Residents at ICRE – archive
As the next generation of medical educators and leaders, the involvement and participation of residents in critical conversations around residency training and transformation is paramount.
Over the last 16 years, residents have become an influential and important part of the International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE), and they now make up a significant part of the conference’s primary audience.
With major transformations currently taking place within medical education systems around the world, and the topic of resident leadership and scholarship increasingly gaining visibility within ICRE’s program, we’re pleased to continue to offer practical and timely resident-focused programming again for 2023.
Residents at ICRE – archive
As the next generation of medical educators and leaders, the involvement and participation of residents in critical conversations around residency training and transformation is paramount.
Over the last 16 years, residents have become an influential and important part of the International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE), and they now make up a significant part of the conference’s primary audience.
With major transformations currently taking place within medical education systems around the world, and the topic of resident leadership and scholarship increasingly gaining visibility within ICRE’s program, we’re pleased to continue to offer practical and timely resident-focused programming again for 2023.
Trainees leading medical education change: For trainees, by trainees
Designed for trainees; by trainees, these sessions will highlight how trainees can best learn, navigate, adapt, engage in co-leadership, and excel within a changing medical education landscape. Through workshops, presentations and interactive sessions tailored towards trainees, this track will engage trainee and faculty educators in critical discussions related to teaching and training; management and clinical skills; accreditation; resource stewardship; patient safety and quality; competency-based medical education; mentorship and coaching.
ICRE 2023 Resident Co-chairs
Each year, our conference puts out a call to resident leaders around the globe, to recruit some of the best and brightest to the ICRE Resident Co-chairs program.
ICRE Resident Co-chairs act as representatives and advocates for the international resident community leading up to, and during ICRE. The unique and valuable perspectives of this year’s chosen candidates will be reflected in the 2023 conference program.
Meet our outstanding ICRE 2023 Resident Co-chairs
Mehrnoush Khoshnevis, MD
Clinical Pharmacology Resident
Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
@Dr_Khoshnevis
Biography
Mehrnoush Khoshnevis, MD, is a third-year resident in Clinical Pharmacology at the Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden. Research is a passion which led to a master’s degree in Biomedicine before she started her medical studies. Dr. Khoshnevis is an active member of her Residency Program Board, and she has long-standing experience of leading and teaching the undergraduate medical students. Currently she participates on a more strategic level in the development of the new medical curriculum at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Dr. Khoshnevis is looking forward to being a part of the ICRE community and to share international experiences of clinical work environments and important factors for building a more sustainable workplace for future healthcare workers.
In her spare time, she is very interested in travelling the world or hiking in a forest and in recent years she is most likely to be found in the playground with her daughter.
Lorenzo Madrazo, MD
General Internal Medicine Subspecialty Resident
University of Ottawa, Canada
@LorenzoMadrazo
Biography
Lorenzo Madrazo, MD, is a General Internal Medicine subspecialty resident from the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. He enjoys mentoring and learning with junior learners and is an aspiring clinician educator. His research interests include assessment, learner wellbeing, and professional identity formation. Also trained as a music teacher prior to entering medicine, he finds ways to integrate the arts and medicine through poetry, visual art, and music.
Dr. Madrazo is thrilled to serve as an incoming ICRE Resident Co-chair for ICRE 2023 in Halifax. Outside of medicine, he enjoys playing music with friends, exploring coffee shops, and traveling.
Ovini Rodrigo, MD
General Academic Pediatric Fellow
Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School , USA
@OviniMD
Biography
Ovini Rodrigo, MD, is a general academic pediatrics fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She completed her pediatrics residency at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas, and served as the inaugural Chief Resident for the Primary Care L.E.A.D. (Leaders Evaluating and Addressing Disparities) residency program. She aspires to help mold the next generation of physicians as an academic general pediatrician and medical educator.
She is currently completing a master’s in medical education through the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and looks forward to beginning a master’s in public health through the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2024. Her academic interests include examining how we support trainees during critical career transition points and using narrative medicine to combat imposter syndrome and foster medical trainee resilience. She is an avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction and enjoys writing poems and narrative pieces.
Savannah Silva , MD
General Surgery Resident
McMaster University, Canada
@ssilva62442
Biography
Savannah Silva, MD, is a General Surgery resident at McMaster University in Canada. She is a passionate advocate for trainee wellness. She is an active member of her Residency Program Committee and the McMaster General Surgery Wellness Committee. Having held a variety of leadership roles, she is most proud of her role as a Chair of the McMaster Health Advocacy Symposium. She is excited to collaborate with other leaders at ICRE and find solutions to the common problems faced by trainees in medical education.
Her research interests include teaching clinical communication skills and factors influencing specialty selection. In her spare time, she can be found admiring the roses at the Royal Botanical Gardens, exploring the trails in the Hamilton region, or scrolling through Twitter.
Testimonials
“Being an ICRE Resident Co-chair has been one of the best experiences of my career! I attended my first ICRE in 2019 and was blown away by the passion and energy. It was the most fun, educational conference I have ever attended. I knew immediately that I wanted to continue being a part of this community. Over the next three years, serving as a Resident Co-chair has been like a backstage pass to medical education. I’ve had the chance to work alongside incredible medical educators from across the globe. I’ve found new friends, collaborators and mentors who have profoundly shaped my career and helped me find a home in medical education. I feel fortunate to have helped shape the culture of our community. I would strongly encourage all trainees with a passion for medical education to apply!”
– Dr. Brandon Tang, University of Toronto, ICRE 2022 Resident Co-chair
“Being a Resident Co-chair for ICRE was, by far, one of the best things I’ve ever done. Fact. The opportunity to immerse myself in the conversations and debates that occur throughout the conference are a perfect combination of inspiring, energising and fascinating! As a Resident Co-chair you are made to feel part of a welcoming, supportive community of international educators and that you have a real voice; your ideas and opinions are valued, you are part of the conference, and it feels hugely empowering, as a Resident Co-chair, to know you are working in a team that are focused on advancing junior doctor education across the globe.”
– Dr. Simon Fleming, British Orthopaedic Trainees’ Association, ICRE 2017 Resident Co-chair, ICRE 2018 Senior Resident Co-chair, ICRE Co-Chair
“I am so proud to have served as an ICRE Resident Co-chair over two amazing conferences. It was a rewarding opportunity that provided me with a unique insight into how an international academic program comes together. I had the chance to rub elbows with, and be mentored by, thought leaders in medical education from around the world. I am especially grateful for the friendships I formed with my fellow Resident Co-chairs, whose passion and energy for academic medicine will inspire and motivate me well beyond my time in the role. If you are a physician trainee who aspires to contribute over your career to furthering medical education, I strongly recommend applying to this position!”
– Dr. Mitchell Goldenberg, University of Toronto, ICRE 2017 Chief Resident, ICRE 2018 Senior Resident Co-chair
“As one of the Resident Co-chairs for ICRE 2016 and 2017, I had the privilege to work alongside international experts and leaders in medical education in what can only be described as a truly transformational experience. From participating in the behind the scenes planning calls where the conference themes emerged, to planning the details of the plenary sessions and selecting keynote speakers, to working with a dynamic team to see the vision come to fruition at the conference, being an ICRE Resident Co-chair provided experiences that literally changed the direction of my career! The collaborations, connections and community I gained were beyond anything I could have imagined and I would encourage any trainees with a passion for medical education to apply to be a future ICRE Resident Co-chair!”
– Dr. Brie Yama, University of Toronto, ICRE 2016 and 2017 Resident Co-chair