Welcome

• APHC President and Host Michelle Schmude, EdD, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Associate Professor of Medical Education at Geisinger College of Health Sciences
• Incoming APHC President Tanja K Adonizio, MD, MHPE, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Geisinger College of Health Sciences
• APHC Immediate Past President Dennis H. Novack, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Medical Education, Drexel University College of Medicine

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm: Keynote 1
Trust — Theoretical Concepts and Research
This presentation will share the results of a literature review that covered 50 years of trust research in health care.  It will elaborate on the type of work that has been done and identify areas that need further attention.

• Lauren A Taylor, PhD, MDiv, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Coffee Break & Networking

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions 1

Oral 1: Collaborative Curriculum Development and Team Training

• Raising the Bar: LLUSM's Collaborative Framework for Professionalism and Growth
  This presentation introduces the professionalism curriculum, remediation process, and outcomes at LLUSM. We will take a look at how our process has evolved over time from its inception to its current form as a collaborative growth framework. 
  • Erwin Stuffle, PhD, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Medical Student

• Building Trust in the Interprofessional Healthcare Team
  Building trust in an interprofessional healthcare team is essential for effective collaboration, patient safety, and improved outcomes. It relies on competence, communication, reliability, respect, and psychological safety. 
  • Julie Hebert OTD, OTR West Coast University Chair of IPE; Associate Professor
    

• Revolutionizing Healthcare Education: The Power of Student-Driven Curriculum Design
  Student involvement in curriculum design strengthens trust, teamwork, and engagement. This project proves that collaboration with faculty fosters accountability, enhances professional identity, and prepares students for ethical, patient-centered care 
  • Sana Mutalib,UCI School of Nursing, MSN Student
  • Stephanie Au. DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C. UCI School of Nursing. Faculty Director of Interprofessional Education and Practice Collaborative

Oral 2: Professionalism and Wellness Hand-in-Hand

• Cultivating Trust to Promote a Culture of Professionalism
  MD Anderson is a large, academic medical center, so our small team needed to develop creative approaches to develop trust with our new faculty. Our approach has promoted trust with new faculty to feel welcomed, supported, and connected. 
  • Christopher Rodriguez, MS, DBA Candidate (Student), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Program Coordinator
  • Eric Cano, AA, BA Candidate (Student), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Program Manager
  • Maureen Triller, DrPH, PMP, CMQ, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Director
  • Crystal Wright, MD, FASA, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Executive Director and Professor

11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions 3

Flash 1: Trust and Culture in Difficult Conversations

• Quitting for Two: an Ethical Approach to Smoking Cessation in Pregnant Patients
  This is a literary review of current discourse surrounding provider recommendations versus patient perspectives on smoking during pregnancy. We explore ethical implications of enforcing guidelines and discuss ways to improve patient-centered care
  • Jackie Buttafuoco, OMS-III, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine,Student Doctor
    Grace Markley, OMS-III, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Student Doctor
    Akansh Hans, OMS-III, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Student Doctor
    Madison Dale, OMS-III,West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Student Doctor

• Professionally Sharing the Trust in Clinical Practice
  Skilled transmission of the cruel truth in clinical practice to the intended recipients is required; that positively influences all players in a relationship.     
  • Sofica Bistriceanu, MD, PhD, Academic Medical Unit - CMI

• Navigating Decisional Incapacity: Using Patient Preference Predictors in Guiding Treatment for Unrepresented Patients
  A patient preference predictor (PPP) is a proposed computer-based algorithm designed to determine which treatments incapacitated patients would want based on demographic preferences. I argue for their use in unrepresented patient populations.
  • Sean McCormick, PhD(c), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, PhD Candidate

• Beyond Words: The Role of Nonverbal Communication in Building and Rebuilding Trust Across Healthcare Disciplines
  This presentation explores the critical role of nonverbal communication in building and rebuilding trust among healthcare professionals and patients, emphasizing its impact on collaboration and care quality. By integrating structured Interprofessiona
  • Stephanie Au, DNP, FNP, University of California Irvine, Associate Professor
  • Nathaniel Chin

• How Physicians Build Trust Amidst Uncertainty: Insights to Inform Medical Education
  Description to come.       
  • William Dean Wertz, Student, Thomas Jefferson University

Oral 3: Building Bridges of Trust: Overcoming Cultural and Technology Barriers in Health Care

• Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Mammography in Arab American Women
  This project explores cultural barriers to mammography use in Arab American women. By identifying facilitators and reviewing past interventions, physicians can adopt culturally tailored strategies to rebuild trust and improve early detection.
  • Alexis Kralovich, BS, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Medical Student

• Building Trust with the Help of a Decision Support Tool for Black Americans
  This presentation will describe the process of developing a tool to facilitate shared decision making and trust between transplant professionals and Black American potential living kidney donors considering genetic testing as part of the evaluation.
  • Heather Gardiner, PhD, MPH, Temple University, Professor
  • Jessica Barker, BSPH, Temple University, Research Project Coordinator
  • Dena Werner, PhD, Temple University, Postdoctoral Scholar
  • Ilene Hollin, PhD, Temple University, Assistant Professor
  • Sarah Bass, PhD, Temple University, Professor

• Reviving Physician-Patient Relationship Through Human Touch During AI Disruption
  Despite the complexities of modern medicine, the fundamental human connection facilitated by empathetic touch remains an essential part of effective, compassionate care. It is crucial that touch be given a dedicated space in medical education for the 
  • Kristina Reyes, MSc., Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Medical Student (M3)
  • Nicole Starke, MSc., Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Medical student (M3)
  • Vijay Rajput MD, MACP, FRCP, Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Professor, Chair, Department of Medical Education

Panel 2: Lessons and Reflections on Building Trust in Healthcare and Medical Education in Conflict Zones
This panel will bring together practicing healthcare professionals and learners who have served in Gaza to discuss the challenges in building trust in healthcare and education delivery in conflict zones.

• Sarah Siddiqui, MD, MPH, University of Texas Medical Branch, Assistant Professor
• Farrah Siddiqui, MD, Associate Professor
• Abeerah Muhammad, RN
• Haseeb Khawaja, MD

Workshop 5: Compassion Training for Building and Rebuilding Trust
Compassion training scaffolds caregivers' honesty and composure when treating patients who are themselves suffering. Furthermore, honesty and composure signal to patients and their loved-ones that a caregiver is trustworthy and ready to offer care.

• Marianne Florian, PhD, UTHealth - Houston, Post-Doctoral Fellow
• Gioconda Mojica, MD, UTHealth - Houston, Assistant Professor

Workshop 6: Using Authenticity to Build Trust: What Do You Believe?
The session will focus on the concept of rigorous authenticity and application of uncertainty reduction theory in trust-based relationship development. Participants will identify core values and learn to espouse them to build trusting relationships.

• William Davis, MA, PG-C, PMP, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Program Manager

Oral 4: Educational Initiatives to Build Trust and Enhance Professional Development

• Fostering Professionalism Through Multisource Feedback: A Novel Approach in Undergraduate Medical Education
  We introduced multisource feedback into the pediatrics clerkship and qualitative analysis was performed on students' reflections of the experience. Reflections commonly highlighted the unique perspective and contributions to personal development. 
  • Sadie Elisseou, MD, Harvard Medical School, Instructor in Medicine
  • Taylor Brown, MD, Harvard Medical School
  • Jennifer Potter, MD, Harvard Medical School
  • Nhi-Ha Trinh, MD, Harvard Medical School

• Building Professional Identity Through an Inclusive Curriculum
  This presentation outlines the intentional, systematic approach taken by MSUCOM faculty and administrators to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) themes into the medical curriculum, with a focus on professional identity formation. 
  • Debalina Bandyopadhyay, PhD, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • J'Aimee Lippert, DO, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs
  • Katherine Ruger, EdD, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Senior Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Executive Chief of Staff

11:15 am - 12:15 pm: Concurrent Sessions 7

Oral 7: Educational Approaches to Fostering Professionalism

• Case-based Medical Professional Reasoning: Facilitating Medical Professionalism by Using a Clinical Reasoning Approach
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  • Kristina Schick, PhD, Institute of Medical Education, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresd, Postdoctoral Researcher

• From Punitive to Proactive: Transforming Professionalism Support for Clinicians
  We will present coaching as an intervention to support professional behavior. We will present an overview of plans for an institutional coaching program, emphasizing how combined individual support and organizational accountability can build trust. 
  • Halle Ellison, MD, Geisinger College of Health Sciences, Director of Physician and APP Well-Being
  • Susan Parisi, MD, Geisinger College of Health Sciences, Chief Wellness Officer

