2022 Coalition Symposium Schedule-at-a-Glance

Monday, July 18, 2022

7:30 am – 8:30 am Registration
8:30 am – 9:00 am Symposium Opening: Seizing the Moment
Lisa Meeks & Kristina Petersen
9:00 am – 10:00 am Keynote Address: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Disability…
Diana Cejas, MD

The Coalition’s Commitment to Diversity/Intersectionality
Dr. Gregory Moorehead
10:00 am – 10:15 am Break (beverages provided)
10:15 am – 11:15 am Coffee & Conversation with Affiliate Groups

  1. Medicine/PA/PT
  2. Nursing
  3. OT/Dentistry/SLP/Graduate School
11:15 am – 11:30 am Break
11:30 am – 12:45 pm Concurrent Sessions

  1. Workshop 1: NBME Introduction to Applying for Accommodations on NBME Exams
    Marie Lusk & Christine Low
    (Release of new NBME Guidance)
  1. Workshop 2: Reading Documentation and Decision Making
    Jan Serrantino & Emily Magee
  1. Inclusion in Nursing/OT and PT: Challenges and Solutions
    Grace Clifford
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

  1. Workshop: Creating an Office Policy/Practice and Developing Robust Faculty Relationships
    Marie Lusk
  1. Lessons from COVID: Retaining the Good
    Jennifer Gossett
  1. Research Symposia: Where we are and where we are going
    Moderator: Lisa Meeks. Panel: Neera Jain, Laura Bulk, Erene Stergiopoulos, Michael Kim, Kristina Petersen
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Break (beverages provided)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Plenary Session: The Legal Landscape: Cases that Inform Best Practice
Jamie Axelrod
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Plenary Session: Presentation & Live Recording of DocsWithDisabilties Podcast
Lisa Meeks, Peter Poullos Interviewing DRP’s!
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Reception (all invited)

 

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

9:00 am – 10:15 am Keynote Address:  Justice as a North Star
Dr. Laura Bulk
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break (beverages provided)
10:30 am – 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions

  1. Working w/DHH Students in Clinical Nursing Programs
    Sarah Hein
  1. Advanced NBME Workshop: Writing Letters of Support
    Lisa Meeks & Kristina Petersen
  1. Allied Health Think Tank: How Can the Coalition Support YOU?
    Maria Keller & Matt Sullivan
12:15 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Concurrent Sessions

  1. Accommodation Decision-Making: The Critical Process of Documenting Decisions
    Enjie Hall
  1. Advanced NBME Presentation: Review of Two Successful Appeals
    Charles Weiner, JD; Larry Berger, JD; Dr. Jessica Ramsay; Jan Serrantino (moderating)
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Break (beverages provided)
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Closing Plenary: Mental Health in the Margin…
Erene Stergiopoulos
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Closing Remarks