The Wayne State University School of Medicine held its seventh annual Medical Education Research and Innovation Conference on Oct. 27, showcasing medical education research and innovation projects conducted by students, residents, staff and faculty.
The conference took place in the Scott Hall Cafeteria, Mazurek Medical Education Commons and the Margherio Family Conference Center.
The event featured 76 poster presentations across themes including curriculum and assessment, professionalism and communication, global health, wellness and resilience, technology and artificial intelligence, specialty training and career development, and research literacy and community engagement, and 22 oral presentations on topics spanning the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 preparation, research and scholarship, professionalism and cultural competency, wellness and mentorship, and clinical and skills training.
The conference featured keynote speaker Arash Javanbakht, M.D., who presented “Unreal Became Real: A Story of How WSU Pioneered AI Enhanced Mixed Reality Technology,” which included examples of how the technology could be expanded for use in medical education by utilizing artificial intelligence to practice patient interaction, diagnoses skills and more. Dr. Javanbakht is a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the School of Medicine and founding director of the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic, or STARC, at the School of Medicine.
Poster entry categories included:
Innovation (completed work and work-in-progress): Innovative curricula that addressed a current issue within medical education based on learning principles and designed to meet a specific need.
Research (completed work and work-in-progress): Research related to the learning process that occurs within a medical education setting. Topics included, but were not limited to, learner characteristics, optimizing the learning process, assessment and evaluation, professional development, instruction design, technology in the learning environment and wellbeing.
Judged oral presentations also included completed work and work-in-progress in the categories of research and innovation.
Winning entries included:
Innovation Poster (completed work)
First place: “Utilizing the Harvey Simulator to Improve Pre-Clerkship Medical Student Confidence in Murmur Identification,” John Gallagher, Katherine DeWeert, Daniel DeWeert, M.D.
Second place: “Culturally Affirming Peer Support for Black Medical Students: A Pilot Program to Reduce Stress and Improve Coping Strategies,” Farah Yusuf, Hajirah Farah, Kia Sweeney, Sean Williams, Julian Johnson, Eric Ayers, M.D.
Third place: “From Peers to Professors: Integrating Peer and Faculty Roundtables in Orientation,” Haziq Latif-Jangda, Henry Li, Nicole Collier, J.D., Eva Waineo, M.D.
Innovation Poster (work-in-progress)
First place: “Integrating Universal Design Learning into a Global Health Research Training Program,” Zahraa Ghosn, Rola Hoteit, Vijaya Arun Kumar, M.D., M.P.H., Trini Mathew, M.D.
Second place: “Enhancing Pathology Electives at Detroit Medical Center: Learning Objectives and Resources,” Brennan Burrows, Alexandra Crawford, Michael Mason, Cassidy McColl, Laura Garcia, William Smith, M.D., Sunil Jaiman, M.D.
Third place: “From Scatter to Source-of-Truth: Standing Up a Working Curriculum Inventory & Syllabus Repository in One Year,” Tonya Anderson Thomas
Research Poster (completed work)
First place: “The Role of First Aid Training in the First-Year Medical School Curriculum,” Mary-Ann Essak, Sana Soman, Fateh Ahmad, Sabryn Leidlein, William Frazier, Ambrielle Soltz-Bango, Udo Nwosu, Arianna McClellan, Ryan Palazzolo, Kristiana Kaufmann, M.D., M.P.H.
Second place: “Good Samaritan Law Awareness and Opioid Overdose Knowledge Among Incoming Medical Students,” Urva Mehveen, Abbie Moen, Abigail Biddix, Stephanie Barna, Eva Waineo, M.D., Mark Greenwald, Ph.D.
Third place: “Seeing the Signs: Are Medical Students Prepared to Recognize Neonatal Abuse?,” Nicole LaFrance, Julia Tenbusch, Clara Devota, Stephanie Schervish, Julie Waineo, Karen Crile, Ashish Gupta, M.D.
Research Poster (work-in-progress)
First place: “Medical Student Perceptions of Attendance Policies: A Stratified Analysis by Commute Time,” Jolyna Chiangong, Karen Zapien, Sara Komaiha, Issac Anderson, Jason Booza, Ph.D.
Second place: “Visual Mnemonic Platforms in Medical Education: Student Use and Perceived Effects on Learning Efficiency, Engagement and Exam Preparedness,” Lina Shalaby, Karen Nakhla, Safa Razvi, Maria Awad, Nina Agemy, Jason Booza, Ph.D.
Third place: (Tie) “Evaluating the Quality and Educational Utility of AI-Generated Practice Questions: A Novel Analysis of Open Evidence’s USMLE Step 1 Practice Platform,” Marta Haireek, Kelly-Ozze Bollou, Waffa Bakheet, Jackson Bennett, Zachary Wojcik, Eliza Beal, M.D.
Third place: (Tie) “Evaluating the Impact of Black Medical Association-led STEM Outreach Programs: A Comparative Analysis of RacquetUp Detroit, PhUn Day and Brain Day,” Kandis Fox, Desiree Duncan, Amber Jackson, Faith Scott, Alexis Bowles, Alexandar Trendov, Patrick Mueller, Ph.D.
Research Oral
First place: “Assessing Concerns About Managing Overdose in Medical Students,” Abbie Moen, Stephanie Barna, Abigail Biddix, Urva Mehveen, Eva Waineo, M.D., Mark Greenwald, Ph.D.
Second place: “Does the Curriculum Prepare Students for Step 1? Student Perceptions of Curricular Adequacy,” Zackariah Farah, Sophia Griemert, Cassidy McColl, Raghav Rajesh, Abigail Schuch, Hillary Smith, D.O., Asa Smith-Villegas, Sunil Jaiman, M.D.
Third place: “Learning Styles and Study Strategies: Do Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic Learners Choose Different Step 1 Resources?,” Hillary Smith, D.O., Zackariah Farah, Sophia Griemert, Cassidy McColl, Raghav Rajesh, Abigail Schuch, Asa Smith-Villegas, Sunil Jaiman, M.D.
Innovation Oral
First place: “Surviving & Thriving in Medical Education: Wellness Strategies to Build Your Team,” Margit Chadwell, M.D.; Eva Waineo, M.D.; Nicole Collier, J.D.
Second place: “Longitudinal Suture Skills Clinic for Pre-Clerkship Medical Students,” Emily Crisan; Mehr Bawa, Isaak Miller, Sana Soman, Aniela Crayton, Nina Agemy, Sanjana Kumar, Biola Makinde-Odusola, Daniel DeWeert, M.D.
Third place: “Optimizing a Dermatology Mentorship Program to Align Faculty Bandwidth with Student Commitment,” Hunter Cohn, Nicole Flores, Damilola Oladinni, Holly Heck, Marwa Khalil, Elham Tabatabaei, M.D., Steven Daveluy, M.D.
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