Wednesday, November 12

8:00 am — Conference Opening & Orientation

• Elizabeth Kachur
• Mary Horton
• Amal Khidir
• Michelle Schmude
• Tanja K Adonizio
• Dennis H. Novack

8:30 am — Warm-Up 1

Let's get to know each other via Padlet!

• Mary Horton

8:45 am — Concurrent Session 1

Debate 1: Private Equity in Healthcare: Efficiency or Erosion of Professionalism?

• Jayne Marie Muoio
• Tina Takla
• Brenda Ramos
• Vijay Rajput

Problem Solving 1: Personal and Professional Reactions to Organizational Changes: A Conversation on the Stages of Grieving

• Flavio Marconi Monteiro
• Karen Szauter

Workshop 1: Stepping Up: How to Create a Case-Based Workshop for Navigating Challenges during Professional Transitions

• Uma Ayyala
• Ellen Friedman
• Stacey Rose
• Kelley Arredondo

Roundtable 1: Adapting to Change: Professional Responsibility, Ethical Conflict, and Resilience

• Cathy Lively
• William Sexson

Oral 1/Flash 1: Gaining Recognition, Resilience, and Support in Training

Exploring Approaches for Equitable Outcomes in Medical School Professionalism Awards

• Sumaia G. Khoury
• Noah Lynch

Peer Coaching for Resilience: Supporting Professionalism During Times of Transition

• Erin Lee
• Lucy Niu
• Amy Baldwin

From Surviving to Thriving: Balance in the Life of Healthcare Workers

• Halle Escher
• Dina Bayachou
• Isabella Imirowicz
• Pagan Figueroa
• Anupama Devara

AI as an Instructional Coach: Preparing Educators for the Future

• Mary Jenkins
• William Kyle

9:45 am — Break & Networking

Break & Networking

10:00 am — Keynote

Professionalism and Change Management: Theory and Practice

• Chair: Jamal Lopez
• Deborah (Dee) Wing
• Ashleigh Rodriguez

11:15 am — Break & Networking

Break & Networking

11:30 am — Concurrent Session 2

Panel 1: Let's Talk AI Ethics Holistically: From Data, Design, and Applications in Education and Healthcare

• Michelle Schmude
• Kate Noonan
• Joshua Owolabi
• Ahmed S. Sultan

Problem Solving 2: Back to the Future: Educating for Medical Student Professionalism in a Changing World

• Cynthia Detata
• Pauline Yu

Roundtable 2: Professional Growth of Medical Students Through Reflection on Clinical Experiences

• John Spandorfer
• Pamela Duke 

Oral 2: Conscientious Professionalism

Facilitating a Learner's Understanding of Regulatory Discipline

• Stuart Kinsinger

Medical Integrity: Exploring the Corner-Cutting Culture

• Nathan Zhang
• Timothy Ho
• Isaiah Seo
• Cameron Maciel
• Amy Hayton

Legality vs. Ethics of Physician Intervention in Public Emergencies

• Jane Montague
• Vijay Rajput
• Lauren Fine

Conscientious Professionalism: Navigating Disagreement in the Health Professions

• Bryan Pilkington

Oral 3: Professionalism and Shared Decision Making

Training Health Professionals in Etiquette to Foster Patient-Centered Telehealth Care

• Rachel Pittman 

Experiences of International Students in Public Health in Current Times

• Salome-Joelle Gass
• Maushmi Patel

Strengthening Global Human Rights through Forensic Medical Evaluations

• Preston Reynolds

Oral 4: Communication Technology: Friend or Foe?

Opportunities for Professionalism Training: Social Media Use and Perceptions among Medical Students

• Noor Ghanam

Email Communication Behaviors as Indicators of Professional Identity and Professionalism

• Asia Bright
• Abbey Bachmann

The Evolution of Identity in 2nd Machine Age, Man to Machine

• Abdul Razaque Shaikh

Re-imagining Medical Education Through Stoicism in the Era of AI

• Manjula Somanchi
• Rutva Patel

12:30 pm — Debrief and Tomorrow's Preview

Debrief and Tomorrow's Preview

Thursday, November 13

8:00 am — Concurrent Session 3

Problem Solving 3: Fertility Care Access and Professional Responsibility: A Paradigm Shift in Values

• Mariam Al Aloosi
• Maha Al Marri
• Caitlin Huckell

Workshop 3: Healthcare is Human: Storytelling as a Response to Cataclysmic Changes in Health Care

• Ryan McCarthy
• Renée K. Nicholson

Roundtable 2: Polished but Exhausted: Racialized Professionalism and the Invisible Labor of Black Dental Educators

• Carlos Smith
• Eleanor Fleming 

Oral 5 : Addressing Training Gaps: High School to Residency

Tackling Georgia's Healthcare Gap: Does Participation in a Mini-Medical Camp Inspire Youth to Pursue Healthcare Careers?

