2025 LEAPS Symposium Schedule

8:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration
 
8:45 - 9 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Donna Parker, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, School of Medicine

• Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, President, University of Maryland, Baltimore

9 - 9:40 a.m.

"An Overview of Formulating a Research Question: From Topic to Question"

Violet Kulo, EdD, PhD, School of Graduate Studies

9:45 - 10:25 a.m.

"How Educational Theory Informs a Research Question"

Michael Soh, PhD, School of Graduate Studies

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

"Critical Appraisal of Education Literature"

Karen Gordes, PhD, PT, DScPT, School of Graduate Studies

11:15 - 11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 - 11:50 a.m.

"Library Research Support"

Emilie Ludeman, MSLIS, and Amy Yarnell, MA, MLS, Health Sciences and Human Services Library

11:50 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

"An Overview of the IRB Process for Educational Scholarship"

Eric Belt, EdD, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

12:15 - 1:45 p.m.

Lunch and Poster Session

• During this time, participants and presenters may engage with the poster presenters in the adjacent ballroom

2 - 2:40 p/m/

"Applying for Educational Grants"

Gerald Kayingo, PhD, MMSC, PA-C, School of Graduate Studies

2:40 - 3 p.m.

Awards and Grants Presentations; Final Remarks