About the 2024 GME Summit
The Summit will be held in Anchorage, Alaska at the BP Energy Center.
Medical and community leaders are invited to explore key issues in graduate medical education in the region. This is the first year our focus will be collaborating to address workforce needs within the WWAMI region and beyond.
Hear from, and talk with, speakers and panelists on Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26, 2024.
Please contact us with any questions.
Lodging
TownePlace Suites Anchorage Midtown
600 E. 32nd Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Group rates of $229 USD per night are available please click this link for online reservations:
https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1704310955968&key=GRP&app=resvlink
Guests can also call the hotel to book 907.334.8000 and use code ‘GMEs’.
Please make your reservation by March 24, 2024.
Embassy Suites by Hilton
600 E Benson Blvd
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone: 907.332.7000
Group rates of $249 USD per night are available please click this link for online reservations:
University of Washington Embassy Suites Anchorage Booking Link
Guests can also call the hotel to book and provide the group code of UWA.
Please make your reservation by March 10, 2024.
Tentative Schedule
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- 8:30-9:00 – Registration
- 9:00-11:15 – Welcome, Plenary, Q and A
- 11:15-12:30 – Panel Topic: State Medicaid Examples, speakers from Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico
- 12:30-1:30 – Working lunch with subgroups by state or specialty
- 1:30-2:15 – Speaker – GME Workforce Needs
- 2:15-3:15- Panel Topic: GME Councils, speakers from Alaska, Idaho and New Mexico
- 3:15-4:30 – Panel Topic: Track-based Education, speakers from Rural Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Surgery
- 4:30-6:00 – Social gathering/reception
Friday, April 26, 2024
- 8:00-8:30 – Coffee and networking
- 8:30-9:15 – Panel Topic: Program Funding, speakers from State Funding, Rural Funding and THC
- 9:15-10:30 – Panel Topic: TRUST/RRT – Infrastructure in Rural Setting, speakers from Alaska and Idaho
- 10:30-11:30 – RRPD and THC GME Program Development
- 11:30-11:45 – Wrap-up, Resource exchange
- 1:00 – 4:00 – Optional Session: Faculty Development led by Stern Fellow
Note: This schedule is tentative. Watch this site for updates.