Jeffrey Yuan
Conference Travel Grant
Please provide the tile and a brief summary of your research/conference presentation.
Learngle: Addition of an Analytics Dashboard to a Study Resource for the Clinical Informatics Board Exam
Learngle is an educational resource for clinical informatics that healthcare professionals use to prepare for the Clinical Informatics Board Exam. As of the 2023 exam cycle, we have over 50 user subscriptions and a 100% exam success rate. Learngle has a rich array of features that all actively contibute to the automation of generation of the most upto date information, provide detailed user performance analytics, and the utilization of a comprehensive ML algorithm to determing the optimal inter-repitition interval for each item in our educational resources.
What made you initially interested in researching your project in particular?
I initially became interested in my project when I found out about the field of clinical informatics. I had always wanted to integrate my interests in informatics and information theory with healthcare, and clinical informatics was my way to do so. I developed this project in order to increase the presence of this field, as with the evolving pool of technologies, understanding and implementing these resources are going to be critical for the future of patient care. This project serves to be an educational resource for healthcare professionals, whether it’s for their own personal education or for their preparation for the Clinical Informatics Board Exam.
What conference(s) did you present at and how did you find out about them?
I presented at the American Medical Informatics Association 2024 Informatics Summit. I found out about the conference through my lab at the Massachusetts General Hospital
What was it like presenting at a conference? Anything that you didn’t expect?
It was a great experience to be at the conference and see all the work that is being done with all the new technologies and data that are available in the healthcare scene. The conference was 4 days long, with a keynote speaker, oral presentations, expert panels, and poster sessions every day, but everything was something new that I hadn’t seen before. I didn’t expect for everyone to be so open to having conversations with me and connecting me with their colleagues, as I was definitely the minority as an undergraduate in such a highly acclaimed conference.
Any tips or advice you have for students similar to you that are interested in presenting at a conference one day?
I had a 30 minute oral presentation and systems demonstration. This initially made me nervous as I was expected to fill up the whole 30 minutes, so I had written up a script that I was memorizing and had planned out every action that I would take during my presentation. However, after actually getting into the presentation, I found that I had begun ignoring my script and premade plans, making me feel more comfortable on stage as everything came out naturally and not as if I was reciting a speech or reading a script. I would recommend that you don’t write up a comprehensive script and only develop a rough outline of everything you want to cover. You are the expert of your research so just go up and enjoy the experience.