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2024 IME Online Conference Award Winners

2024 IME Award Winners at the Closing Ceremony

About the Conference Awards

The Innovations in Medical Education Stephen Abrahamson Award for Innovation

Outstanding Innovations (abstracts with results)

IN-1b: Utilization Patterns and Perceptions of a Spaced Repetition Flashcard Program among Medical Students
Hanna Nour; David Harris
University of Central Florida College of Medicine

IN-1d: Toward Empathic Listening & Solidarity: A Study of Long COVID Narratives in Community Health
Aria Razfar; Jennifer Brier; Janet Lin; Hugh Musick; Jerry Krishnan; Melissa Wilhelmi; Ammar Chisti
University of Illinois Chicago

IN-2b: A Supportive Feeding and Respiratory Medical Equipment Curriculum for Medical Students
Chien-Rong Chen; Todd Chang; Grant Christman; Melissa Cowell; Margaret Trost
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

IN-3d: Measuring Results for Practicing Arthroscopic Sports Surgeons when Taught via Augmented Reality
Kala Kathirgamanathan; Ivan Wong
KMH Cardiology, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

IN-5b: Long-Term Impact of Cardiac Auscultation Training Using Educational Technology for Medical Learners
Sarah Garvick; Samual Pendergraph; Chris Gillette
Wake Forest University School of Medicine


Best of Cool Ideas (abstracts without results)

CI-1a: The Use of Music in Medical Education to Promote Deep Listening and Awareness of Self and Others
Kathryn Schwarzmann; Felice Liang; Shaheed Muhammad; Marla Abrolat; Deepthiman Gowda
Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine

CI-1b: Using Interprofessional Education to Meet the Mental Health Needs of Farmworkers
Kimberly Roth (1); Janine Chalk-Wilayto (1); Erin Lepp (2); Morgan Stinson (1); Jill Mattingly (2); Paul Byrd (1,3); Bonzo Reddick (4)
(1) Mercer University School of Medicine; (2) Mercer University College of Health Professions; (3) McAfee School of Theology; (4) Georgia Department of Public Health, Coastal Health District

CI-1c: The Digital Shift: Assessing ChatGPT’s Capability as a New Age Standardized Patient
Joseph Cross (1); Tarron Kayalackakom (2); Raymond Robinson (2); Sumanth Devaraju (2); Andrea Vaughans (2); Ricardo Hood (2); Prasanna Honnavar (2); Sheetal Naik (2); Roopa Sebastian (2); Courtney Lewis (2); Nikhilesh Anand (2); Joseph Jillwin (2)
(1) Xavier University College of Medicine, Aruba, West Indies; (2) American University of Antigua College of Medicine

CI-1d: Bridging the Gap: Establishing a Disability-Competent Care Curriculum for Medical Students
Simrina Desar; Samantha Zimmer; Daniel Novak; Adwoa Osei
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine

CI-1e: Using a New Visual Model to Teach Positive Professionalism Through Emotional Intelligence Skills
Ellen M. Friedman (1); Alicia M Kowalski (2); Imelda Tjia (3)
(1) Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; (2) The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; (3) Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas

CI-2a: Elder Capacity Assessment and Mistreatment Fellowship
Julia Hiner
University of Texas Health Science Center (Houston, Texas)

CI-2b: Leveraging Interactive Technology to Enhance Skills in Pediatric Pathology for General Pathologists
Nick Shillingford (1,2); Tricia Bhatti (3,4); Shravana Jyoti (5); Ann Spangler (2); Andrew Gachii (6); Srikar Chamala (1,2); Moe Takeda (3,4)
(1) Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; (2) Keck School of Medicine of USC; (3) Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; (4) The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; (5) Health Services Authority Hospital (HSA) of Grand Cayman; (6) Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

CI-2c: Addressing the Need for Post Code Debriefing and Emotional Well-being with Psychological First Aid
Geny B. Zapata
Adventist Health White Memorial

CI-2d: Growing from Within: Mastering Self-Assessment and Feedback for Pediatric Residents
Alexandra Jostes (1); Jamie Stokke (2)
(1) Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Pediatric Residency Program; (2) Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute

CI-2e: Preparing IM Residents to Care for Indigenous Peoples: A Co-Produced DEI Curriculum
Seema Jain; Dana Sall
Honor Health Internal Medicine Residency


The Innovations in Medical Education Maurice Hitchcock Outstanding Poster Awards

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Poster 036

Poster 036: An Online Student Primary Care Clinic: a Novel Case-Based Approach to Board Preparation
Claudia Studebaker; Aaron McGuffin
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

Poster 037

Poster 037: Eye-Tracking During CVC Placements: Assessing an Objective Measurement for Performance
Enrique Vergara-Escudero; Rafael Vinagre; Tjövi E. Perry
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota

Poster 082

Poster 082: Advancing Health Equity Through a Collaborative Biomedical Device Innovation Program
Logan Davis (1); Shruti Wadhwa (1); Zohaib Haq (1); Nita Nair (1); Katelyn Rice (1); Ankur Gupta (1); Faizan Ahmed (1); Elizabeth Bridwell (1); Hanna Thompson (1); In Kim (1, 2); Beth Spurlin (1, 2)
(1) Keck School of Medicine of USC; (2) Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Pediatrics

Poster 093

Poster 093: Module for Medical Students: Conducting Psychosocial Health Screening of College Students
Vladimir Ayvazyan (1); Velyn Wu (2)
(1) University of Southern California;(2) University of Florida College of Medicine

Poster 101

Poster 101: Exploring the Impact of Personality Typology Systems on Lifelong Learning Skills
Akshata Hopkins (1,2); Mary Beth Wroblewski (1,2); Dawn Jones (1)
(1) Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital; (2) Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Poster 175

Poster 175: Enhanced Pediatrics POCUS Skills in a Longitudinal Curriculum through the Use of Admitted Patients
Jordan Smith; Gabrielle Pina
Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital