Be The Best Teacher: Clinical Teaching Educational Bootcamp

This is a ticketed event. Excellence in clinical teaching is crucial for emergency medicine faculty; however, many faculty members lack formal teaching training. This specialized boot camp will explore specific clinical teaching techniques through engaging discussions, hands-on applications, and practice sessions. This intensive workshop will equip educators with the strong foundation, fundamental methods, and essential skills for impactful teaching in emergency medicine.

Presenters:

  • Sally Santen, Md, PhD
  • Stephen J. Cico, MD, MEd
  • Benjamin H. Schnapp, MD MEd
  • Sarah R. Williams, MD, MHPE, PCC
  • Al'ai Alvarez, MD
  • Jason Wagner, MD
  • Susan B. Promes, MD, MBA
  • Mary R. C Haas, MD, MHPE
  • Robin R. Hemphill, MD, MPH
  • Jazmyn Shaw, MD
Authors
  • Sally Santem, MD, PhD

    Sally Santen, MD, PhD

    Sally Santen, MD, PhD, is professor of emergency medicine and medical education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and vice-chair of education research in the department of medical education. She is the senior associate dean, assessment, evaluation, and scholarship and professor of emergency medicine at Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine. Previously she was an assistant dean at the University of Michigan Medical School and Emory School of Medicine. 

    Dr. Santen earned her MD from the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed a residency in emergency medicine at the George Washington/Georgetown hospitals. As a junior faculty at Vanderbilt University, she earned a PhD in education. 

    Dr Santen is the recipient of several awards for her work in education, including the SAEM Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award which recognizes outstanding contributions to emergency medicine through the teaching of others and the improvement of pedagogy.She is also a Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program fellow

    Dr. Santen has published more than 200 papers, including over 30 papers in Academic Emergency Medicine, as well as perspectives inJAMA and New England Journal of Medicine. While at the University of Michigan, she was the co-principal investigator for the American Medical Association Accelerating Change in Medical Education grant. Dr. Santen was responsible for the evaluation of several NIH grants including, CTSA, T32, R25, and PREP. She is currently the evaluator for a Virginia Department of Health grant and a Health Resources and Services Administration well-being grant. She is an evaluation and scholarship consultant for the American Medical Association Accelerating Change in Medical Education consortium.

  • Stephen J. Cico, MD, MEd

    University of Central Florida College of Medicine

    Dr. Stephen Cico was recruited to lead the UCF-HCA Healthcare GME Consortium as the ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, and Professor of Emergency and Pediatrics. Dr. Cico is a recognized leader in medical education and has published widely and presented both nationally and internationally on medical education topics, including effective didactic and clinical teaching strategies, publishing in the medical education literature.

  • Benjamin H. Schnapp, MD, MEd

    University of Wisconsin

    Dr. Benjamin Schnapp graduated from the Mount Sinai Hospital emergency medicine residency program in New York City, where he completed a specialty track in medical education and served as chief resident. He completed his medical education fellowship at Northwestern University and is pursuing a master's in education with a focus on health professions at the University of Cincinnati. His interests include clinical teaching skills, resident assessment, and decision-making. He serves on the SAEM Graduate Medical Education and Fellowship Approval committees.

  • Sarah R. Williams, MD, MHPE, ACC

    Stanford University

    Sarah R. Williams, MD, MHPE, PCC is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine. She is also a professional certifed coach. Dr. Williams leads the Stanford Coaching Office: Advancing Coaching in Healthcare and Medical Education ("COACHME@Stanford", https://med.stanford.edu/content/sm/coachme.html.) and the Stanford Health Professions Education and Scholarship Program ("SHaPES", https://med.stanford.edu/academy/programs/CTSS_Schedule.html), our interdepartmental medical education certificate program. She has also been a residency and fellowship program director. Her goals are to 1) democratize the availability of quality coaching in medical education; and 2) provide educators with the skills they need for a successful and fulfilling career in medical education.
  • alai.alvarez - Al'ai Alvarez

    Al'ai Alvarez, MD

    SAEM Nominating Committee Member

    Stanford Emergency Medicine

    My long-term interest is to study the intersection of Medical Education, Process Improvement (Quality and Clinical Operations), Representation (Diversity), and Well-being (Inclusion/Belonging) through human-centered design. My academic and professional experience has provided me with an excellent background in understanding the drivers for professional fulfillment in medicine and its interplay on efficiencies of care, the culture of wellness, and personal resilience, as highlighted by Stanford WellMD’s Professional Fulfillment Model. Specifically, my work investigates the role of self-compassion and resilience in promoting belongingness and overcoming isolation and loneliness in medicine exacerbated by experiences of medical harm, vicarious trauma, implicit bias, microaggressions, and imposter phenomenon.

