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Assessment is essential to all of education, and graduate medical education is no exception. With the introduction of competency- and outcomes-based education nearly 15 years ago in the US, and now the ACGME's Next Accreditation System and the Milestones, the urgency for high quality graduate medical education programs to meet the needs of learners, programs, and the public has grown substantially. This 3 1/2 day course held at Moutain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC is designed to help participants build effective assessment programs for their residency or fellowship. Sessions are highly interactive and use multiple learning approaches, including simulation practice, peer consultations, and application exercises, to provide participants with methods and tools for effective assessment. The course also provides a roadmap for developing an assessment system to assist participants in implementing changes within their own institution. The course will be delivered in interactive workshops that include theory bursts covering essential assessment content mixed with small group application exercises. Participants will have the opportunity to practice direct observation and feedback skills in a simulation center.
7:30-8:00 | Registration and Breakfast |
8:00-8:30 | Welcome – Introductions, Program Goals, and Agenda Stephanie Ann Call, MD MSPH |
8:30-10:00 | Setting the Stage: Introduction to CBME Systems of Assessment Eric Holmboe, MD |
10:00-10:15 | Break & Snacks |
10:15-11:30 | Speaking the Same Language: Milestones, Competencies, EPAs Eric Holmboe, MD |
11:30-12:30 | Lunch |
12:30-2:30 | Direct Observation Sandi Moutsios, MD |
2:30-2:45 | Break & Snacks |
2:45-4:15 | Providing Effective Feedback Sandi Moutsios, MD |
4:15-4:30 | Large Group Debrief and Prep for Tomorrow Stephanie Ann Call, MD MSPH |
7:30-8:00 | Breakfast |
8:00-8:15 | Simulation Orientation Jasmin Adams, MS |
8:15-12:35 | Direct Observation: SPs and Standardized Residents & Get Feedback on Your Feedback Facilitators: Stephanie Call, MD MSPH; Nancy Kubiak, MD; Kiran Sigmon, MD, FACOG; Daniel Yoder, MD; Courtney Sommer MD; Sandi Moutsios, MD; Brandy Church, MA |
12:35-1:30 | Lunch |
1:30-4:30 | Bias in Assessment Sandy Whitlock, MD and Stephanie Call, MD MSPH |
4:30-4:45 | Large Group Debrief and Prep for Tomorrow Stephanie Ann Call, MD MSPH |
7:30-8:00 | Breakfast |
8:00-9:30 | Clinical Competency Committees – Best Practice Stephanie Ann Call, MD MSPH |
9:30-9:45 | Break |
9:45-11:15 | Individual Learning Plans Brandy Church, MA |
11:15-12:15 | Troika Consults in Small Groups Sandi Moutsios, MD |
12:15-1:15 | Lunch |
1:00 – 4:00 | Resident Remediation Kiran Sigmon, MD, FACOG |
4:00-4:30 | Large Group Debrief – Takeaways Stephanie Ann Call, MD MSPH |
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Apply key principles of outcomes-based education in graduate medical education training programs. |
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Describe and apply key issues in rater cognition and their implications for effective assessment. |
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Improve approaches to use of multi-faceted longitudinal assessment data for professional development. |
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Develop a personal action plan for change in their own residency or fellowship program. |
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Optimize the use of developmental assessment based on goals and principles of Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME). |
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Build an effective assessment program by choosing and applying appropriate assessment tools. |
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Employ effective practices in work-based assessment. |
The target audience is residency and fellowship program directors, associate program directors, chairs and members of Clinical Competency Committees (CCCs), and any faculty members with major responsibility for the assessment of residents/fellows.
MAHEC has a pay-up-front policy for all CE programs. The only exceptions will be for pre-approved programs where an individual payment plan is appropriate. Registrations received without accompanying payment will not be processed and participants who have not paid the course fee will not be admitted into the program.
Unless otherwise noted in course materials, the following cancellation policy applies to all programs: