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Enough Already with CBME – Not Why but HOW!
The past five years have seen a flurry of innovations and changes to medical education across the continuum - in support of personalized learning, new models of learning, and new approaches to assessment of competency. Looking ahead, medical education innovators have their work cut out for them in 2018-19. Some of this work will require them to ask the hard questions such as: Where is the evidence of impact from these changes? Does it make any difference? Is the 'return on investment' worth the depletion of resources in my budget? Answering these questions means acknowledging that there's an elephant in the room. How much change can these processes and our institutions absorb? And are we ready to manage where the next waves of innovation stand to emerge? The CCME in Halifax saw many folks asking about and debating these very issues. In the plenaries and in most of the presentations, poster and oral sessions, the rapid evolution of medical education and the impending fluctuations that will be driven by AI, technology and other advances were well in discussion. Although I didn't take a scientific survey, the mood as measured by taking the pulse in the rooms offered some areas of consensus. Here are five topics I heard being discussed in the CCME corridors:
Link CBME learning to CBME assessment methods. There is a lot of talk about data but really, how will we use the tools for assessment and evaluation of learners and programs?
Be patient. Not all domains in medical education are as rapidly progressive as the PGME programs in CBD. UGME is catching up but CPD is just starting to use competency based education in their programs. As well, the resource implications for the implementation of CBME are not well known.
Stop debating the impact of technology and start teaching how to integrate it in our curriculum. Explicitly set aside time in the programs to prepare our learners for practice in a rapidly evolving world of technology and artificial intelligence. Better yet, engage our learners in teaching their faculty as they are way ahead of us.
Revisit accountability. And then revisit it again. Is your school/program really achieving relevant impact? How do you measure that? Does CBME make a better learner and a better program? More importantly, does it produce a better doctor?
There is always a better way to do things. Look for disruptive changes in education outside your field, and outside your country. Medical education needs to look outward more than inward.
Tell me what you think. Is there more to discuss with the rollout of CBME?
Sarita Verma, LLB, MD, CCFP
Vice President, Education
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Canadian Medical Schools affirm their Social Accountability regarding Physician Health
The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) recognizes that...
UG Update: The MSPR
By Patricia Houston
The instruments used in resident selection are an important component of a process that has become increasingly challenging. One such instrument is the Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR). Observations and concerns documented in a CFMS/FEMC 2015 MSPR Student Survey Report about variation among Canadian medical school MSPRs are...
Promoting Humanistic Healthcare
Humanism in healthcare is characterized by a respectful and compassionate relationship between physicians, as well as all other members of the healthcare team, and their patients. It reflects attitudes and behaviors that are sensitive to the values and the cultural and ethnic backgrounds of others...
PG Update: CBD Data Sharing Committee
By Andrew Warren
The protection of learner information and assessment data is of paramount importance to all of Canada's faculties of medicine. Similarly, ensuring that the graduates of our medical educational programs are competent to practice is also critical. Over the past...
A Glimpse into the Life of our Leaders
Meet Dr. David Anderson Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University A Glimpse into the Life of our Leaders is a regular feature of AFMC's EducationMatters in which we get a different perspective on leaders in our academic medicine community through a modified Pivot Questionnaire based on a...
SA Update: The Battle to Remain Balanced
By Melanie Lewis
The literature shows that as our medical students embark upon their careers as health professionals, they are as healthy – or even healthier – than their peers in other faculties. After matriculation, the erosion of health begins and the rates of burnout and...
To be or not to be a CAME member
By Ming-Ka Chan, on behalf of the CAME membership committee
The Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) prioritizes the promotion and advancement of excellence in medical education in Canada.
CAME's 400-500 members includes learners, health care professionals, information technologists, and PhD educational scientists, who work across the entire medical education continuum. While CAME member benefits are numerous (full list of member benefits can be found at...
CPD Update: Summit Report on the Future of Medical Education
The Future of Medical Education in Canada (FMEC) initiatives aim to re-evaluate and rigorously improve Canadian medical education. The first two phases focused on undergraduate education (FMEC Medical Doctor (MD) and residency education (FMEC Postgraduate (PG) respectively, resulting in reports to guide future implementation. The vision of FMEC CPD is the development of a pan-Canadian CPD system that sustains innovation and ongoing quality improvement for the health of...
Focus on the AFMC Networks
The NETWORKS at AFMC have evolved. Originally many started as "interest groups" of like-minded educators who came together naturally to share challenges and resources. A common refrain heard a decade ago was: "Well, we will all be at CCME anyway, so why don't we meet there?" What began as an informal gathering of 2 groups (Professionalism and Social Accountability were among the first two groups to convene), has grown into 23 Networks and 4 Committees with comprehensive representation from the 17 Faculties of Medicine. Leadership for the Networks is provided by great AFMC citizens who are...
CCME 2018 - CBME: Navigating the Winds of Change
2018 marked the 14th edition of the Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME) which took place at the end of April in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The five CCME partners, The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, The Medical Council of Canada, The College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Association for Medical Education welcomed nearly 1,500 of their colleagues from all over the world to learn, collaborate and network. This year's theme Competency Based Medical Education – Navigating the Winds of Change featured over 440 educational sessions, 4 main plenary sessions and countless business and social events and was, by all...
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Coming up in the AFMC Office of Medical Education
Refresh of the Opioid Survey on UGME, PGME and CPD Offerings to be launched
Update on the uptake of EPAs in the Medical Schools
Review of Indigenous Health Activities and Responses to the TRC by AFMC schools
Follow Up on Wellness Initiatives across Canada
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Vice President Education: Sarita Verma
Contributors: Dean David Anderson, Patricia Houston, Andrew Warren, Melanie Lewis, Janice Willett, Jill Konkin, Wanda Parsons, Ming-Ka Chan; Chriss Holloway; Marie-Hélène Urro, Jennifer Poll, Brenda Du Plessis
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