Programme


Pre-Conference Workshops (Wednesday, 13 Jan 2027)

All time shown is in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) (click here for time convertor)


Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto), 422 Iwakura Osagicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan, 606-0001

AM (9.00am – 10.30am) AM (11.00am – 12.30pm)
W1A1: Wabi-Sabi and Adaptive Expertise: Rethinking Medical Education in the Age of AI
Judy Sng, Inthrani Raja Indran, Nurulhuda Mustafa and Juanita Kong

Venue: Room C-1

W1A7: Designing and Leading Faculty Development for Impact, Growth, and Sustainability: Lessons from the Harvard Macy Institute
Sarah Wood, David Roberts and Judy Sng

Venue: Room C-1

W1A2: Reframing Medical Professionalism in an Imperfect World: Cultural Perspectives and Evolving Values Beyond Efficiency
Tomoko Miyoshi, Junji Haruta, Masashi Ikuno, Hitomi Kataoka, Yvonne Steinert and Akiko Tokinobu

Venue: Room C-2

W1A8: Transforming Feedback into Dialogue: Navigating Culture, Relationships, and Learning in Health Professions Education
Ardi Findyartini, Hiroshi Nishigori, Takeshi Kimura and Yvonne Steinert

Venue: Room C-2

W1A3: Structuring Workplace-Based Assessment for Learning: A Theory-Informed Six-Step Framework for Faculty Development
Chan Ping Tak, Albert Chan, Chan Chi Ngong Lawrence and So Hing Yu

Venue: Room G

W1A9: Academic Mentoring to Support Learners in Distress Through Uncertainty, Imperfection and Growth
Inthrani Raja Indran, Derrick Lian and Nicholas Beng Hui Ng

Venue: Room G

W1A4: Between Intention and Interpretation: Rethinking Unprofessional Behaviour in Culturally Complex Clinical Settings
Monika Pazio Rossiter, Jo Horsburgh, Sayaka Oikawa and Maham Stanyon

Venue: Room H

W1A10: Making Sense of Conflicting Feedback in Workplace Settings: Supporting Learners to Make the Most of the Spaces Between Perfection and Progress
Katharine Ann Mary Bouriscot and Jennifer Williams

Venue: Room H

W1A5: The Mindful AI Learner: Integrating Evidence-Based Learning Science with AI Tools Without Compromising Cognitive Depth
Dilum Lakshan Munaweera Thantreege and Noor Akmal Shareela Ismail

Venue: Room 554

W1A11: Medical Humanities and Interpretive Care in the Age of AI
David Mathew and Michelle Chiang

Venue: Room 554

W1A6: Making Learning Safe for All - Fostering Psychological Safety in Health Professions Education Through Cultural Lens
Chaoyan Dong, Nobutaro Ban, Francesco Bolstad, Elizabeth Kachur, Thanakorn Jirasevijinda and Jenny Wong Lee Yuen

Venue: Room 555

W1A12: Strategies for Reducing Biases in Performance-based Assessments - A Systems Approach
Elizabeth Kachur, Nobutaro Ban, Francesco Bolstad, Chaoyan Dong, Thanakorn Jirasevijinda and Jenny Wong Lee Yuen

Venue: Room 555

APME-Net SoTL Meeting &
APME-Net QA Meeting


Venue: Room F and Virtual

APME-Net Simulation Meeting &
APME-Net Tech & AI Meeting


Venue: Room F and Virtual

PM (1.30pm - 3.00pm) PM (3.30pm - 5.00pm)
W1P1: What Can I Trust You to Do? Making Entrustment Decisions Using Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in Competency-Based Medical Education
Ng Wei Xiang, James Kwan Wei-Yung, Lim Wen Phei and Ivy Ng Weishan

Venue: Room C-1

W1P7: Struggle, Failure, and Adaptation as Pivot Points for Transformative Learning in CBME
Calvin Chou, Jean Kig and James Kwan Wei-Yung

Venue: Room C-1

W1P2: Wisdom of the Silent Crowd: Embracing Imperfection to Amplify Diverse Cultural Voices in Health Professions Education
Hiroshi Nishigori, Ardi Findyartini and Subha Ramani

Venue: Room C-2

W1P8: The Beauty in Imperfect Publishing Systems: Celebrating Context, Navigating Uncertainty, and Maintaining Humanity in HPE Scholarship
Anna Cianciolo, Audrea Burns, Candace Chow, Lu Peih-Ying and Subha Ramani

Venue: Room C-2

W1P3: The Wisdom of Imperfection: Reframing Continuing Professional Development Beyond Efficiency
Helena Maria Prior Filipe, Goh Poh-Sun, Harumi Gomi and Elisabeth Frieda Schlegel

Venue: Room G

W1P9: Advancing Patient Safety Through Education: Adopting and Adapting AAMC QIPS Competencies to Drive Practice Transformation Across the Learning Continuum
Lisa Howley

Venue: Room G

W1P4: Designing Ethical, Educationally Grounded AI‑Supported Assessments: From Prompt Engineering to Adaptive Learning
Shekhar Kumta, Yan Jin, Michael Wan and Alex Yung

Venue: Room H

W1P10: AI-Enhanced OSCE Training: Integrating Structured Deliberate Practice with AI for Early Clinical Education
Tehmina Khan, Shadi Gholami, Sameera Gunawardena, Sunila Sirisinghe and Sunil Venkateswaran

Venue: Room H

W1P5: From Wabi-Sabi to Kintsugi: Recognising Inherent Imperfection and Generative Repair in Clinical Education
Itsuki Sano, Nobukazu Komatsu, Seiko Miura, Mario Morishita, Jonas Nordquist and Fumitaka Tanemura

Venue: Room 554

W1P11: Supervising Your Digital Resident: Clinical Governance of AI Agents in Medical Education
Takeshi Kondo, Yoshikazu Asada, Yuki Kataoka, Seiko Miura, Akira Yamamoto and Daniëlle Verstegen

Venue: Room 554

W1P6: Beyond Linguistic Perfection: Strategies for Negotiating Language and Cultural Understanding in Medical Communication
Francesco Bolstad, Nobutaro Ban, Chaoyan Dong, Thanakorn Jirasevijinda, Elizabeth Kachur and Jenny Wong Lee Yuen

Venue: Room 555

W1P12: Beyond Uncertainty Tolerance: Developing Educator Capacity Through Uncertainty Literacy in Clinical Education
Winnie Teo Li-Lian and Chiang Hui Ling Michelle

Venue: Room 555

APME-Net Curriculum Meeting &
APME-Net IECP Meeting


Venue: Room F and Virtual

APME-Net FD Meeting &
APME-Net CPD Meeting


Venue: Room F and Virtual


 
Pre-Conference Workshops (Thursday, 14 Jan 2027)

All time shown is in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) (click here for time convertor)


Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto), 422 Iwakura Osagicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan, 606-0001

AM (9.00am – 10.30am) AM (11.00am – 12.30pm)
W2A1: Closing the Practice Gap: Using Rubric-Aligned AI Patients to Scale Competency-Based History Taking Practice and Reveal Cohort-Wide Learning Gaps
Noof Abdullah Saad Shaif and Celestial Therese Suen Mei Yap

Venue: Room C-1

W2A7: The Wisdom of Imperfection: Working Mindfully with Uncertainty and Error in Medical Education
Michael Krasner, Patricia Luck, Celestial Therese Suen Mei Yap and Mabel Yap

Venue: Room C-1

W2A2: Programmatic Assessment for Learning: Embracing Uncertainty and Adaptability in Clinical Reasoning
Dario Torre, Eric Holmboe and Lyuba Konopasek

Venue: Room C-2

W2A8: Evaluating and Mitigating Assessment Bias in the Era of Technology and Artificial Intelligence
Stefanie Sebok-Syer, Eric Holmboe, Jung Kim and Lyuba Konopasek

Venue: Room C-2

W2A3: Playing to Understand: Game-Based Learning for Social Determinants of Health in Medical Education
Pauline Luk, Justin Chan Yik Hin, Julie Chen, Khong Mei Li and Ng Hei Yue Hayley

Venue: Room G

W2A9: Beyond Efficiency: Co-creating Clinical Education through Patient and Public Involvement
Sophie Park and Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis

Venue: Room G

W2A4: Health Professions Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Educators Not Required
Wong Teck-Yee and Theophilia Yong

Venue: Room H

W2A10: Using Light and Shadow for Clinical Education: The Deteriorating Patient Situation “Low-Tech” Simulation
Osamu Nomura, Khoa Duong and Jeffrey Wiseman

Venue: Room H

W2A5: The Wisdom of Imperfect Feedback: Developing Feedback Literacy in Health Professions Education
Elaine Ching Ching Tan, Gan Han Nee, Yvonne Goh Guat Keng and Rachelle Lim Hao Yu

Venue: Room 554

W2A11: How to Write a High-Quality Abstract for a Conference Presentation
Peter de Jong

Venue: Room 554

W2A6: Design a Flourishing Medical Career and Life - Assess, Balance, and Grow with Goals and Action Steps for Well-being
Marion McCrary

Venue: Room 555

W2A12: Transferability in Three Dimensions (3D): A workshop presenting strategies to discuss the transferability of your qualitative research
Renée Stalmeijer

Venue: Room 555

APME-Net 23rd Niigata Meeting (By Invitation Only)

