Learners Are Changing: Can Medical Education Leaders Adapt? (CDEM-Sponsored)

As technology advances and values and expectations evolve, today’s medical students bring new perspectives, learning styles, and needs to their education. Being digital natives, they are adept at using online resources and expect flexible, individualized learning environments. To meet these demands, educators must integrate innovative teaching methods that address diverse needs, fostering environments that encourage self-directed learning, critical thinking, and evidence-based resource utilization. Additionally, medical education leaders must balance growing wellness concerns, accessible mental health support, and work-life balance with the need to maintain rigorous standards to ensure both personal well-being and professional competence without compromising the quality of training or patient care. This session will explore strategies to adapt to today's medical students, focusing on flexible teaching, critical thinking, wellness, mental health support, and maintaining rigorous standards to ensure high-quality education and patient care.
 

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
  • Explore ways to create flexible teaching strategies that foster self-directed learning and critical thinking.
  • Discuss how to develop learning environments that balance wellness with maintaining rigorous medical training standards.
  • Learn to incorporate technology-driven methods that ensure learner engagement, high-quality education, and patient care.

Presenters: 

  • Jennifer L. Carey, MD
  • Keme Carter, MD
  • Jaime Jordan, MD, MA
  • Luan Lawson, MD, MAEd
Authors

  • Jennifer L. Carey, MD

    UMass Chan Medical School

    Jennifer Carey, MD is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and a Medical Toxicologist at UMass Chan Medical School. She is the Division Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, and the Education Fellowship Director.

  • Keme Carter, MD

    University of Chicago

    Dr. Keme Carter is a Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine where she serves as Associate Dean for Admissions at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Associate Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Education for the Department of Medicine, and the Director of the Emergency Medicine Clerkship. Dr. Carter obtained her bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, her medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine.

    Through Dr. Carter’s research, writing, public speaking engagements, and medical school admissions work, she continues to advocate for and work towards optimizing and ensuring an equitable pathway for students along the continuum of medical education. Additionally, Dr. Carter’s research interests are focused on exploring the nuance of communication within the emergency department and developing and studying curricular innovations to improve patient-centered physician communication.

  • Jaime Jordan, MD, MAEd

    Oregon Health & Science University

    Dr. Jaime Jordan completed an Education Scholarship Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA and is currently the Associate Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency at UCLA and Vice Chair of the Acute Care College at the David Geffen School of Medicine. She has lectured extensively at both CORD and SAEM on education and education research related topics. She is an established education researcher with a successful track record and her interests include barriers educators face in performing scholarship, graduate and undergraduate medical education, curriculum design, and faculty development. Additionally, she is a decision editor for AEM Education and Training and a reviewer for multiple education research journals.

  • Luan Lawson, MD, MAEd

    Virginia Commonwealth University

    Dr. Luan E. Lawson serves as the Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education and Student Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She earned her medical degree and completed her residency training at East Carolina University. Her academic interests have focused on undergraduate education with particular expertise in curriculum development, assessment, accreditation, and team training.

    During Dr. Lawson’s tenure as Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in Emergency Medicine, she developed and established an Emergency Medicine clerkship for fourth year medical students featuring a simulation-based curriculum. Dr. Lawson also collaborated in developing the National Clinical Assessment Tool in Emergency Medicine, a standardized assessment tool utilized in clerkships across the country. Dr. Lawson served on the National Board of Medical Examiners Emergency Medicine Advanced Clinical Exam Task Force and is a past-president of the Clerkship Directors of Emergency Medicine.

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