Presented by: Guthrie Women in Medicine
A special Thank you to the Donald Guthrie Foundation for providing funding towards this summit.
- Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025 (in-person ONLY)
- Time: 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Conference Description
This event will focus on timely and practical issues involving healthcare topics and the promotion of equity in women’s health through strategies focused on diversity, inclusivity, and leadership. This is an educational opportunity for continued development of knowledge and resources in aspects of health promotion, the importance of patients’ influence in medicine, and how to use evidence-based medicine for a patient-centered care delivery model. Our focus will remain on Guthrie’s vision “Improving Health Through Clinical Excellence and Compassion; Every Patient. Every Time.”
Intended Audience
This conference is designated to provide a learning opportunity for all community providers. This educational conference will focus on the importance of leadership, diversity, inclusion, well-being, and hot topics in various medical circumstances. This program is intended for all physicians, advanced practice providers, fellows, and residents. Others that will find this program useful include nurses, medical and nursing students and other healthcare professionals who would like to increase their knowledge base regarding mentoring, disparity, mutual respect, and other current medical issues.
Elements of Competence
The CME activity has been designed to change learner competence and focus on the American Board of Medical Specialties areas of patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice.
Educational Methods
- Live lectures with Q & A sessions will facilitate the dissemination of information.
Conference Goals
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To inform the audience about medical and surgical care in the modern era.
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To encourage learners to challenge their habits and routine to develop evolving processes for knowledge.
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To empower the audience to be champions for patient-centered care.
Conference Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
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Generate a list of games used in medical education
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Analyze the pros and cons on using games in active learning
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Make notes of ways you can improve or incorporate games into your active learning teaching
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Examine how games can provide benefits to learners
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Summarize how games can be employed in medical education
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Generate a list of games used in medical education
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Analyze the pros and cons on using games in active learning
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Make notes of ways you can improve or incorporate games into your active learning teaching
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Examine how games can provide benefits to learners
- Summarize how games can be employed in medical education
Conference Agenda
Note: All conference times are listed in Eastern Standard Time
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7 a.m. – Registration/Breakfast
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7:50 a.m. - Opening Remarks – Katherine Lincoln, DO – Conference Course Director
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8:00 – 9:00 a.m. – Keynote Speaker - Ashley Shamansky, DO – Active Learning in Medical Education: Games
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9:00-9:30 a.m. – Katie Alsheimer, DO- Pulmonary Medicine and Changes as We Age: What is Normal and What is not Normal
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9:30-10:00 a.m. - Dawn Clover, MSW, LCSW, CEAP - Area Resources, Tips, Suggestions for Providers to Seek Assistance with Wellness/Burn Out
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10:00 -10:15 a.m. – Break
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10:15-10:45 a.m. - Kathleen Mcginley, DO - COVID and Implications Upon Cancer Care OR Cancer Disparities
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10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m. – Kathryn Earls, PA-C – Beyond Diet and Exercise: Advanced Approaches in Obesity Treatment
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11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. – Keynote Speaker – Wendy Dean, MD – Moral Injury in Medicine
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12:15 p.m. – Closing Remarks/Giveaway – Katherine Lincoln, DO
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12:30 p.m. – Book Signing Event – “If I Betray These Words” by: Wendy Dean, MD
Conference Director
Katherine Lincoln, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP, MHA
Associate, Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine
Guthrie Medical Group, P.C., Sayre, Pa.
Guthrie Conference Faculty
Jennifer Bau, MD
Associate, Department of Radiology
Guthrie Medical Group, Sayre, Pa.
Jean Miner, MD, MMEL, FACS, MHA
Associate, General Surgery, Guthrie Medical Group, P.C. Sayre, Pa.
Designated Institutional Official, Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Guthrie Conference Faculty
Katie Alsheimer, DO
3rd Year, Pulmonary Critical Care Fellow
Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pa.
Kathryn Earls, MHS, PA-C
APP Council Co-Chair
Bariatric Medicine
Guthrie Weight Loss Center
Guthrie Big Flats Specialties and Rehabilitation Services
Dawn Clover, MSW, LCSW, CEAP
Wellbeing Manager
The Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pa.
Kathleen McGinley, DO, MPH
Associate, Urology
Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, N.Y.
Conference Fees
- $50 – Providers/Advanced Practice Providers
- $20 –Nurses/Administrators/Other Health Care Professionals
- No Cost – Fellows/Residents/Students
Guthrie Providers: This conference is eligible for reimbursement from your 2025 allocated CME/Meeting fund.
Cancellation and Refund
The full conference fee is refundable, less than a $10 processing fee, if your cancellation is received, by Friday, March 14, 2025. (The processing fee is nonrefundable regardless of the reason for cancellation). Refunds will not be granted after this time for non-attendance.
The Guthrie Clinic Office of CME reserves the right to cancel an activity due to unforeseen circumstances (i.e., lack of registrations, unexpected events). Any registrants will be notified, and refunds will be processed. In the event the activity has been postponed, the registrant will have the option to receive a full refund, or they can use their registration for the respective conference. In addition, The Guthrie Clinic Office of CME is not responsible for related costs or expenses to participants, including cancellation fees assessed by hotels, airlines, or travel agencies.
Disclaimers
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics or cancel if necessary. By attending this event, you grant The Guthrie Clinic Office of CME the right to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you.
The Guthrie Clinic CME Vison
To Enable Health Professionals to Provide and Achieve the Best Preventive and Comprehensive Care… Whole Community, All the Time.
Accreditation Statement
“The Guthrie Clinic is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”
Designation Statement
“The Guthrie Clinic designates this live activity for a maximum of (4.0) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Faculty Disclosure
The Guthrie Clinic adheres to the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. “Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education activities sponsored by The Guthrie Clinic are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).” The presenting faculty/planning committee for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Have a question? Contact our staff!
Trish Stern, Director, System CME
E-mail: Trish.Stern@guthrie.org
Phone: 570-887-5762
