Dean's Significant Conversations

What's age got to do with it: Expectations and communications across the generations

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar 2025-02-12 17:00:00 2025-02-12 19:00:00 Dean's Significant Conversations There are five generations active in the School of Medicine community: The Silent Generation (1925-1945), Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1980), Millennials (1981-2000) and Generation Z (2001-2020). This Significant Conversation will focus on understanding the different expectations that the generations bring to an academic medical setting where education and research are the focus for us all to be in the common space both as faculty, students and staff while highlighting the opportunities to look beyond age and embrace different perspectives to address our common goals. Registration link forthcoming. Conversation: 5–6:30 p.m. Reception: 6:30–7 p.m. Hybrid Weatherhead School of Management Weatherhead School of Management UTC public

Event Location

Hybrid

Event Details

There are five generations active in the School of Medicine community: The Silent Generation (1925-1945), Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1980), Millennials (1981-2000) and Generation Z (2001-2020). This Significant Conversation will focus on understanding the different expectations that the generations bring to an academic medical setting where education and research are the focus for us all to be in the common space both as faculty, students and staff while highlighting the opportunities to look beyond age and embrace different perspectives to address our common goals.

Registration link forthcoming.

Conversation: 5–6:30 p.m.
Reception: 6:30–7 p.m.

Event Speakers

- Ted Parran, MD, Isabel and Carter Wang Professor and Chair in Medical Education, CWRU School of Medicine (Baby Boomer)
- Ken Remy, MD, Center Director, The Blood, Heart, Lung, and Immunology Research Center, CWRU and University Hospitals of Cleveland; Director, -Pulmonary and Critical Care Research (Gen X)
- Sarah Augustine, MD, Chair of the CWRU SOM Committee on Medical Student Promotion; Advancement Director of Clinical Performance Improvement, Cleveland VA (Gen X)
- Trenley Anderson, MD, resident in Child Neurology at University Hospitals (Millenial)
- Shejuti Wahed, Case Western Reserve University undergraduate student, senior year majoring in neuroscience and psychology (Gen Z)

Event Address

Wolstein Research Building Auditorium or livestream