Conference Leaders Research Articles

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the AIS: Challenges and opportunities of remote conferences

AbstractWith this research opinion article, we aim to contribute to the ongoing conversation concerning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within the IS community. Following Windeler et al.'s (2020) research on perceptions of DEI among members of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), we focus on how conferences should be convened in the post‐COVID‐19 era to maximise inclusivity. What are the benefits, challenges and implications of holding online and hybrid conferences? Informed by feedback from a survey involving IS scholars in the Global South and from a wide array of AIS senior scholars and conference leaders, we identify several challenges and opportunities of online and hybrid conferences (or, more generally, conferences allowing remote access) for the IS community. We weigh these tradeoffs and implications for DEI and provide reflections to generate constructive discussion on the future of AIS conferences.

Impact of a Well-being Promotion Training Program on Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Conference Leaders

Objective. The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the attitudes and self-efficacy of advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) conference leaders after completing the Well-being Promotion (WelPro) training program developed at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy.Methods. The WelPro training program was developed to equip participants with the knowledge and tools to assist APPE students in distress and promote student wellness. After completing the WelPro training program, a 20-item survey was administered to 10 conference leaders via a web-based survey tool to assess their attitudes about burnout and self-efficacy in assisting students in distress. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize attitudes and self-efficacy.Results. Ten conference leaders participated in the training program. Of these, nine reported experiencing burnout in their careers, and all believed burnout within the pharmacy profession could be avoided. After the WelPro training program, confidence levels of the conference leaders significantly improved in the following areas: identification of students in distress, identification of resources for students, and recognition of when and how to refer students in distress.Conclusion. Increased self-efficacy of conference leaders to identify and assist students in distress could be translated into their improved ability to support students' overall well-being. The WelPro training program can serve as a model for similar wellness training programs that directors and preceptors in experiential education can implement at their institutions.

Guiding Principles for the Assessment of Arts Learning: A Discussion Draft Created by Delegates at the 10th World Summit on Arts Education October 11-15, 2021

From October 11-15, 2021, the World Alliance for Arts Education’s Executive Forum authorized the 10th World Summit on Arts Education to be hosted by the University of Florida and the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE). During the 2021 Virtual World Summit, titled Arts Impact: Context Matters, over 200 delegates from twenty-six nations on all six continents gathered to network, share research, and examine the multiple and varied ways in which arts assessments are designed and implemented around the world. Throughout the Summit, multiple discussions by various groups of delegates resulted in rich sets of qualitative data that were analyzed and interpreted daily by the conference leaders and rapporteur. These analyses were used to modify and update the concepts and ideas found within the resulting "Guiding Principles for the Assessment of Arts Learning."

SIGCHI conferences

Kun et al focuses on the online SIGCHI Conferences The Covid-19 pandemic made physical conferences impossible, thrusting them all into the world of organizing and attending virtual conferences Almost overnight, SIGCHI volunteers found themselves asking: How can we continue to build inclusive, supportive, and productive communities of researchers and practitioners with fully virtual conferences? These are difficult questions, and important for them to address as a community They discussed them at multiple venues, including at SIGCHI panels with 2020 conference leaders They learned that online conferences present three prominent roadblocks

On Being Caught Enacting White Normativity

When a predominantly white organization decides to take on white normativity, it is cause for hope. However, havoc ensues when well-intended folks are caught enacting white normativity. Taking a performativity-inspired approach, this article analyzes what happened at the 2018 Religious Education Association annual meeting. By examining the behavior of conference leaders and participants, the author reflects on a series of steps and painful missteps that dramatize dynamics of race and power. This study considers what actors are enacting in relation to one another, considering the legacies of racism that tacitly guide our relating across race.

Abstract TMP75: Gender Disparities in International Stroke Conference Leadership

Background: Increasing data demonstrate a gender gap in career progression in neurology including underrepresentation of women in high impact neurology journal authorship and American Academy of Neurology recognition awards. We examined gender differences in leadership roles at the International Stroke Conference (ISC) from 2014-2018. Methods: As a retrospective analysis of conference data, this study was exempt from review by the institutional review board. Names of program committee members, early career development leaders, award recipients, invited speakers, and moderators for those sessions were taken from the Final Program from the 2014-2018 ISC. Conference leader gender was determined by name inspection and internet search. In a few instances of ambiguity, common gender association of the name was used. Self-reported ISC attendance demographics were obtained through the American Heart Association (AHA). Chi square test or Fisher exact test was used to compare demographics of invited leadership with attendance. Results: Between 29.9% and 44.7% of conference attendees were women. Attendees who did not disclose gender increased from 7.38% to 33.02%. Female membership on the program committee increased from 14.3% in 2014 to 48.2% in 2018. Women represented a minority of invited speakers, moderators and award recipients across all years, however, there were increases in female representation over time (see table). Conclusions: Women are less likely than men to hold leadership positions at the ISC. This is significant as such opportunities can play a valuable role in networking and career progression. It is reassuring that this gender gap has been decreasing over time, however, the AHA and program committee may wish to consider additional strategies to narrow this gap.

