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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

December 3, 2016

8:30 - 9:00 AM

BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION

1st Floor Lobby

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9:00 - 9:30 AM

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

LAUREN BRANCHE, REGION VII DIRECTOR

CARI HAMPTON, BROWN MEDICAL SCHOOL SNMA

Room 160

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9:30 - 10:30 AM

OPENING KEYNOTE

DR. GREGORY C. TOWNSEND, MD

Room 160

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10:30 - 11:20 AM

WORKSHOP #1

"TAKING THE NEXT STEP​"

See workshop choices below

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11:20 AM - 12:30 PM

WORKSHOP #2

"ADVOCATING FOR

VULNERABLE POPULATIONS"

See workshop choices below

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12:30 - 1:00 PM

LUNCH & NETWORKING

2nd Floor Academies

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1:00 - 2:00 PM

RECRUITMENT & EXHIBITOR FAIR

1st Floor Lobby

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2:00 - 2:50 PM

WORKSHOP #3

"GETTING REAL"

See workshop choices below

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2:50 - 3:40 PM

CLOSING KEYNOTE

DANNIE RITCHIE, MD, MPH

Room 160

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3:40 - 4:00 PM

CLOSING REMARKS

Room 160

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4:00 - 4:10 PM

GROUP PHOTO

1st Floor Lobby

WORKSHOPS

Morning Workshop #1
 
"Taking the Next Step"
10:30 - 11:20 AM
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  • “Stepping Into Undergraduate Education"
    • ​Speaker: Dean Yolanda Rome, Assistant Dean for First-year and Sophomore Studies at Brown
    • Room: 275
  • “The Process: Applying to Medical School”
    • ​Speaker: Marcy Hall, Assistant Director of Admission, Alpert Medical School of Brown
    • Room: 170
  • “From Medical School to Residency"
    • ​Speaker: Alice Coombs, MD, MPA, FCCP, Board Certified Intensivist, Anesthesiologist and Internist, Health Care Policy at SSAAI
    • Room: 280
  • Mock Hands-On Clinical Experience​
    • Room: Clinical Skills Suites (3rd Floor)
Morning Workshop #2
 
"Advocating For Vulnerable Populations"
11:20 AM - 12:30 PM
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  • “Medical Legal Partnerships: Protecting Patients Through Existing Policy"
    • ​Speaker: Jeannine Casselman, Esq., Program Director, Rhode Island Medical Legal Partnership at Hasbro Children’s Hospital
    • Room: 275
  • “Up from the Streets: Bringing the Ground Truth into Practice, Policy, and Academia”
    • ​Speakers: Craig Kaufmann, MD, Outpatient Physician, Providence VA Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, and Megan Smith, MSW, Outreach Program Manager, House of Hope 
    • Room: 170
  • “Radio as a Tool for Improving Health Literacy and Advocacy"
    • ​Speaker: Pablo Rodriguez, MD, Founder of RI Latino Political Action Committee, President and CEO of Women's Care, Chair of Women and Infants Health Care Alliance, and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University
    • Room: 160
  • “Providing Health Care to Refugee Populations"
    • ​Speaker: Carol T. Lewis, MD, Medical Director of Hasbro Children's Hospital (HCH) Primary Care, Founder and Director of HCH Refugee Health Program, and Co-founder of HCH Fostering Health Program 
    • Room: 280
Afternoon Workshop #3
 
"Getting Real"
2:00 - 2:50 PM
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  • “Race and Racism in Medical Pedagogy"
    • ​Speakers: Carla Castillo, Radhika Rajan, Amy LaCount, Matthew Perry, MD Candidates 2019, Brown University
    • Room: 170
  • “Each One Teach One Campaign: Microagressions Focus Group”
    • ​Speaker: Rob Gakwaya, SNMA Region 7 Political Advocacy Liaison and MD Candidate UMass Medical School
    • Room: 280
  • “SNMA 101: Past, Present, and Leadership Opportunities"
    • ​Speaker: Lauren Branche, Region 7 Director and MD/MPH Candidate UConn School of Medicine
    • Room: 275
  • Mock Hands-On Clinical Experience​
    • Room: Clinical Skills Suites (3rd Floor)
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