This CME/CMLE credit-bearing virtual workshop series, with four 60-minute live webinars and on-demand recordings, is intended to support pathologists and lab professionals in their role of educating others (colleagues, residents, etc.) by providing practical tips and useful information that you can immediately apply to take your presentations and teaching to the next level.   

Access to all four live workshops and on-demand recordings included with your purchase.  

Visual Mastery: Enhancing Medical Presentations for Impactful Education 
Thursday, May 30, 2024, 11am-12pm CST 

Join us for an engaging workshop that dives into the art and science of presentation design tailored for medical educators. In "Visual Mastery: Enhancing Medical Presentations for Impactful Education," you'll learn how to transform complex medical data into visually appealing, digestible content that captures and retains your audience's attention. This workshop is designed to help medical professionals leverage visual tools to enhance understanding and engagement in educational settings. Discover strategies to simplify intricate concepts, ensure visual accessibility, and maintain educational rigor without losing your audience’s interest. 

Assessment: Measuring Success, Engaging Learners, and Beyond 
Thursday, August 22, 2024, 11am-12pm CST  

Assessment is not only a way to measure whether specific learning goals have been met, but also a means to engage with learners. An understanding of the role of assessment in learning is essential for exceptional outcomes. In this workshop, attendees will dive deeper into the role of assessment in education. We’ll discuss points of assessment and novel approaches to engage with learners. Attendees will also learn about interactive tools to enhance their learner’s educational experience. Journey beyond the course and assess your learners to the top of the laboratory. 

Exploring Paths to Empathy in the Educational Space 
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 11am-12pm CST 

Exploring Paths to Empathy in the Educational Space is a guided, group exploration into how we can (and currently do) bring empathy into our teaching and learning experiences. We will visit different aspects of empathy in action in the teaching space, including reflecting on feedback and modeling empathy. Everyone has their own unique brand of empathy that they bring to the table, and this workshop helps to highlight this and show how it can be incorporated into authentic teaching experiences. 

Brave Spaces & Charged Topics 
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 11am-12pm CST 

Conversations surrounding topics commonly deemed "difficult"and “uncomfortable” are often avoided or not supported. However, creating a culture where people feel encouraged to share their thoughts and lived experiences is vital for employee satisfaction, increased productivity, and an overall positive work environment. In this workshop, we will discuss how to create a brave space versus a safe space in academic and professional settings. We will cover the six pillars of creating a brave space and the positive outcomes for students and employees alike when environments respect and adopt these values.

The on-demand recordings will be included in this course 5 days post-event. 

Target Audience 

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of pathologists and laboratory professionals.
 

Learning Objectives 

Visual Mastery: Enhancing Medical Presentations for Impactful Education  

Upon completion of each of the four activities, you will be able to:

• Evaluate and analyze the effectiveness of various design elements such as color schemes, fonts, and layouts in medical presentations to enhance clarity and audience engagement
• Apply principles of instructional design to create diagrams, infographics, and other visual aids that accurately simplify and represent complex medical data and processes
• Synthesize knowledge of your audience’s background and needs to customize presentation content, ensuring it is accessible and educational across different levels of medical expertise

Assessment: Measuring Success, Engaging Learners, and Beyond  

Upon completion of each of the four activities, you will be able to:

• Characterize the purpose of assessment
• Identify novel approaches to gauge a learner’s knowledge and comprehension
• Develop interactive educational assessments that engage learners and facilitate comprehensive understanding through use of multimedia tools

Exploring Paths to Empathy in the Educational Space  

Upon completion of each of the four activities, you will be able to:

• Describe our individual strengths and discuss the application in personalized empathy in teaching
• Assess the purpose and process of feedback through the lens of empathy
• Identify how we can model empathy as teachers
•  Co-create a definition of empathy and generate collective “empathy highlights” as a team

Brave Spaces & Charged Topics  

Upon completion of each of the four activities, you will be able to:

• Describe a brave space versus a safe space
• Identify methods for creating a brave space in academic, clinical, and other workplace environments
• Outline approaches for how to incorporate the six pillars for creating brave spaces into your current work setting

Faculty  

Visual Mastery: Enhancing Medical Presentations for Impactful Education 

Kamran M. Mirza, MD, PhD, FASCP, MLS(ASCP) 
Professor of Pathology  
Director, Division of Education Programs, Assistant Chair of Education 
University of Michigan 

Constantine Kanakis, MD, MSc, MLS(ASCP)^CM 
Quality Chief Resident, Anatomic/Clinical, Loyola Medicine 
Adjunct Faculty, Loyola Parkinson School of Health Science & Public Health 

Assessment: Measuring Success, Engaging Learners, and Beyond  

Aaron Odegard, MS, MLS(ASCP)CMSMCM  
Laboratory Quality Coordinator 
Baptist Health Jacksonville 
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences 
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 

Kristin Pesavento, EdD, MA, MLS(ASCP) CM, MBCM 
Past ASCLS-IL President                                                    
Assistant Professor, Applied Health Sciences 
Graduate Program Director, Medical Laboratory Science 
Director of Academic Assessment 
Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health 
Academic Program Review Faculty Fellow 
Loyola University Chicago 

Exploring Paths to Empathy in the Educational Space 

Danielle Fortuna, MD, FASCP 
Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology 
Associate Director of Surgical Pathology 
Clinical Director of Histology & Gross Room Education and Operations
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania