A half-day annual retreat bringing together educators and clinicians for workshops, poster presentations, and faculty development.
Location: Health Education Campus
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM - 6:15 PM
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM: Registration, Lunch, and Networking
Please grab your lunch and proceed to Room 176 for the Dean's Welcome and Plenary
Location: South Winter Garden and Room 176
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM: Opening Remarks
Stanton L. Gerson MD, Dean, School of Medicine
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM: Welcome
Lia Logio MD MACP FRCP, Vice Dean, Medical Education
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Plenary on Using Generative AI in Medical Education Work
Rahul Damania, MD and Kate Weber, PhD
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Break and Transition to Workshops
2:45 PM – 4:15 PM: Skill Development Workshops (select one)
- Workshop A: Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback – Lia Logio
- Workshop B: From White Coat to Match Day: The Career Advising Playbook – Jill Azok and Stacey Jolly
- Workshop C: Master Adaptive Learner – Kate Miller and Colleen Croniger
- Workshop F: CARE in Simulation: A Patient-Centered Framework for Simulation Design and Debriefing – Julianne De Martino
- Workshop E: Advanced Use of AI in Medical Education – Rahul Damania
- Workshop F: Escape Room and Gamefication to Improve Learning – Tawna Mangosh
- Workshop G: CAS 2.0 Demonstration – Wei Xiong
- Workshop H: Excellence in PA Clinical Education: Strategic Best Practices in Precepting – Jensen Lewis and Ryan Adler
4:15 – 4:30 Break and Transition to Awards Ceremony
4:30 – 4:45 PM: Awards Ceremony
4:45 – 6:15 PM Cocktail Reception with Poster Sessions
(South Winter Garden and HEC Room 181)
4:45 – 5:30 PM: Poster Session #1
5:30 – 6:15 PM: Poster Session #2
From White Coat to Match Day: The Career Advising Playbook
Dr. Jill Azok, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Co-Director of Career Advising
Dr. Stacey Jolly, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Co-Director of Career Advising
Designed for both experienced specialty advisors and people interested in learning about becoming a specialty advisor for medical students, this workshop will share both local and national resources for career advising as well as discuss best practices for advising medical students, both one-on-one and in small group settings.
This is a practical, hands-on session. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet.
CARE in Simulation: A Patient-Centered Framework for Simulation Design and Debriefing
Dr. Julianne DeMartino, Assistant Professor, Medical Director of the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center
Compassion • Authenticity • Respect • Experience
This interactive workshop introduces CARE, a patient-centered simulation framework that centers the human experience of care alongside clinical performance. Participants will explore how CARE provides a shared language for designing, facilitating, and debriefing simulations that honor the patient’s voice while developing technically skilled, reflective clinicians.
A key focus of the session is the intentional integration of the patient voice through the use of Simulated Participants (SPs). Attendees will examine practical strategies for incorporating SPs into simulation and leveraging their unique perspective to provide feedback during the encounter and in debriefing, strengthening patient-centered learning and reflection.
Excellence in PA Clinical Education: Strategic Best Practices in Precepting
Jensen Lewis, MSPAS, PA-C , Program Director, Associate Professor,Physician Assistant Program
Ryan Adler, EdD, DMSc, PA-C, CHSE, Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Program
This workshop will explore evidence-informed and experience-driven best practices in physician assistant (PA) clinical precepting from the perspective of clinical education leadership. As clinical training environments grow increasingly complex, preceptors play a critical role in shaping not only clinical competence, but professional identity, clinical reasoning, and patient-centered care.
Drawing from program-level oversight and longitudinal coaching models, this session will examine structured onboarding, expectation setting, progressive autonomy, high-impact feedback, early learner support strategies, and alignment with competency-based outcomes. Emphasis will be placed on practical frameworks that strengthen preceptor effectiveness while maintaining clinical productivity and educational rigor
Poster Presenters: The poster presentation will be an electronic one. Therefore, do not print your poster. Instead, please read the following guidelines carefully to ensure a successful presentation:
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The poster size should be a widescreen (landscape) 16:9 ratio, 56 inches by 31.5 inches. A sample poster layout is attached to the email for reference.
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Please save your poster in a high-resolution PDF format & submit it to medicaleducation@case.edu by the April 7th deadline.
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Your poster presentation will be on a large screen device.
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Each presentation has a total of 7 minutes, 4 minutes of presentation and 3 minutes for questions.
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Each presentation will have a designated time & location to present.
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You will receive a notification when one minute is remaining of your presentation time, and then a second notification when you will need to promptly conclude so the next presenter can begin.
We hope that these guidelines and suggestions help you to create an engaging and informative electronic poster for the presentation. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact medicaleducation@case.edu.
Visitor self-pay parking is available in the JJ Parking Garage (1956 E. 93rd St., Cleveland, OH 44106).
To access the Health Education Campus, park in the JJ Parking Garage and follow signs to the JJ Office Building to exit the garage. Take the elevator (or stairs) to the first floor and cross East 93rd Street to enter the Health Education Campus.
