Sponsored by the Department of Medical Education, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

The Department of Medical Education at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California invites you to participate in our 22nd annual Innovations in Medical Education (IME) Conference on Thursday and Friday, February 6-7, 2025. Our online format supports the expansion of a global network of innovative health care educators, eliminating travel expenses and accommodates any travel restrictions.

Join us online from anywhere in the world!

Since 2003, the IME Conference has brought together a growing community of learners, teachers, scholars, and leaders from around the world working together to promote change through innovation in health professions education. Our goal is to move education in the health professions toward a higher level of excellence and well-being by providing a forum for sharing new ideas and educational innovations.

We will provide a variety of opportunities for online networking and collaboration. Formal sessions will include a keynote address, skill-building faculty development workshops and synchronous themed oral and poster presentations. Everything will be happening in now-familiar online environments. Access to the event platform, handouts, slides, and posters will be available to everyone registered for the conference for at least three months.

Conference Highlights for Participants

• Discuss, assess, and report on educational innovations and research in health professions education.
• Present a Cool Idea or Innovation.
• Earn a conference certificate by completing a series of interactive IME Conference workshops focused on educational principles and essential teaching skills.
• Network with colleagues from around the world.

Conference Goals

• Provide a forum for sharing innovative ideas and educational innovations related to teaching and learning, leading, mentoring, and wellbeing within health professions education.
• Build and enhance participant skills related to teaching, leadership, professional development, promotion of wellbeing, and educational scholarship.
• Build a network of health professions educators interested in promoting educational excellence and wellbeing in academic medicine and health professions education.
• Promote interdisciplinary teaching and learning.

Conference Outcome Objectives

By the end of the conference, participants will be better able to:

1. 1. Utilize evidence-based principles of teaching, leading, mentoring, and educational scholarship in their work within health professions’ education.
   2. Incorporate techniques for enhancing the learning environment and wellbeing for all participants within their educational setting.
   3. Enhance the teaching and assessment of their learners in relation to the six ACGME Core Competencies by adapting the cool ideas and innovations learned about at IME.
   4. Incorporate cool ideas and innovations into the development of curricula and teaching at all levels of health professions’ education.