Conference Evaluations

Plenaries
Focus Sessions
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Plenaries

Sunday, June 7, 2026
Plenary: Leading With Purpose in Turbulent Times: Reconnecting to What Matters Most8:30 AM - 9:30 AM 
Plenary: Ken Masters1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 
Monday, June 8, 2026
Plenary: Future Flourishing: A Proposal for Health Sciences Learner Leadership Development8:30 AM - 9:30 AM 
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Plenary: MicroSkills to Navigate Your Career11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 

Focus Sessions

Sunday, June 7, 2026
Focus Session: Active Learning in Pathophysiology: Applications of AI-Enabled Physiology Models9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Focus Session: Adapting Leadership Frames for Personal Growth and Professional Flourishing9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Focus Session: A New Era of Learning: Curricular Innovation for a Pass/Fail World9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Focus Session: Connecting the Dots: Assessing Competency in Medical Knowledge Integration9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Focus Session: Developing Reflective Practitioners: Using Learning Objectives as Metacognitive Scaffolds for Pre-Clerkship Self-Assessment9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Focus Session: Expanding Perspectives: International Opportunities for Medical Science Educators9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Focus Session: Flourishing Amidst Contemporary Leadership Challenges: Frameworks and Resources for Success9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Focus Session: Leveraging Generative AI for Open Education Resources (OER): Accelerating Accessible Health Professions Education for All9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Focus Session: Transforming Case-Based Learning (CBL): Biomedical Scientists as Personal Storytellers to Enhance Interdisciplinary Learning9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Focus Session: Using the Novel SHIFT (Session-Level Horizontal Integration Fit for Teaching) Conceptual Framework for Horizontal Integration in Health Professions Education9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 
Monday, June 8, 2026
Focus Session: AI-Enhanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning in Health Sciences: Designing Questions and Bots for Deep Learning10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Changing the Psychological Air in Your Learning Environment – How Instructor Signals Impact Well-Being10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Flourishing as Role Models: Empowering Basic Science Educators to Drive Competency-Based Medical Education10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Humanizing Medical Education: Bioethics as the Foundation of Flourishing in the Contemporary Educational Revolution10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Make the Match: Designing Interactive Lab-Clinical Correlation Games for Medical Learners10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Practicing in a Polarized World: Teaching Civility to Trainees10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Professional Development of Medical Educators Using the GLASS Tool: Designing Faculty Development Sessions for Leadership in Longitudinal and Integrated Curricula10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Protecting Gender Equity in Times of Political Uncertainty: Institutional Strategies for Adaptability and Growth10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Teaching Students to Fail Well: Applying the Science of Productive Failure10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Using a Coaching Approach to Level-Up Your Mentoring10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 
Focus Session: Advancing Your Career in Health Professions Education Scholarship3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Focus Session: Beyond Words: Voice-Native AI Patient Actors with Personality and Prosody Analysis for Diagnostic Reasoning and Communication Skills3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Focus Session: Flourishing as a Health Sciences Educator: Personal Development, Curriculum Development, and Professional Development3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Focus Session: Grow Through What You Go Through: Turning Educational Setbacks into Breakthroughs3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Focus Session: How Do You Measure Non-Curricular Program Success Beyond Satisfaction?3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Focus Session: Innovation Exchange: Advancing Cumulative Learning in the Pre-Clerkship Phase of Medical Education3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Focus Session: Restorative Justice in Academic Medicine: Healing Harm, Building Trust, Cultivating Resilient Communities3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Focus Session: Supporting Struggling Learners in International Medical Education Programs: Applying Self-Regulated Learning Theories in Practice3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Focus Session: The Quest for Gamified Learning: Play Your Way Through Educational Game Development with AI Tools at Your Side3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Focus Session: Understanding and Maximizing the Suspension of Disbelief in Experiential Learning3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Focus Session: A Toolkit for Integrating AI into Medical Education8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 
Focus Session: Competence, Efficiency, and Confidence: A Framework for Supporting Adaptability and Growth in Health Professions Learners8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 
Focus Session: Cultivation of Pre-Professional Identity Formation: Lessons Learned from Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program Students8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 
Focus Session: DEI in Transition: Lessons from the US for Health Sciences Communities Worldwide8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 
Focus Session: Flourishing Through Change: The Transformative Power of Validation in Health Professions Education8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 
Focus Session: Harnessing AI for Communication Skills Training in Medical Education: From Pilot Study to Practical Implementation8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 
Focus Session: Navigating Integrated Curriculum Challenges8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 
Focus Session: Self-Directed Mentorship: A Mentee-Centered Framework for Scalable, Equitable Growth8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 
Focus Session: Using Team-Based Learning to Bridge Perspectives on AI in Health Professions Education8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 
Focus Session: When Education Innovations Fail: Adaptive Responses to Regroup and Recover8:15 AM - 9:45 AM 

Oral Presentation Blocks