AMA Catalyzing Change in Med Ed

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Competency-based medical education (CBME) focuses on learning outcomes – programmatic assessment informs learning experiences and appropriate progression – and has been an elusive innovation to implement at scale in medical education. In this episode of Catalyzing Change in MedEd, host Kevin Heckman, MBA, Director, Product Development, Medical Education, American Medical Association, speaks with two experts in evaluation and assessment, Holly Caretta-Weyer, MD, MHPE, Associate Dean, Admissions & Assessment, Stanford University School of Medicine and Tia Lockspeiser, MD, MHPE, Associate Dean of Assessment, Evaluation, and Outcomes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, to discuss challenges and barriers to incorporating CBME in medical education, as well as its benefits, including the emergence of master adaptive learners and increased attention to the quality of the assessment system.

Guests: Holly Caretta-Weyer, MD, MHPE, Associate Dean, Admissions & Assessment, Stanford University School of Medicine

Tai Lockspeiser, MD, MHPE, Associate Dean of Assessment, Evaluation, and Outcomes, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Host: ​ Kevin Heckman, MBA, Director, Product Development, Medical Education, American Medical Association

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In this episode of Catalyzing Change in MedEd, host Kim Lomis*, MD, VP, Medical Education Innovations, American Medical Association, unpacks the concept of uncertainty and why it's so important to teach students how to manage it. To better understand this nuanced topic, Dr. Lomis spoke with Kelly Caverzagie, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Education, Oregon Health & Science University and Michelle Lazarus, SFHEA, PhD, Director, Centre for Human Anatomy Education Monash University in Melbourne, Australia to learn more about why learners feel compelled to have certainty and how to help them manage the inevitable uncertainty that permeates the practice of medicine and the process of medical education.

Guests: Kelly Caverzagie, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Education, Oregon Health & Science University Michelle Lazarus, SFHEA, PhD, Director, Centre for Human Anatomy Education; Deputy Director, Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Education, Monash University Host: Kim Lomis, MD, VP, Medical Education Innovations, American Medical Association ​ *Please note that at the time of this recording, Dr. Lomis was serving as Vice President, Medical Education Innovations at the American Medical Association. As of July 2026, she transitioned to the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation. The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Macy Foundation. ​​

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The primary role of medical education is to produce a competent health care workforce capable of meeting the health care needs of our population. Pathway programs can help improve the preparedness of the health workforce, making it capable of addressing the ultimate goal – the elimination of health inequity. In this episode of Catalyzing Change in MedEd, host David Henderson, MD, VP for Medical Education and Workforce Development, American Medical Association speaks with Tonya Fancher, MD, MPH, Associate Dean, Workforce Innovation, UC Davis School of Medicine and Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, MD, Associate Dean of GME, DIO, Oregon Health & Science University, who spent the last six years working together as part of an AMA Reimagining Residency grant program. They will talk about their grant project and share how pathway programs are addressing persistent physician shortages in underserved urban, rural, and tribal communities to reduce health disparities and improve access to adequate health care.

Guests:

• Tonya Fancher, MD, MPH, Associate Dean, Workforce Innovation, UC Davis School of Medicine
• Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, MD, Associate Dean of GME, DIO, Oregon Health & Science University

Host:

• David Henderson, MD, VP for Medical Education and Workforce Development, American Medical Association

Explore the AMA's work in medical education and workforce development.

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AI (artificial and augmented intelligence) is playing an increasingly important role at all stages of the medical education continuum, both as a tool for educators and learners. In this episode Catalyzing Change in MedEd, host Kim Lomis*, MD, VP, Innovations in Medical Education, American Medical Association, speaks with two leaders in the field of AI in education, Cornelius James, MD, Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School and Laurah Turner, PhD, Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Informatics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, to better understand what sort of training in AI learners and practicing physicians need and how to leverage AI to improve the processes of training across the continuum.

Guests:

• Cornelius James, MD, Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School
• Laurah Turner, PhD, Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Informatics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Host:

• Kim Lomis, MD, VP, Medical Education Innovations, American Medical Association

Explore the AMA's work with AI in medical education.

*Please note that at the time of this recording, Dr. Lomis was serving as Vice President, Medical Education Innovations at the American Medical Association. As of July 2026, she transitioned to the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation. The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Macy Foundation.

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In this episode of Catalyzing Change in MedEd, host John Andrews, MD, vice president, Medical Education & Professional Development, American Medical Association provides an update on the AMA's six-year $20 million Reimagining Residency grant program that concluded in 2025. The goal of the initiative was to prompt and enable long-term transformation in graduate medical education (GME) to address the workforce needs of our current and future health care system. To better understand the impact of the initiative, Dr. Andrews spoke with two principal investigators from the grant teams and the AMA's director of program evaluation to discuss their projects, the community of practice for GME innovation that evolved over the six years, and how they intend to continue to innovate beyond the grant term.

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Precision education leverages data systems and technology to tailor learning experiences to individual needs, optimizing learner time and focusing on targeted areas of growth. The AMA is a leader in leveraging precision education to build and scale tools to assess and foster competencies to help physicians thrive in medicine and improve patient care. In this episode of Catalyzing Change in MedEd, host Sanjay Desai, MD, MACP, Chief Academic Officer, Medical Education, American Medical Association, speaks with two experts in digital health, Louito Edje, MD, MHPE, FAAFP, Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School and Jesse Burk Rafel, MD, MRes, Assistant Professor, NYU Langone Health, to learn how they are applying personalized education to their work at a time when technology seems to be the answer to everything.

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An academic coach is a person assigned to facilitate learners in achieving their fullest potential. Today's medical school coaching programs focus on a wide variety of individualized goals, including professional identity formation and academic performance, while strengthening skills such as community building, leadership and lifelong learning. In this episode of Catalyzing Change in MedEd, you'll listen in on a mini coaching session with guests Nicole Deiorio, MD, associate dean for Student Affairs and professor of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and Maya Hammoud, MD, MBA, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, to better understand the nuances of academic coaching and what differentiates it from coaching in athletics. Drs. Deiorio and Hammoud will also discuss how coaching benefits both the coachee and the coach, as well as opportunities—and considerations—when incorporating technology such as artificial intelligence into the coaching experience.