Please join us for Stanford's 2023 Center for Immersive and Simulation-Based Learning (CISL) Symposium.

Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023  

Time: 8:30 – 11:00 a.m. PST

Location: In-person in room LK130 on the first floor of the Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC) or virtually via Zoom (link will be sent out after registration, see below)

This year's Symposium topic is “The Science of Storytelling” featuring keynote speaker Michael Daly, MA, MD, PhD, an academic cardiologist from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) who is a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at CISL and Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians in London and the American College of Cardiology.

The event will also include an expert panel to discuss questions from the audience. In addition to our keynote speaker, our panelists include:    

• David M. Gaba, MD, Associate Dean for Immersive & Simulation-based Learning and Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine

• Andrew Nevins, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine – Infectious Diseases and Medical Director of the Standardized Patient and MSPA Programs

• Malathi Srinivasan, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine – Primary Care and Population Health and Associate Director at the Stanford Center for Asian Healthcare Research and Education

• Karen Thomson Hall, Director of the Standardized Patient Program

The panel will be moderated by Susan Eller, PhD, RN, CHSE, FSSH, Associate Dean for Immersive Learning and Learning Spaces.

Please register for the event here.  Please be sure to add the event to your calendar. A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants before the event.  

The schedule for the online Symposium will be as follows:    

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Introduction of the Keynote Speaker – Dr. David Gaba

8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Keynote Presentation, “The Science of Storytelling” – Dr. Michael Daly

9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Break    

10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Panel Discussion: Questions from the Audience    

We hope you can join us. Please direct any questions to immersivelearningcenter@stanford.edu.