Teaching Tastes Better
2026 Lunch-N-Learn Recorded Sessions

Teaching Taste Better: 2026 Lunch‑n‑Learn Recorded Sessions were designed to provide flexible learning opportunities for participants who were unable to attend the live virtual events. Each session is being recorded to ensure you can access the content at a convenient time, allowing you to revisit key discussions, insights, and shared resources. 

Lunch-N-Learn Sessions

Session 1: How Adults Learn Best:  Preparing to Fill the Gaps

Click here to listen to Matt Belgie, MA Ed, Manager of Learning & Development at UPMC, present How Adults Learn Best: Preparing to Fill the Gaps. Matt will explore how adults learn differently—and how nurse educators and instructors can use those insights to create learning experiences that truly stick. Drawing on adult learning theory and practical examples, he’ll focus on how to identify learning gaps, craft clear and concise purpose statements, and design problem based, experience driven activities that engage learners and improve outcomes. You’ll be challenged to think about learning from the learner’s perspective—why they need to know something, how it applies to real clinical situations, and what will motivate them to act. By the end, you’ll walk away with practical strategies you can immediately apply to your own teaching and presentations. By the conclusion of this presentation, you will have gained actionable insights and tools that can be immediately applied to your own teaching and presentation practices.

Session 2:  Donna Wright’s Competency Assessment Model

Click here to listen to Kayla Jubic, DNP, RN, CCRN, CBC, Senior Clinical Professional Development Specialist, present an overview of UPMC’s Ongoing Competency Assessment Program, grounded in Donna Wright’s Competency Assessment Model. This presentation focuses on redefining competency as the verification of knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes required for current and evolving practice. You will be introduced to the evidence-based framework guiding initial and ongoing competency development, the role of interdisciplinary steering committees, and practical approaches for writing meaningful competencies and selecting appropriate validation methods that align with organizational mission, patient safety, and professional accountability. 

Session 3: Using Resource Time Effectively

Coming soon.

Presenters:  Caty Thomas, MSN, RN, CNL and Kendallyn White, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN

Session 4:  4 C’s of Instructional Design (Connection, Content, Concrete Practice, Conclusion)

Coming soon.

Presenter:  Robin Helm

Session 5:  Facilitating and Debriefing Skills for Simulation and Clinical Learning Opportunities

Coming soon.

Presenters:  Tom Dongilli and Bianca Caruso

Session 6:  Medical Chaperones in Intimate Exams

Coming soon.

Presenter:  Cynthia McCarthy, DHCE, MA, NREMT

Session 7:  Regulatory Risks & Plans of Correction (DOH/JC)

Coming soon.

Presenters:  Phelicia Goshea and Sarah Wood

Session 8:  Engaging Difficult Learners

Coming soon.

Presenter:  Matthew Belgie, MA, Ed 

Session 9:  Ethical & Medical Questions Surrounding AI in Health Care

Coming soon.

Presenters:  Michael J. Deem, PhD, Cynthia McCarthy, DHCE, MA, NREMT, and John Maier, PhD, MD

Session 10:  Pathway to Excellence vs. Magnet

Coming soon.

Presenter:  Courtney Noh

Session 11:  Using AI to Assist with Developing Learning Exercises

Coming soon.

Presenter:  Robin Helm

Session 12:  Problem-Solving Decision Making Model

Coming soon.

Presenter:  Robin Helm