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2025 Snow Season Education Retreat

January 16-17, 2025

A two-day, hybrid education retreat featuring a plenary, poster session, workshops, and networking. This event is open to all UVM Larner College of Medicine faculty, students, and staff at all teaching sites in the University of Vermont Health Network and the Clinical Branch Campus/Nuvance Health in Connecticut.

The Teaching Academy Annual Induction and Award Ceremony will take place during the Snow Season Education Retreat lunch on Friday, January 17. All participants are welcome to attend.

 

Please note:

  • On Thursday, January 16, the Snow Season Education Retreat activities, including the Oral Abstract Presentations, will be virtual.
  • On Friday, January 17, the Snow Season Retreat activities, including the Plenary, Poster Session, and the annual Induction and Award Ceremony will be in person at the Dudley H. Davis Student Center.
  • You will receive Zoom connection links for virtual sessions a week before the Retreat.

Click here to download a PDF of the Program

Click here to view the 2025 Snow Season Education Retreat Posters

Schedule

Thursday, January 16, 2025
TIMESESSIONLOCATION
1:00-1:10 PMWelcome
  Katie Huggett, PhD 
  Teaching Academy Director
  Assistant Dean for Medical Education
Zoom (register for Zoom link)
1:15-2:30 PM Oral Abstracts Presentations 
  Selected from Abstract Submissions		Zoom (register for Zoom link)
2:30-2:45 PMBreak 
2:45-4:00 PM1st Breakout Sessions 
A

Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Your Teaching and Learning
Garth Garrison, MD; Mitchell Tsai, MD

Zoom (register for Zoom link)
BBedside Teaching: How to Develop and Maximize Teaching Opportunities
John Miller, MD; Jason Bartsch, MD
Zoom (register for Zoom link)
CHow to Get Published: A Primer for Medical Education Researchers
Arlene Chung, MD, MACM, FACEP; Jaime Jordan, MD, MA
Zoom (register for Zoom link)
Friday, January 17, 2025
TIMESESSIONLOCATION
8:00-9:00 AM
  • Poster Session
  • Continental Breakfast
Grand Maple Ballroom, 4th Floor, Dudley H. Davis Student Center
9:00-10:00 AM

Welcome
Katie Huggett, PhD
Teaching Academy Director
Assistant Dean for Medical Education

Plenary
The Role of Museum-based Education in Healthcare Teaching and Practice

Margaret Chisolm, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Medicine
Director, The Paul McHugh Program for Human Flourishing
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Grand Maple Ballroom, 4th Floor, Dudley H. Davis Student Center
10:00-10:15 AMBreak 
10:15-11:30 AM2nd Breakout Sessions 
A

Restorative Justice Practices in Academic Medicine: Building a Culture of Healing and Accountability
Leila Amiri, PhD

Chittenden Bank Room, 4th Floor, Dudley H. Davis Student Center
BPutting Words Together: Writing Meaningful Letters of Recommendation and Narratives While Avoiding Biased Language
Jill Rinehart, MD and Molly Rideout, MD
Jost Foundation Room, 4th Floor, Dudley H. Davis Student Center
CCreating Effective Surveys in Medical Education
Yichen Zhao, PhD and Cara Simone, MA
Williams Family Room, 4th Floor, Dudley H. Davis Student Center
11:30-1:30 PM
  • Lunch
  • Teaching Academy Induction and Award Ceremony
  • Poster Session

Grand Maple Ballroom, 4th Floor, Dudley H. Davis Student Center

1:30-2:45 PM3rd Breakout Sessions 
A

Inclusive Teaching Practices for Healthcare Educators
Katie Wells, MD, MPH; Leila Amiri, PhD; Ashley McCormick, MD; Julia O'Connor

Chittenden Bank Room, 4th Floor, Dudley H. Davis Student Center
BSitting with the Story: Reflecting with Narrative Medicine
Jeremiah Dickerson, MD and Adama Aja
 Jost Foundation Room, 4th Floor, Dudley H. Davis Student Center
CClinical Reasoning Skills? Can Get There from Here!
Melissa Davidson, MD
Williams Family Room, 4th Floor, Dudley H. Davis Student Center

 

2:45 PM Conference concludes

Questions? Email Teaching.Academy@med.uvm.edu

Plenary Speaker

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The Role of Museum-based Education in Healthcare Teaching and Practice

Margaret Chisolm, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Medicine
Director, The Paul McHugh Program for Human Flourishing
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Past Education Retreat Programs and Resources

Available upon request

Email Teaching.Academy@med.uvm.edu