MCW 2024 Innovations in Healthcare Education Research (IHER) Conference

5-minute Ignite Session

Innovations in healthcare education abstract
(Submit a 10-minute oral presentation, 3-minute speed poster or paper poster)

Research in healthcare education abstract
(Submit a 10-minute oral presentation, 3-minute speed poster or paper poster)

Fireside Chat

World Café

Campfire Session (NEW!)
Much like people sitting around a campfire listening to someone tell a story, a campfire session at a conference is an informal way of presenting and discussing topics with meeting attendees. Less structured than a typical breakout session, campfires are designed to allow attendees to easily drop in or out as their schedule and interest level permit.

AI-Enhanced Innovations (NEW!)
An AI-enhanced innovations abstract is a report on a unique educational experience that has developed enough to provide valuable lessons and insight worth sharing with the healthcare education community but has been enhanced by the use of AI-powered technologies such as generative pre-trained transformers (e.g., Open AI GPT4, Google Gemini, Meta Llama 2, etc.). As with traditional innovations abstracts, it is designed to foster scholarly dissemination of novel ideas, methods or materials in healthcare education. The focus can be on curriculum, teaching, assessment or any other aspect of healthcare training. An innovations abstract summarizes a problem statement, methodological approach and lessons learned from the study. However, additional information such as the prompts and AI models used will be required in the proposal.

Fishbowl (NEW!)
A fishbowl is a presentation style in which audience members become the presenters. Chairs are arranged in concentric circles with a few chairs placed in the center, similar to a theatre-in-the-round setup. When the presentation begins, a few audience members take seats in the center and begin the discussion. Only the people in the center of the circle can speak. Speakers are asked to make a point or answer a question and then vacate the chair (return to the audience) when finished so that another audience member can come forward and speak. This rolling transition from speaker to speaker, often facilitated by a moderator, is really a variation of a meeting around a board room table.