• Sophia Tran
• Muhammed Mumen
• Sara Sohani
• Delaney Weaver
• Corban Anderson

Integrating Ethics Education Into Clinical Clerkships

• Danielle Fernandes
• Adira Hulkower
• Hannah Lipman
• Daniel Rauch
• Patrick Herron

Measuring the Perceived Value for Community Partners in Interprofessional-Health Education

• Carolyn Szetela
• Leah Alexander

Safeguarding Ethics and Professionalism in Artificial Intelligence-Driven Anesthesiology Practice

• Riya Savla
• Bryan Pilkington

Flash 2 : Taking Action: Professionalism in Caring for Vulnerable Populations

Barriers to Health in Detroit’s New Center: Addressing Food, Housing, and Accessibility

• Frances-Denise Fajardo
• Ahmed Hassanin
• Ivan Kyagaba
• Yasmeen Jazaerly
• Jayson Bakshi
• Jahnavi Rajagopal

Trauma-Informed Professionalism: Healthcare Workers Serving People Experiencing Homelessness

• Caitlin Horton

Shifting the Timeline: Evaluating the Impact of Early Harm Reduction Education in Undergraduate Medical Training

• Brooke Waldon

From Awareness to Action: A Peer-Led Model for Professionalism in Deaf Patient Care

• Ali Mustapha
• Halle Escher
• Clayton Kramm
• Connor McGinnis
• Kamakashi Sharma

Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink: The Ethical Comparison of Nudging in Competent, Dementia, and Surrogate Decision-Makers in Healthcare

• Justin Lin
• Basil Yaseen

Navigating Professionalism in a Technological Era

• Sonia Singh
• Tina Takla
• Purvi Bhagat

9:00 am — Break & Networking

Break & Networking

9:15 am — Symposium

Expected and Unexpected Change Triggers

• Chair: Christopher Rodriguez
• Gabrielle Silveira
• Sarah Siddiqui
• Victoria Brehm
• Reyhane Golfab

10:30 am — Break & Networking

Break & Networking

10:45 am — Concurrent Session 4

Workshop 3: Conflict Transformation: Skills for a Relationship-Oriented Approach to Resolving Conflicts on Your Team

• Rachel King
• Cecile Foshee
• Monica Yepes-Rios

Workshop 4: Be Curious, Not Judgemental: A Ted Lasso Playbook for Professionalism in Change

• Ann Blair Kennedy

Oral 6: EI for AI: Promoting Professional Use of Artificial Intelligence

Beyond Instruction: Using Reflective Practice to Develop Ethical AI Engagement in Medical Students

• Joshua Owolabi

Medical Professionalism and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Perspectives

• Roman Castano
• Luis Eduardo Pino

The Gratitude Gap at the Bedside: A Generational Paradox in Professionalism

• Tina Takla
• Jayne Marie Muoio
• Lauren Fin
• Vijay Rajput
  

Oral 7: Let's Talk! Facilitating Professional Growth Through Communication

Medical Students' Evolving Conceptualizations of Professionalism Following a Structured Educational Intervention

• Maxine Kugelmas
• Clayton Kramm
• Nievalinda Strong
• Kristen Kingzett
• Anupama Devara

'Walking on Eggshells': A Mixed-Method Study Exploring Medical Student-Faculty Communication and Implications for Professionalism

• Sheilah Jimenez
• Jennifer Anderson
• Galina Gheihman
• Dawn Dewitt
• David Hirsh

Grow Together: Peer Accountability Partnerships Within Medical Education

• Anthony Nevarez
• Nikolas Blagejev

Becoming a Student Doctor 2.0: A Pre-Admissions Curriculum for Professional Discernment as Future Servant Healers

• Emil Chuck

Flash 3: Inside and Out Professional Identity: Leadership, Mindset, and Environmental Justice