• Building Trust Through Honesty: The Importance of Truth for Professionalism Remediation
  An educational innovation which brought ethics into professionalism remediation courses to address gaps is described. A key takeaway is that integrating features of character education can be illuminating for learners in remediation courses. 
  • Bryan Pilkington, PhD, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Professor of Bioethics
  • Caryn Katz-Loffman, LSW, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Core Assistant Professor, Director of Professional  Identity Formation, & Assistant Course Director

Panel 6: Collective versus Individual Professionalism: A 55 Year Conversation

Medicine's contemporary professionalism movement, including recent arguments advocating for an organizationally-facilitated version of professionalism, remains trapped within medicine's cultural ethos of individualism.  Alternatively, we explore a more collectivist, institutional and outward-facing professionalism using a panel discussion format fueled by audience response exercises.

• Frederic W. Hafferty, PhD, ACGME, Senior Scholar Center for Professionalism and the Future of Medicine
• Jon Tilburt, MD, Mayo Clinic, Professor of Biomedical Ethics and General Internal Medicine
• Tom Ganatir, ABMS, Senior Vice President Policy and External Affairs

Problem-Solving 4: Our Story: Leveraging Patient Narratives to Achieve Black Perinatal Equity
This session uses patient stories and a documentary to highlight Black birthing patients' challenges. Through discussions and brainstorming, participants will explore ways to address implicit bias and structural inequities to promote equitable care.

• Omotayo Balogun, MPH, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Medical Student
• Emmanuella Tetteh, BS, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Medical Student
• Femitan Ajayi, BS, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Medical Student
• Chiru Rwigi, BS, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Medical Student
• Candice Taylor Lucas, MD, MPH, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Associate Program Director - Pediatric Residency Program

Workshop 12: Building Trust and Professionalism in Virtual Clinical Encounters
In this interactive workshop, participants will engage in case-based discussion and interactive exercises to enhance their skills in designing virtual OSCE to address communication and telemedicine skills in medical students.

• Indranil Chakrabarti, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, Clerkship Director
• Lisa Altshuler, PhD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Associate Director of Evaluation and Assessment, PrMEIR
• Dennis Novack, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine

Workshop 13: Deconstructing Professionalism Through the ABI Model of Trust and Trustworthiness for Health Professional Learners
Trust and professionalism are linked in an inextricably reciprocal relationship. We propose to introduce and explore the ABI model of trustworthiness in order to foster and assess the development of that crucial characteristic in medical students and

• Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams, MD, PhD, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
• Lawrence Weisberg, MD, MACP, FASN, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Associate Dean, Professional Development
• Amy Colcher, MD, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Director of Professionalism, CMSRU
• Vijay Rajput, MD, MACP, FRCP(Edin.), Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, Professor, & Chair, Department of Medical Education

Trust in Research Evidence
This presentation will discuss how the trustworthiness of research impacts clinical practice.  It will also share information about the Coalition for Trust in Health and Science, a collaboration of organizations that address health and health professions education efforts to build stakeholder trust.

• Michael “Misho” Stawnychy, PhD, CRNP, Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, Nurse Scientist, Penn Medicine Princeton Health
• Mary D Naylor, PhD, RN, Professor, Gerontology & Director, New Courtland Center for Transitions & Health, U. of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Flash 2: From AI to Debate: How Do We Adapt to Communication Changes in Healthcare?

• Artificial Intelligence and Shared Purpose: Facilitating Trustworthiness in Medical Ethical Education
  A student's perspective on the role of AI in the ethical education of medical practitioners, with the thesis that shared trust between educators and students in the means and methods of moral education will be increasingly necessary as LLMs grow. 
  • Eleanor Hansen, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Student

• Male Non-Housekeeping Hospitality Worker Needs and Assets: Possible Role of CHWs as Advocates
  This study explores the support systems, work environment health, safety training, and access to equipment among Pacific Islander and Hispanic/Latinx male workers in non-housekeeping roles within the hospitality industry. 
  • Ivette Lopez, PhD, MPH, University of Utah, Director, Full Professor
  • Tatiana Allen-Webb, BS, CCRP, University of Utah, Associate Director

• Building Trust in the Emergency Department: Investigating Police-Patient-Provider Relations in the South Side of Chicago
  Our research studies the impact of law enforcement presence on patient-provider trust, safety, and relationship-building. 
  • Sharmain Siddiqui, B.A, Loyola University, Medical Student

• Using Debate to Improve Understanding of Ethical Dilemmas and Foster Active Listening
  Debating forces participants to actively listen, assess multiple viewpoints, and carefully craft responses. By using this tool in discussing ethical dilemmas in medicine, participants learn critical communication skills and trust building. 
  • Amy Brown, MD, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Associate Professor

Oral 8: Trust and Professionalism in Clinical Practice

• Pedagogy and Passion: Cultivating Virtuous Professionals Who Champion Health Equity
  The four-year Ethics, Equity, and Justice elective at the IU School of Medicine – South Bend utilizes many pedagogical tools to equip students with the virtues and experiences to be healthcare champions of justice and health equity. 
  • Joseph Kotva, PhD, IU School of Medicine -- South Bend, Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • April Olivas, BS, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Estefanía Flores, BS, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Jalynn Waites, BS, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Darrys Reese, BS, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Medical Student

• Considerations of Professionalism in the Prescription of Weight Loss Medications
  The rise of GLP-1 agonists for weight loss shows the challenge of balancing innovation with ethics, as misinformation risks trust. Transparent communication, evidence-based care, and equity in access are essential. 
  • Riya Savla, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Student
  • Bryan Pilkington, PhD, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Professor of Bioethics, Department of Medical Sciences
  • Anne Van Hoven, MD, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Assistant Dean of Academic Progress

• The UDH Health Coach Program: Equipping Future Providers to Build Trust And Provide Culturally-Tailored Care
  The UDH Health Coach Program is a mentorship program for Haitian and Haitian-American medical trainees, helping them get comfortable providing culturally-tailored care. These skills enable them to build trust with patients from diverse communities. 
  • Mehr Grewal, University of Washington, Research Assistant

Oral 9: Cultivating Professional Identity Formation

• Professional Identity Formation (PIF) Coaching: Building Trust, Fostering Growth
  We discuss coaching Professional Identity Formation (PIF) based upon the psychology of adult development and assessment. PIF coaching must first establish trust, with a goal of restoring the learner's trust in self and the learning community.
  • Verna Monson, PhD, Monson and Associates
  • Lisa Altshuler, PhD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Associate Director of Evaluation and Assessment, PrMEIR

• Exploring the Relationship Between Residency Specialty Choice and Professional Identity Essays (PIEs) in Medical Students
  Professional Identity Formation (PIF) can be assessed via the Professional Identity Essay (PIE); narrative responses to open-ended prompts. Our study examined relationships between residency specialty choice and PIE scores or trajectories. 
  • Lisa Altshuler, PhD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Associate Director of Evaluation and Assessment, PrMEIR

• Professional Identity Formation in Healthcare Students Through an International Exchange Program
  The traditional educational framework may require reevaluation to more effectively cultivate interpersonal skills such as professional identity. Virtual and hybrid exchange programs could offer opportunities to strengthen one's professional identity. 
  • Jason Luong, BS, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, Student
  • Anette Wu, MD, MPH, PhD, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Associate Professor

Workshop 14: Strengthened by Differences, Connected in Community: Essentials for Bridging Practices
In polarized times, how can we build respect and relationships across differing views? This workshop uses the KNN Framework for Flourishing to guide leaders and educators in bridging divides, fostering connection, and creating flourishing cultures.

• Marissa Kalkman, MS, Kern National Network, Senior Manager, Learning and Bridging
• Alverno Devine, MDiv, DDiv, Kern National Network, Program Manager, Bridging

Workshop 15: Building Trust and Increasing Quality of Care Through Active Bystandership - Prevention is Better than Remediation
The Burnett School of Medicine incorporated Heroes Active Bystandership training into the curriculum to promote, support and enhance professionalism and trust.  Empowering students to identify risk and equipping them with the skills to intervene.

• Erin Nelson, Psy.D., TCU Burnett School of Medicine, Assistant Dean, Physician Communication
• Abigail Tucker, Ph.D., Heroes Active Bystadership, Co-Founder
• Amit Singh, MD, TCU Burnett School of Medicine, Director, Patient Communication
• Jim Cox, MD, TCU Burnett School of Medicine, Director, Communication Skill Development
• Patrick O'Malley, Ph.D., TCU Burnett School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Physician Communication

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• Moderator: Preston Reynolds
• Fred Hafferty, PhD