Symposium on Educational Excellence
Event Scheduled for May 20-21, 2021
Registration is live! Click here to access the SEE 2021 Registration Form.
Theme: Transformational Education
This symposium brings together faculty, students and staff from across OHSU to share and learn about the innovative projects and practices that support our shared educational mission.
- Keynote speaker: Larry Roper of Oregon State University, "Teaching and Learning During Intense Social Change"
- Snap talks, presentation sessions, and a poster session on innovative educational projects and practices around campus
- Awards reception for this year’s Poster Session winners and Sakai Award winners
Event structure
Thursday, May 20 - 1:00-5:00pm
1:00-1:10pm: Welcome
1:10-2:00pm: Snap Talks
2:00-2:15pm: Information/Awards Slideshow
2:15-3:05pm: Keynote
3:10-4:10pm: Poster Sessions (4 simultaneous sessions of themed posters)
4:15-5:00pm: Presentation Sessions (4 simultaneous sessions of individual presentations)
Friday, May 21 - 8:00-11:45am
8:00-8:45am: Presentation Sessions (4 simultaneous sessions of individual presentations)
9:00-10:00am: Poster Sessions (4 simultaneous sessions of themed posters)
10:15-11:00am: Presentation Sessions (4 simultaneous sessions of individual presentations)
11:15-11:45am: Awards Ceremony
Contact us
Please contact the conference planning chair with any questions.
This event is co-sponsored by the Educators' Collaborative and the Office of Educational Improvement and Innovation.
2021 Presentations
THURSDAY, MAY 20
1:10-2:00pm
Snap Talks (10 min each):
- Wy'east: An Innovative Pathway to Increase American Indian and Alaska Native Healers
- Supporting incoming graduate students through a peer-tutoring and mentorship program
- Assess Your Awesomeness with the Instructor Feedback Dashboard
- Innovations in Interprofessional Education & Practice
2:15-3:05pm
Keynote Address
- Teaching and Learning During Intense Social Change, Dr. Larry Roper
3:10-4:10pm
Concurrent poster session rooms, organized by theme (about 5 poster presentations in each room):
- Clinical Curriculum
- Organizational Culture
- Innovation #1
- Teaching
4:15-5:00pm
Concurrent presentations:
- Using eLearning modules to enhance accessibility of interprofessional education in the areas of underserved patient and community health
- Think Tank: What does it mean to be an OHSU educator
- "What's Going on in There?" Classroom assessment techniques (CATS) to reduce mind wandering and increase meta-awareness in the classroom
- Gathering Data from Student Stakeholders: 3 Perspectives
FRIDAY, MAY 21
8:00-8:45am
Concurrent presentations:
- Pearls & Pitfalls in Exam Development: A Primer for Creating Effective and Reliable Questions
- Dental Integrated Medical Emergency Training
- OHSU's Own: Innovative Pathways Initiatives, and Who/What Made a Difference for You?
- Pivot! Aligning OHSU's graduation core competencies with anti-racist ideals as a response to BLM
9:00-10:00am
Concurrent poster session rooms, organized by theme (about 5 poster presentations in each room):
- Supporting Students
- Assessment/Evaluation
- Innovation #2
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
10:15-11:00am
Concurrent presentations:
- Engage your learners using the Kolb Learning Cycle
- Developing and Testing an interprofessional practice and education model
- Using iPads and Educational Applications to Transform Educational Outcomes
- Interactive approach for aligning competencies across public health tracks, degree programs, and universities
11:15-11:45am
Awards Ceremony
Event archive
Theme: Educational Scholarship
Poster session award winners
- Development of an Inpatient Pediatric Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents | Megan Durham, M.D.; Jared Austin, M.D.
- A Novel Improvement Science Curriculum for Pre-Clinical Medical Students: First Year of a Student-Led Initiative | Sherry Liang, B.A.; Reem Hasan, M.D., Ph.D.; Christopher Terndrup, M.D.; Sherril Gelmon, Dr.P.H.; Matthew DiVeronica, M.D.
- Recognize. Reflect. Create. Connect! Impacts of a novel narrative medicine conference | Elizabeth Lahti, M.D.; Rebecca Harrison, M.D.; Niki Steckler, Ph.D.; Martha Driessnack, Ph.D.; Deborah Woodcock, M.B.A.; Jennifer Aengst, Ph.D.
Poster session award winners
- Students as teachers and patients as learners: Pathway of the integration of a 3-D virtual simulation into program curriculum and to patient education | Kristi Tonning, Maria Thompson
- Paying it forward: A unique approach to junior faculty professional development in the basic sciences | Holly Caretta-Weyer, Pepper Schedin, Joshi Alumkal, Lisa Coussens, Melissa Wong
- Collaborative group testing: Can we prepare the next generation of dentists through assessment? | Tobie Jones
- The photo diversity project: Increasing the diversity of images used in classroom teaching | Linda Felver, Rian Johnson
- In just five (5) questions: A deceptively simple, learner-centered, transformative learning activity | Martha Driessnack, Asma Taha
- The case for CME: Applying CME to existing graduate courses | Jessica L. Walter, Christine Flores
- Graphic medicine in action: The creation of a neurotransmitter zine | Keenan Smart, Timmi Claveria, Anandam Hilde, Paria Zarrinnegar, Megan McLeod, Pari Faraji, Richard Ly
- Child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship and pediatric integrated care models: Paragons, pragmatics and pitfalls | Megan McLeod, Craigan Usher