From the Margins to the Middle: Redefining Leadership as a Young Woman Physician

• LaRae Brown

Fostering a Growth Mindset in Health Care Professional Development

• Jill Ann Jarrell

How Medicine is Affected by Environment: Air Quality in Southwest Detroit: Environmental Injustice and a Growing Public Health Crisis

• Alexander Restum

Professional Identity Growth in Medical Students Serving as Camp Counselors

• Anne Elizabeth May
• Margaret Henry
• Ellen House
• Janette Hill

12:00 pm — Game

From Shake It Off to Run the World: A Professionalism Game Focused on Leading Through Change

• Leah Robinson
• Ann Blair Kennedy

12:45 pm — Conference Wrap-Up

Wrap-Up/Closure

8:45 am - 9:45 am: Concurrent Sessions 1

Debate 1: Private Equity in Healthcare: Efficiency or Erosion of Professionalism?
Facilitator: Carlos Smith

Private equity (PE) has become a powerful force in U.S. healthcare, reshaping hospitals, specialty practices, and primary care. This debate will weigh the promise of efficiency and capital infusion against evidence of rising costs, diminished quality, and threats to professional autonomy and professionalism in healthcare.

• Jayne Marie Muoio, Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, MS 2
• Tina Takla, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, MS 2
• Brenda Ramos, Shepard Broad College of Law - Nova Southeastern University
• Vijay Rajput, MD, Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Professor, Chair, Dept of Medical Education

Problem Solving 1: Personal and Professional Reactions to Organizational Changes: A Conversation on the Stages of Grieving
Facilitator:

This session will use the constructs of loss and grieving to discuss the impact of organizational change on healthcare professionals in multiple settings. Exercises will foster identification of issues, self-assessment, and creation of action plans.

• Flavio Marconi Monteiro, EdD, The University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston, Senior Medical Educator
• Karen Szauter, MD, The University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston, Assistant Dean, Educational Affairs
  

Workshop 1: Stepping Up: How to Create a Case-Based Workshop for Navigating Challenges during Professional Transitions
Facilitator: Michelle Schmude

This session will guide participants in creating a workshop to help trainees navigate new professional behaviors and responsibilities during times of change, such as entering residency or practice. Participants will learn how to develop case vignettes and foster practical approaches to commonly-encountered challenges encountered by trainees during career transitions, and speakers will share lessons learned from implementing this type of workshop at our institution.

• Uma Ayyala, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
• Ellen Friedman, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology; Director, Center for Professionalism
• Stacey Rose, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Associate Director, Center for Professionalism
• Kelley Arredondo, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Assistant Director, Center for Professionalism

Roundtable 1: Adapting to Change: Professional Responsibility, Ethical Conflict, and Resilience
Facilitator: Tanja Adonizio

Adapting to change is a core professional responsibility that requires deliberate engagement through education, collaboration, and resource development.

• Cathy Lively, JD, MS, DBE, University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine - Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Visiting Scholar
• William Sexson, MD, MAB, FAAP

Oral 1/Flash 1: Gaining Recognition, Resilience, and Support in Training
Chair: Christopher Rodriguez

• Exploring Approaches for Equitable Outcomes in Medical School Professionalism Awards
  In this presentation, we will share about the development and implementation of the Positive Professionalism Award at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, highlighting our structured, equitable process for recognizing students. We will also present outcomes from five previous award cycles and discuss future directions to ensure fairness of award selection.
  • Sumaia G. Khoury, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Noah Lynch, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Medical Student
    

• Peer Coaching for Resilience: Supporting Professionalism During Times of Transition
  This oral presentation describes a peer-led resilience coaching model designed to support professionalism and well-being during the early transitions of medical students. Practical tools from guided reflective exercises to emotional regulation techniques will be highlighted. 
  • Erin Lee, Augusta University / University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Medical student
  • Lucy Niu, Augusta University / University of Georgia Medical Partnership, Medical student
  • Amy Baldwin, PhD, Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership

Concurrent Session 2 Continued...

Problem Solving 2: Back to the Future: Educating for Medical Student Professionalism in a Changing World
Facilitator: Stacey Rose

This session is inspired by one presenter's observations and "time warp" experience leading medical student education for 20 years, with a hiatus between 2019-2024. We will discuss and troubleshoot timeless "classic" problems along with newer problems specific to recent times, using some guiding frameworks.

