Spotlight on Scholarship

The 2025 Spotlight on Scholarship included 9 projects from 35 authors. View all the presentations.

The winning projects were:

• Outstanding Project Award: FORTIFY-med: Fostering Ongoing Research Training in First-Year Medical Students
  Authors: Colman Freel, Rebekah Rapoza, Troy Suwondo, Wenxian Zhou, Kaeli Samson, Jesse Cox, Geoffrey Talmon, Kari Nelson
• Audience Choice Award: Simulating Vascular Emergencies in Robotic Surgery: Preparing OB-GYN Residents for Surgical Complications
  Authors: Jami Monico, Macy Thonen, Lindsey McAlarnen

The 2024 Spotlight on Scholarship included a virtual poster session via Canvas, and then a live event which included 17 projects from more than 50 authors. View all the presentations.

The winning projects of the Outstanding Presentation Award were:

• First Place: Ob/Gyn Residents’ Confidence Completing Prenatal Genetics-Related Tasks Before and After an Interactive Educational Intervention
  Authors: Elizabeth Reese, Sarah McBrien, Brittany Bowman, Laura Cudzilo-Kelsey, and Sara Fisher
• Second Place: A Novel Study to Assess Diagnostic Medical Sonography Students’ Belongingness in the Clinical Learning Environment
  Author: Kimberly Michael
• Third Place: Are You Ready? Assessing the Impact of Online Professional Development on Health Professions Educators' Readiness and Knowledge for Online and Blended Teaching
  Author: Tanya Custer
• Honorable Mention: The Impact of a Living with Diabetes Experience on Students' Attitudes and Perceptions
  Authors: Kristen Cook and Jessica Downes
• Honorable Mention: An Inquiry into the Relationship between Practice Exam Integration, Study Habits, and Perceived Exam Confidence Among First-Year Medical Students at United States Medical School
  Authors: Currey M. Zalman, Geoffrey A. Talmon, and Kari L. Nelson

The 2023 Spotlight on Scholarship included a virtual poster session via Canvas, and then a live event (in person and via Zoom) featured three keynote presentations.

The winning project of the Outstanding Presentation Award was:

• Immediate vs Delayed Feedback in a Progressive Musculoskeletal E-module Case for Clinical Reasoning Development
  Authors: Megan Frazee, Krista Gipson, Elizabeth Lyden, Stephanie Langel

The winning project of the Outstanding Presentation by Emerging Scholar Winner was:

• Building Confidence and Competence: The Effects of Early Career Coaching and Research Training on Student Research Perspectives
  Authors: Joseph Kleinsmith, Jayme Dowdall, Michelle C. Howell, Kristy Carlson

The winning project of the Audience Choice Award was:

• Efficacy of 3D Printed Uterus and Silicone Cervix for Medical Education in Learning and Practicing Gynecologic Procedures
  Authors: Jami Monico, Karen Carlson

The 2022 Spotlight on Scholarship included a virtual poster session via Canvas and a live event via Zoom included three featured presentations.

The winning project of the Outstanding Presentation Award was:

• Effectiveness of a Hybrid Social Determinants of Health Experience
  Authors: Aleisha Nabower, Melanie Menning, Susan Evers, Nathaniel Goodrich, Jenenne Geske, Jennifer Liu, Neil Kalsi, Andrea Jones & Shirley Delair

The winning project of the Audience Choice Award was:

• Teaching Physicists Effective Patient Communication through eLearning
  Authors: Megan Hyun, Abby Besemer, Kyle Gallagher, Sam Hendley, Diane Schott, Sarah Wisnoskie, Jeffrey Wong & Dandan Zheng

Clinical IPE in a Student-Run Free Clinic: The GOODLIFE Model
Authors: William Hay, T Lynne Barone, Samantha K. Ammons, Mary Ann Powell, Craig G. Hughes, Bao Tram Ngoc Huynh, Angela M. Brown, Joseph McGuire, Breanna Thompson, Alana Alexander, Elyssa Gray, Jay Irwin

Innovations in Addiction Training: Creating Competence While Decreasing Stigma
Author: Alena A. Balasanova

Effectiveness of Blended Learning for Resident Education in Neurology: Experience from Movement Disorder Course
Authors: Danish Bhatti, John Bertoni, Amy Hellman, Sachin Kedar, Diego Torres-Russotto

Teaching Pupillary Examination Using the Advanced Pupil Simulator
Authors: Sachin Kedar, Jideofor K. Ndulue, Deepta Ghate

3D Printed Phantom Chest with Contrast Improves Training for Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology Technologists
Authors: Lincoln M. Wong, Blair Kauzlarich, R. Gabe Linke

Human Connection as a Tool to Improve Medical Student Well-Being and Make Medical School "Worth It"
Authors: Kelly MacArthur, Jonathon Sikorski

Simulation to Improve Critical Care Fellows' Confidence in Intubation
Authors: Rorak Hooten, Tammy Wichman, Kelly Cawcutt, Craig Piquette

Balancing Act: College-Wide Implementation of Holistic Admissions
Authors: Sarah McBrien, Maggie Winnicki, Sara Bills, Greg Karst, Kyle Meyer

Platform Presentations

An Evaluation of the Impact and Usefulness of Student-Led Surgery Interest Group
Authors: Michael Otten, Laura Newton, Marissa Lobl, Mark Ringle, Abbey Fingeret

Intervention Fidelity in a Multi-Site Simulation Facilitation Study: Development of the SimFAC Model
Presenter: Beth Burbach

UNMC High School Alliance Immersion in Narrative and Lyric Medicine, Spring Semester, 2018: A Review
Presenter: Steve Langan (UNO)

Using Infographics and Ed. Tech in Inter-Departmental Education
Presenter: Walker Thomas

View the list of poster presentations