    I graduated from the faculty fellowship at the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, where I explored the role of mindfulness in resuscitations. Furthermore, I co-directed and organized the inaugural High-Performance Resuscitation Teams Summit in May 2022 in Chicago, IL, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and the Mission Critical Teams Institute, to understand commonalities among high-performing teams in healthcare, aerospace, sports, military, special operations, and fire rescue.

    As an attending EM physician, I served as the Assistant Medical Director on Quality Education and Clinical Operations at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Emergency Department (ED), the busiest ED in Northern California. This role offered me direct insight into drivers of burnout through inefficiencies in clinical practice and the need for a culture of wellness, especially in quality improvement and peer review. As an Associate Residency Program Director at the Stanford Emergency Medicine Residency Program (2015-2021), I led initiatives to enhance personal resilience while advocating for improving the clinical and learning environment to improve well-being and professional fulfillment.

    Currently, I am the Director of Well-Being and co-chair of the Human Potential Team at Stanford Emergency Medicine. I also serve as the Stanford EM Physician Wellness Fellowship Director. As the chair of the Stanford WellMD Physician Wellness Forum, I lead monthly discussions to understand how better to optimize clinical practice environments to improve well-being and professional work-life balance.

    As Chair of the SAEM Wellness Committee (2022- ), we are spearheading the “October is #StopTheStigmaEM month,” which has been the most extensive campaign for SAEM, mobilizing national organizations in EM and leveraging social media to increase awareness and support efforts to humanize physicians, prioritize mental health, and normalize receiving mental health support.

    Given my disparate physician leadership and clinical experience, I offer a unique and valuable perspective in serving on the Nominations Committee. I aim to continue fostering collaboration, empowerment, and self-compassion in academic emergency medicine's learning and work environment. This includes finding ways to recognize the work of academic EM physicians and EM bound trainees.

  • Jason Wagner, MD

    Washington University School of Medicine

    During his 20-plus years at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. wagner has been an innovator, continuously striving to enhance the experiences and education of those around him. He was the Director of Simulation for 10 years, coinciding with 10 years as a nocturnist before becoming a Residency APD for four years. This was followed by a decade as the Residency Program Director, ushering in an era of change for the program restructuring, not only the conference curriculum from top to bottom, but also the clinical rotations across all four years of residency. Dr. wagner continues to push the boundaries of education through the integration of Cognitive Load Theory, Behavioral Economics, and Story Telling as the Vice Chair for Education at Washington University in St. Louis.

  • Susan B. Promes, MD, MBA

    Penn State University

    Currently, Dr. Promes serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Penn State College of Medicine, a role she has held since 2014. She is the recipient of the 2020 Society of Academic Emergency Medicine's prestigious Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award. She serves as the Editor in Chief of Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training. Her leadership in academic emergency medicine is significant—in 2019, the AAMC reported that only 18% of emergency medicine chairs in the United States were women and she is one of them.

  • Mary R. Haas, MD, MHPE

    University of Michigan

    Dr. Mary Haas, MD, MHPE, is Assistant Professor, Medical Education Fellowship Director, and Assistant Director of Clinical Faculty Development in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan. She also serves as Co-Director of the Leadership Development Program and faculty of the Doctoring program at the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania, medical school at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, emergency medicine residency and medical education fellowship including a Master of Health Professions Education at the University of Michigan. She served as Assistant Residency Director for 5 years. She has taught and mentored learners across the continuum through these roles. Her scholarly interests include collaborative writing, scholarship in medical education, faculty development, feedback and assessment, and the use of technology for education. She has published and spoken nationally on these topics. Her mission as an educator is to foster robust communities of practice that leverage collaboration and mentorship to amplify learning and ultimately advance the field.

  • Robin R. Hemphill, MD, MPH

    United States Department of Veterans Affairs

    Dr. Robin Hemphill is a graduate of George Washington University Medical School. She completed an Internship in Internal Medicine followed by Emergency Medicine at the Joint Military Medical Centers in San Antonio, TX. After residency she was on active duty at Brooke Army Medical Center as an Attending Physician. Followed by positions in academics as well as governmental positions at national and regional levels. Her focus is on Quality and Safety in healthcare.


    In 2020 She was recruited to become the Chief of Staff of the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Health System.

  • Jazmyn Shaw, MD

    University of Cincinnati

    Jazmyn is a 3rd year resident and rising chief resident at the Unviersity of Cincinnati. Her interests include ultrasound, quality improvement, medical education, and increasing diversity within the field of Emergency Medicine.

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