EdVenture 2025 presented by the Woodward Center for Excellence

in Health Sciences Education

Survivor: Academic Health System Edition. Strategies for Success in an Evolving Climate

9-9:50 a.m.

Presenters: Alex Horwitz, MD, and Tiffany Whitcomb, DVM, DACLAM

Title: Defining “foundational science” for Phase I of medical school. How do we work together to get students what they need?

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss opportunities and obstacles of basic science education in medical schools nationwide.
• Discuss opportunities and obstacles of basic science education in Phase I of PSCOM.
• Describe key features of the updated Guiding Principles for Phase I Foundational Science Education
• Brainstorm ideas for reaching educational goals for Foundational Sciences in Phase I in a way that’s inclusive of faculty from a variety of disciplines and student-centered

Session Description: Medical educators face a variety of challenges when planning foundational science lectures during Phase I, including: managing the volume of information, deciding what students need to learn in order to move into clinical medicine and successfully pass the USMLE exam, figuring out how the material fits into the context of the course, and teaching at the appropriate level of phase I students. During this session we’ll use common scenarios to explore opportunities and obstacles that faculty face when planning to teach in Phase I. We’ll introduce newly approved Guiding Principles or Phase I Foundational Sciences Education and brainstorm together about how to apply the guidelines in an inclusive and interdisciplinary way.

Event is via Zoom only.

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10-10:50 a.m.

Presenters: Erika Saunders, MD, and Jay Raman, MD, FACS, FRCS(Glasg)

Title: How can leaders and educators work together to support our education mission?

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the resource needs and sources of support for education at the departmental level.
• Discuss potential barriers of effective collaboration between educators and other departmental leaders.
• Identify strategies for effective and efficient collaboration that maintains excellence in education as its primary goal.

Session Description: Education is the key mission of the COM, but higher education in medicine is increasingly resource-constrained. Educators are tasked with creating quality experiences, while department chairs and other institutional leaders are constantly faced with hard decisions about resource allocation. How can Chairs and other leaders, and the educators who work with them, best work together to serve the education mission?

Event is via Zoom only.

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11-11:50am

Presenters:  Kevin Black, MD and Mumtaz Darbar, MD

Title:  But I Don’t Have Time to Teach

Learning Objectives:

• Review source of funds to the COM and current financial status
• Review effort allocation
• Discuss strategies to align budgeted effort allocation and recognition with work done to support the COM

Event is via Zoom only.

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Noon-1 p.m.

Presenters:
Tonya Fancher, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Associate Dean, Workforce Innovation and Education Quality Improvement
Director, Center for a Diverse Healthcare Workforce
Interim Division Head, General Internal Medicine and Bioethics
Vice Chair, Workforce Diversity
Professor, General Internal Medicine
University of California Davis School of Medicine

Lindsay Mazotti, MD, FACP (she/her)
Chief Medical Officer, Medical Education and Science
Sutter Health

Catherine C. Skae, MD, DSc
Senior Vice President for Graduate Medical Education
Montefiore Medical Center
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Title: Turning Adversity into Opportunity: Stories of Grit and Innovation from Educators

Learning Objectives:

• Acknowledge the inherent challenges to professional success in health sciences education.
• Review practical approaches to leadership in challenging times.
• Discuss strategies to promote personal and institutional growth when faced with difficult situations.

Event is via Zoom only.

1:10 p.m. 2:10 p.m.

Presenter: Karl Clebak, MD, MHA, FAAFP
Oral Presentations: Resident/Fellow Research Day
Event is on behalf of Graduate Medical Education.
Please contact Stephanie States, sstates@pennstatehealth.psu.edu, with questions
Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/j/97143207400  (calendar invite not available)

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5-6 p.m. – Poster viewing

In-person only: University Fitness Center, 30 Conference Drive, Hershey, PA 17033

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6-7:30 p.m. – Awards Ceremony

In-person only: University Fitness Center, 30 Conference Drive, Hershey, PA 17033