Future Educators Among Us: Learners & New Graduates as Educators

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

2:00 PM – 2:50 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: Silver Linden (Mezzanine Level)

CMEs: 0.75

Erin Dorman, MSPAS PA-C – Assistant Professor, University of Alabama Birmingham

Primary Speaker(s)

Janelle Bludorn, PA-C (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor, Academic Coordinator
Duke PA Program, North Carolina

Slides

Co-Speaker(s)

Paul Gonzales, MPAS, PA-C (he/him/his)

Director of Didactic Education
California State University - San Bernardino
Cathedral City, California
Beverly DiCorso, MMSc, PA-C (she/her/hers)

Emergency Medicine PA
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Emergency Medicine
Ted Parker, MCHS, PA-C (he/him/his)

Teaching Associate
University of Washington - MEDEX NW
Seattle, Washington
HM

Hayden Mulligan, MPAS, PA-C (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh’s Hybrid PA Program

Disclosure(s):

Janelle Bludorn, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Paul Gonzales, MPAS, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Beverly DiCorso, MMSc, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Ted Parker, MCHS, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Hayden Mulligan, MPAS, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Description: Explore innovative strategies to cultivate future PA educators by engaging current students and early-career PAs. Using a series of dynamic micro-presentations and a structured discussion, we will delve into topics such as medical education electives, near-peer education, curricula for clinicians and preceptors, and future faculty fellowships.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize the importance and need for early educator development in PA trainees and early-career PAs
Identify key strategies influencing the career development of successful medical educators
Examine approaches to pedagogy supporting the development of early-career PAs as effective preceptors and clinicians
Discuss innovative strategies to cultivate future PA educators