The National Clinical Assessment Tool for Medical Students in the Emergency Department (NCAT-EM).

IntroductionClinical assessment of medical students in emergency medicine (EM) clerkships is a highly variable process that presents unique challenges and opportunities. Currently, clerkship directors use institution-specific tools with unproven validity and reliability that may or may not address competencies valued most highly in the EM setting. Standardization of assessment practices and development of a common, valid, specialty-specific tool would benefit EM educators and students.MethodsA two-day national consensus conference was held in March 2016 in the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM) track at the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD) Academic Assembly in Nashville, TN. The goal of this conference was to standardize assessment practices and to create a national clinical assessment tool for use in EM clerkships across the country. Conference leaders synthesized the literature, articulated major themes and questions pertinent to clinical assessment of students in EM, clarified the issues, and outlined the consensus-building process prior to consensus-building activities.ResultsThe first day of the conference was dedicated to developing consensus on these key themes in clinical assessment. The second day of the conference was dedicated to discussing and voting on proposed domains to be included in the national clinical assessment tool. A modified Delphi process was initiated after the conference to reconcile questions and items that did not reach an a priori level of consensus.ConclusionThe final tool, the National Clinical Assessment Tool for Medical Students in Emergency Medicine (NCAT-EM) is presented here.

Analytical Inquiry of Cfo Responsibilities: Aggregate Analysis Of Perceptual Differences Among Sda Conference Leaders In The Usa, Canada And Bermuda

The basis of this investigation was incited by the notion that the perceptions of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Conference leadership significantly impacts how the responsibilities of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are perceived in terms of their understanding and working knowledge of the importance and performance of CFO duties. Data was collected from a purposeful sample of N=399 at fifty-seven SDA Local Conferences in the United States of America (USA), Canada and Bermuda. A Mixed-Methods sequential exploratory research design utilizing Descriptive Statistics and Student-Newman-Keuls Post-Hoc Tests reflected significant differences among the aggregate results of conference leaders consisting of presidents {CEOs}, treasurers {CFO}, and board members {BM}, concerning CFO responsibilities. Discussion and Conclusions include potential conflicting leadership expectations of the CFO’s responsibilities, and a negative influence on the organizational culture and climate. Implications are applicable to organizations where leadership expectations of the CFO’s responsibilities have changed or may not be clearly defined or understood.

“Live on the Hills and Work in the City”

In November 1959, a group of businessmen and politicians from Wheeling, West Virginia, a small city of fifty-five thousand along the Ohio River, traveled to their larger neighbor upstream with hopes of recreating Pittsburgh’s successful urban renewal program in their own community. Over the previous six years, the Wheeling Area Conference on Community Development had pushed through a series of smoke control and infrastructure projects modeled on the Steel City’s Renaissance. In a letter to Edward Magee, executive director of Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Wheeling retailer Robert Levenson expressed his gratitude for the “wonderful cooperation and inspiration you provided,” and declared that the trip had “galvanized our city government into action.” Adopting the slogan, “live on the hills and work in the city,” the Urban Renewal Authority of Wheeling (URAW), chaired by Levenson, subsequently cleared a rundown neighborhood along the river in the early 1960s with the goal of creating a new planned industrial district. “All citizens who believe in Wheeling find themselves welcome,” Wheeling Conference officials declared. We are “moving forward in giant steps and can become as great a city as its citizens want it to be.” 1 The public–private partnership behind the Pittsburgh Renaissance always understood its economic mission in terms of the broader metropolitan region. First and foremost, Allegheny Conference leaders and their political allies sought to improve the competitiveness of the Pittsburgh region with respect to other American cities. Smoke and flood control efforts, highway construction, a system of rural parks, and urban renewal projects, including the corporate skyscrapers of the Golden Triangle, were all conceived within an overall framework of attracting and maintaining population and business investment. In response to long-running concerns about a chronic shortage of space for commercial expansion due to the rugged topography, conservative business leaders reluctantly turned to federally subsidized urban renewal programs in the 1950s for assistance in transforming older, mixed-use areas along the riverfronts into planned industrial districts, such as one envisioned for the Manchester neighborhood on the city’s North Side. At the same time, Conference officials acknowledged and even encouraged the migration of other urban functions, especially housing, to the periphery, where there was “enough land so that housing objectives may be realized, and every family live within easy commuting distance of the heart of the city.” 2

Me, myself and I: ‘Self-referencing’ in Labour Party conference leaders' speeches

This article deals with the level of self-referencing in the speeches of Labour Party leaders at the annual conference, especially in the ‘Parliamentary Report’ and how this varies over time and between leaders. The article starts from the point of view that the extent to which politicians put themselves at the centre of their rhetoric is an important issue to consider when examining how they communicate with us. It also provides an insight into the personality, genuine or manufactured, of politicians. This article uses quantitative content analysis to compare the speeches of Labour leaders.

Heart Allocation in the United States

The consequences of our actions are so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed. —J.K. Rowling, British Novelist (1965–present) Nearly 20 years ago, clinical leaders in the field of heart transplantation met in Bethesda, Maryland, to address the growing disconnect between the numbers of patients with end-stage heart failure who were listed for cardiac transplant and those who actually received transplants.1 As stated by Dr Norman Shumway in his keynote address to the conference, “The principle issue that stands before us is the donor problem.” The severity of the crisis at the time was reflected in the fact that more patients were listed on any given date than underwent transplantation in the previous year. In an effort to ease the supply-demand mismatch, conference leaders developed objective criteria for candidate listing and prioritization, suggested new strategies to improve survival on the waiting list, and broadened donor selection. Despite these initiatives as well as the intensification of efforts toward public education, the actual number of transplants leveled off and has remained flat for more than a decade.2 Prioritization on the waiting list, however, has continued to evolve. In 1989, a simplified algorithm was implemented with 2 categories for medical urgency, and in 1999, a 3-tiered system (status 1A, 1B, and 2) was approved to address perceptions of unfairness in heart allocation. Most recently, the US allocation system was modified in 2006 to allow broader regional sharing of donor hearts to status 1A and 1B patients before allocating organs to local status 2 patients (Table).3 The primary objective of this algorithm change was to decrease wait-list mortality without effecting a change in posttransplant mortality. Article see p 249 View this table: Table. Initial Sequence of Adult Heart Allocation Over the past decade, there has been a slow, …

Paper submissions for SIGCSE conferences

For decades, authors have submitted papers to SIGCSE conferences; reviewers have supplied ratings and comments; and conference leaders have selected papers to yield a balanced, interesting program. Of course, with advances in technology, the process for submitting and reviewing papers has evolved remarkably; and plans are in progress for what we hope will be yet another successful transition for ITiCSE 2012.

The art of paper categorization

Authors of proposals to the SIGCSE symposia and ITiCSE conferences pick one to four subject areas for their work. Conference leaders use these categories to assign reviewers with appropriate expertise.

Anxiety Disorders and Comorbid Medical Illness

Objective: To provide an overview of the role of anxiety disorders in medical illness. Method: The Anxiety Disorders Association of America held a multidisciplinary conference from which conference leaders and speakers reviewed presentations and discussions, considered literature on prevalence, comorbidity, etiology and treatment, and made recommendations for research. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), asthma, cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer and chronic pain were reviewed. Results: A substantial literature supports clinically important associations between psychiatric illness and chronic medical conditions. Most research focuses on depression, finding that depression can adversely affect self-care and increase the risk of incident medical illness, complications and mortality. Anxiety disorders are less well studied, but robust epidemiological and clinical evidence shows that anxiety disorders play an equally important role. Biological theories of the interactions between anxiety and IBS, CVD and chronic pain are presented. Available data suggest that anxiety disorders in medically ill patients should not be ignored and could be considered conjointly with depression when developing strategies for screening and intervention, particularly in primary care. Conclusions: Emerging data offer a strong argument for the role of anxiety in medical illness and suggest that anxiety disorders rival depression in terms of risk, comorbidity and outcome. Research programs designed to advance our understanding of the impact of anxiety disorders on medical illness are needed to develop evidence-based approaches to improving patient care. (Reprinted with permission from General Hospital Psychiatry 2008; 30:208–225)

Anxiety disorders and comorbid medical illness

Objective To provide an overview of the role of anxiety disorders in medical illness. Method The Anxiety Disorders Association of America held a multidisciplinary conference from which conference leaders and speakers reviewed presentations and discussions, considered literature on prevalence, comorbidity, etiology and treatment, and made recommendations for research. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), asthma, cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer and chronic pain were reviewed. Results A substantial literature supports clinically important associations between psychiatric illness and chronic medical conditions. Most research focuses on depression, finding that depression can adversely affect self-care and increase the risk of incident medical illness, complications and mortality. Anxiety disorders are less well studied, but robust epidemiological and clinical evidence shows that anxiety disorders play an equally important role. Biological theories of the interactions between anxiety and IBS, CVD and chronic pain are presented. Available data suggest that anxiety disorders in medically ill patients should not be ignored and could be considered conjointly with depression when developing strategies for screening and intervention, particularly in primary care. Conclusions Emerging data offer a strong argument for the role of anxiety in medical illness and suggest that anxiety disorders rival depression in terms of risk, comorbidity and outcome. Research programs designed to advance our understanding of the impact of anxiety disorders on medical illness are needed to develop evidence-based approaches to improving patient care.

