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Your guide to maximize your experience at the Compassion in Medical Education (C-MEd) Forum and learn how to integrate empathy and compassion programs and curricula at your institution
July 8 - 9, 2024La Jolla, CA
Welcome to C-MEd! On behalf of the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion, we welcome you to San Diego and thank you for allowing us to serve as your host over the next two days.
At the Sanford Institute, we are united around a singular purpose: to spark empathy-driven change in medical education and healthcare across our nation and world. We believe the time for this change is now, and it is our sincere hope that you will join in our endeavor to achieve this goal.
Our current medical system creates a distressing work environment for providers and trainees, harming their physical, psychological, and emotional well-being. The decline in empathy in medical students documented during the course of their education results, in part, from stresses inherent in their exposure to the rigorous training that supports becoming a physician. Moreover, for the first time in their lives, they experience the burdens of caring for the sick. Innovations in medical education that recognize these stressors and provide ways of learning to sustain students’ ability to engage in empathy and compassion are vital for the future of physicians and those they serve.
Together, we can address these challenges. At C-MEd, you are among medical educators, providers, and leaders to pursue more compassionate medical education and healthcare systems. You understand the hard work it takes to embed empathy into the foundation of a school of medicine or teaching hospital, and your presence here shows us how committed you are to making it happen. C-MEd exists to help not only make your efforts a success, but an absolute triumph.
This week, we mark the start of a movement to equip each medical learner and health caregiver with the education and training required to engage patients as whole people with physical and emotional needs. We will combat clinician burnout and create new ways in which healthcare education and systems can understand providers’ needs to transform medicine. We hope your time with us is meaningful, and that you walk away from C-MEd eager to partner in implementing empathy and compassion curricula. Thank you for being here.
William Mobley, MD, PhD Director, Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion
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OUR VISION
A transformation of medical education in which an emphasis on skill learning and competence in empathy and compassion parallels that of scientific and technical skills.
Catalyzed by Denny Sanford’s vision and generosity, the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego was founded with a generous donation in 2019.
The Sanford Institute represents an unprecedented blending of two parallel themes:
Employing the unyielding rigor and tools of science to establish the neurological basis for empathy in the brain to identify the mechanisms that transform compassion into behavior; and, 1.
Experimenting with and developing new ways to teach and instill empathy and compassion in medical students and practicing clinicians alike. 2.
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The Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion has established six centers that focus on specific domains within empathy and compassion.
CENTER FOR COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION
DIRECTOR: EVONNE KAPLAN-LISS, MD, MPH
Inspiring compassionate communication among healthcare workers and educators, creating compassionate leaders who help improve the work of our healthcare teams.
CENTER FOR EMPATHY AND COMPASSION TRAINING IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
DIRECTOR: LISA EYLER, PHD
Developing, evaluating, and disseminating educational programs to enhance empathy and compassion throughout medical training.
CENTER FOR EMPATHY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN HUMAN HEALTH
DIRECTOR: GENTRY PATRICK, PHD
Bringing empathy and compassion to the work of addressing health injustice through research, communication, and advancing representation of underrepresented communities in the STEM and healthcare professions pipeline.
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CENTER FOR EMPATHY AND TECHNOLOGY
DIRECTOR: CINNAMON BLOSS, PHD
Advancing research and education at the intersection of technological innovation, empathy and compassion, and professional practice.
CENTER FOR MENTORSHIP IN MEDICINE
DIRECTOR: CHRIS CANNAVINO, MD
Training the next generation of physicians to provide quality, empathic and compassionate care to our patients in this new environment.
CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EMPATHY AND COMPASSION
DIRECTOR: WILLIAM MOBLEY, MD, PHD
Studying the neurological basis for empathy and identifying the mechanisms that trace compassion from biology to behavior.
“I will take away the inspiration and wisdom from the community of people showing us that research in empathy and compassion is as impactful and essential as research in the science of medicine."
—Former Sanford Institute Program Participant
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We invite all C-MEd attendees to join one of our online communities to connect with fellow medical educators, academic leadership, and healthcare practitioners on new ideas, common challenges, and emerging practices in empathy and compassion during the two-day Forum and beyond.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube via our handle @UCSDCompassion or #UCSDSanfordCompassion. We’re also live-tweeting poignant C-MEd moments using the hashtag #CMEdForum2024!