• Cynthia Detata, MD, MEd, FACOG, Stanford University School of Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor, Core Clerkship Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Pauline Yu, MD, FACOG, Stanford University School of Medicine, Site Director, Core Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship

Roundtable 2: Professional Growth of Medical Students Through Reflection on Clinical Experiences
Facilitator: Ann Blair Kennedy

Course directors from two medical schools will present their multi-year experience directing a course in which students meet regularly in small groups and discuss the emotional impact that clinical experiences have had on their professional growth. Specific content from these course will be discussed.

• John Spandorfer, MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Dean of Professionalism
• Pamela Duke, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, Professor of Medicine

Oral 2: Conscientious Professionalism
Chair: Beverly Delidow

• Facilitating a Learner's Understanding of Regulatory Discipline
  This presentation details an educational strategy that focuses on why and how a graduate has a professional responsibility to fully comply with their licensing entity's standards of practice. It relies on board and regulatory college's published disciplinary reports; all available in the public domain. 
  • Stuart Kinsinger, DC MA, Northeast College of Health Sciences, Adjunct Faculty
    

• Medical Integrity: Exploring the Corner-Cutting Culture
  The rigorous demands of medical school put pressure on students to cut corners. Data on unprofessional behavior was collected through a survey of medical students to describe and analyze the frequency of professionalism lapses in this population. 
  • Nathan Zhang, BS, Loma Linda University, Medical Student
  • Timothy Ho, BS, Loma Linda University, Medical Student
  • Isaiah Seo,  BS, Loma Linda University, Medical Student
  • Cameron Maciel,  BS, Loma Linda University, Medical Student
  • Amy Hayton, MD, Loma Linda University, Doctor
    

• Legality vs. Ethics of Physician Intervention in Public Emergencies
  This presentation examines the tension between physicians' ethical obligations and legal or organizational barriers when responding to medical emergencies in public spaces. Using a case of a physician prevented from aiding a collapsed teenager, we analyze professionalism, societal expectations, and legal risks. 
  • Jane Montague, BS, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, MS 2
  • Vijay Rajput, MD, Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Professor - Medical Education/Chair - Medical Education
  • Lauren Fine, MD, FAAAAI, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Assistant Dean of Clinical Skills Education, Associate Professor Medical Education

• Conscientious Professionalism: Navigating Disagreement in the Health Professions
  In the current global context, with its changing socio-political climate, health professionals may face increasing divergent perspectives on matters of health and on matters of values related to healthcare. This presentation addresses potential models for resolving disagreements, including reflective equilibrium-based processes and adversarial cooperation. 
  • Bryan Pilkington, PhD, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Professor
    

Oral 3: Professionalism and Shared Decision Making
Chair: 

• Training Health Professionals in Etiquette to Foster Patient-centered Telehealth Care
  We will discuss experiential learning strategies for integrating telehealth etiquette training into pre-licensure students’ curricula and reflect on how these skills can improve the patient–clinician relationship and healthcare outcomes. 
  • Rachel Pittman, PhD, CCC-SLP, CHSE, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Assistant Dean of Interprofessional Practice

• Experiences of International Students in Public Health in Current Times
  The F-1 visa program has long enabled international students to pursue advanced education in the U.S., where they now make up a significant portion of graduate enrollment and research contributions. Recent policy changes, however, are reshaping their experiences, creating challenges across immigration, research funding, career opportunities, and mental health. 
  • Salome-Joelle Gass, MSc, University of South Carolina, PhD student
  • Maushmi Patel, MBA, University of South Carolina, PhD student
  
  
• Strengthening Global Human Rights through Forensic Medical Evaluations
  This workshop will focus on creation of medical asylum programs at health professions schools and community centers, and strategies to educate health professionals and students on conducting forensic medical evaluations. Different models for medical aslyum clinics will be presented to illustrate the ways clinicians and health professions trainees can collaborate with lawyers, human rights experts and community groups. A forensic medical evaluation will be described along with resources available to anyone around the world on how to develop these specialized expert skills.
  • Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, University of Virginia, Professor

