Professional Enrichment Day 2026

Professional Enrichment Day 2026
Getting Started with Educational Research and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for Health Professions Educators 

The focus of this year’s PED centers on promoting faculty engagement in scholarship.   We are pleased to welcome Dr. Karen Hauer, MD, PhD, Vice Dean for Medical Education at UCSF, who will present:  From Teaching to Educational Scholarship:  Getting Started in Health Professions Education Research. Additionally, the day will offer practical, accessible sessions for faculty at all stages of scholarship experience, with opportunities to learn from colleagues, explore campus resources, and consider how teaching questions and innovations can lead to meaningful scholarly work.

Keynote Speaker, Karen Hauer, MD, PhD

Karen Hauer is Vice Dean for Education and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). As Vice Dean, she is responsible for postbaccalaureate premedical, undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education across the multiple UCSF clinical training sites and campuses. In her prior position as Associate Dean for Competency Assessment and Professional Standards, she designed and led the program of assessment in the UCSF School of Medicine Bridges curriculum and developed and directed the School’s medical student coaching program. For this work, she led the team which received the ASPIRE international award for excellence in student assessment. She is an active researcher in medical education and a research mentor for fellows, residents, students, and faculty with a focus on competency-based medical education, learner assessment, equity in assessment, artificial intelligence, coaching and remediation. In 2015, she completed a PhD in Medical Education through a joint program with UCSF and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. She received the 2024 Hubbard Award from the NBME for excellence in medical education assessment. She is president of the International Competency Based Health Professions Educators collaborative and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board of Medical Examiners. She has served on leadership committees with the National Board of Medical Examiners and Macy Foundation, served as deputy editor for the journal Medical Education, and is past president of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine national organization.

General Information

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Continuing Education Units (Scroll down to the accordion section below.)

Zoom Link (links will be provided on day of event)

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Program Agenda

08:30 - 9:00 Arrival / Coffee & Breakfast 

09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and Announcements

Michele Santilhano, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Chair, Faculty Development 

09:10 - 09:20  Opening Remarks and Keynote Introduction

Brian Clocksin PhD
Executive Vice President and Provost
Office of Academic and Student Affairs

09:20 - 10:20 Keynote Speech and Q&A

Karen Hauer, MD, PhD
Vice Dean for Education and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

10:20 - 10:30  Break

10:30-12:00  Workshop, From Ideas to Action: Developing Your Health Professions Education Scholarship Project 

Karen Hauer, MD, PhD
Vice Dean for Education and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Resources and Handouts

12:00 - 12:45 - Lunch

12:45 - 12:50 Centering Moment

Michele Santilhano, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Chair, Faculty Development of Nursing
Faculty Development Chair

12:50 - 02:00 Panel Discussion, Faculty and Staff Scholarship Experiences  

Moderator: Michele Santilhano, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Chair, Faculty Development 

Rhea Kimpo, PhD
Associate Professor, Basic Sciences
College of Health Sciences
 

Sam Alavi-Irvine, Ed.D., MA 
Founding Director, Center for Community Engagement

Stephen W. Hill, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Podiatric Medicine; Manager, Motion Analysis Research Center (MARC); Adjunct Professor, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

 

Haesook Kim, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC
Associate Professor, FNP Program, College of Nursing

Nichole Vasquez, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, CPAM 
Assistant Professor & Level I Academic Fieldwork Coordinator 
MOT and OTD Programs 
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences 

Yvette Mere-Cook, Ed.D., OTR/L
Associate Professor, MOT and OTD Programs
College of Health Sciences

02:00 - 02:15 --  Break

02:15 - 3:15  Panel Discussion, University Resources for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and Q&A

Library Research support

Hai-Thom Sota, MLIS
Library Director

Preparing for the IRB, Ethics of Human Subject Research 

Robyn Wu, OTD, OTR/L, BCP
Professor, Occupational Therapy

Resource: Research Ethics & Integrity / Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Research Protocol Screening (RPS)

Securing Internal and External Funding 

Stephen W. Hill, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Podiatric Medicine
Manager, Motion Analysis Research Center (MARC); Adjunct Professor, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

Disseminating Scholarship

Joseph Pellerito, PHD, OTR/L
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
Program Director, MOT & OTD Programs
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

03:15 - 03:30  Closing Remarks and Raffle

Reminder: Continuing Education Units for OT Faculty  (see accordion below)

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Resources 

• Handouts from Dr. Hauer
• Conferences and journals for health professions education 
• Expanded SMU Connect SoTL resources 
• Research design worksheet