2025 Annual Conference Advance Program

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• Medicine Program Directors and Associate Program Directors
• Fellows with an interest in GME
• Core Faculty
• Program Coordinators and Administrators

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PRE-CONFERENCE: FLIGHT ACADEMY

Richard Winters, MD Learn More
Leadership Strategies and Frameworks
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 / 8:50 AM - 9:50 AM (Eastern)

APCCMPD ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Stacey B. Lee, JD Learn More
Negotiating for What’s Next: Strategies and Approaches for Career Success
Thursday, March 13, 2025 / 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM (Eastern)

Adam Rodman, MD, MPH Learn More
The Future of Artificial Intelligence for Medical Education
Friday, March 14, 2025 / 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM (Eastern)

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FLIGHT Academy: Fellowship and GME Leadership Training Learn More
$565 Member / $765 Non-member
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 / 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Eastern)

As part of your FLIGHT registration, the following events will be included:
* Breakfast, Lunch and Breaks: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

• We're excited to offer FLIGHT Academy II, but space is limited! 
• We're giving our FLIGHT Academy I (February 2024) participants priority registration through December 1, 2024.
• After that, any remaining spots will be open to everyone on a first-come, first-served basis. 
• We hope to see you there! 

The FLIGHT Academy Education Leadership Certificate program is designed to help current and aspiring fellowship and graduate medical education leaders enhance their leadership capabilities, knowledge, and skills. The certification program provides participants with practical frameworks and approaches to leadership to improve their effectiveness, advance their careers, and make a lasting difference in the lives of those they lead.

Continuing Education and MOC Credit

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.25 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM or ABP, etc. MOC credit.

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Breakout Sessions * Learn More
Thursday, March 13, 2025 / 1:45 PM - 5:40 PM (Eastern)
* Breakout Sessions are intended for an In-person audience only

Town Hall Meetings ** Learn More
Thursday, March 13, 2025 / 1:15 PM - 5:40 PM (Eastern)
** Town Hall Meetings are intended for In-person and Virtual audiences

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Thursday, March 13, 2025 / 10:45 AM - 5:10 PM (Eastern) Learn More
Friday, March 14, 2025 / 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Eastern)

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Upon completion of this conference, participants should be better able to:

1. Utilize generative AI to efficiently create content and assessments by applying strategies for engineering prompts that maximize useful outputs from large language models.

2. Discuss the latest trends and updates in accreditation for internal medicine pulmonary disease (PUD), critical care medicine (CCM) and pulmonary critical care medicine (PCCM) from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

3. Utilize institutional resources to overcome barriers in developing a Health Systems Science curriculum, implement strategies for creating and teaching engaging content, and apply tools to evaluate and enhance the quality of fellow mortality and morbidity conferences.

4. Identify signs of poor mental health in learners, implement strategies to support fellows in navigating these issues, and determine when and how to effectively address mental health concerns with other fellows and faculty within the program.

5. Compare and contrast various immersive learning technologies, describe their strengths and limitations for PCCM training, explore their potential to transform existing learning paradigms for fellowship trainees, and discuss the challenges and potential solutions related to their implementation.

6. Identify ACGME SDOH/DEI milestones and the current lack of formative assessment in many programs, facilitate discussions with program leaders to brainstorm pathways for integrating these milestones into formative evaluations, and compile their results into a recommendation statement for embedding health equity milestones into fellow evaluations.

7. Establish the importance of overcoming barriers to enhance faculty skills for working with trainees, plan and design effective professional development sessions, and examine barriers to professional development while proposing improvements for its delivery.

8. Review methods and conclusions from key 2024 publications on procedural training, simulation, communication and trainee assessment, and discuss potential areas for further study and collaboration within the APCCMPD community and beyond.

9. Prepare for and negotiate career advancement opportunities in medical education leadership by identifying key strategies for career growth, developing effective negotiation techniques, and applying these skills to advance their professional goals.

10. Discuss the current state of climate and planetary health in medical education, particularly in pulmonary and critical care, identify the impact of air pollution on lung health, and commit to reducing the climate footprint of their clinical practice.

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In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 11.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM or ABP, etc. MOC credit.

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As a jointly accredited provider, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) must ensure balance, objectivity, independence, and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Faculty are encouraged to provide a balanced view of therapeutic options by utilizing either generic names or the trade names of several to ensure impartiality.

All speakers, planning committee members and others in a position to control continuing education content participating in a UNMC-accredited activity are required to disclose relationships with commercial interests. A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. Disclosure of these commitments and/or relationships is included in these activity materials so that participants may formulate their own judgments in interpreting its content and evaluating its recommendations.

This activity may include presentations in which faculty may discuss off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments not yet FDA-approved. Participants should note that the use of products outside currently FDA-approved labeling should be considered experimental and are advised to consult current prescribing information for FDA-approved indications.

All materials are included with the permission of the authors. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and are not to be construed as those of UNMC.

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As part of your conference registration, the APCCMPD will provide you with the following meals:

• Breakfast: Thursday, March 13 and Friday, March 14, 2025
• Lunch: Thursday, March 13, 2025
• Reception: Thursday, March 13, 2025

Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Reserve Your Room
Room Rate *: $269.00 (+ applicable fees and taxes)
* Conference rate is available on a first-come, first-served basis
Housing block closes on February 7, 2025.

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No refunds will be given after February 1, 2025.

Attendees who need to cancel their registration must do so by emailing [email protected].
A full refund will be given through January 1, 2025. For cancellations made between January 2-31
2025, an administrative fee of $125 will be charged. NOTE: If an attendee does not cancel prior to
the start of the conference and does not attend, the attendee is still responsible for payment.

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James Frank, MD, MS
University of California San Francisco

Joyce Reitzner, MBA, MIPH
APCCMPD Executive Director

Brenda Ram, CMP, CHCP
Director, Educational Programs
Missy Edwards, BA
Center for Continuing Education
University of Nebraska Medical Center