Chicago campus - College of Medicine West Tower | May 14, 2025 | 8:00-4:15 pm
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Schedule
8:00-8:30 am | Breakfast and Welcome | CMWT 106 |
8:30-10:00 am |
Plenary & Panel Discussion Session
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Educational Affairs Presentation
Readiness for Residency Data |
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Program Directors Panel
Ready or not: Knowledge, skills & attitudes our graduates bring to residency Laura Brown, MD, PhD Program Director, General Surgery, Peoria Tatiana Dixon, MD Program Director, Otolaryngology, Chicago Karen Liao, MD Associate Program Director, Family Medicine, Rockford Adam Mikolajczyk, MD Program Director, Internal Medicine, Chicago Catherine Wheatley, MD Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chicago |
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10:00-10:15 am | Break | |
10:15-11:45 am | Breakout Session 1 | |
Pro Tips for Keeping Your Clerkship Organized + Q&A on the Canvas Transition (for Coordinators) Angie Fanuke, M.Ed. Medical Education Program Coordinator, Chicago Nabeela Rabbani Internal Medicine Clerkship Advisor, Chicago Cheryl McKearin Director of Instructional Technology and Design, Office of Educational Affairs |
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Standardized clinical assessment program: Current & future state
Emily Hall, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine Course Director, Fundamentals of Clinical Reasoning Family Medicine, Chicago |
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11:45-1:00 pm | Lunch | CMWT 220 |
1:00-2:00 pm |
Keynote Promoting equity and transparency in clinical grading Amber Pincavage, MD Co-Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine University of Chicago |
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2:00-2:15 pm | Break | |
2:15-4:00 pm | Breakout Session 2 | |
Building a Positive Learning Environment Alejandra M. Perez-Tamayo, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, General Surgery Associate Program Director, Chicago |
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New Foundational Competencies and optimizing the clinical performance form for assessment and evaluation (for faculty only) Ananya Gangopadhyaya, MD Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Chicago Asra Khan, MD M3/M4 Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine, Chicago Peggy Shiels, MD Phase 2/3 Curricular Director, DoCS Associate Director, Rockford Katherine Simeon, PhD Director of Assessment and Evaluation, UI College of Medicine |
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4:00-4:15 pm | Wrap-up and closing statements |
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Speakers and Presentations
Program Directors’ Panel
Jessica Ryan Hanks, MD, FAAP, FACP

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Head, Department of Health Sciences and Pathology;
Associate Professor of Clinical Health Sciences Education and Pathology;
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics
Session Moderator
Laura Brown, MD, PhD

Program Director, General Surgery, Peoria
Tatiana Dixon, MD

Program Director, Otolaryngology, Chicago
Karen Liao, MD

Associate Program Director, Family Medicine, Rockford
Adam Mikolajczyk, MD

Program Director, Internal Medicine, Chicago
Catherine Wheatley, MD

Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chicago
Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Amber Pincavage, MD

Co-Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine
University of Chicago
PRESENTERS AND BREAKOUT SESSION LEADERS
Presenters and Session Leaders
Ananya Gangopadhyaya, MD

Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Chicago
Emily Hall, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
Course Director, Fundamentals of Clinical Reasoning
Asra Khan, MD

M3/M4 Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine, Chicago
A. Perez-Tamayo, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
General Surgery Associate Program Director, Chicago
Peggy Shiels, MD

Phase 2/3 Curricular Director, DoCS Associate Director, Rockford
Katherine Simeon, PhD

Director of Assessment and Evaluation, UI College of Medicine