2025 Montana WWAMI Faculty Development Conference*note new location - Fairmont Hot Springs*
Fairmont Hot Springs
Friday, April 4th 5:30pm Reception, through Sunday, April 6th 10am
2025 Forward Into the Future—Nurturing Excellence in Montana WWAMI Education
*After April 7th*
- Go to UW CME Cloud website at: https://uw.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx
- Click Sign in and sign in using your UW email or create new account if you have never logged in
- Click the My CME button
- Click Evaluations and Certificates (here you can email certificates for activities already completed)
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| 9:00am | Doors open, time to get situated | |
| 9:10am | Welcome and introductions | |
| 9:15am | MOC Teaching Improvement Project, Self-Assessment |
Amanda Kost, MD, Vice Chair for Education, Department of Family Medicine |
| 9:25am | TRUST 2.0 - Reflections on 18 years of TRUST in MT | Frank Batcha, MD & Jay Erickson, MD |
| 10:00am | WRITE Evaluations Using EPAs: Preparing for 26-27 AY | Frank Batcha, MD, Assistant Dean/WRITE Director & Robin Scott, MA, Education Specialist, UWSOM Office of Rural Programs |
| 11:30am | Break/Pick up lunch for presentation | |
| 11:45am | Montana TRUST Outcomes Since Inception | Jay Erickson, MD, MT WWAMI Clinical Dean |
| 12:15pm | TRUST Orientations - Best Practices, FSE, RUOP, WRITE |
Serena Brewer, DO, MT WWAMI Clinical Dean |
| 12:45pm | Students in Difficulty: Early Intervention & Resources | Laura Goodell, MD, Montana Stern Faculty Educator and TRUST Faculty |
| 1:30pm | End of TRUST WRITE Faculty Forum | |
| 2:00pm | TRUST/WRITE Administrator Meeting | Robin Scott, Ourania Abell, UWSOM Office of Rural Programs (in person and by Zoom) |
| 3:30pm | End of TRUST/WRITE Administrator Meeting | |
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| 2:00pm | Welcome & Introductions | |
| 2:10pm | Why the Change to EPAs and P/F - Why the Change is Needed, Process, and Plan | Joshua Jauregui, MD Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum, UWSOM |
| 3:00pm | What Went Well, What Didn't with WRITE site EPAs/WPAs | Frank Batcha, MD, ID Assistant Dean; UWSOM Office of Rural Programs |
| 3:20pm | How to Implement Changes to Clinical Assessment - Role-Play with Seasoned TRUST Preceptor(s) & Student | Serena Brewer, DO & Jay Erickson, MD, MT WWAMI Assistant Clinical Deans |
| 4:00pm | Break | |
| 4:10pm | Practice/Expectations (cont.) |
Break into Smaller Specialty Groups, Cases/Role-play |
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Friday Arrival
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5:00pm
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Registration Desk Opens
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5:30-7:30pm
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Reception with Appetizers
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6:00-7:00pm
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All of Us, and the Necessity of Action
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Renee Crichlow, MD,Chief Medical Officer of Codman Square Health Center; Vice-Chair at the Boston University Medical School, Department of Family Medicine |
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Saturday Morning Plenary
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7:30am
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Registration Desk Opens
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Breakfast Available
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8:00am
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Putting Mission into Motion: Skill-Building for Long-Term Framework for Sustainable
Change
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9:00-10:00am
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Pearls for a Positive Learning Climate
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Somnath Mookherjee, MD, Director, CLIME; Professor of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine
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Saturday Afternoon and Evening
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2:00pm
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Clinical Feedback: From Foundations to the Clinical Phase
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Zachary Meyers, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Big Sky College Head;
College Mentor; FCM Instructor, & Bozeman FM Clerkship Lead & Meghan Johnston, MD,
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
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3:00pm
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Current Awareness and Clinical Care Resources from the UW Health Sciences Library
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Electra Enslow, Director, Clinical Research and Data Services (CRDS)
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4:00pm
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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care – Hype or Hope?
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Matt Thompson, MD, Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Clinical Research Scientist, Google
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5:00pm
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End of Saturday Afternoon sessions
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6:00pm
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No-Host cocktails and reception |
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6:30pm
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Dinner |
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Sunday Morning Workshop |
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7:30am
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Breakfast Available |
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8:00am
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Written Narrative Evaluation: How to be a Skilled & Effective Author |
Laura Goodell, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine; STERN Educator & Jay
Erickson, MD, Professor, Department of Family Medicine; MT WWAMI Clinical Assistant
Dean
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10:00am
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End of Conference |
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- $400 travel stipend (two night’s lodging @ $150/night plus $100 travel).
- For reimbursement, you will need your Itemized hotel receipt, and you will need to fill out the W-9 and travel reimbursement form.
Contact Rachel Norris for more information:
rachel.norris@montana.edu
After invoicing against your WRITE budget through the UWSOM, additional funds may be accessed through the MT TRUST Stipend.
- $400 travel stipend (2 nights lodging @ $150/night plus $100 travel) only for those also attending Friday TRUST session (all day session by invite only); OR
- $250 (one night’s lodging @ $150/night plus $100 travel) for those MT TRUST preceptors attending weekend session only.
- For reimbursement, you will need your Itemized hotel receipt, and you will need to fill out the W-9 and travel reimbursement form.
- Contact Lisa Benzel for more information: lisabenz@uw.edu
WRITE sites hosting students in 2025 have a travel budget from the UWSOM for faculty development. These funds should be used to cover conference expenses for your site’s conference attendees. Attendees must be at the Friday, 9 am-1:30 pm, TRUST/WRITE meeting.
Contact Us
Judi Sullivan & Bernadette Duperron, Program Administrators
MT WWAMI Clinical Education Office
Phone: 208-995-6264/WWAMI office: 406-862-3810
Email: jasulliv@uw.edu Or duperron@uw.edu
Rachel Norris, Administrator
Montana Office of Rural Health and Area Health Education Center
Montana State University
Phone: 406-570-3670
Email: rpearson@montana.edu
