ICRE 2014: Your chance to connect with the brightest minds in #MedEd
Join more than 1,500 colleagues from around the world at ICRE 2014 as we explore the theme of Residency Education and Care in the Digital Age. This year’s conference features four plenaries with renowned experts in medical education, including a panel discussion on social media. Our dynamic lineup includes:
- Dr. Mike Evans, staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital and associate professor at the University of Toronto, as well as the creator of the YouTube sensation Med School for the Public, which has received over 8 million hits worldwide;
- Dr. Rishi Desai, renowned pediatric infectious disease physician and medical educator with the Khan Academy, a free online education platform and nonprofit organization, who has worked with multiple high-profile medical schools to implement online video-based content directly into their curriculum;
- Dr. Lorelei Lingard, one of the world’s leading researchers of communication and collaboration in health care teams, is also a professor at Western University and the inaugural director of the Centre for Education Research & Innovation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
- Social media panel: Join the discussion led by Drs. David Cook and Ali Jalali:
- Dr. David A. Cook, leading expert in the theory and design of Web-based learning and other instructional technologies, as well as professor of medicine and medical education at the Mayo Clinic, and deputy editor for Advances in Health Sciences Education.
- Dr. Ali Jalali, social media guru and distinguished educator, is the teaching chair of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and social media advisor for the Royal College. His main research interests revolve around instructional innovation and use of technology in medical education.
Registration is now open!
Visit the ICRE website today to complete registration, learn more about the upcoming program, plenary speakers, social events and more.
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