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Join us for the 2024 Academic Forum Annual Retreat. The Academic Forum convenes annually to engage members with the business of the Academic Forum and to hear updates from certifying bodies and AMIA leaders. Members are encouraged to bring topics for discussion and to fully participate in discussion around the agenda topics.

Agenda

Time Event Speaker
11:00 am – 11:05 am Welcome Paul Nagy, Chair Elect, Academic Forum
11:05 am – 11:35 am AMIA Updates & AMIA’s relationship with Academic Forum Genevieve Melton-Meaux, AMIA Board Chair and President
Amanda Hanova, Chief Operating Officer/Interim Chief Executive Officer
Aarti Chandawarkar, Past Chair, Academic Forum
11:35 am – 12:00 pm Moderated discussion with AMIA Leadership Genevieve Melton-Meaux, AMIA Board Chair and President
Amanda Hanova, Chief Operating Officer/Interim Chief Executive Officer
Aarti Chandawarkar, Past Chair, Academic Forum
12:00 pm – 12-15 pm State of the Academic Forum Sue Feldman, Chair, Academic Forum
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Keynote: Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Health Professions Education William Hersh, Professor, Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch Break  
1:45 pm – 2:40 pm Community Chair Updates

CIPD: Jonathan Hron, Chair, CIPD

ALNI: Yun Jiang, Chair, ALNI

PMEC: Saptarshi Purkayastha, Chair, PMEC

BEC: Stephen Bronsburg, Chair, BEC
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm CAHIIM Update Linde Tesch, MS, RHIA, CAE
CAHIIM, Senior Education Quality Officer
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Break  
3:15 pm – 3:35 pm AMIA Education Update Jeffrey Williamson, AMIA, Senior Vice President of Education and Member Services
3:35 pm – 3:55 pm AMIA Education Future Needs Humayera Islam, Chair, Student Working Group
3:55 pm – 4:15 pm Moderated Discussion: Ways Academic Programs can have students engaged with AMIA Saif Khairat, AMIA Education Committee
Humayera Islam, Chair, Student Working Group
Paul Nagy, Chair Elect, Academic Forum
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm Closing Remarks Paul Nagy, Chair Elect Academic Forum