Health Professions Educational Scholarship Forum (2024)
- Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 8:45 AM - 2:30 PM
About this Program
This event brings together individuals who are engaged in educational scholarship, research and innovation in the disciplines of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work and other allied health professions.
Room: Faculty of Medicine, The Dr. Richard Fagan Lecture Theatre (1M101)
Access is also available remotely by Webex for registrants
Plenary Talk: Dr. Lourdes Peña-Castillo
Artificial Intelligence in Teaching, Research and Medicine: Current Challenges
Lourdes Peña-Castillo, PhD, is a Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Biology (jointly appointed) in the Faculty of Science at MUN. Before coming to MUN, Dr. Peña-Castillo obtained her Ph.D. from the Otto-von-Guericke University in Germany and did a 3-year postdoc in the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research at the University of Toronto. Throughout her academic career, she has developed and/or applied artificial intelligence (mostly machine learning) in various areas such as bioinformatics, games and augmented virtuality. She leads the Bioinformatics lab at MUN which is focused on the application of machine learning-based methods to solve biological problems.
A PDF version of the agenda with submitted abstracts is available here
The detailed program of presentations is below.
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8:45 a.m. |
Opening Remarks Dr. Rod Russell (Vice Dean, Research and Graduate Studies) |
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9:00 a.m. |
Plenary Talk Dr. Lourdes Peña-Castillo (Computer Science and Biology) Artificial Intelligence in Teaching, Research and Medicine: Current Challenges |
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Oral Presentations |
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10:00 a.m. |
Dr. Marc Acreman (Anesthesia) Enhancing Medical Simulation Through Drug and Volume Status Recognition Systems |
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10:15 a.m. |
Dr. Michelle Johnson (Pediatrics) Evaluation and Renewal of Resident Physician Orientation in a Pediatrics Residency Program |
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10:30 a.m. |
Nutrition Break in the Atrium |
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11:00 a.m. |
Cassandra Collins (Medical student) |
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11:15 a.m. |
Dr. Brian Kerr (UGME), Dr. Sandra Cooke-Hubley (Medicine), Dr. Michael Wahl (BioMedical Sciences) |
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11:30 a.m. |
Dr. Gerry White (OPED) |
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch and Networking in the Atrium |
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1:00 p.m. |
Adam Reid (CCHPE) |
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1:15 p.m. |
Dr. Alison Haynes (UGME) |
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1:30 p.m. |
Adam Reid (CCHPE) |
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1:45 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
Program Agenda
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Forum
Plenary Talk
Oral Presentations
Nutrition Break
Oral Presentations
Lunch
Oral Presentations
Closing Remarks
Acknowledgements
Registration Details
Registration for this program is closed.