Venue: Room F and Virtual

PM (1.30pm - 3.00pm) PM (3.30pm - 5.00pm)
W2P1: Room for Wonder: Exploring how the Art Museum Invites Curiosity, Dialogue, and Comfort with Uncertainty in Health Professions Education
Margaret Chisolm, Kamna Balhara, Hirohisa Fujikawa, Liu Tzu-Hung (Leon), Mariah Robertson and Mabel Yap

Venue: Room C-1

W2P7: Inviting Ambiguity and Celebrating Imperfection: How Visual Thinking Strategies Support Reflection and Collaboration in Medical Education
Margaret Chisolm, Razan Baabdullah, Kamna Balhara, Hirohisa Fujikawa, Liu Tzu-Hung (Leon) and Mariah Robertson

Venue: Room C-1

W2P2: Selecting, Training, and Retaining Future Doctors: Aligning Admissions, Curricula and Social Accountability to Meet Population Need
Jack Haywood and Emma Keeling

Venue: Room C-2

W2P8: Beyond Perfection: Cultivating Reflection and Professional Growth in Medicine through Coaching Conversations
Aileen Adriano and Pedro Tanaka

Venue: Room C-2

W2P3: Generalism: A Pedagogy for Creating, Integrating and Holding Productive Uncertainty and Humanity Within Clinical Education
Sophie Park and Lindsey Pope

Venue: Room G

W2P9: Reflection, Meaning and Connection: The Role of Medical Humanities in Building Resilience Among Clinicians
Briseida Mema and Anne Kawamura

Venue: Room G

W2P4: Essential Skills for Biomedical Science Educators - How to Become More Effective Educators in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum
Chen Zhi Xiong, Lai Siang Hui and Vishna Devi Nadarajah

Venue: Room H

W2P10: Who Are You? Defining Your Identity as a Resilient Health Professions Educator
Kimberly Dahlman, Chen Zhi Xiong, Scott McCoombe and Neil Osheroff

Venue: Room H

W2P5: Square Pegs and Round Holes: Assessment Design and Implementation to Optimise Reasonable Accommodations for Inclusivity and Diversity
Adareeka Jayasinghe, Andrew Linn and Rebecca Lock

Venue: Room 554

W2P11: Future-Ready Health Professions Education: LLMs, AI Avatars, Agentic Workflows, Mixed Reality and Immersive Technologies
Seow Choon Sheong

Venue: Room 554

W2P6: Who Holds the Commitment? Rethinking Trust Across the Patient-Supervisor-Trainee Triad When AI Enters Health Professions Education
Ahreum Lim, H Carrie Chen, Brian Gin, Lauren Maggio, Yoon Soo Park and Ara Tekian

Venue: Room 555

W2P12: Using Data to Tell the Story of Student Progress and Learning Journey
Olivia Ng and Phua Dong Haur

Venue: Room 555


 
Main Conference Day 1 (Friday 15 January 2027)

All time shown is in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) (click here for time convertor)

Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto), 422 Iwakura Osagicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan, 606-0001

Time
Main Hall, L1
Sakura, L1 Room D, L1 Room E
9.00 - 10.30am Opening Ceremony
9.00 - 9.10am Performance
9.10 - 9.40am APMEC 2027 Co-Chairperson's Address

Dr Dujeepa D Samarasekera
Senior Director, Centre for Medical Education (CenMED)
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore

Professor Hiroshi Nishigori
President, Japan Society for Medical Education (JSME)

Professor Harumi Gomi
Chair, Internationalisation Committee of Japan Society for Medical Education, Japan

9.40 - 9.50am Address by Guest of Honour
9.50 - 10.00am Photo Taking
10.00am - 10.30am Opening Keynote Address

