OVERVIEW

20th Annual Innovations in Medical Education Conference (IME) is organized by Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and will be held from Feb 16 - 17, 2023.

Conference Outcome Objectives:
By the end of the conference, participants will be better able to:
• Utilize evidence-based principles of teaching, leading, mentoring, and educational scholarship in their work within health professions’ education.
• Incorporate techniques for enhancing the learning environment and wellbeing for all participants within their educational setting.
• 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.
• Incorporate cool ideas and innovations into the development of curricula and teaching at all levels of health professions’ education.

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

Conference Highlights for Participants:
• Discuss, assess, and report on educational innovations and research in health professions education.
• Present a Cool Idea or Innovation (for example, share an inventive change you have made on the fly in response to the crises of 2020).
• Earn a conference certificate by completing a series of interactive MedEd workshops focused on educational principles and essential teaching skills.
• Network with colleagues around the world.