Events 

IN-PERSON EVENT
OPEN TO UC SAN DIEGO FACULTY, STAFF, AND TRAINEES

Event Details:

• When: Friday, May 16, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (PT)
• Where: Rady Children's Hospital, Education & Office Building
• How to Register: Click here

Event Description:

You are invited to the 4th Annual Symposium for Innovation in Medical Education (SIME) on Friday, May 16, 2025. This year’s theme is “Technology in Medical Education.” The goal of SIME is to promote and advance the educational mission of the UC San Diego School of Medicine, while building leadership capacity in medical education.

The day’s agenda is intended for health care professionals across specialties, including faculty, residents, medical students, fellows, and administrative staff, who wish to learn more about the educational resources and innovations available in medical education at UC San Diego.

SIME presentation topics include:

• AI and technology in medical education
• The latest in medical education research and curriculum development
• And more!

CME credit will be provided.

SIME is co-hosted by UC San Diego Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Continuing Medical Education, and the Sanford Institute’s Center for Mentorship in Medicine.

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FREE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
OPEN TO ALL RESEARCHERS, ACADEMICS, CLINICIANS, AND STUDENTS

Event Details:

• When: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 8 - 9:30 a.m. (PT)
• Where: Zoom 
• How to Register: Click here

Event Description:

This 90-minute session helps you structure a clear, audience-specific elevator pitch to relay your ideas, needs, research, or complicated information to the lay public. The session introduces a simple tool and repeatable method to craft your message for students, funders, the media, as an introduction to a longer talk – or even a path to communicate more effectively with your own family.

One of our recent physician participants shared, “If I had this process sooner I would re-work every talk I’ve given over the last decade!”

We recommend that prior to the session you identify a topic that you struggle to communicate so you can workshop new ways of sharing old information. 

By the end of this session, you can expect to: 

• Understand the importance of message structure
• Describe the main point you need to relay
• Identify and build on the common ground between you and your audience 
• Practice using a tool to craft your audience-specific message effectively

If you have any questions contact our admin, Norma A. Nava, at nonava@health.ucsd.edu.

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FREE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
OPEN TO ALL HEALTH CARE LEADERS, ACADEMICS, AND RESEARCHERS

Event Details:

• When:
  • Day 1: Monday, May 19, 2025, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. (ET) 
  • Day 2: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. (ET)
• Where: Zoom 
• How to Register: Click here

Event Description:

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a 2-day virtual workshop, May 19-21, exploring the biological mechanisms of empathy and compassion. Workshop participants will examine the factors that influence the development of empathy and compassion, their role in brain health, and their potential to inform future medical treatments. The workshop will bring together leaders from multiple disciplines to discuss how understanding empathy's biological mechanisms could have broader applications in areas like workplace practices, artificial intelligence, and education.

Invited presentations and discussions may:  

• Consider the various definitions and measurements of empathy and compassion across fields.  
• Examine evidence on the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of empathy and compassion, their evolutionary origin, and their role in brain functionality, including in some cases of brain disorders.  
• Explore how factors such as genetics, environment, social interactions, and psychological states influence the development and expression of empathy and compassion. 
• Discuss how different treatments (e.g., behavioral and pharmacological) for brain disorders affect empathy and compassion.  
• Consider how understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of empathy and compassion may be applied in other domains such as healthy workforce practices and to foster human well-being. 

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