Risk Mitigation for Human Happiness: Questioning the Domination of the Future over the "Here and Now" in Medical Practice
Professor Maho Isono, Japan
10.30am - 11.00am Opening Ceremony Reception
11.00am - 12noon Symposium 1
To be announced
Symposium 2
To be announced
Symposium 3
To be announced
Symposium 4
To be announced
12noon - 12.15pm Break
12.15pm - 12.45pm Plenary 1
To be announced
Plenary 2
To be announced
Plenary 3
To be announced
Plenary 4
To be announced
12.45pm - 2.00pm Lunch - Swan and Room 157
2.00pm - 3.00pm Panel Discussion 1
To be announced
Panel Discussion 2
To be announced
Panel Discussion 3
To be announced
Panel Discussion 4
To be announced
3.00pm - 3.30pm Afternoon Tea Break
3.30pm - 4.30pm Symposium 5
To be announced
Symposium 6
To be announced
Symposium 7
To be announced
4.30pm End of Day 1
6.30pm - 8.00pm Conference Dinner @ Sakura Hall
Time
Room C-1, Level 1 Room C-2, Level 1 Room G, Level 1 Room H, Level 1
11.00am - 12.15pm Free Communication 1 Free Communication 2 Free Communication 3 Free Communication 4
12.15pm - 12.45pm Break
12.45pm - 1.45pm Lunch - Lobby, L1
1.45pm - 3.00pm Free Communication 6 Free Communication 7 Free Communication 8 Free Communication 9
3.00pm - 3.30pm Afternoon Tea Break - Lobby, L1
3.30pm - 4.45pm Short Communication 7 Short Communication 8 Short Communication 9 Short Communication 10
4.45pm End of Day 1
Time
F I J K
11.00am - 12.15pm Free Communication 5 Short Communication 1 Short Communication 2 Short Communication 3
12.15pm - 12.45pm Break
12.45pm - 1.45pm Lunch - Lobby, L1
1.45pm - 3.00pm Free Communication 10 Short Communication 4 Short Communication 5 Short Communication 6
3.00pm - 3.30pm Afternoon Tea Break - Foyer, L3
3.30pm - 4.45pm Short Communication 11 Short Communication 12 Short Communication 13 Short Communication 14
4.45pm End of Day 1
Room 555, Level 5 (by invitation only)
11.00am - 1.00pm WPAME Board Meeting
1.00pm - 2.00pm APME-Net Council Meeting
4.45pm - 5.30pm Overall Judges' Meeting

 
Main Conference Day 2 (Saturday 16 January 2027)

All time shown is in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) (click here for time convertor)

Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto), 422 Iwakura Osagicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan, 606-0001

Time
Main Hall, L1
Sakura, L1 Room D, L1 Room E
9.00am - 10.00am Symposium 8
To be announced
Symposium 9
To be announced
Symposium 10
To be announced
Symposium 11
To be announced
10.00am - 10.30am Morning Coffee Break
10.30am - 11.30am Symposium 12
To be announced
Symposium 13
To be announced
Symposium 14
To be announced
Symposium 15
To be announced
11.30am - 11.45am Break
11.45am - 12.15pm Plenary 5
To be announced
Plenary 6
To be announced
Plenary 7
To be announced
Plenary 8
To be announced
12.15pm - 12.25pm TAPS Award Presentation @ Main Hall
12.15pm - 1.15pm Lunch - Swan and Room 157
1.15pm - 2.15pm Symposium 16
To be announced
Symposium 17
To be announced
Symposium 18
To be announced
Symposium 19
To be announced
2.15pm - 2.30pm Break
2.30pm - 3.30pm Symposium 20
To be announced
Symposium 21
To be announced
Symposium 22
To be announced
Symposium 23
To be announced
3.30pm - 4.00pm Afternoon Tea Break
4.00pm - 4.30pm Closing Keynote Address

To Be Announced
Professor Hiroshi Nishigori and
Professor Harumi Gomi, Japan
4.30pm Closing Ceremony
5.00pm End of Confidence
Time
Room C-1, Level 1 Room C-2, Level 1 Room G, Level 1 Room H, Level 1
9.00am - 10.15am Short Communication 15 Short Communication 16 Short Communication 17 Short Communication 18
10.15am - 10.45am Morning Coffee Break - Lobby, Level 1
10.45am - 12noon Short Communication 23 Short Communication 24 Short Communication 25 Short Communication 26
12noon - 12.15pm Break
12.15pm - 12.45pm Lunch - Lobby, L1
12.45pm - 2.00pm Short Communication 31 Short Communication 32 Short Communication 33 Short Communication 34
2.00pm - 2.15pm Break
2.15pm - 3.30pm Short Communication 39 Short Communication 40 Short Communication 41 Short Communication 42
3.30pm End of Day 2
Time
F I J K
9.00am - 10.15am Short Communication 19 Short Communication 20 Short Communication 21 Short Communication 22
10.15am - 10.45am Morning Coffee Break - Lobby, Level 1
10.45am - 12noon Short Communication 27 Short Communication 28 Short Communication 29 Short Communication 30
12noon - 12.15pm Break
12.15pm - 12.45pm Lunch - Lobby, L1
12.45pm - 2.00pm Short Communication 35 Short Communication 36 Short Communication 37 Short Communication 38
2.00pm - 2.15pm Break
2.15pm - 3.30pm Short Communication 43 Short Communication 44 Short Communication 45 Short Communication 46
3.30pm End of Day 2
Room 555, Level 5 (by invitation only)
8.00am - 9.00am TAPS Editorial Board Meeting
1.15pm - 2.15pm APBSEA Board Meeting
2.30pm - 3.30pm HEAL Meeting