More than 150 educators gathered in-person and virtually May 16-17 at Weill Cornell Medicine for the OneCornell Health Educators Conference. The inaugural event, titled: “From Assessment to Feedback: Closing the Loop in Clinical Education in the Health Professions,” convened educators and students from medicine, veterinary medicine, physician assistant studies and licensed veterinary technician training for two days of medical education programming.

The hybrid event was jointly organized by education leadership from Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, pairing the educational strengths and innovations of their institutions.

“Bringing together medical educators from medicine and veterinary training pathways allowed us to expand our horizons and think broadly about medical education and the challenges we can solve together to prepare the next generation of health professions educators,” said Dr. Joseph E. Safdieh, conference co-chair and the Richard P. Cohen Senior Associate Dean for Education at Weill Cornell Medicine. “Attendees came from as far as Hong Kong, Qatar and Brazil. It was a capstone to the amazing work we’ve done this academic year to bring our campuses together as one Cornell community of educators.”

The conference, which emanated from Weill Cornell Medicine’s Educators Driving Growth & Excellence (EDge), a new initiative from the Office of Medical Education and the Cornell Veterinary Educators Academy, focused on the themes of teaching diagnostic and clinical reasoning and best practices for providing learners with effective assessment and feedback. It also featured interactive educator panel discussions and workshops, and selected abstracts from around the world for oral presentation that sparked an exchange of ideas. 

“The conference highlighted how similar the educational questions and challenges are across disciplines, regardless of whether students are training to care for humans or animals,” said Dr. Julia Felippe, conference co-chair, associate dean for community engagement and executive director of the Cornell Veterinary Educators Academy at Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine, located on the university’s Ithaca campus. “There was so much energy in the room, with a lot of great questions, audience participation and captivating speakers.”

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