2023 North Carolina Graduate Medical Education Collaborative Conference

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The 2023 GME Collaborative Annual Meeting will focus on Finding Meaning in Medicine in beautiful Asheville, NC. Please join us for this premier professional development conference for NC's GME community. Key note speakers will address the conference theme and mentoring the current generation of residents. The sessions will range on topics from resident wellness to site visit preparation, launching of new programs, developing faculty and many more. We will kick off on Wednesday afternoon with preconference workshops to include a program coordinator boot camp or a gamified learning experience in MAHEC's state of the art simulation center.

The NC GME Collaborative was built upon the foundation of scholarly exchange. We would like to open the meeting to program coordinators to present on a topic of their choosing. If this is something you would like to consider, please click here to see more information and to submit your abstract.

Optional Pre-Conference* - Wednesday Oct 18th

3:00-5:00	Track 1) Learning Objectives In Action: Immersive Simulation Experience – This preconference will encompass game-based simulation to develop educational objectives and incorporate immersive simulation techniques into current practices including learner engagement tools to enhance team dynamics in healthcare. Content will include how to evaluate participant performance and provide relevant feedback using established learning objectives during a high intensity blindfolded code scenario. Participants will also utilize escape room cues to develop and apply learning objectives to breakout before time runs out!
3:00-5:00	Track 2) Program Coordinator Boot Camp – As a pre-conference offering, we are excited to host a Program Coordinator Bootcamp, applicable to all GME Administrative Professionals. This advance programming will feature presentations from program coordinators and GME Office staff from institutions across North Carolina focusing on the topics of ACGME Site Visit Prep, Running effective PEC and CCC meetings, Program Coordinator Wellness, and Innovative Communication Techniques across the GME spectrum. The content will be broadly applicable and interactive in nature allowing for networking and learning best practices from peer administrative staff. Please plan to join this pre-conference and an extra afternoon/evening in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina!
5:00-6:00	Drinks and Appetizers

*There is no additional fee for the Optional Pre-Conference Day. Spaces are limited for the Pre-Conference Day, register early to ensure your spot. The Optional Pre-Conference Day does not have credit hours.

Main Conference - Thursday Oct 19th

8:30-9:00	Check-in, Breakfast, and Networking
9:00-9:05	Welcome and Speaker Introduction - Hugh Tilson, NC AHEC
9:05-9:50	Keynote: Mentoring the Next Generation of Learners - Eric Zwemer, MD
10:00-11:00	First Morning Breakouts
11:15-12:15	Second Morning Breakouts
12:15-1:15	Lunch
1:15-2:15	First Afternoon Breakouts
2:30-3:30	Second Afternoon Breakouts
3:40-3:45	Thank You and Speaker Introduction
3:45-4:30	Keynote: Finding Meaning in Medicine – Erick Messias, MD, MPH, PhD
4:30	Adjourn

In collaboration with

Target Audience

Graduate Medical Education Directors, Program Directors and Assistant Program Directors, Administrators, Coordinators and Designated Institutional Officials

Objectives

• Identify strategies to advance collaboration in Graduate Medical Education throughout North Carolina.
• Examine ways in which GME programs can use shared resources across the state.
• Identify best practices for GME administrative tasks.
• Review current program requirements for GME.
• Examine implicit bias in recruitment of New Residents.
• Identify strategies to address provider shortages in rural and underserved populations.
• Compare strategies to address wellness and resiliency for residents, faculty and staff in Graduate Medical Education.

Faculty

• Jasmin Adams, BS, MS, EMT-B
• Ursula Adams, MD, MBA
• Ryan A. Barclay, MS Instructional Design
• Chandana Bhimmanapalli, MD
• Nikki Binz, MC
• Jessica Burkhart, MHA, C-TAGME
• Beth A. Buys, MD, FACOG
• Kelly Cash, C-TAGME
• Nakiea Choate, C-TAGME
• Catherine Coe, MD
• Dana Elgendy, DO
• Hagar Elgendy, MD
• Blake Fagan, MD
• Jessica Hans, MEd
• Bryan Hodge, DO
• Matthew S. Huff, FACHE, MHA
• Thomas Kerry, MD
• Catherine M. Kuhn, MD
• Christian Lawrence, MD
• Hannah L. McSawley, C-TAGME
• Erick Messias, MD, MPH, PhD
• Katie Neligan, MSN, RN, CNL, PCCN
• John E. Perry, III, MD MS FACP
• Paul L. Rogers, MD
• Tonja G. Schroder, MSN, RN, CPN
• Sharon L. Shofer, PhD, MA
• Kiran R. Sigmon, MD
• Lizzie Smith, BS
• Hugh H. Tilson, Jr, JD, MPH
• Eric K. Zwemer, MD