Barbara Barnes Keynote Speaker

Sophie Soklaridis, PhD

Plenary Title:  "Expanding the CPD Ecosystem through Equity and Inclusion"

Dr. Soklaridis is a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Family & Community Medicine at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, as well as a Scientist at Wilson Centre for Research in Education. She is the Canadian lead and a core faculty member for the Master of Health Sciences Education in Ethiopia through the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration (TAAAC). Her research takes a critical sociological approach on the issues of power, identity and relationships. Her scholarly foci include patient/clients as partners in research and mental health education and the influence of power and privilege on academic medicine. She is a widely published and well-funded scientist who has received multiple awards for her research. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and CPD             

 Keynote: Muhammad Mamdani, PharmD, MA, MPH
 Plenary Title: "Applied AI in Health: What the Education Field Needs to Know"

Dr. Mamdani is Vice President of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto and Director of the    University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T- CAIREM). Dr. Mamdani’s team bridges advanced analytics including machine learning with clinical and management   decision making to improve patient outcomes and hospital efficiency. Dr. Mamdani is also Professor in the Department of Medicine of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation of the Dalla Lana Faculty of Public Health. He is also an Affiliate Scientist at IC/ES and a Faculty Affiliate of the Vector Institute. In 2010, Dr. Mamdani was named among Canada’s Top 40 under 40. He has published over 500 studies in peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Mamdani obtained a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and completed a fellowship in pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research at the Detroit Medical Center. During his fellowship, Dr. Mamdani obtained a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Wayne State University with a concentration in econometric theory. He then completed a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University with a concentration in quantitative methods.

Climate Crisis and Planetary Health

Keynote: Ann Kurth, PhD, RN, CNM, MPH, FAAN, FACNM, President, The New York Academy of Medicine

Plenary Title: "We Can Do This: Leveraging CPD to Address the Climate and Health Crisis"

Date:  Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Ann Kurth, PhD, RN, CNM, MPH, FAAN, FACNM is a leader in higher education and health – with a passion to improve the world in the era of climate change. As President of the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) she is the first epidemiologist leader in its 176-year history of advancing healthier lifespans for all. Dr. Kurth previously served as Dean of the Yale School of Nursing, and Professor, epidemiology of microbial diseases at Yale School of Public Health. She co-led Yale University’s sustainability initiative committing to carbon neutrality, contributed to its strategy for workplace diversity and inclusion, and led innovations including co-founding the Yale Institute for Global Health.

An epidemiologist and certified nurse-midwife, Dr. Kurth’s research focuses on HIV/reproductive health, and global health system strengthening, in the context of pandemics, climate change and other stresses. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIAID, NIMH, NICHD, NIDA), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNAIDS, CDC, HRSA, and others, for studies in the US and internationally. Dr. Kurth has published ~250 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and monographs. She served on the US Preventive Services Task Force and she currently co-chairs the National Academy of Medicine Board on Global Health, which includes a focus on health issues of national and global import. She participates in the National Academy of Medicine’s Climate Change and Health Equity initiative, and is leading NYAM to help address health system and public health adaptation efforts.

Dr. Kurth sits on the Board of Yale New Haven Hospital, flagship of the Connecticut-based health system, which has a Center for Sustainable Healthcare. Dr. Kurth is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine, of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), and of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (FACNM). She is past chair of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, the 175+-university member association supporting “academic institutions to improve the wellbeing of people and the planet.”

The Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) invites you to our 2024 Annual Meeting, March 10-13 in San Diego, CA.

The theme for this year’s conference is “Exploring the Expanding and Evolving CPD Ecosystem."

This year’s annual meeting will address the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI); how CPD/CE can impact the climate crisis; the influence of power and privilege on academic medicine; and best practices for our organizations and our learners to address complex care needs in under-resourced settings, including migrant, refugee, and displaced communities.

Through research and best practices sessions learn from CPD/CE colleagues who’ve developed innovative strategies, including interprofessional and team-based education, working in the evolving CPD/CE environment using data driven CPD, and incorporating quality improvement and patient safety.

We look forward to an interactive, stimulating program that will provide opportunities for professional development, networking, and scholarly interactions.

The Annual Meeting features:

• In person pre-conference meeting workshops
• Keynote speakers and panels
• Interactive sessions
• Short research and best practices presentations and posters
• Networking opportunities
• Social engagement in-person and virtually

Key focus areas for abstracts for the 2024 program are:

• Climate crisis health impacts through CME/CPD
• Complex care needs in under resourced settings, including within migrant, refugee, and displaced individuals’ communities
• Building digital competence to integrate big data and AI into health care practice
• Promoting empathy and compassion into health care
• Strategies for building personal, professional, and/or organizational resilience in and through CME/CE
• Studies or work that implements practices to raise awareness of and enhance an organization's, clinician's, or patient's relationship with artificial intelligence and big data, the exploration of professional identities in an evolving ecosystem, and incorporating tools from other disciplines into skillsets

Information on exhibiting and sponsoring opportunities will be available soon.

Abstract Submission

Key focus areas for abstracts for the 2024 program are:

Conference Schedule

(To Be Announced)

Meeting Venue 

2024 Meeting Venue: San Diego Sheraton Hotel & Marina

This year's sessions and programming will take place beginning March 10, 2024, at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, a premier waterfront location with spectacular views of the marina and downtown skyline. Experience San Diego from a central location in the heart of the harbor, yet just minutes from San Diego airport (with a complementary shuttle). Enjoy the proximity of downtown, Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego Zoo, and Petco Park, for a fun time in the city. The hotel comprises more than 130,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor function space throughout its two towers. For more information on the venue, please click here.

Booking Your Stay at the San Diego Sheraton Hotel & Marina

Programming will take place beginning March 10 at the San Diego Sheraton Hotel & Marina. The SACME room block offers discounted guest rooms at $279.00 + $10 resort fee/per night + applicable taxes until February 19 or until the room block is full, whichever comes first.

Book your stay here: https://book.passkey.com/event/50646203/owner/563/home

San Diego Sheraton Hotel & Marina

1380 Harbor Island Dr., San Diego, CA, 92101, (615) 321-130

Room rate $279.00 a night + $10 resort fee + state and local taxes.

Presenter Resources

Check here for important resources and templates for SACME presentations.

• YouTube video on How to create a better research poster in less time.
• Instructions for recording your presentation using Zoom. (SACME specific content) 
• Examples and templates for Poster/Brief Presentations. Example 1, Example 2
• SACME Speaker Tips and Tricks.
• DEI Resources for Better Presentations

Registration Warning

Registration opening soon!

Meeting registration for courses managed by SACME can only be completed through SACME's official registration portal. Attendee registrations made through any other sites cannot be honored. SACME is not able to refund fees paid through unaffiliated registration sites, such as eMedEvents.com, MedConfWorld.com, EventEgg.com, and 10times.com.

Please report any unauthorized websites or solicitations for registrations to info@sacme.org.