HPE Grand Rounds: TSP Final Presentations with Lara Senekjian, Christopher Ortiz, Akshay Govind, and Stacy Han

We are pleased to invite the HPE community to learn about the projects of our 2025–26 Teaching Scholars during this HPE Grand Rounds session. These presentations showcase the Scholars’ learning in curriculum development, assessment, educational theories and frameworks, education research, and leadership. The Scholars featured in this session include:

Lara Senekjian, MD, MSci, MAT, Surgery - A Qualitative Study of How Surgical Attendings Conceptualize Agency in Fourth Year Medical Students
Chris Ortiz, MD, PhD, Anesthesia - Development of Entrustable Professional Activities as Tool for Formative Assessment and Curricular Improvement in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
Akshay Govind, DMD, MD, MPH, Dentistry - How accurately do oral and maxillofacial surgery residents recognize autonomy demonstrated in standardized descriptions of surgical learning scenarios?
Stacy Han, MD, Geriatrics - A Needs Assessment of Home-Based Primary Care Training for Geriatrics Fellows

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About Health Professions Education Grand Rounds (HPEGR):

At these hour-long sessions, participants hear about recent research in health professions education. Presenters may include advanced learners studying in CFE’s master’s and doctoral programs, UCSF faculty who conduct education research, and invited speakers who contribute outside perspectives to advance the scholarly study of health professions education.

The Master's Program in Education is a collaboration between UCSF and the University of California, Berkeley School of Education. The program prepares individuals in the research methodologies needed to undertake research studies in health professions education. Students receive mentoring from faculty in the UC Berkeley, Berkeley School of Education and faculty in the UCSF Center for Faculty Educators.

UCSF collaborates with University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) to offer the Doctoral Program in Health Professions Education. This collaboration makes possible a rigorous program for scholarly advancement for medical education researchers. Successful candidates graduate with a PhD in Health Professions Education from UMC Utrecht.