Learn, collaborate and be inspired by life sciences educators from around the world at the From Concept to Classroom conference, brought to you by the Center for Physiology Education.

All times are PDT.

Wednesday, April 3, 2024
25 p.m. Registration and badge pickup open  Regency Ballroom Lobby, 4th Floor
3–3:20 p.m. Welcome Mary Pat Wenderoth, PhD Regency Ballroom
4th Floor
Session 1: Keynote Talk
3:20–4:30 p.m. “Incorporating the Core Concepts of Flow Down Gradients and Conservation of Mass in Your Course”Jennifer Doherty, PhDRegency Ballroom
4th Floor
Session 2: Breakout Rooms
4:30–5:30 p.m. Undergraduate—four-year institutions William Cliff, PhD
Erica Wehrwein PhD, FAPS
Jennifer Doherty, PhD
Regency Ballroom A
4:30–5:30 p.m. Undergraduate—two-year institutions Mary Pat Wenderoth, PhD Regency Ballroom A
4:30–5:30 p.m. Medical school/allied health professions Rob Carroll, PhD, FAPS
Joel Michael, PhD    
Adrienne Bratcher, PhD
Regency Ballroom B
Session 3: Networking Reception
5:30–6:30 p.m. Networking and meetups for dinner All registered attendees Regency Ballroom A
Thursday, April 4, 2024
7:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Registration and badge pickup open  Regency Ballroom Lobby, 4th Floor
8–8:45 a.m. Continental breakfast All registered attendeesRegency Ballroom
4th floor
8:45–9 a.m. Announcements Mary Pat Wenderoth, PhD Regency Ballroom
4th floor
Session 4: Small Group Discussions
9–10 a.m. Undergraduate—four-year institutions “Backward Design Focus”William Cliff, PhD
Erica Wehrwein, PhD, FAPS
Jennifer Doherty, PhD
Regency Ballroom A
9–10 a.m. Undergraduate—two-year institutions “Backward Design Focus” Mary Pat Wenderoth, PhD Regency Ballroom A
9–10 a.m. Medical School/Allied Health
“Backward Design Focus”
Rob Carroll, PhD, FAPS
Joel Michael, PhD
Adrienne Bratcher, PhD
Regency Ballroom B
10–10:10 a.m. Break
Session 5: Short Talks
10:10–11:40 a.m. “Assessing Student Understanding of the Core Concepts of Flow Down Gradients and Mass Balance” Joel Michael, PhD
William Cliff, PhD
Regency Ballroom
4th floor
 “It's All Downhill from Here: Electrochemical Gradients and Evidence-based Teaching”Michael Chirillo, MD, PhDRegency Ballroom
4th floor
 “Examples of Resources and Assessment Approaches to Promote Student Inclusion and Success, and Ideas for Connecting Them to Core Concepts Teaching Approaches”Elise Donovan, PhDRegency Ballroom
4th floor
11:40 a.m.–1 p.m. Box lunches All registered attendees Regency Ballroom 4th floor
11:40 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ADInstruments workshop—“Taking the Stress Out of Respiratory Physiology Labs: Your Simple Spirometer Solution” Sophia Duong
Kathryn Tercher
Regency Ballroom
4th floor
Session 6: Curriculum Design
1–2 p.m. “Implementing Core Concepts Across the Curriculum” Robin Hopkins, PhD
Philip Matern
Regency Ballroom
4th floor
Session 7: Workshops
2–3:45 p.m. “Assessment” Joel Michael, PhD
William Cliff, PhD
Regency Ballroom A
2–3:45 p.m. “Evidence-based Teaching” Michael Chirillo, MD, PhD
Terrence Sweeney, PhD, FAPS 
Regency Ballroom A
2–3:45 p.m. “Inclusive Teaching” Elise Donovan, PhD Regency Ballroom B
Session 8: Closing
3:45–4 p.m.Closing comments Mary Pat Wenderoth, PhD Regency Ballroom
4th floor
4:15 p.m. American Physiology Summit Opening Session

 

 

Presenter Institution
Adrienne Bratcher, PhDMorehouse School of Medicine
Robert Carroll, PhD, FAPSBrody School of Medicine
Michael Chirillo, MD, PhDThe University of Texas at Austin
William Cliff, PhDNiagara University
Jennifer Doherty, PhDMichigan State University
Elise Donovan, PhDNorthern Arizona University
Robin Hopkins, PhDUniversity of Oregon
Philip Matern, PhDUniversity of Oregon
Joel Michael, PhD Rush Medical College
Terrence Sweeney, PhD, FAPS University of Scranton
Erica Wehrwein, PhD, FAPS Michigan State University
Mary Pat Wenderoth, PhD University of Washington

 

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