6th Annual Guthrie P.A.U.S.E. (Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers United in Substantive Education) Summit

Presented by: Guthrie Women in Medicine

A special Thank you to the Donald Guthrie Foundation for providing funding towards this summit. 

• Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025 (in-person ONLY) 
• Time: 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 
• Location: Tioga Golf Club, 151 Roki Blvd., Nichols, NY 13812

Conference Description

This event will focus on timely and practical issues involving healthcare topics and the promotion of equity in women’s health through strategies focused on diversity, inclusivity, and leadership. This is an educational opportunity for continued development of knowledge and resources in aspects of health promotion, the importance of patients’ influence in medicine, and how to use evidence-based medicine for a patient-centered care delivery model. Our focus will remain on Guthrie’s vision “Improving Health Through Clinical Excellence and Compassion; Every Patient. Every Time.” 

Intended Audience

This conference is designated to provide a learning opportunity for all community providers. This educational conference will focus on the importance of leadership, diversity, inclusion, well-being, and hot topics in various medical circumstances. This program is intended for all physicians, advanced practice providers, fellows, and residents. Others that will find this program useful include nurses, medical and nursing students and other healthcare professionals who would like to increase their knowledge base regarding mentoring, disparity, mutual respect, and other current medical issues. 

Elements of Competence

The CME activity has been designed to change learner competence and focus on the American Board of Medical Specialties areas of patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice. 

Educational Methods

• Live lectures with Q & A sessions will facilitate the dissemination of information. 

Conference Goals

• To inform the audience about medical and surgical care in the modern era. 

• To encourage learners to challenge their habits and routine to develop evolving processes for knowledge. 

• To empower the audience to be champions for patient-centered care. 

Conference Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Generate a list of games used in medical education 
• Analyze the pros and cons on using games in active learning 
• Make notes of ways you can improve or incorporate games into your active learning teaching
• Examine how games can provide benefits to learners  
• Summarize how games can be employed in medical education
• Generate a list of games used in medical education
• Analyze the pros and cons on using games in active learning
• Make notes of ways you can improve or incorporate games into your active learning teaching
• Examine how games can provide benefits to learners  
• Summarize how games can be employed in medical education 
• Describe practical strategies to reduce stress 
• Review and have an increased awareness of the resources available to support individual wellbeing
• Determine individual commitment to strengthen resiliency and nurture wellbeing to move forward in a healthier manner
   

Conference Agenda

Note: All conference times are listed in Eastern Standard Time 

• 7 a.m. – Registration/Breakfast 

• 7:50 a.m. - Opening Remarks – Katherine Lincoln, DO – Conference Course Director 

• 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. – Keynote Speaker - Ashley Shamansky, DO – Active Learning in Medical Education: Games 

• 9:00-9:30 a.m. – Katie Alsheimer, DO- Pulmonary Medicine and Changes as We Age: What is Normal and What is not Normal 

• 9:30-10:00 a.m. - Dawn Clover, MSW, LCSW, CEAP - Thriving Under Pressure: Resources and Strategies for Health care Providers to Manage Stress and Enhance Wellbeing

• 10:00 -10:15 a.m. – Break 

• 10:15-10:45 a.m. - Kathleen Mcginley, DO - COVID and Cancer: The Impact of the Pandemic upon Oncology Care

• 10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m. – Kathryn Earls, PA-C – Beyond Diet and Exercise: Advanced Approaches in Obesity Treatment 

• 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. – Keynote Speaker – Wendy Dean, MD – Moral Injury in Medicine 

• 12:15 p.m. – Closing Remarks/Giveaway – Katherine Lincoln, DO  

• 12:30 p.m. – Book Signing Event – “If I Betray These Words” by: Wendy Dean, MD 

The Guthrie Clinic CME Vison

To Enable Health Professionals to Provide and Achieve the Best Preventive and Comprehensive Care… Whole Community, All the Time.

Accreditation Statement

“The Guthrie Clinic is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

Designation Statement

“The Guthrie Clinic designates this live activity for a maximum of (4.0) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty Disclosure

The Guthrie Clinic adheres to the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. “Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education activities sponsored by The Guthrie Clinic are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).” The presenting faculty/planning committee for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Have a question? Contact our staff!
Trish Stern, Director, System CME 
E-mail: Trish.Stern@guthrie.org
Phone: 570-887-5762