Learning from experience in case conference: A Bionian approach to teaching and consulting

In case conferences as well as didactic seminars, the power of the group can bring psychoanalytic education to life. However, primitive anxieties activated by group dynamics may also interfere with teaching and learning. The authors offer the example of a stalemated private practice case conference that had unconsciously organized against learning as the members began to read Bion's work. The case conference leader, an analyst, presented her case conference, which was mired in basic assumption dependency dynamics, to our peer consultation group. Drawing upon Bion's early contributions on groups, as well as his later ideas about thinking and mental growth, the peer group facilitated the case conference's return to work‐group functioning and learning from experience. Activated in the peer group, commensal container↔contained processes gradually spread throughout the entire relational system of peer group, case‐conference leader, case‐conference members, and patients. This example underscores the importance of promoting within our institutes a culture in which faculty view themselves as part of an evolving intersubjective matrix that works to foster the containing capacities of candidates, patients, and faculty alike.

A Descriptive Study of Morbidity and Mortality Conferences and Their Conformity to Medical Incident Analysis Models: Results of the Morbidity and Mortality Conference Improvement Study, Phase 1

The purpose of this article is to study morbidity and mortality conferences and their conformity to medical incident analysis models. Structured interviews with morbidity and mortality conference leaders of 12 (75%) clinical departments at Johns Hopkins Hospital were conducted. Reported morbidity and mortality conference goals included medical management (75%), teaching (58%), and patient safety and quality improvement (42%). Methods for case identification, selection, presentation, and analysis varied among departments. Morbidity and mortality conferences were attended mostly by physicians from the respective departments. One (8%) department had a standard approach for eliciting input from all providers on the case, another (8%) used a structured tool to explore underlying system factors, and 7 (58%) departments had a plan for assigning follow-up on recommendations. There is wide variation in how morbidity and mortality conferences are conducted across departments and little conformity to known models for analyzing medical incidents. Models for best practices in conducting morbidity and mortality conferences are needed.

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Discussion of medical errors in morbidity and mortality conferences.

Morbidity and mortality conferences in residency programs are intended to discuss adverse events and errors with a goal to improve patient care. Little is known about whether residency training programs are accomplishing this goal. To determine the frequency at which morbidity and mortality conference case presentations include adverse events and errors and whether the errors are discussed and attributed to a particular cause. Prospective survey conducted by trained physician observers from July 2000 through April 2001 on 332 morbidity and mortality conference case presentations and discussions in internal medicine (n = 100) and surgery (n = 232) at 4 US academic hospitals. Frequencies of presentation of adverse events and errors, discussion of errors, and attribution of errors. In internal medicine morbidity and mortality conferences, case presentations and discussions were 3 times longer than in surgery conferences (34.1 minutes vs 11.7 minutes; P =.001), more time was spent listening to invited speakers (43.1% vs 0%; P<.001), and less time was spent in audience discussion (15.2% vs 36.6%; P<.001). Fewer internal medicine case presentations included adverse events (37 [37%] vs 166 surgery case presentations [72%]; P<.001) or errors causing an adverse event (18 [18%] vs 98 [42%], respectively; P =.001). When an error caused an adverse event, the error was discussed as an error less often in internal medicine (10 errors [48%] vs 85 errors in surgery [77%]; P =.02). Errors were attributed to a particular cause less often in medicine than in surgery conferences (8 [38%] of 21 medicine errors vs 88 [79%] of 112 surgery errors; P<.001). In discussions of cases with errors, conference leaders in both internal medicine and surgery infrequently used explicit language to signal that an error was being discussed and infrequently acknowledged having made an error. Our findings call into question whether adverse events and errors are routinely discussed in internal medicine training programs. Although adverse events and errors were discussed frequently in surgery cases, teachers in both surgery and internal medicine missed opportunities to model recognition of error and to use explicit language in error discussion by acknowledging their personal experiences with error.

The Contribution of a Process-Oriented Case Conference to the Development of Students in the First Year of a Doctor of Psychology Training Program

ABSTRACT This paper examines how a process-oriented case conference can contribute to the development of first year students in a clinical psychology training program. Developmental challenges and typical anxieties of first year students are described. Vignettes from one such conference illustrate how the conference leader can facilitate students' efforts to deal with these issues as they struggle to join the training program, establish a work group, create a learning alliance with the training institution, addresf narcissistic injury and defense, and utilize unconscious communication in the conference on behalf of their learning. By participating in their own group, leaders become more attuned to the anxieties of their students and better able to hold those anxieties.