EMAIL NEWSLETTER
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July 8 - 9, 2024
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Day 1 - Monday, July 8 | 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
8 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome Session
9:15 a.m. Engaged Dialogue & UC San Diego Health Leadership Panel
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.
Compassionatomy: A New Approach to Anatomy Training, presented by the Center for Empathy and Compassion Training in Medical Education and Compassion Institute
11:45 a.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m.
Novel Arts and Humanities Communication Curriculum for Medical Educators, presented by the Center for Compassionate Communication
2 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m.
Master Clinician Program: A Novel Clinical Coaching and Mentoring Program for the Medical Student Clerkship Year, presented by the Center for Mentorship in Medicine
3:30 p.m. Breakout Q&A Sessions
4:30 p.m. Reception + Networking
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Day 2 - Tuesday, July 9 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Check-in
8:45 a.m. Music and Meditation
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
Seq2Care: Building Skills for Compassionate, Equitable, and PatientCentered Care in Clinical Applications of Genomics, presented by the Center for Empathy and Technology
Empathy and Compassion Programs for Students: Sanford Scholars and the Compassion Ambassador Program, presented by the Center for Empathy and Compassion Training in Medical Education
11 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. UC San Diego Medical Student Panel: Student Initiatives and Perspectives
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m.
Access, Mentorship, and Advocacy in our Medical Institutions and Beyond: How Empathy, Compassion, and Belonging Catalyze Systemic Change for Greater Health Justice, presented by the Center for Empathy and Social Justice in Human Health
2:30 p.m. Breakout Q&A Sessions
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Closing Session: Where do we go from here?
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WILLIAM MOBLEY, MD, PHD
July 8 - 9, 2024
William Mobley, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego, Associate Dean of Neurosciences
Initiatives and a Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on the neurobiology of Down syndrome.
PATTY MAYSENT, MPH, MBA
Patty Maysent is Chief Executive Officer of UC San Diego Health, the region's only academic health system, comprising UC San Diego Medical Center, Jacobs Medical Center, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, Moores Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion, and more than 30 primary and specialty clinics throughout Southern California.
JOHN M. CARETHERS, MD
John M. Carethers, MD, is the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, overseeing UC San Diego Health along with the School of Medicine, School of Public Health and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences to integrate, grow, and expand the missions of clinical excellence, education, discovery, and community engagement. Dr. Carethers is a trained gastroenterologist and physician-scientist.
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CHRISTOPHER KANE, MD, FACS
Christopher J. Kane, MD, is the Dean of Clinical Affairs, CEO of UC San Diego Health Physician Group, and Professor of Urology at UC San Diego Health. He is an internationally recognized expert in prostate cancer and kidney cancer epidemiology, risk stratification and outcomes after treatment.
ELIZABETH
SIMMONS, PHD
Elizabeth Simmons, PhD, is the Executive Vice Chancellor at UC San Diego. In this capacity, she serves as chief academic officer and is responsible for policies and decisions relating to all academic programs and curriculum, instructional support programs, and faculty appointments and performance.
MICHELLE DANIEL, MD, MHPE, FACEP
Michelle Daniel, MD, is Vice Dean for Medical Education and Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. Prior to her current role, she served for six years as the Curricular Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at the University of Michigan. She is an internationally known scholar in medical education and well-published in the field.
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SEAN EVANS, MD
Sean Evans, MD, is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and a board-certified general clinical neurologist with expertise in course design and implementation, examination content creation and assessment, and medical administration. He oversees the entire UC San Diego School of Medicine curriculum from matriculation to graduation.
STEVEN GARFIN, MD
Steven Garfin, MD, is Interim Dean of the UC San Diego School of Medicine. He directs the school's educational mission, including the evolution of its curriculum. He also has a leadership role in all School of Medicine councils and collaborates with medical school deans across the five University of California medical campuses.
CRYSTAL CENÉ, MD, MPH, FAHA
Crystal Cené, MD, is the Chief Administrative Officer for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC San Diego Health. She also serves as Associate Chief Medical Officer for Health Equity. In this dual, complementary role, she’s focused on creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive environment for students, trainees, faculty, staff and patients.
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JENNA TUTJER, LMSW, MA
Jenna Tutjer is the Director of Medical Education
Integration at the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion. In this role, she collaborates with the Institute’s six Centers to design, implement, and evaluate empathy and compassion training programs in the medical education pipeline and healthcare environments.
