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2021 IME Online Conference Award Winners

The Innovations in Medical Education Stephen Abrahamson Award for Innovation

Outstanding Innovations (abstracts with results)

1b. Psychosocial Orientation Among Allied Health Professional Students

1b. Psychosocial Orientation Among Allied Health Professional Students
Marina Gaeta; Emma Brennan-Wydra; John Encandela; Deborah Fahs; Kenneth L. Morford; Barry J. Wu; Kirsten M. Wilkins
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

1d. Developing a Tutor Curriculum for the Clinical Skills Tutoring Program (CSTP) at UCSF

1d. Developing a Tutor Curriculum for the Clinical Skills Tutoring Program (CSTP) at UCSF
Chih-Chiun Chang (1); Abigail Phillips (1, 2); Sara-Megumi Rumrill, (1, 2)
(1) UCSF School ofMedicine, San Francisco, CA; (2) Division of VA GIM, Department of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

3a. Evaluation of Barriers and Facilitators of Resident Research Following Implementation of a Dedicated Research Program

3a. Evaluation of Barriers and Facilitators of Resident Research Following Implementation of a Dedicated Research Program
Babak Tehrani, MD, MS; Michael A. Liu, MD, MPH; Matthew Murphy, MD, MPH; Dominick Tammaro, MD; Fred J. Schiffman, MD; Bethany Gentilesco, MD; Louis B. Rice, MD; Philip A. Chan, MD, MS.
Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI

3c. Application Requirements for Residency Programs in Canada Under Pass/Fail Grading

3c. Application Requirements for Residency Programs in Canada Under Pass/Fail Grading
Sean Nurmsoo (1); Mohamad Besher Ourfali (2); Michael Bezuhly (3)
(1) Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University; (2) Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Dalhousie University; (3) Division of Plastic Surgery, Dalhousie University

4a. Be My Ally: A Qualitative Study of Medical Students’ Desired Faculty Responses to Microaggressions

4a. Be My Ally: A Qualitative Study of Medical Students’ Desired Faculty Responses to Microaggressions
Prabhjot K. Minhas; Justin L. Bullock; Karen E. Hauer; Alicia Fernandez; Katherine L. Lupton; Meghan O’Brien
UCSF School of Medicine

5e. Designing and Developing a Virtual Statewide Internal Medicine Residency Program Showcase

5e. Designing and Developing a Virtual Statewide Internal Medicine Residency Program Showcase
Allan Fonseca (1); Natasha Cigarroa (2); Chelsea Chang, MD (1)
(1) University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine; (2) McGovern Medical School at UTHealth


Best of Cool Ideas (abstracts without results)

1a. Ensuring Skin of Color Representation of Visual Teaching Images in Pre-Clinical Medical Education

1a. Ensuring Skin of Color Representation of Visual Teaching Images in Pre-Clinical Medical Education
Ha D.H. Le (1);Shreya Sreekantaswamy (1); Nicholas Flint (1); Amber Jimenez (1); Holly Lind (1); Lehua Konu (2); Elon Darthard (2); Sarah Cipriano, Sarah, MD (1)
(1) University of Utah School of Medicine; (2) University of Utah

1b. Virtual Reality Simulation to Increase Medical Student Empathy

1b. Virtual Reality Simulation to Increase Medical Student Empathy
Tyler Stollman (1); Cody Ducleroir (2); Yi Li (2); Shilpa Brown (1); Elena Wood, MD (1)
(1) Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University; (2) Kennesaw State University

1c. A Novel Remote Team-Based Learning Platform for Medical Students Using Readily Available Technology

1c. A Novel Remote Team-Based Learning Platform for Medical Students Using Readily Available Technology
Kathryn M. Eisenmann, PhD; Christopher L. Prevette;Kristin McKeown; Zowe Hamizadeh; Bindu Menon
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Department of Medical Education

1d. Clerkship Readiness Bootcamp to Facilitate Transition to Clerkship for Second Year Medical Students

1d. Clerkship Readiness Bootcamp to Facilitate Transition to Clerkship for Second Year Medical Students
Erika Greene, MD (1); Julie G. Nyquist, PhD (2)
(1) Neurology, Houston Methodist Weill Cornel Medical College; (2) Keck School of Medicine of USC

