas School of Medicine
Title: Integrating a longitudinal racial justice theme into a learning communities model
Presenters: Betsy Jones and Simon Williams – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Title: Mechanisms Underlying the Formation of medical students’ professional identities within
learning communities
Presenters: Maya Sardesai – University of Washington School of Medicine, Jessica Lewis – Florida
International University, Robert Shochet – Montefiore Medical Center, and Brian Mavis – Michigan
State University
19th Annual Meeting
19th Annual Meeting LCI 2020 - Tecnológico de Monterrey