Training Program Directors' Workshop

The Training Program Director’s Workshop is held each year before the ASH annual meeting and is designed for training program directors, associate program directors, and others involved with hematology training. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 workshop was decoupled from the official ASH annual meeting program and rescheduled to May 10, 2021 as a virtual event. Register here!

2020 Program

The workshop will be held virtually from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, May 10, 2021. The virtual event is designed for hematology program directors to share lessons learned, best practices, and explore opportunities to improve their leadership skills. Through experiential learning techniques, breakout sessions, and interactive lectures, program directors can learn from peers and build their network.

• Mentorship
  Emery Bresnick, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Middleton, WI
  Hetty Carraway, MD, MBA, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
• Update on Recruitment and Retention
  Alfred Ian Lee, MD, PhD, Yale University, Hamden, CT
  Rakhi Naik, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• Best Practices in Curriculum/Conferences
  Srikanth Nagalla, MBBS, MS, Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, FL
  Gerald Soff, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  Martina Murphy, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

The next live workshop will be held at the 63rd ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition in Atlanta, GA.

2019 Program

• Igniting Millennials
  Amit Soni, MD, CHOC Children’s Hospital, Orange, CA
  Hanny Al-Samkari, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  Stacy Cooper, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Being a Program Director in the Digital Age Finding the Right Balance
  Ann LaCasce, MD, MSc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
  Morie Gertz, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Implicit Bias Topic with Case Based Questions
  Annie Im, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

2018 Program

• Program Director Role in Clinical Competency Committee Evaluation
  Laura Edgar, EdD, CAE, ACGME, Chicago, IL
  Elaine A. Muchmore, MD, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
• Resiliency in Fellowship
  Michael Linenberger, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Top Ten Pearls and Pitfalls of Fellowship Program Directorship
  Alice Ma, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  Ann LaCasce, MD, MSc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
  Annie Im, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

2017 Program

• ACGME Update
  Christian Cable, MD, Baylor Scott & White Health
• Having "The Talk" With Fellows
  Alice J. Cohen, MD, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
  Gerald A. Soff, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• It's in Our Blood
  Michael Borowitz, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
  Alfred Lee, MD, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine

2016 Program

• ACGME Update
  Christian Cable, MD, Baylor Scott & White Health
• How Come Nobody Ever Told Me This Before?
  Patricia Kritek, MD, EdM, University of Washington
  Timothy Gilligan, MD, Cleveland Clinic

2015 Program

Didactic Sessions

• Reaching & Teaching Millennial Learners
  Sarah K. Wood, MD, Florida Atlantic University
• When Your Colleagues Are Millennials: Communication and Remediation
  Jessica Dine, MD, University of Pennsylvania

Breakout Sessions

• Case Studies: Reaching & Teaching Millennial Learners
  Sarah K. Wood, MD, Florida Atlantic University
• Diagnosing Errors in Communication When Designing Remediation Plans
  Jessica Dine, MD, University of Pennsylvania

2014 Program

Didactic Sessions

• Realizing the Promise of Competency-Based Medical Education: From Theory to Practice
  Eric Holmboe, MD, ACGME
• Achieving the Triple Aim in Cancer
  Manali I. Patel, MD, MSPH, Stanford
• Managing With A3 thinking: Building Consensus and Generating Authority
  Terry Platchek, MD, Stanford

Breakout Sessions

• What Constitutes "Good" Assessment
  Eric Holmboe, MD, ACGME
• Milestone-Based Assessment: The Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Approach
  Jennifer Kesselheim, MD, MEd, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

There were no slides for Drs. Patal and Platcheck's breakout sessions.

2013 Program

Didactic Sessions

• RRC Update and Update on Milestones
  Christian Cable, MD, Scott & White Healthcare
  Elaine Muchmore, MD, University of California - San Diego
• Remediation for Fellows and Faculty
  Fellows: Lisa M Bellini, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  Faculty: Roy Silverstein, MD, University of Wisconsin

Breakout Sessions

• Top Ten Pearls and Pitfalls of Fellowship Program Directorship
  Ann LeCasce, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  Alison Loren, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  Alice Ma, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

There were no slides or handouts for the other breakout sessions.

2012 Program

Didactic Sessions

• Milestones in Graduate Medical Education
  Lee R. Berkowitz, MD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Systems-Based Practice in Fellowship Education
  F. Daniel Duffy, MD, University of Oklahoma - Tulsa

Breakout Sessions

• Implementing Systems-Based Practice Initiative in Fellowships
  Christian Cable, MD, Scott and White Healthcare
  F. Daniel Duffy, MD, University of Oklahoma - Tulsa
• Implementing Milestones in Fellowship
  Lee R. Berkowitz, MD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2011 Program

Didactic Sessions

• Updates/Changes to Residency Review Committee Requirements
  Lynne Kirk, MD, Residency Review Committee
• Professionalism in Medical Education
  Maxine Papadakis, MD, University of California - San Francisco

Breakout Sessions

Professionalism Workshop

• A Guide to the Assessment of Professionalism in Trainees
  Maxine Papadakis, MD, University of California - San Francisco

Alternative Pathways in Fellowship Training and Education

• Clinical/Practice Pathway
  Alice D. Ma, MD, University of North Carolina
• Educator Pathway
  Patrick Leavey, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
• Clinical Laboratory Pathway
  Barbara Konkle, MD, Puget Sound Blood Center

2010 Program

Didactic Sessions

• Requirements Impacting Hematology Fellowships
  Elaine A. Muchmore, MD, University of California - San Diego
  Scott D. Gitlin, MD, University of Michigan
• Effective Interview Strategies: Separating the Wheat From the Chaff
  Patrick Leavey, MD, The University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas
• Best Practices Survey
  Ann Zimrin, MD, University of Maryland

Breakout Sessions

Novel Teaching Methods and Innovative Evaluation Tools: Panel Discussion

• Simulation-Based Curriculum to Teach Procedural Skills to Hematology Fellows
  Alexandra Wolanskyj, MD, Mayo Clinic
• Novel Teaching Methods and Innovative Fellow Evaluation Tools
  Joanne Filicko-O'Hara, MD, Thomas Jefferson University

Enhancing the Hematology Curriculum: Innovative Teaching Tools: Panel and Group Discussion

• Enhancing Fellows' Communication Skills
  Mark Heaney, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Impact of an Annual Hematology/Oncology Fellow Wet Laboratory Program on Fund of Biomedical Knowledge
  Christopher R. Cogle, MD, University of Florida
• Innovations in Fellowship Training at UAMS
  Paulette Mehta, MD, MPH, University of Arkansas