It is with great excitement that we announce Medical Education Day scheduled for May 29th, 2025 in Madison, Wisconsin at the Health Sciences Learning Center.
This will be a live event and we hope all faculty and staff will join us from around the state.
2025 Poster List 2025 Workshop List
2025 Event Details
Keynote: Trust but Verify: Using AI in Health Professions Education
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming health professions education, offering scalable solutions for assessment, feedback, and learner development. In this session, we will explore real-world applications of AI, including automated grading of clinical notes and video analysis in simulation-based encounters. Drawing on projects like Night on Call, we will walk through the considerations of how AI tools are trained, deployed, and evaluated for use in the health professions drawing on specific examples. Participants will gain insight into the validation frameworks that ensure these tools are reliable, fair, and educationally meaningful. We’ll also discuss how AI-generated feedback supports both learner growth and faculty efficiency, while addressing the ethical and practical considerations critical to responsible implementation.
Keynote Speaker:
Tavinder K. Ark, PhD
Associate Professor, Data Science Institute, Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS), Medical College of Wisconsin.
Dr. Ark’s research focuses on the effective use of data visualization to enhance student learning, the development and validation of artificial intelligence models as co-collaborative systems in medical education (Feedback Assist), and studying the transition to residency through Night-on-Call. She is also interested in evolving statistical modeling techniques, including ideal point vs. Likert scales and latent class/profile analyses. Dr. Ark has held research and leadership roles at New York University School of Medicine, the Human Early Learning Partnership, and Population Data BC. Her work includes developing data infrastructure, advancing data linkage algorithms, and conducting complex analyses such as latent profile analysis and natural language processing. She provides institutional expertise in study design, psychometrics, and data-driven curriculum evaluation. Dr. Ark earned her BSc and MSc in Psychology at McMaster University in the areas of Cognition and Medical Education and her PhD from the University of British Columbia PhD from the University of British Columbia in Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology with a focus on Generalizability Theory, Covariance Matrix Modeling, and Structural Equation Modeling.
2025 Schedule
Morning Schedule
8:30 am – 9:00 am REGISTRATION and REFRESHMENTS
9:00 am – 10:30 am PLENARY SESSION
Welcome Remarks: Dean Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA, FAS
Presentation of Dean’s Teaching Awards and Dean’s Award for Excellence in Medical Student Research Mentorship: Deans Elizabeth Petty, MD and Christine Seibert, MD, FACP
Keynote Address: Tavinder K. Ark, PhD; Trust but Verify: Using AI in Health Professions Education
10:30 am – 10:45 am BREAK & TRANSITION
10:45 am – 11:45 am WORKSHOPS
Coaching for Impact: Cultivating Better Learning Environments Justin Endo, MD, MHPE, CPC; Kelly Herold, MD; Jami Simpson, MS, ACC, TICC & Julia Yates, MSSW, LSCW
Getting Climate Smart! Innovative Medical Education for Teaching /Learning About Climate Impacts on Health Across the Continuum Kjersti Knox, MD; Deborah Simpson, PhD; Anne Getzin, MD; Kathryn Agard CMP, PMP; Lawrence Moore, MD, MPH & Jacob Bidwell, MD
Moving ForWard: Curriculum Enhancements, Trainings, and Tips for Phase 2 and 3 Curriculum Kimberly Lansing, MD, PhD; Kyla Lee, MD; Irina Shakhnovich, MD; Molly Sygulla, MD & Kenneth Merkitch, MD
Replacing the Chalk Talk with Pseudo-Improvised Teaching Laura Zakowski, MD & Amy Zelenski, PhD
Training the Narrative Mind: Strengthening Reflection, Connection, and Care Kevin Wyne, PA-C, MPAS, MSc & Abby McGuire, PA-C, MPAS
Vivid Vignettes: How to Model and Teach Patient-Centered Note Writing Elizabeth Fleming, MD; Jessica Babal, MD; Katherine Bakke, MD; Liana Eskola, MD; Nicole Nelson, PhD & Stephannie Acha-Morfaw, MD
11:45 am – 12:30 pm POSTER SESSION
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm LUNCH & NETWORKING
Afternoon Schedule
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm LCME SESSION
UWSMPH is currently engaged in its self-study for the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) reaccreditation of the MD degree. This session will inform attendees about the process, important dates and deadlines, and the attendees’ role in ensuring successful reaccreditation. We will spend the majority of the time in breakout groups to review and discuss data from our Independent Student Analysis regarding responsiveness to student feedback, mistreatment prevention activities, storage space at clinical sites, amount and quality of formative feedback, summative assessments, student wellness programming, and communication with campuses and clinical sites. All involved in medical education are strongly encouraged to attend and offer perspectives.
Additional Post-Event Sessions
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm PHASE 2 AND 3 MEETING – HSLC ILC 3110 B
Phase 2/3 Director: Kathy Stewert, MD
Intended Audience: All faculty/staff involved in Phase 2/3 teaching and/or administration
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm RESIDENCY MATCH ADVISING OUTLOOK: 2026 EDITION – HSLC 1325
Director of Career Advising: Sara Brask, MS
Intended Audience: Faculty/Staff working directly with or advising Phase 2 and 3 medical students
