Thinking about attending ICRE? Here are 10 reasons to start getting excited for the world’s only international forum devoted to promoting excellence in residency education.
1. Milestones in residency education: This year’s theme is Milestones in Residency Education: Competencies, Controversies and Challenges. Competency frameworks are becoming increasingly common in medical education, and ICRE attendees will explore not only milestones’ theoretical implications but also practical assessment methods to improve how you evaluate performance.
2. A practical, provocative, larger-than ever program: ICRE 2012 will feature three plenary lectures, a unique plenary panel, more than 50 workshops and more than 150 paper and poster presentations. Topics include assessment, teaching and learning, competency-based medical education, simulation, resident duty hours and much more.
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