Program Description: 

Flourish as a rural medical educator. This Rural GME Leadership Academy will provide an opportunity for future, new, and current faculty of GME training programs and rural community preceptors to develop and improve their skills as teachers creating a community that can effectively support the needs of learners. The program is designed to establish a foundation for success as a medical educator and future GME leadership opportunities.  Based upon known gaps, the community physician will learn the supervision basics of working with a medical learner in the clinic or hospital and gain a foundation for future professional opportunities in Graduate Medical Education including faculty, associate program director, or program director roles, and expand your identity as a medical educator.

Keywords: Education, Teaching, Mentoring, Rural

Target audience: 
  • Physicians
Learning objectives: 

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

  • Describe a variety of best practices in medical education for each topic.
  • Apply medical education best practices to individual programs for each topic.
  • Analyze the results of application through discussion with fellow educators and experts for each topic.
  • Recognize the impacts on learning of the environment, the learner and you as an educator for each topic.
  • Select the most effective strategies for the educator's context that result in the best outcomes for each topic.
Faculty & credentials: 

Activity Director:

Joseph Kilsdonk, AuD
Aspirus Director – Medical Education Administration

Planning Committee:

Aspirus Wausau FM Residency
Adam Clements, DO
Prevea Green Bay FM Residency
Crystal Lalonde, MD
John Hayes, DO

MCW-CW
Lisa Dodson, MD
Tamarack Health
Karlye Rodriguez-Wisdom, MD
Marianna Worczak, MD

WCRGME
Jennifer Crubel
Lori Rodefeld

MCW-CW Psychiatry Program
Jean Vogel, MD

WiNC
Joseph Kilsdonk, AuD
Kevin O’Connell, MD
Jami Kaiser
Julie Richards

Mosaic Fox Valley FM Residency
Allen Last, MD
 

WiNC/WCRGME
Katie Yanke

In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 

  • Joseph Kilsdonk, AuD
  • Adam Clements, DO
  • Crystal Lalonde, MD
  • John Hayes, DO
  • Lisa Dodson, MD
  • Karlye Rodriguez-Wisdom, MD
  • Marianna Worczak, MD
  • Jennifer Crubel
  • Lori Rodefeld
  • Jean Vogel, MD
  • Kevin O’Connell, MD
  • Jami Kaiser
  • Julie Richards
  • Allen Last, MD
  • Katie Yanke

Contact

Name: 
Jami Kasier
Series date: 
09/01/2025 - 12:00am CDT to 08/06/2026 - 11:59pm CDT

The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 30.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 30.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Series location: 
Virtual
United States

Sessions

Session Date
Preparation and Pre-Readings 09/01/2025 - 12:00pm CDT to 09/01/2026 - 11:59pm CDT
September Kick Off 09/04/2025 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm CDT
Science of Learning & Teaching and Facilitating Learning 10/02/2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm CDT
Curriculum Development 12/04/2025 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm CST
Learning Environment & Professionalism in Learning 02/05/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm CST
Administrative Skills 04/02/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm CDT
Feedback & Performance Improvement Remediation 06/04/2026 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm CDT
Poster Presentations 08/06/2026 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm CDT