The National Clinical Assessment Tool in Emergency Medicine: Validity Evidence After One Year of Use (CDEM Sponsored)

Dr. Franzen is the Director of Student Programs and an associate residency director at the University of Washington. He is a past-president of CDEM and has been an active member since it was founded. He is the chair of the NBME EM-ACE committee that writes and maintains the EM-ACE.

Dr. Jung graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1999 and completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2002. She has been a Hopkins faculty member since that time, and is currently an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine. Her primary career focus is medical education, with a particular interest in high-acuity and critical care content, as well as simulation-based education and assessment. She was the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine for 16 years, and earned a Master’s degree in Education for the Health Professions in 2017.

She is currently the Director of Innovation in Medical Education for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in which capacity she is responsible for updating teaching and assessment methods in the medical student curriculum, as well as expanding the Hopkins footprint in the online education arena. Dr. Jung is a recognized leader in medical education, a former president of Clerkship Directors in EM, and a current member of the Board of Directors for the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. She leads several educational and assessment programs at Hopkins, and has received numerous teaching awards and honors.

Luan Lawson, MD, is the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Student Affairs, and a professor of emergency medicine (EM), at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She has extensive experience in undergraduate medical education, with a particular focus on curriculum development, assessment, and team-based training. Previously, as Principal Investigator of the AMA Accelerating Change in Education grant at East Carolina University, Dr. Lawson led the development and implementation of key health systems science initiatives, including the Teachers of Quality Academy faculty development program, a health system transformation and leadership distinction track, and a longitudinal curriculum.

Dr. Lawson has contributed nationally to medical education through her service on the USMLE Step # CCS Committee, National Board of Medical Examiners' EM Advanced Clinical Exam task force, and as a past president of the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM).