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 Boursicot 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, Adina Kalet, Jean Klig 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, Azhar Nadkar 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, Mildred Lopez 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 and Alison Whelan

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, Aaron Ang 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, Gene Chan, Nathasha Luke, Yuen Ka Hei Karina and Celestial Therese Yap Suen Mei

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 GM de Jong and Julie Hewett

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, Nia Jones 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, Gene Chan, Gao YuJia and Alexander Ng

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, Phua Dong Haur and Hannah Lim Joo Min

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

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

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
The Wisdom of Imperfection: Evolving Global Communities of Practice in Health Professions Education
Symposium 2
Designing for Uncertainty: Teaching Approaches and Backward Curriculum Design in Modern Health Professions Education
Symposium 3
Learning from Imperfection Across Borders: Crisis and System Change in Medical Education
Symposium 4
How to Make Good Doctors from ‘Imperfect’ People?

How to Remain Relevant as a Community of Practice: An Educational Framework as a Living Document
Anne Lloyd, United Kingdom

Lessons Learnt from Across the Globe (Types of Organisations, Their Approaches, Professions, Regulatory, CPD)
Vishna Devi Nadarajah, Malaysia

Imperfections Make a Global Community of Practice for HPE (Shared Strengths and Challenges, Different Approaches and Opportunities)
Aviad Haramati, USA

Simulation‑Based Learning to Cope with Unexpected Scenarios
Peter GM de Jong, USA

Active Learning for the Real World: Preparing Learners for Complexity and Change
Nancy Moreno, USA

Anchored in Outcomes, Responsive in Practice: Leveraging Backward Design to Adapt Teaching to Learner Needs
Alana Newell, USA

Backward Design, Forward Identity: Reflective Learning for Professional Identity Formation in Uncertain Educational Landscapes
Neil Osheroff, USA

When Global Standards Meet Local Context: Accreditation Reform in Three National Systems
Ming-Jung Ho, USA

Curriculum in Crisis: Rapid Adaptation and Student-Centred Change During COVID-19
Lyuba Konopasek, USA

From Criticism to Participation: Student Voice as a Leverage Point for System Change in Taiwan
Liu Tzu-Hung, Taiwan

Leading Through Uncertainty: Sensemaking and Adaptive Change in Japanese Medical Education During COVID-19
Mikio Hayashi, Japan

“I Didn’t Sign up for This” The Experience of Disillusionment in Medical Education
Victor Loh Weng Keong, Singapore

Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
Solomon Sathishkumar, India

What is Resilience? And Does It Matter for Medical Students?
Paul Wilkinson, United Kingdom

Chairperson: Aviad Haramati, USA Chairperson: Peter GM de Jong, USA Chairperson: Lyuba Konopasek, USA Chairperson: Lai Siang Hui, Singapore
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
Advancing AI Competency-Based Medical Education: Global Perspectives on Adapting Education and Preparing Faculty for an Evolving Future
Symposium 5
The Wisdom of Imperfect Adaptation: Friction, Learning, and Cross-Cultural Interprofessional Education
Panel Discussion 2
Learning Beyond Efficiency in Global Faculty Development: Lessons from FAIMER Using a Design Justice Approach
Panel Discussion 3
Achieving Long-Term Mastery Through Multi-Format Digital Integration in Health Professions Education

Lisa Howley, USA

Davy Cheng, China

Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz, Malaysia

Ardi Findyartini, Indonesia

Productive Friction — Where Cultural Mismatch Becomes a Learning Opportunity
Kevin Tan, Singapore

The Myth of the Perfect Framework — Why Competency Models are Designed to be Incomplete
Lynne Sinclair, Canada

Contextualising with Integrity — A Journey from Learners to Facilitators in the Singapore Context
Khoo Su Ann, Singapore

Beyond Efficiency — What We Gained Through Embracing Messiness and Imperfection
Catherine Poey, Singapore

Global Programmes, Local Contexts: Centering Participants in FAIMER Global Faculty Development Programmes
Rashmi Vyas, USA

Collaboration and Shared Ownership in Global Faculty Development: Lessons from Programme Implementation at FAIMER Regional Institutes
Shara Steiner, USA

Equity and Sustainability in Global Faculty Development: Evidence from FAIMER Programmes Using Quality Assurance Data
Yuan Shiyao, USA

Framing Multi-Format Digital Integration for Sustained Mastery in Health Professions Education
Lawrence Sherman, USA

Aligning Curriculum, Assessment, and Digital Tools for Longitudinal Mastery in Postgraduate Training
Anand Sanmugam, Malaysia

Designing AI-Supported, Adaptive, and Spaced Learning Systems for Clinical Reasoning and Feedback
Stefan Wisbauer, Germany

Moderator: Ardi Findyartini, Indonesia Chairperson: Kevin Tan, Singapore Moderator: Rashmi Vyas, USA Moderator: Lawrence Sherman, USA
3.00pm - 3.30pm Afternoon Tea Break
3.30pm - 4.30pm Panel Discussion 4
Learning from Imperfection: Cultural Adaptation, Contextual Translation, and Scholarly Quality in Educational Innovation
Symposium 6
Simulations for the Assessment of Clinical Reasoning Skills: Integrating Process and Outcome
Symposium 7
Assessing the Unassessable? AI, Imperfection, and the Human Core of Health Professions Education

Context Matters: Sociocultural Insights from Scholarship in Teaching and Learning
Lee Shuh Shing, Singapore

Learning from Imperfection: A Transformative Approach for Faculty Development in Asian Medical and Health Professions Education Context
Ardi Findyartini, Indonesia

Implementing Cultural Safety in Clinical Education: Lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand
Mataroria Lyndon, New Zealand

The Harmony Trade-off: Why Japanese Students in PBL Prioritise Efficiency Over Inquiry
Ikuo Shimizu, Japan

Beyond Accuracy: Simulations for the Assessment of Clinical Reasoning and Why Key Feature Assessment is Not Enough
Martin Fischer, Germany

How Should We Use Learning Process Data for the Assessment of Clinical Reasoning?
Matthias Stadler, Germany

Toward Automated Annotation and Analysis of Collaborative Clinical Reasoning in High-Fidelity Clinical Simulation
Vitaliy Popov, USA

And All in VR? New Perspectives for Individual and Collaborative Assessment of Clinical Reasoning
Constanze Richters, Germany

When Algorithms Grade Humanity: The Limits of AI in Assessing Empathy and Professional Identity
Ara Tekian, USA

Bias, Ethics, and the Illusion of Objectivity: Re-Thinking Validity in AI-Enhanced Assessment
Eric Holmboe, USA

From Feedback to Feedforward? AI, Learner Agency, and the Erosion of Reflective Practice
Martin Pusic, USA

Moderator: Lee Shuh Shing, Singapore Chairperson: Chen Zhi Xiong, Singapore Chairperson: Fremen Chihchen Chou, Taiwan
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
Impostor No More! Embracing Imperfection as a Catalyst for Professional Growth and Career Development
Symposium 9
From Adaptation to Action: Reimagining Systems-Based Practice in Imperfect Healthcare Systems
Symposium 10
Educational Leadership in Imperfect Systems: A Comparative Perspective on Young Doctors Across the Asia-Pacific
Symposium 11
Professionalism and Ethics in Health Professions Education: Towards the Formation of Reflective Practitioners in Complex Environments

Naming the Doubt: Understanding Imposter Phenomenon in Health Professions Educators
Neil Osheroff, USA

Supporting Individuals During Transitions in Medical Education
Stuart Slavin, USA

The Upside of Uncertainty: Leveraging Imposter Phenomenon for Professional Growth and Development
Yvonne Steinert, Canada

Bridging the Perception Gap: Empowering Clinicians as System-Level Change Agents in Systems-Based Practice
Lee Young-Mee, Republic of Korea

If SBP Matters, Why Do We Teach It Like It Doesn’t?
Laura Edgar, USA

Systems-Based Practice Under Strain: What Taiwan’s Reforms Reveal About Educating System Citizens
Fremen Chihchen Chou, Taiwan

Systems-Based Practice in Japan: Absence or Tacit Practice?
Hiroshi Nishigori, Japan

Chief Residents in Japan: Bridging the Gap Between Formal Titles and Actual Roles
Mizuki Seki, Japan

Leading Without a Title: How Young Doctors Teach, Mentor, and Coordinate Care in Malaysia
Wong Ling Ying, Malaysia

Leading Across the System: Young Doctors as Coordinators and Educators in Taiwan
Liu Chieh, Taiwan

Fostering Trainee Agency and Leadership in the Australian Context
Marie Kitano, Australia

Teaching Ethics in the Age of AI
Pacifico Eric Eusebio Calderon, Philippines

Beyond Rules: Cultivating Ethical Judgment in Health Professions Education
Eisuke Nakazawa, Japan

The Two Sides of the Same Coin: Learning Professionalism from Ethical Dilemma and Moral Distress
Peter Chow Chiu-Leung, Singapore

Compassion in Practice: Professional Identity Formation Through Patient and Family Encounters
Maria Liza Naranjo, Philippines

Chairperson: Kimberly Dahlman, USA Chairperson: Laura Edgar, USA Chairperson: Masumi Ogushi, Japan Chairperson: Maria Lilybeth Tanchoco, Philippines
10.00am - 10.30am Morning Coffee Break
10.30am - 11.30am Symposium 12
Achieving Wellbeing in Imperfect Organisations: Strategies to Create a Conducive Environment for Learning and Development, Optimal Healthcare Delivery, and to Ensure Sustainability
Symposium 13
Imperfections in Health Professions Education Scholarship: Bringing Asian Perspectives into Global Discourse
Symposium 14
When Students Lead, What Changes? A Reflexive Developmental Journey Examining Student-Led Systems-Based Practice as a Transformative Force in Health Professions Education
Symposium 15
Beyond Efficiency: Exploring Learning Through Cinemeducation with Rashomon

Wellbeing in Healthcare Organisations: The Foundation and Key Priority for Quality and Sustainability
Daniel Goh Yam Thian, Singapore

Organisational Wellbeing: Assessing the Environment
Stuart Slavin, USA

Perfectly Imperfect: Building Mindful Teams for Well-Being in Healthcare
Mabel Yap, Singapore

Imperfections in the HPE Scholarship Terrain
Sophia Archuleta, Singapore

Amplifying Voices of HPE Scholarship: Role of the Editor / Peer Reviewer
Halah Ibrahim, USA

Amplifying Voices of HPE Scholarship: Role of the Scholar
Shefaly Shorey, Singapore

Tackling Complex Systemic Issues: Embracing Transdisciplinary Friction to Catalyse Intersectoral Collaborative Growth
Jaranrat Toranonboonsong, Thailand

Pioneering Transformative Trends: Cultivating Psychological Resilience and Student Agency Through Designed Ecosystems of Productive Failure
Suttithan Suwannoppakun, Thailand

Prioritising the Process of Becoming: Reclaiming Unmeasurable Growth Through Collaborative Programmatic Assessment
Siriya Mektavepong, Thailand

Architecting Brave Spaces: Co-Reflective Strategies for Evolving Faculty Allyship and Transformative Growth Through "Thinking IS Writing"
Natthawut Iangtanarat, Thailand

Exploring Learning Beyond Efficiency: Insights from Cinemeducation Using Rashomon
Maki Someya, Japan

How Could We Experience Rashomon Effect in Medical Education?
Mariko Morishita, Japan

Beyond Efficiency and Outcomes: From Curriculum Frameworks to the Rashomon Approach in Medical Education
Takeshi Kimura, Japan

Chairperson: Celestial Therese Yap Suen Mei, Singapore Chairperson: Sophia Archuleta, Singapore Chairperson: Natthawut Iangtanarat, Thailand Chairperson: Maki Someya, Japan
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
A Snapshot of Bonding Medical Students into Rural Areas Across the Asia-Pacific to Boost Regional, Rural and Remote Medical Workforces: Learning Beyond Efficiency TIPS
Symposium 17
The Safe Failure Paradigm: Changing Medical Training through Gamified Logic, AI-Enhanced Feedback and Immersive VR
Symposium 18
To be announced
Symposium 19
Pearls of Wisdom from Clinical Imperfections - Patient Safety Simulation and Education

Exploring the Bonded Medical Program (BMP) Across Three Australian Universities: Selection Processes, Demographics and Student Perceptions
Julie Willems, Australia

Do Bonded Programmes Encourage Migration of the Health Workforce to Rural Areas of Aotearoa New Zealand?
Lesley Gray, New Zealand

Wisdom of Imperfection: Improving Rural Bonded Practices in Resource-Constraints Settings
Diantha Soemantri, Indonesia

Japan’s 2040 Challenges: Nurturing and Implementing Incentive-Based Systems for Future Healthcare Professionals in Local Communities
Harumi Gomi, Japan

Large Language Models in Multilingual Medical Education: An Institutional Pilot of an AI-Powered History-Taking Simulator
Eunice Chan, China

From Code Blue to Crisis: Developing a Graduated VR Curriculum for Medical Graduates to Prepare Them to Work in Acute Hospitals
Wong Wai-Tat, Hong Kong S.A.R.

Gamified Self-Directed Physiology Learning Using Twine
Tan Kok Keong, Hong Kong S.A.R.

Bridging Theory and Practice: A Student-Centered Moodle-Based Learning Platform for General Pathology
Anjana Shakya, China

Harm to Healing - Analysing Errors and Learning from Simulation of Serious Events
Sophia Ang Bee Leng, Singapore

Chaos to Zen - Catastrophic Event Training and the Difficult Conversation
Ashokka Balakrishnan, Singapore

One for All to All for One - Patient-Centered Simulation
Nicola Ngiam, Singapore

Mental Shame to Peaceful Gains-Building Resilience and Psychological Safety in Simulation Training
Sayaka Oikawa, Japan

Chairperson: Julie Willems, Australia Chairperson: Eunice Chan, China Chairperson: Sophia Ang Bee Leng, Singapore
2.15pm - 2.30pm Break
2.30pm - 3.30pm Symposium 20
International GME Accreditation in Asia: Readiness, Early Impact, and Long-term Institutional Change
Symposium 21
From Fragmentation and Imperfections to Transformation: Rethinking CARE Education Beyond Efficiency in Ageing Societies
Symposium 22
The Wisdom Behind Strategies for Addressing the Imperfection of Providing Meaningful and Efficient Student Research Education: TIPS from Sweden and Australia
Symposium 23
To be announced

From Preparation to Accreditation: Practical Strategies and Early Institutional Effects at Kameda Medical Center, Japan
Masayuki Nogi, Japan

Why Pursue ACGME-I Now? Readiness, Aspirations, and Anticipated Barriers at Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Japan
Mariko Kikegawa, Japan

Beyond Approval: Long-Term Institutional Effects and Global Lessons from the UAE and Asia
Halah Ibrahim, USA

Reframing the Problem: Why CARE Education Needs Rethinking in Ageing Societies
Sajaratulnisah Othman, Malaysia

Caring for the Invisible Workforce: Scalable Education for Caregivers in Ageing Societies
Noran Naqiah Mohd Hairi, Malaysia

From Training to Professionalisation: Building Competency-Based Pathways for the Care Workforce
Ina Ismiarti Shariffuddin, Malaysia

People Are Ageing, Systems Are Not: CARE-PLUS - A System-Level Approach to Care Education Through Governance, Benchmarking, and Digital Integration
Kejal Hasmukharay, Malaysia

Supervisor Variability in Students Research Projects: Imperfect but Inevitable
Riitta Moller, Sweden

Student Demand Outpacing Institutional Capacity: Challenging but Inevitable
Joanna Hart, Australia

Extracurricular Student Research: Contentious but Inevitable
Diana Eley, Australia

Chairperson: James Arrighi, USA Chairperson: Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz, Malaysia Chairperson: Riitta Moller, Sweden
3.30pm - 4.00pm Afternoon Tea Break
4.00pm - 4.30pm Closing Keynote Address

To Be Announced
Professor Harumi Gomi and
Professor Hiroshi Nishigori, Japan
4.30pm Closing Ceremony
5.00pm End of Conference
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