The annual Academy of Educators Evening of Scholarship is a celebratory event for members. Please save the date for May 23, 2019 from 5:30-8:30PM following NC AHEC Day at the William and Ida Friday Center.  At this event, we will recognize colleagues who have been leaders in effective teaching and learning in medical education and enjoy fellowship with other AOE members. RSVP here. Please contact Morgan Resnick-Kahle at morgan_resnick-kahle@med.unc.edu with questions.

Keynote: Dr. H. Barrett Fromme
Title: Building, Sustaining, and Evolving a Vital Career in Medical Education

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Describe four domains that impact career vitality

• Identify three key values that impact their career engagement

• Create one short term and one long term goal for their career in medical education

This year’s speaker is Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospital​ist at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, where she is the Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.  Dr. Fromme has served in undergraduate and graduate medical education roles throughout her career, and she obtained a Master in Health Professions Education in 2009.  She is the Director of Faculty Development in Medical Education at the University of Chicago, while also holding numerous leadership roles in the development of medical educators across the UME, GME and CME continuum at the local and national levels. For the past six years, she has led and taught in the Advancing Pediatric Educator eXcellence (APEX) Teaching Program for pediatric hospitalists. She has received numerous awards from students and residents, locally and nationally, for her teaching.