Oral 4: Communication Technology: Friend or Foe?
Chair: Christopher Rodriguez

• Opportunities for Professionalism Training: Social Media Use and Perceptions among Medical Students
  Medical students at Wayne State University adjust their social media use to align with professional expectations, often limiting self-expression and deleting prior content to avoid appearing unprofessional. Many expressed interest in structured training, highlighting the need for integrating digital professionalism education into the medical curriculum.
  • Noor Ghanam, Wayne State University School of Medicine, MD Candidate
    

• Email Communication Behaviors as Indicators of Professional Identity and Professionalism
  Recent research found that email communication perceived as disrespectful is a significant professionalism concern, often necessitating remediation. This study introduces an intervention designed to address the negative effects of student email communication perceived as inappropriate, which can reduce faculty responsiveness and lead to underestimations of student competency.
  • Asia Bright, PhD, McGovern Medical School at UTHSC, Assistant Professor
  • Abbey Bachmann, PhD, McGovern Medical School at UTHSC

• The Evolution of Identity in 2nd Machine Age, Man to Machine
  Impact of AI on Professional Identity • AI systems increasingly influence:
  • Decision-making and diagnostic accuracy.
  • Standardization of care and benchmarking.
  • Surgeons and physicians now operate within a hybrid identity. 
  • Personal expertise + machine intelligence.
  • Gold standards now Favor data-driven and AI-assisted approaches.
  • Abdul Razaque Shaikh, FACS ,FRCS (Glasgow ) FCPS 9CPSP Pakistan ) , MHPE ( masters in medical education ), Bahria University Medical College Karachi, Professor of Surgery
    
  
  
• Re-imagining Medical Education Through Stoicism in the Era of AI
  This presentation explores how Stoic philosophy can counterbalance the unintended effects of AI. We propose Stoicism-inspired strategies to cultivate practical wisdom, professional identity formation, and humanism in future physicians.
  • Manjula Somanchi, Nova Southeastern University MD, Medical Student
  • Rutva Patel, Nova Southeastern University MD, Medical Student

8:00 am - 9:00 am: Concurrent Session 3

Problem Solving 3: Fertility Care Access and Professional Responsibility: A Paradigm Shift in Values
Facilitator: 

This presentation will investigate how evolving access to fertility treatment challenges the traditional views of healthcare professionalism. It will propose educational strategies to prepare learners for ethical complexities in reproductive care.

• Mariam Al Aloosi, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Medical Student
• Maha Al Marri, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Medical Student
• Caitlin Huckell, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Instructor in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology - Medical Education

Workshop 3: Healthcare is Human: Storytelling as a Response to Cataclysmic Changes in Health Care
Facilitator: Ann Blair Kennedy

The widespread loss of trust in science necessitates different communication skills for healthcare workers to reconnect with patients. Teaching storytelling skills to internal medicine residents is an innovative method to help improve communication and restore trust.

• Ryan McCarthy, MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
• Renée K. Nicholson, MFA, CPA in Narrative Medicine, Healthcare is Human, Creative Partner
  

Roundtable 2: Polished but Exhausted: Racialized Professionalism and the Invisible Labor of Black Dental Educators
Facilitator: 

This roundtable would examine the burden of overperformance and invisibilized labor placed on Black dental educators, including service, mentoring, and representation work.

• Carlos Smith, DDS, MDiv, Virginia Commonwealth University, Associate Dean and Associate Professor
• Eleanor Fleming, PhD, DDS, MPH, Boston University, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Health Policy & Health Services Research

Oral 5 : Addressing Training Gaps: High School to Residency

Chair: Emil Chuck

• Tackling Georgia's Healthcare Gap: Does Participation in a Mini-Medical Camp Inspire Youth to Pursue Healthcare Careers?
  The physician shortage has lead us to create a weeklong curriculum for students ages 11-18, hoping to inspire future healthcare professionals. The camp received quantitative feedback revealing a marked increased interest in the medical field. 
  • Sophia Tran, AU/UGA Medical Partnership, Medical Student
  • Muhammed Mumen, AU/UGA Medical Partnership, Medical Student
  • Sara Sohani, BSFCS, AU/UGA Medical Partnership, Medical Student
  • Delaney Weaver, AU/UGA Medical Partnership, Medical Student
  • Corban Anderson, AU/UGA Medical Partnership, Medical Student

