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ICRE 2012 recently connected with senior staff from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine. Cardiff will lead one of three international showcases at ICRE, providing an in-depth look at the successes, experiences and innovations their faculty has experienced in postgraduate medical education.

Without giving away too much, what are some of the successes, research and techniques that the Wales Deanery will display at ICRE?

 Since 2007, Postgraduate Medical Education in the UK has new curricula based on competency progression and annual review of competency progression. The GMC established standards for training in 2011 which specify the need for quality assurance of training provided as well as provision of support for doctors in training programmes. The deanery has developed a professional support unit providing career support, performance improvement and less than full time training options in Wales. Continue Reading »

ICRE recently connected with Dr. Marcio Gomes to discuss his session on making lectures and teaching more interactive and modern. Dr. Gomes, who does not describe himself as “naturally tech-savvy” will lead an ICRE pre-conference session, The bell is (thumb) ringing: Application of technological tools in post-graduate medical education“.

 

This is certainly an intriguing workshop title. How do you define “technological tools”?

By “technological tools”, we are referring to a wide variety of social media, video conferencing, and web-based tools and systems. These include vodcasts and podcasts, online polls, real-time surveys and other assessment tools that can be incorporated into teaching. What these tools have in common is that they are interactive, engage the audience in non-traditional ways and can increase overall effectiveness. Also, many allow the possibility to expanding your current teaching, making it multi or inter-disciplinary, and enhancing distributed medical education by recording and sharing sessions to a broader audience.

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ICRE recently connected with Kerry Knickle and Nancy McNaughton, Academic Educators at the Standardized Patient Program, Faculty of Medicine and members of the Wilson Centre for Research in Education at the University of Toronto. Ms. Knickle and Dr. McNaughton will be delivering a dynamic interactive ICRE workshop titled “Collegial Conflict: Who Do I Think You Are?”.

Are there any common misconceptions that we have when dealing with difficult colleagues?

                                         i.    It’s difficult because I won’t know what to say.

                                        ii.    What about my reputation?

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Click here to download two new podcasts with two experienced and highly regarded medical educators discussing their successes and challenges as program directors.

Part of ICRE’s new Program Director podcast series.

ICRE 2012 will close with a dynamic offering of workshops. Stay after the closing plenary on October 20 to improve your learning throught these great sessions:

1. KeyLIME top papers in teaching and learning;

2. Evaluating competencies in clinical settings;

3. The trainee in difficulty: A diagnostic approach;

4. Problem-based learning in ethics; and

5. A roadmap for navigating the internal medicine milestones.

Fill out a Saturday afternoon evaluation and you could win free registration to the 2013 conference in Calgary, Alberta. Register now or find more program information on the ICRE website.

ICRE is all about exploring the latest innovations and techniques in medical education. This year’s Teaching and Learning Track contains a diverse set of practical workshops examining everything from competency-based medical education and digital professionalism, to coping strategies and generational differences.

Check out just a few of the dynamic teaching and learning sessions ICRE 2012 will offer. Specific session dates and times will be released in June.

 

  •  Teaching and evaluating the CanMEDs Professional Role:  Program directors’ perspectives

Many program directors continue to report having little confidence in implementing curricula for the Professional role. This workshop will explore perfections of the Professional role, program directors’ experience with facilitators and barriers when teaching and evaluating the Professional Role, specifically those associated with faculty buy-in, and strategies that can be employed to teach and evaluate professionalism more effectively.  

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In ICRE’s new podcast series, hear successes, innovations and challenges from program directors worldwide through short, 2-3 minute podcasts. Program directors share ideas they’re excited about, advice they wish they’d received and more. Continue Reading »

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