LISA EYLER, PHD
Lisa Eyler, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Empathy and Compassion Training in Medical Education and a Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine. She co-directs a core course for 1st and 2nd-year medical students, namely “Compassionate Action and Real Engagement in the Community (CARE),” amongst other related initiatives.
SHIREEN MANSOURI, MD
Shireen Mansouri, MD, is a family physician who has worked the majority of her career in the Northwest Territories of Canada. She became a certified Compassion Cultivation Training© (CCT™) teacher in 2019. Since then she has worked to bring CCT™ to healthcare communities. She is excited to explore the ways that Compassion Cultivation can support healthcare providers to thrive in their work.
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EVONNE KAPLAN-LISS, MD, MPH
Evonne Kaplan-Liss, MD, is the Director of the Center for Compassionate Communication. A true pioneer in compassionate communication, she’s helped launch startups prior to UC San Diego, served as founding Medical Director at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, and held the first dean-level position at the Burnett School of Medicine.
VAL LANTZ-GEFROH, MFA
Val Lantz-Gefroh serves as Director of Communication Education in the Center for Compassionate Communication. She helped launch the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and served as Director of Improvisation for a decade prior to coming to UC San Diego. She has created novel curricula based in the arts and humanities.
CHRIS CANNAVINO, MD
Chris Cannavino, MD, is the Director of the Center for Mentorship in Medicine. He is a Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at UC San Diego. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the UC San Diego Department of Pediatrics’ Excellence in Curriculum Development and Education Innovation Award in 2023.
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CINNAMON BLOSS, PHD
Cinnamon Bloss, PhD, is the Director for the Center for Empathy and Technology, as well as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and in the Division of Health Policy within the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
RAMYA RAJAGOPALAN, PHD
Ramya Rajagopalan, PhD, is the Associate Director of Training, Evaluation and Qualitative Research at the Center for Empathy and Technology and Assistant Professor at UC San Diego. In her role, she leads curriculum development and the implementation of educational programs focused on compassionate applications of technology in healthcare delivery.
GENTRY PATRICK, PHD
Gentry Patrick, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Empathy and Social Justice in Human Health. He is also the Kavli and Dr. William and Marisa Rastetter Chancellor’s Endowed Chair and Professor in Neurobiology. Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Dr. Patrick’s lived experience is a testament to the power of access, mentorship, and advocacy.
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WELCOME SESSION 8:30 - 9:15 A.M.
Presenter: William Mobley, MD, PhD
Hear the history of the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion, how we have defined the problem we seek to address at C-MEd, and learn about some of the general trends related to empathy and compassion in medical education and the healthcare environment.
UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH LEADERSHIP PANEL 9:15 - 10:30 A.M.
Moderator: William Mobley, MD, PhD
Panelists: Patty Maysent, MPH, MBA; John M. Carethers, MD; Christopher Kane, MD; Elizabeth Simmons, PhD; Michelle Daniel, MD; Sean Evans, MD; Steven Garfin, MD; Crystal Cené, MD
Leaders from UC San Diego Health Sciences, Health System, School of Medicine, and the university will share how they have each fostered and COMPASSIONATOMY: A NEW APPROACH TO ANATOMY TRAINING 10:45 - 11:45 A.M.
Presenters: Lisa Eyler, PhD; Federica Klaus, MD, PhD; Geoffroy Noel, MD; Shireen Mansouri, MD; Niveda Rao
Experience Compassionatomy, a new approach to anatomy lab training that combines the scientific learning from a body donor, including surgical, patientcentered approaches, with the learning, cultivation and practice of compassion. In this session, you will learn the story behind Compassionatomy’s development, experience some of its compassion activities, hear its validated benefits, and more.
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NOVEL ARTS & HUMANITIES
COMMUNICATION CURRICULUM FOR MEDICAL EDUCATORS 12:45 - 2 P.M.
Presenters: Evonne Kaplan-Liss, MD; Val Lantz-Gefroh, MFA
Inspire the practice of compassionate communication through an engaging, innovative curriculum based in the arts and humanities. In this session, you will learn about compassionate communication programming available to you and your students that help build their communications toolbox when connecting with patients, peers, media, policymakers, and more.
