22nd Annual IME Online Conference, February 6-7, 2025

2025 IME Online Conference Award Winners

About the Conference Awards

The Innovations in Medical Education Stephen Abrahamson Award for Innovation

Outstanding Innovations (abstracts with results)

Best of Innovations Award Winners

Outstanding Innovations Award Winners

IN-2c: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Usage of Artificial Intelligence Among Medical Education Faculty
Lillian Phung; Carolyn Giordano
Drexel University College of Medicine

IN-2d: Transformative Learning in Forensic Medicine: Assessing the Role of High-Fidelity Medical Simulations
Maria-Kassandra E. Coronel (1); Aleena Jacob (2); Obi Onochie (1); Julie Joyal (1); Nancy Oriol (1)
(1) Harvard Medical School; (2) Northeastern University

IN-3d: Implementation of a Peer Support Group to Improve Wellness and Decrease Burnout of PCCM Fellows
Jothika T. Tamizharasu (1,2); Jeremy J. Kim (1,2); Katyayini Aribindi (1,2); Elizabeth Garman (1); Nicholas Stollenwerk (1,2); Michael Schivo (1,2); Florence Chau-Etchepare (1); Brooks T. Kuhn (1,2)
(1) Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine; (2) Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System

IN-4a: Prognostic and Management Reasoning Workshop for Advanced Clerkship Students
Suyeon Hong; Cory Wu; Thilan Wijesekera
Yale School of Medicine

IN-4c: Implementation of an Emergency Medicine (EM) Bootcamp to Prepare Medical Students for EM Residency
Joshua Bridge; Eric Pellegrini; Gonzalo Paz-Soldan; Aarti Jain
Los Angeles General / University of Southern California

IN-5c: Online vs. Face-to-Face Surgical Skills Teaching: The Impact on Skill Acquisition and Confidence
Devansh Tandon (1,8); Ayush Gupta (1,8); Rhianna Patel (1,8); Anushka Shukla (2); Saran Gill (2,8); Rhea Patel (2,8); Keshav Krishnan (3); Bishoy Yassa (4); Shivansh Tandon (5,8) Amar Rai (6,8); Matt Boal (7); Nader Francis (7)
(1) University College London Medical School; (2) Imperial College School of Medicine; (3) Leeds Medical School; (4) Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; (5) GKT School of Medicine, Kings College London; (6) Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; (7) The Griffin Institute, St Marks Hospital; (8) British Indian Surgical Association


Best of Cool Ideas (abstracts without results)

Best of Cool Ideas Award Winners

Best of Cool Ideas Award Winners

CI-1a: Feasibility of Night Shift Curriculum Using POGIL in the Pediatric ICU
Gabriella Mark; Michelle Perez; Samuel Gorstein; William Sokoloff
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

CI-1b: Street Medicine in the Hospital: A Quality Improvement Project for Unhoused Residents of Detroit, MI
Paul Villa (1); Mihika Sridhar (1); Annie Patterson (1); Kiersten Walsworth (1); Saachi Mittal (1); Nicole La France (1); Sarah Chamdin (1); Neil Garg (1); Ciara White (1); Nicole Hao (1); Maria Tjilos (1); Richard Bryce (2); Shaina Shetty (2)
(1) Wayne State University School of Medicine; (2) Henry Ford Hospital

CI-1c: Dynamic Dialogues: Workshops to Help Pediatric Critical Care Fellows Master Tough Conversations
Caleigh Campbell (1); Velyn Wu (2); Julie G Nyquist (3)
(1) Department of Pediatrics, Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; (2) Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; (3) Department of Medical Education, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

CI-1d: Inpatient Team Leadership Bootcamp for PGY-2 Pediatric Residents
Judy Chen (1); Velyn Wu (2)
(1) Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; (2) University of Florida

CI-1e: Utilizing Implicit Association Testing to Assess Novel Eating Disorder Bias Curriculum Effectiveness
Amrita Mukherji ; Robyn Kuroki
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

CI-2a: Lights, Camera, Diagnosis! Using Video Vignettes for Case-based, Small-group Learning in Psychiatry
Rijul Asri; Eric Rutkowski
Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

CI-2b: Future Doctors, Safer Communities: Suicide Prevention Education for Medical Students
Suman Atluri; Kamal Hirani
Baylor College of Medicine

CI-2c: Bridging the Gap – Introducing Workbook-based Simulation for Third Year Medical Students 
Muhammad Rehman Ali; Catherine Ward
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, NHS, Wales

CI-2d: Storytelling for Advocacy
Deepthiman Gowda; Noah Contreras; Kathryn Schwarzmann
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

CI-2e: A New Mega Tracker to Reduce Cognitive Load in Studying Pharmacology and Microbiology
Regan Orr; Isabel Banks; Jamie Bolar; Cynthia Nebel
Saint Louis University School of Medicine


The Innovations in Medical Education Maurice Hitchcock Outstanding Poster Awards

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Poster 034

Poster 034: Enhancing Well-being for Medical Trainees: A Peer-Led Panel for Incoming Students
Hayoung Ahn (1); Joy Ohiomoba (1); Michelle Ko (1); Stephanie Bueno (1); Natasha Wheaton (1,2)
(1) David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; (2) Department of Emergency Medicine, UCLA

Poster 050

Poster 050: A Longitudinal Clinical Skills-based Curriculum for Cardiothoracic Surgery Nurse Practitioners
Theodore Pei (1, 2); Jonette Balagtas (1); Lilian Rosu (1); Carolyn Kieu (1); Julie Nyquist (2)
(1) Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; (2) Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Poster 085

Poster 085: HEAL: Developing a Health Equity and Advocacy Leadership Track for Pediatric Residents
Jasmine Willis-Wallace; Larissa Truschel
Duke University Department of Pediatrics

Poster 135

Poster 135: Educational Module for Differentiating Adenomyosis from Fibroids on Ultrasound Using MRI Feedback
Monica Gerges (1); Sonia Lee (1,2)
(1) UC Irvine, School of Medicine; (2) Department of Radiological Sciences, UC Irvine Health

Poster 154

Poster 154: Evaluating Team-Based Learning to Enhance Chest Radiograph Interpretation in PA Education
Kelsey Kehrli; Natalie Smith; Kelly Conner; Caroline Sisson
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of PA Studies

Poster 165

Poster 165: Konnecting with Kids: The Influence of Magic Training on Medical Students during Pediatric Clerkship
Suhyoung Ahn (1); Sarah Tang (1); Kevin Truong (1); Amanda Wang (1); Bhagvat Maheta (1); Alan Chien (1,2); Jose Puglisi (1)
(1) California Northstate University College of Medicine (CNUCOM); (2) University of California, Los Angeles Medical School

Poster 181

Poster 181: Workshops to Help Psychology Trainees Harness Feedback for Professional Growth
Irina Quebles Surfas (1,2); Julie G. Nyquist (2)
(1) Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; (2) Keck School of Medicine of USC


Outstanding Poster Award Winners

Poster 034 Poster 050
Poster 085 Poster 135
Poster 165 Poster 181
Poster 154