Resident Files: Using Kotter’s 8 Step Change Model to Revive Educational Conferences with Jennifer Sedler, MD, Elizabeth Nguyen, MD, and Ryan Lion, MD (S6:E39)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we couldn’t bring folks together to learn about and discuss important concepts in clinical medicine. Nationally, pediatrics board exam passage rates have been falling every year since 2019, hitting its lowest point of just 80% in 2023. For this episode, we talk with a group of residents who saw conference attendance dwindling at their institution and used Kotter’s change model to get teachers and learners back together. They share their results, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned along the way about pediatric resident education in this new era. 

Guests: Drs. Sedler, Nguyen and Lion are all chief residents at Stanford University. 

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