Innovation in Education Week

2026 Events will be held March 9-13!

Innovation in Education Week highlights and celebrates educational research and innovations among UVA faculty, staff, fellows, residents, postdocs, graduate students, and medical students. This dedicated week to education in academic medicine seeks to increase interest in scholarship and innovations in teaching and learning more broadly, provide professional development and networking opportunities, and connect the UVA community with internationally known educational researchers.

Check back in October for the full research and innovation abstract call for submissions.

We look forward to welcoming you to Innovation in Education Week activities!

The Center for Excellence in Education would like to congratulate the following faculty and trainees on their awards:

• Best Overall Abstract: The Use of Simulation-Based Mastery Learning to Teach Obstetric Procedural Skills. Authors: Gabrielle Smith, MD; Shivani Arza, MD; and Chris Ennen, MD
• Top Research Poster: Same Struggles, Different Stages? A Descriptive Look at Domains Needing Remediation for Residents and Fellows. Authors: Karen M. Warburton, MD; Eric Goren, MD; Peter Yen, MD; and Janae K. Heath, MD, MSCE
• Top Innovation Poster: Spanish Grand Rounds: Impact of a Spanish Language Emergency Medicine Lecture Series on Resident Diversity. Authors: James H. Moak, MD; Amita Sudhir, MD; Joshua S. Easter, MD; Nardos H. Makonnen, MD; Christopher D. Thom, MD
• Top Trainee Poster: Establishing Near-Peer Mentoring as Part of Curriculum for Post-Clerkship Students. Authors: Bhavik Patel (SMD 2027); Danielle Rinaldi (SMD 2025); Davis Tran (SMD 2025); and Dana Redick, MD