• Integrating Ethics Education Into Clinical Clerkships
  We will discuss how ethics education has been integrated successfully into clinical clerkships at two medical schools using active, case-based discussion sessions facilitated by bioethicists and content experts. 
  • Danielle Fernandes, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Assistant Professor
  • Adira Hulkower, JD, MS, HEC-C,
  • Hannah Lipman, MD, MS
  • Daniel Rauch, MD
  • Patrick Herron, DBe, HEC-C

• Measuring the Perceived Value for Community Partners in Interprofessional-Health Education
  In our Interprofessional Education project, we partner students with Community Organizations to engage with real-world health needs. We interviewed the Community Partners using a "gave/got" grid showing they valued the "deliverable" produced by students as well as the student engagement. 
  • Carolyn Szetela, PhD, Meharry Medical College, Professor, Dept of Professional and Med Ed
  • Leah Alexander, PhD, MPH, Meharry Medical College, Associate Professor, Chair Dept of Public Health

• Safeguarding Ethics and Professionalism in Artificial Intelligence-Driven Anesthesiology Practice
  Artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping anesthetic practice, offering benefits such as prediction of vital sign changes, while raising new ethical and professionalism challenges. This presentation will examine how anesthesiologists can preserve core skills and professionalism in this time of change by leading the safe and equitable integration of AI into perioperative care.
  • Riya Savla, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Bryan Pilkington, PhD, Department of Medical Sciences, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Professor

Flash 2 : Taking Action: Professionalism in Caring for Vulnerable Populations
Chair: Beverly Delidow

• Barriers to Health in Detroit’s New Center: Addressing Food, Housing, and Accessibility
  This session highlights how food, housing, and healthcare accessibility affect residents in Detroit’s New Center. The project aims to spread awareness and suggest actionable practices that can help address the lack of resources in this community.
  • Frances-Denise Fajardo, Wayne State School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Ahmed Hassanin, Wayne State School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Ivan Kyagaba, Wayne State School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Yasmeen Jazaerly, Wayne State School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Jayson Bakshi, Wayne State School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Jahnavi Rajagopal, Wayne State School of Medicine, Medical Student

• Trauma-Informed Professionalism: Healthcare Workers Serving People Experiencing Homelessness
  This review highlights how trauma-informed professionalism influences healthcare workers to center trust and dignity when serving people experiencing homelessness. By integrating advocacy and patient-centered care, professionalism can enhance clinical care, reduce retraumatization, and improve health outcomes, ultimately having a positive impact on patients and the workplace.
  • Caitlyn Horton, MS, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Youth Care Specialist; DO Student
    

• Shifting the Timeline: Evaluating the Impact of Early Harm Reduction Education in Undergraduate Medical Training
  A pilot curriculum introducing harm reduction to first-year medical students aims to improve knowledge and reduce stigma in caring for people who use substances. Early integration may shift culture and offer a scalable model in medical education.
  • Brooke Waldon, Wayne State School of Medicine, Principal Investigator

• From Awareness to Action: A Peer-Led Model for Professionalism in Deaf Patient Care
  A single-hour, peer-led Deaf culture session can significantly improve medical students' knowledge and professionalism regarding deaf patients, with a pooled risk ratio of 1.48, favoring post-survey results. These findings suggest that brief, student-led sessions, which are favorable for time-restricted medical students, can meaningfully enhance medical students' preparedness to care for deaf/Deaf patients.
  • Ali Mustapha, Disability Health and Advocacy Initiative, President
  • Halle Escher, Disability Health and Advocacy Initiative, Home Visit Coordinator
  • Clayton Kramm, Disability Health and Advocacy Initiative, Research Coordinator
  • Connor McGinnis, Disability Health and Advocacy Initiative, Home Visit Coordinator
  • Kamakashi Sharma, Disability Health and Advocacy Initiative, Home Visit Coordinator

• Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink: The Ethical Comparison of Nudging in Competent, Dementia, and Surrogate Decision-Makers in Healthcare
  This paper examines the ethical implications of nudging across three groups -- competent individuals, patients with dementia, and surrogates of dementia patients -- highlighting how subtle influences on decision-making can affect autonomy. It argues that caregivers must be especially careful in how they present healthcare information, particularly when guiding surrogates in making decisions on behalf of dementia patients.
  • Justin Lin, MA, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Basil Yaseen, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Medical Student