MASTER CLINICIAN PROGRAM: A NOVEL CLINICAL COACHING & MENTORING PROGRAM FOR THE MEDICAL STUDENT CLERKSHIP YEAR 2:15 - 3:30 P.M.
Moderator: Chris Cannavino, MD
Panelists: Joel Baumgartner, MD; Jabe Best, MD; Julia Cormando, MD; Brian Kwan, MD; Jamie LaBuzetta, MD; Meghan Sebasky, MD; Haley Moss, MD; and, Sean Evans, MD
The landscape of medical education has evolved due to increasing pressures on teaching faculty and medical training system requirements — making it challenging to provide patient care and mentor students. In response, the Master Clinician Program (MCP) pairs 3rd-year medical students with seasoned educators for individualized mentorship, with an emphasis on the “art of medicine,” health equity and compassionate communication. In this session, you will learn how MCP was implemented across multiple clerkships at UC San Diego, as well as its impact on medical students’ clinical and humanistic skills.
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SEQ2CARE: BUILDING SKILLS FOR COMPASSIONATE, EQUITABLE, AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE IN CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF GENOMICS 9 - 10 A.M.
Presenters: Cinnamon Bloss, PhD; Ramya Rajagopalan, PhD; and, Taylor Berninger, MS, MA, MEd, CGC
Seq2Care is a flagship educational program within the Center for Empathy and Technology that aims to fill a critical gap in genomic education by better preparing healthcare professionals to compassionately and equitably integrate genomics and precision health skill sets into routine patient care. In this session, you will hear highlights of this innovative experiential course format, review key impacts and training outcomes, and explore future partnership opportunities.
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EMPATHY AND COMPASSION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS: SANFORD SCHOLARS AND THE COMPASSION AMBASSADOR PROGRAM (CAmP) 10 - 11 A.M.
Presenters: Lisa Eyler, PhD; Jenna Tutjer, MS, MA, LMSW; and, Alan Aung
The Sanford Scholars program was developed to address waning levels of empathy in medical school. Scholars conduct research focused on empathy and compassion with a faculty mentor and receive didactic and compassion cultivation training to bolster skills. In this session, you will learn about this program and its research findings, and students will share how it helped enhance meaning in medical school for them. We will also announce how your students can participate in a new program modeled after Sanford Scholars called CAmP.
“It takes as little as 40 seconds of compassion to improve patient outcomes and alleviate doctor burnout.”
—Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH, author of “Compassionomics” & Sanford Institute External Advisory Board Member
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UC SAN DIEGO MEDICAL STUDENT
PANEL: STUDENT INITIATIVES & PERSPECTIVES 11:15 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.
Moderator: Lisa Eyler, PhD
Panelists: Celeste Hsu, Luke Valmadrid, Shanaya Sidhu, Haley Moss, MD
Medical students are the guiding force behind our efforts. Their voices, hopes, and needs inspire us to innovate and to support their novel ideas. Hear from medical students and learn about programs and foundational experiences they have had that helped change the culture at UC San Diego School of Medicine to be more deeply rooted in empathy and compassion.
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ACCESS, MENTORSHIP, AND ADVOCACY IN OUR MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS AND BEYOND: HOW EMPATHY, COMPASSION, AND BELONGING CATALYZE SYSTEMIC CHANGE FOR GREATER HEALTH
JUSTICE 1:15 - 2:30 P.M.
Presenters: Gentry Patrick, PhD, and Sará King, MA, PhD
Explore the importance of elevating the lived experiences of belonging and highlighting the impact of how research-based interventions can foster campus community connection. In this session, you will gain insights as to how institutions can be accountable to the success and wellbeing of all students in STEM and health education, therefore impacting local and global well-being. FORUM CLOSING: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 3:30 - 4:30 P.M.
Presenter: William Mobley, MD, PhD
Hear lessons learned in our work and where we hope to go in the future. Plus, learn about partnership opportunities that provide you with the resources and opportunities to transform empathy and compassion learning at your own institution.
Email the Sanford Institute team at ProgramExpansion@health.ucsd.edu to learn how to bring one of our empathy and compassion programs to your school of medicine or teaching hospital. We look forward to partnering with you!
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Your feedback helps us consider the future of our empathy and compassion programs and how best to serve this community. We invite you to share what inspired you at C-MEd and what learning, program, or curriculum you intend to take back to your institution.
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