CORD Conferences

2022 Spring CORD Conference

Friday, March 25, 2022
7:00am – 10:00am Central Time
Chicago, Illinois

Assessments in Education: Subjective vs Objective

 7:00am – OPENING REMARKS

Tessa Balach, MD, FAOA, 2022 CORD Conference Co-Program Chair, University of Chicago
Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, FAOA, 2022 CORD Conference Co-Program Chair, Tulane University

7:05am – COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS PRESENTATION

7:10am – ACGME MILESTONES 2.0 UPDATE

Corey J. Parker, MPA, ACGME

7:25am – AAOS RESIDENT CURRICULUM UPDATE

7:35am – Q&A

7:45am – STUDENTS

Moderator: Nicole Schroeder, MD, FAOA, University of California, San Francisco

Measuring Medical Student Performance

• Orthopaedic shelf debate – Kimberly J. Templeton, MD, FAOA, University of Kansas Medical Center; Stephen K. Aoki, MD, FAOA, University of Utah
• Objective Assessments (USMLE, COMLEX) – Jeanne Farnan, MD, MHPE, University of Chicago
• Clerkship grades / MSPE – Megan Conti Mica, MD, University of Chicago

 Medical School Characteristics

• Allopathic schools – Nicole Schroeder, MD, FAOA, University of California, San Francisco
• Osteopathic schools – Timothy S. Ackerman, DO, FAOA, FAOAO, UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals
• Schools without orthopaedic programs – Ronald A. Navarro, MD, FAOA, Kaiser Permanente

8:15am – Q&A     

8:30am – RESIDENTS

Moderator: Afshin E. Razi, MD, FAOA, Maimonides Medical Center

• ABOS tools and Milestones 2.0 – Lisa A. Taitsman, MD, MPH, FAOA, University of Washington
• Objective knowledge assessments – Brent Ponce, MD, FAOA, Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital
• EPAs: the Canadian experience – Henry M. Broekhuyse, MD, FAOA, University of British Columbia
• Subjective assessments: faculty evaluations or residents – Carol A. Lin, MD, FAOA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

9:00am – Q&A

9:15am – FACULTY

Moderator: M. Daniel Wongworawat, MD, FAOA, Loma Linda University

• Resident assessments of faculty – Matthew D. Karam, MD, FAOA, University of Iowa
• Best practices to objectively evaluate teaching skills
  • Program director vs. Chair – Michelle S. Caird, MD, FAOA, University of Michigan; Charles Cassidy, MD, FAOA, Tufts Medical Center
• Remediation of a poor teacher
  • Program director vs Chair – Keith Kenter, MD, FAOA, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine; Stephen A. Albanese, MD, FAOA, Upstate Orthopaedics, LLP

9:45am – Q&A / OPEN DISCUSSION

10:00am – ADJOURN