• Navigating Professionalism in a Technological Era
  Rapid technological advancements have strengthened connectivity, communication, and peer relationships in the workplace and other environments. However, maintaining professional boundaries across different virtual platforms may come as a difficulty to most and is an important topic of discussion. 
  • Sonia Singh, MBBS, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Professor Dept of Anatomy
  • Tina Takla, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, MS 2
  • Purvi Bhagat, MBBS, M & J Western Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Professor & Head of Glaucoma Clinic

9:15 am - 10:30 am: Symposium

 

Expected and Unexpected Change Agents
Chair: Christopher Rodriguez

Description

• Gabrielle Leite Silveira, PhD, Med. Ed., São Leopoldo Mandic Medical School, Campinas, Brazil, Professor of Medicine and Co-Director, LEEP International, APHC
• Sarah Siddiqui, MD, MPH, University of Texas Medical Branch, John Sealy School of Medicine, Galveston, Texas, Assistant Professor
• Victoria Brehm, MD, MS, Chief Medical Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
• Reyhane Golbaf, PhD Candidate in Medical Education, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

10:45 am - 11:45 am: Concurrent Session 4

Workshop 3: Conflict Transformation: Skills for a Relationship-Oriented Approach to Resolving Conflicts on Your Team
Facilitator: Stacey Rose

This session will introduce participants to restorative practices as tools for not only addressing conflict but also repairing the underlying relationship. Participants will get tips for understanding the perspectives of those involved in conflict.

• Rachel King, JD, Cleveland Clinic, Director, Educational Integrity
• Cecile Foshee, PhD,  Cleveland Clinic, Director, Interprofessional Learning and Master of Education in Health Professions Education
• Monica Yepes-Rios, MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Assistant Dean, Student Engagement and Wellbeing, Associate Professor

Workshop 4: Be Curious, Not Judgemental: A Ted Lasso Playbook for Professionalism in Change
Facilitator: Michelle Schmude

This workshop uses Ted Lasso’s “be curious, not judgmental” ethos to coach educators, clinicians, and students through pressures of change, including policy-driven language constraints and shifting accreditation expectations. Participants will practice a simple micro-coaching sequence to reframe sensitive content, protect learners and patients, and keep integrity intact when systems are in flux.

• Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH, Health Systems Science/Public Health, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Associate Professor

Oral 6: EI for AI: Promoting Professional Use of Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Rohini Karunakaran

• Beyond Instruction: Using Reflective Practice to Develop Ethical AI Engagement in Medical Students
  Medical program used reflective practice rather than traditional instruction to teach AI ethics, with students analyzing healthcare AI articles using Jasper's ERA framework. Post-session surveys showed improved AI literacy and ethical understanding.      
  • Joshua Owolabi, PhD, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Associate Professor

• Medical Professionalism and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Perspectives
  AI reduces uncertainty and information asymmetry, the bases of medical professionalism. MDs may transition from decision-makers to AI supervisors to optimize its use and reduce risks of harm to patients. It requires new frameworks for professionalism 
  • Roman Castano, MD, PhD, Universidad El Bosque, School of Medicine, Honorary professor
  • Luis Eduardo Pino, MD, OXLER / Universidad de Los Andes school of biomedical engineering, CEO / Assistant Professor

• The Gratitude Gap at the Bedside: A Generational Paradox in Professionalism
  Today's medical students demonstrate strong commitments to social justice and global compassion yet often fail to express simple gratitude in bedside teaching encounters. This paradox highlights a critical gap in professionalism education, with implications for patients, faculty, and the learning environment. 
  • Tina Takla, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, MS 2
  • Jayne Marie Muoio, Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, MS 2
  • Lauren Fine, MD, Dr. Kiran C Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Associate Professor - Medical Education
  • Vijay Rajput, MD, Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Professor, Chair, Dept of Medical Education

Oral 7: Let's Talk! Facilitating Professional Growth Through Communication
Chair: Tanja Adonizio

• Medical Students' Evolving Conceptualizations of Professionalism Following a Structured Educational Intervention
  Students' views of professionalism shifted from abstract values to concrete behaviors, self-awareness, and patient-centered care, expanding from individual responsibility to system-level impact, highlighting the value of professionalism curricula.  
  • Maxine Kugelmas, Wayne State University, Medical Student
  • Clayton Kramm, Wayne State University, Medical Student
  • Nievalinda Strong, Wayne State University, Medical Student
  • Kristen Kingzett, MD, Wayne State University, Clinical Assistant Professor - Internal Medicine
  • Anupama Devara, MD, Wayne State University, Clinical Associate Professor - Internal Medicine

