Kimberly
Lomis, MD
American Medical Association
Kimberly D. Lomis, MD is Vice President for Undergraduate Medical Education Innovations at the American Medical Association. She guides the Accelerating Change in Medical Education consortium of 32+ medical schools, impacting over 20,000 medical students across the US. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education and Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where she guided a major revision of the medical school curriculum including implementation of a comprehensive competency-based assessment program. Dr. Lomis also served as director of the Association of American Medical Colleges Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency national pilot.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The American Medical Association Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative aims to transform medical education through a community of innovation focused on shared themes: 1. Developing new methods for teaching and/or assessing key competencies for medical students and to foster methods to create more flexible, individualized learning plans. 2. Promoting exemplary methods to achieve patient safety, performance improvement and patient-centered, team-based care. 3. Improving medical students’ understanding of the health care system and health care financing. 4. Optimizing the learning…