Are you an educator who is interested in developing your knowledge, skills, and capacity in the areas of teaching and learning? Do you support fellows, residents, medical students, and/or trainees? Then these workshops are for you!
Our Clinician Educator Workshops are led by members of the Department of Anesthesiology and aim to enhance clinician educator skills in key educational areas, listed below. These high-yield, research-based virtual workshops can be attended as a whole series or separately, depending on your area of interest and availability.
Please contact Rachel Moquin with any questions at moquin@wustl.edu.
Event Details
| TOPIC / DATE & TIME | PRESENTERS | OBJECTIVES |
|---|---|---|
| Debriefing Difficult Events with Learners March 17, 2026 5:00 p.m. | Avi Dobrusin, MD Lukas H. Matern, MD Allison Mitchell, MD Thomas Van Horn, MD | 1. Discuss how to identify learners who need support following stressful or unexpected events 2. Discuss evidence-based approaches to supporting learners through a variety of difficult events, including procedural complications, traumatic scenarios, and first-time experiences with challenging events 3. Discuss how to initiate and structure debriefs and pitfalls to avoid 4. Identify departmental and hospital resources for clinician and learner support |
| Improving Intra-operative Teaching April 16, 2026 5:00 p.m. | Archana Bharadwaj, MD Reginald Bulkley, MD Deepak Rajappa, MD Andrew Schaffer, MD Phillip Yang, MD | 1. Build awareness of teaching tools on phones via apps 2. Understand best practices in teaching utilizing research papers 3. Learn how to optimize use of epic in teaching |
| Focus on Perioperative POCUS May 7, 2026 3:00 p.m. | Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH, FACEP, FCCM Suman Subbaraya Kandachar, MD Cindy Li, MD, MS Bikash Ray, MD | Participants will learn about comprehensive perioperative ultrasound, vascular and hemodynamic ultrasound, airway management and lung ultrasound, gastric and abdominal ultrasound |
| Transition to Practice and Professionalism in Anesthesiology May 11, 2026 4:30 p.m. | Vinny Francio, MD, MS, DC Erin Herrera, CRNA John Moore, MD Aysu Salviz, MD, ESRA-DRA | 1. Recognize transition points: Resident to Fellow to Attending 2. Discuss moving from learner to leader 3. Reflect on the role of professionalism in Anesthesiology 4. Consider the role of anesthesiologist as a perioperative caretaker 5. Reflect on how to choose your own path for your career |
| Navigating Emotional Dissonance in Clinical Education May 18, 2026 5:30 p.m. | Danish Jaffer, MD Lukas Matern, MD Allison Mitchell, MD Rachel Moquin, EdD | 1. Discuss the emotional impact of teaching on clinician educators, specifically related to questioning, autonomy, and feedback 2. Identify strategies to mitigate stressors and pressures of teaching 3. Explore ways to support faculty in their clinician educator roles |
Event Registration
Note: You can register for all workshops at once or separately. Feel free to attend one workshop and then come back to register for another.