1e. Health Equity Focus: Clinical and Mentoring Skills Development for Future Physicians Through a Virtual Platform

1e. Health Equity Focus: Clinical and Mentoring Skills Development for Future Physicians Through a Virtual Platform
Brigette Huertas-Arias, MD; Alexa Manrriquez, MD; Devan Evans; Javier Sotelo; Melissa Rios; Fasha Liley
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

2a. Increasing Skills in Anticipatory Guidance Through a Remote Parenting Elective

2a. Increasing Skills in Anticipatory Guidance Through a Remote Parenting Elective
Karen Camero, MD
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; Altamed

2b. Pandemic Elective: Helping Pediatric Residents Develop Systems-Based Practice Competencies

2b. Pandemic Elective: Helping Pediatric Residents Develop Systems-Based Practice Competencies
Adriana M.Hernandez, MD; Michael A. Smit; Susan Wu; Jeffrey M. Bender; Michelle A. Thompson
Keck School of Medicine of USC; Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

2c. A Socially Distanced Virtual Platform for Simulation-Based Education

2c. A Socially Distanced Virtual Platform for Simulation-Based Education
Aarti Jain, MD; Yvette Kearl; Caroline Brandon
Keck School of Medicine of USC

2d. Use of Live-Stream Surgery Enables Surgery Faculty to Acquire Skills Using New Technology

2d. Use of Live-Stream Surgery Enables Surgery Faculty to Acquire Skills Using New Technology
Edward Chan, MD (1); Ray Chihara (1); Min Kim Min (2)
(1) Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital; (2) Weill Cornell Medical College

2e. A One Year Proactive Coaching Program for General Surgery Interns

2e. A One Year Proactive Coaching Program for General Surgery Interns
Nida S. Awadallah, MD (1); Teresa S. Jones, MD (1);Kshama R. Jaiswal (1); Nicole Christian (1); Tyra Fainstad (1); Julie G. Nyquist, PhD (2)
(1) University of Colorado School of Medicine; (2) Keck School of Medicine of USC


The Innovations in Medical Education Maurice Hitchcock Outstanding Poster Awards

Poster #011 - Implementation of Video Review in a Trainee Simulation Curriculum Utilizing a Unique Assessment Tool

Poster #011 – Implementation of Video Review in a Trainee Simulation Curriculum Utilizing a Unique Assessment Tool
Masrur Khan, MD; Matthew Baker, MD; Karolina Grekov, MD; Todd Chang, MD, MACM; Denizhan Akan, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Poster #025 - Building a Novel “Resident as Teacher” Curriculum at an Urban Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Poster #025 – Building a Novel “Resident as Teacher” Curriculum at an Urban Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Simone Miller, MD (1); Aarti Jain, MD (1, 2); Jeffrey Riddell, MD (1, 2); David Diller, MD (1, 2)
(1) LAC+USC Medical Center; (2) Keck School of Medicine of USC

Poster #048 - Training New Coordinators: Designing an Institutional Professional Development Program

Poster #048 – Training New Coordinators: Designing an Institutional Professional Development Program
Dakota McMahand; Marianne Ward; Rima Jubran, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Poster #053 - Practice Gives Skill: Preparing Students to Present Evidence in Clerkships

Poster #053 – Practice Gives Skill: Preparing Students to Present Evidence in Clerkships
Nicole Capdarest-Arest; Amy Studer
University of California, Davis

Poster #065 - Funding and Developing a POCUS Curriculum for the Emanate Health Family Medicine Residency Program

Poster #065 – Funding and Developing a POCUS Curriculum for the Emanate Health Family Medicine Residency Program
Phoebe Bui, DO; Felicia Cummings, MD; Habib Haidary, MD; José Velásquez, MD; Hamad Shalikar, MD
Emanate Health Family Medicine Residency Program

Poster #077: A Collaborative Common Curriculum for Dental Residents and Fellows in an Academic Medical Center

Poster #077: A Collaborative Common Curriculum for Dental Residents and Fellows in an Academic Medical Center
Chad Rasmussen, DDS (1); Julie G. Nyquist, PhD (2)
(1) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; (2) Keck School of Medicine of USC