• 'Walking on Eggshells': A Mixed-Method Study Exploring Medical Student-Faculty Communication and Implications for Professionalism
  This study explores the phenomenon of “walking on eggshells” in medical student-faculty communication in five US medical schools using mixed-methods analysis. We review surveys results and thematic coding of qualitative responses from participants, exploring self-censoring, trust, and repercussions. We discuss implication for communication and professionalism.
  • Sheilah Jimenez, MA, Office of Medical Education, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Senior Qualitative Researcher
  • Jennifer Anderson, Office of Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Program Manager
  • Galina Gheihman, MD, Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Dawn Dewitt, MD, MSc, CMedEd, MACP, FRACP, Department of Medicine, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
  • David Hirsh, MD, Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Professor of Medicine
    

• Grow Together: Peer Accountability Partnerships Within Medical Education
  A year after launching our professionalism peer-coaching program, we explored feedback from both mentors and mentees to see what worked--and what didn't. Their survey responses revealed shared strengths and challenges, offering valuable insights to better prepare future mentors in guiding their peers.
  • Anthony Nevarez, MMS, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Medical Student
    
  • Nikolas Blagojev, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Medical Student

• Becoming a Student Doctor 2.0: A Pre-Admissions Curriculum for Professional Discernment as Future Servant Healers
  We developed an online Moodle self-paced course to help future doctors envision their careers through audiovisual resources and self-reflection exercises that highlight how programs, professions, and international institutions are addressing the consequences of the last decade of global, national, and social change. This resource highlights modeling of professionalism through interprofessional collaboration when addressing the complexities of current polycrises and emphasizes the role of servant leaders and community bridgebuilders. 
  • Emil Chuck, PhD, Health Professional Student Association, Director of Advising Services

Flash 3: Inside and Out Professional Identity: Leadership, Mindset, and Environmental Justice
Chair: 

• From the Margins to the Middle: Redefining Leadership as a Young Woman Physician
  This presentation explores the leadership journey of young, women physicians navigating professional identity formation and influence in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape. It offers insight into how marginalized perspectives can inform more inclusive, resilient models of professionalism and leadership.
  • LaRae Brown, MD, MHA, FACOG, FACHE, University of Florida COM Jacksonville, Division Chief, OBGYN
    

• Fostering a Growth Mindset in Health Care Professional Development
  Growth Mindset, the belief that abilities, intelligence, and talents can be developed through dedication, hard work, and effort, has become part of the vernacular in graduate medical education over the last couple of decades. However, the mature medical professional often finds themselves 'stucK' by their own or their environment's fixed mindset. We posit that cultivating a perpetual Growth Mindset along the health care provider continuum, particularly for the mature learner, can have myriad benefits for individuals, teams, and institutions.
  • Jill Ann Jarrell, MD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine, Associate Professor
    

• How Medicine is Affected by Environment: Air Quality in Southwest Detroit: Environmental Injustice and a Growing Public Health Crisis
  Southwest Detroit faces a severe public health crisis driven by industrial pollution and weak regulatory enforcement. Residents, largely low-income and minority, experience disproportionately high rates of asthma, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.
  • Alexander Restum, Wayne State School of Medicine, Medical Student
    

• Professional Identity Growth in Medical Students Serving as Camp Counselors
  Professional identity formation in medical education fosters resilience and effective communication. Medical students as counselors at Mini Medical Camp reported an increase in professionalism, professional growth, resilience, and adaptability.
  • Anne Elizabeth May, Medical College of Georgia, MS-3
  • Margaret Henry, Medical College of Georgia, MS-3
  • Ellen House, MD, AU/UGA Medical Partnership, Clinical Professor
  • Janette Hill, PhD, AU/UGA Medical Partnership, Professor of Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

Game: From Shake It Off to Run the World: A Professionalism Game Focused on Leading Through Change

Facilitator: Rohini Karunakaran

This interactive game highlights leadership through the dual lenses of Taylor Swift and Beyonce, representing resilience and advocacy. Participants practice navigating professionalism by deciding together when to adapt and when to step forward as leaders in times of change.

• Leah Robinson, PhD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Associate Dean of Student Affairs
• Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Associate Professor