2024 Clinician Educator Showcase

The Annual Clinician-Educator Showcase will be held on March 21, 2024 from 11:30am to 4:20pm at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. This special event, hosted by the Department of Psychiatry and UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, celebrates the achievements of our outstanding clinician-educators and clinical staff. Department of Psychiatry faculty, clinicians, staff, residents, medical students, and psychology interns, as well as our colleagues in the Western Psychiatric Hospital community are invited to attend. 

View the detailed program schedule here. 

Registration is required to attend this event and is now closed. Email confirmations with breakout session assignments will be sent on March 18th.

This year's event will feature:

Poster Session - Showcasing the work of our talented residents, clinical fellows and early career faculty.

Plenary Sessions - Featuring presentations on "The Great Connector: Education across Our Behavioral Health Service Line" and "Perspectives on Leadership for Clinician Educators"

Speed Dat(a)ing Session - Highlighting quality improvement and educational projects conducted by five of our early-career faculty and residents.

Breakout Sessions - Seven interactive breakout sessions on a variety of topics:

•    The Voice of Lived Experience: Comprehensive Recovery Services as Model for Integration of Peer Specialists in Teams

•    Narrative Evaluations of Learners

•    When the Healer Needs Healing: Addressing the Mental Health Concerns of Physicians in Training

•    "Taylor" Your Time: "Swift" Teaching Tips for the Outpatient Setting

•    Families in Focus: Expectations, Hopes, and Frustrations

•    Life Hack or Note Bloat? Responsible Use of Cut-Paste and Dot Phrases in Clinical Documentation

•    “But I Only Applied to 70 Programs!” The New Era of Mentoring Medical Students Going into Psychiatry

For More Information. Please contact Jeanie Knox at knoxjv@upmc.edu with questions regarding this event.