This annual Colloquium brings together faculty, educators, and healthcare professionals to share best practices. A thought-provoking plenary session and panel discussion, and workshops covering a variety of topics will help renew and support Colloquium participants in their professional roles. Poster presentations will foster networking and the interchange of ideas.

Plenary Speaker
Integrating Health-Related Quality of Life into Health Care
David Cella, PhD
Professor Emeritus and Founding Chair
Department of Medical Social Sciences
Feinberg School of Medicine | Northwestern

Concurrent Workshops

Creative Care: Using Art and Creativity to Promote Wellness in Healthcare
Dina Amin, DDS, FACS, Katie Impellitier, LPN

From Obligation to Fulfillment: Cultivating Professionalism Through Flourishing
Theresa Bingemann, MD

Leveraging Your Teaching Portfolio Turning Past Efforts into Future Opportunities
Jennifer Findeis-Hosey, MD, Hani Katerji, MD

Publish or Perish – Or Be Preyed Upon? Perceiving Predatory Publishing Ploys
Lorraine Porcello, MSLIS, MSIM, Linda Hasman, MPH, MSLS

Setting the Stage: Techniques for Teaching Challenging Topics
Nicholas R. Mercado, DrPH, MS, HEC-C

When Conflict Isn’t Conflict: Using Dialogue to Recognize and Navigate Competing Priorities in Academic Medicine
Daniel Kawakyu-O'Connor, MD

The Whole Learner: A Metacognitive Approach to Exam Preparation for GME Trainees
Erica Miller, MD, Anita Ray, MD, MPH, Anika Simone Johnson, EdD, Kimberly Fluet, PhD, Med