Laura Hopson, MD

Institution: University of Michigan

Current Title: Associate Chair for Education

Reasons for wanting to join the CORD Board of Directors & Opinions and Priorities for the Board: CORD has provided an amazing foundation for my personal development as an educator and a member of this vibrant community of EM educators. I am honored to currently serve as Secretary-Treasurer for the Board of Directors after serving for three years as a Member-at-Large representing our programs. I am seeking the position of President-Elect to continue to give back to this community. Emergency Medicine is facing challenges to our specialty from many directions.

We, as the educators of the next generation, need to sitat the forefront of those discussions and interventions as we wrestle withchanges in student interest, increased regulation, stressors in the clinical environment, the impending launch of full competency-based medical education (CBME), among many other topics. Our organization is increasingly serving as atrailblazer and effective advocate. I would like to continue to build on this foundation. For example, CORD’s proactive response to the 2023 match by standing up a multi-organization taskforce even in advance of those results is an example of the collaborative and anticipatory approach I will advocate for. CORD has the opportunity to lead these conversations with our specialty. This will necessitate clear communication to engage our own stakeholders and other organizations. With our community, thoughtful risk-taking, and a commitment to data-driven decisions, I firmly believe that we can navigate these challenges toward a positive outcome. I look forward to serving all of you and continuingto develop this invaluable organization.

Special Skills, talents, perspectives that you would like to share: I have extensive experience in scholarship with 60 peer-reviewed publications which includes collaborative work within and between large organizations. My areas of scholarly focus include The Match and the residency selection process as well as the development of expertise in GME trainees. I also have substantial experience with program development and innovation processes.

Previous CORD Experience:Secretary-Treasurer, CORD Executive Board (2023-present), Member-at-Large, CORD BoD (2020-2023), Lead, CORD residency faculty time study (2023-present), Member, CORD CBME Taskforce, (2023-present), Co-Chair, Application Process Improvement Task Force (2017-2018), Past-Chair & Current Member, Application Process Improvement Committee (2018-present), Co-Director, PGY-4 Format Program Community of Practice (2014-2016), Member, CORD Academy for Scholarship (2016-present)

History of Program Leadership Experience: As one of the founding Faculty that helped to start our Program I have extensive leadership experience both within our Program and Department. I was Clerkship Director from 2007-2010, Assistant PD from 2009-2010, Program Director from 2010-2018, Vice Chair of Academics 2013-2016, and now Chair beginning in 2016 to present.

Leadership Experience:I am currently the Associate Chair for Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine. In this role, I am responsible for oversight and development of all of our educational programs. In addition, I served as residency program director (2011-2020), clerkship director (2005-2011), and interim medical education fellowship director (2022-2023) providing me with substantial direct program leadership experience.

Knowledge or experience with large/complex organizations or other non-profits beyond CORD: I have been extensively involved in GME initiatives at the University of Michigan which supports over 120 accredited training programs. These are listed below and include educational as well as related fiscal involvement. In addition, I direct the institution GME-Innovations program which supports in excess of $500,000 of grants annually to target the development of new instructional paradigms. GME Committee (elected institutional position) (2018-2020), Institutional Bargaining Committee for House Officers Contract (2023), GME Special Review Committee (oversight of educational quality of all GME training programs at the University of Michigan) (2023-present), Project AFFIRM (Academic Flunds Flow Initiative for Realignment and Modification), GME Funding Subcommittee, University of Michigan Medical School. (2020-2022), Internal Medicine Chair Search committee, University of Michigan Medical School (2022-23), Director, GME-Innovations initiative (2019-present)