Focus Session Presenters

Presenters are listed alphabetically by last name. Click on the magnifying glass to read each speaker's bio!


Carol Nichols
Carol Nichols
Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine
Associate Dean and Chair Foundational Sciences
Focus Session: Furthering Innovation: Merging Clinical Presentation Decision Trees with Case-Based Learning






Roshini Pinto-Powell
Roshini Pinto-Powell
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Associate Dean of Admissions, Director of On Doctoring
Focus Session: From Bot to Bedside: AI Patient Actors for Training in Clinical Reasoning and Communication Skills



Rachel Porter
Rachel Porter
Duke University Physician Assistant Program
Director of Preclinical Education
Focus Session: Applying a Health Humanities Framework to Enhance Medical Education






Kelly Quesnelle
Kelly Quesnelle
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
Clinical Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Focus Session: Integrating Sex and Gender into Medical Education Using a Novel Toolkit for Curricular Assessment and Revision



Daniel Richards
Daniel Richards
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Associate Professor
Focus Session: Hack Our Way to Create Effective Longitudinal Interprofessional Learning






Kara Sawarynski
Kara Sawarynski
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Associate Professor & Assistant Dean for Accreditation & CQI
Focus Session: Moving Past “Kids These Days”: Leveraging Intergenerational Perspectives to Unlock Teaching & Learning Together




Dawn Shell
Dawn Shell
Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Phase Director of Curriculum, SGL Year 1
Focus Session: Teaching Students to Provide Effective Feedback with the Situation-Behavior-Impact (SBI) Framework