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The concept of a course covering the essential skills in medical education built around an educational conference including pre- and post-conference workshops has proved popular. Successful courses have now been run at the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) 2005 Amsterdam Conference and at the 3rd Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference in Singapore. In collaboration with IAMSE, AMEE is pleased to offer a similar course at IAMSE 2006.

With the increasing professionalisation of medical education, the need for teachers in the healthcare professions to have training in teaching is widely recognized. Whilst many institutions worldwide offer Diploma and Masters courses in medical education, there is a lack of accredited basic level courses. The ESME Programme has been designed to meet the need for an entry level teaching qualification. ESME will be of particular interest to teachers who are engaging with medical education for the first time, or who have been given some new responsibilities or assignment relating to teaching. Others are finding the ESME Programme useful as a refresher course or update.

The ESME Programme is accredited by AMEE and approved by an international Advisory Board. It has been designed around a set of competencies that all practising teachers should possess. These include: Effective Teaching, Skilled Educational Planning and Informed Assessment and Evaluation.

ESME Course schedule during IAMSE Meeting:

Day 1:            Friday 14 July 8.30 am–4.30 pm

Attendance at an ESME workshop where the following themes are introduced:

·         Theme 1: The Skilled Educational Planner

·         Theme 2: The Effective Teacher

·         Theme 3: The Informed Assessor/Evaluator

Questions addressed will include:

·         What should the learner learn (learning outcomes);

·         How should the learner learn it? (teaching and learning methods);

·         How should it be organised into a curriculum? (curriculum planning);

·         How do we know if the learner has learned it? (assessment).

Day 2:            Saturday 15 July

A choice of one of the Faculty Development Courses offered by IAMSE

Day 3:            Sunday 16 July

Attendance at IAMSE Meeting sessions, and a feedback session with ESME faculty from 2.30-4.00 pm

Day 4:            Monday 17 July

Attendance at IAMSE Meeting sessions, and a feedback session with ESME faculty from 12.00-1.30 pm

Day 5:            Tuesday 18 July

Attendance at IAMSE Meeting sessions in the morning, followed by an ESME workshop from 1.30-5.00 pm. Topics covered:

·         Discussion of issues raised during the Meeting relating to the three themes and questions introduced on day 1;

·         Theme 4: an introduction to the Roles of the Teacher, the Scholarly Educator and Best Evidence Medical Education;

·         Keeping up to date, and further developments in the essential competencies required of a teacher in the healthcare professions.

ESME Faculty for the course includes:

Ronald Harden MD, formerly Director of the Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK, and now Director of Education for the International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS);

Aviad Haramati Ph.D, Professor and Director of Education in the Departments of Physiology & Biophysics and Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine;

S Barry Issenberg MD,  Associate Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean of Research in Medical Education and Director of Educational Research & Technology at the Center for Research in Medical Education, University of Miami School of Medicine;

Mrs Pat Lilley is Administrator for the Course.

All participants will receive a certificate which recognises their participation in the five day course activity.

Cost of the ESME IAMSE Course:

The cost of US$ 550 includes:

·         participation in ESME full-day pre-conference session on Friday;

·         feedback sessions with faculty on Sunday and Monday;

·         half-day post-conference workshop on Tuesday;

·         ESME resource materials, including selected AMEE Guides;

·         access to ESME website post-conference, with additional resources. 

Participants must register for the IAMSE Meeting in the normal way, and pay the IAMSE registration fee. In addition, ESME course participants are expected to attend and pay for one IAMSE Faculty Development Course of their choice, depending on availability.

ESME Portfolio leading to ESME Certificate:

Following completion of the ESME Course, and after returning to their institutions, participants may choose to continue with work on a Portfolio demonstrating mastery of the competencies. An ESME course website with access only to Portfolio participants will provide additional resources and encourage peer-to-peer networks. Satisfactory completion of the Portfolio will be recognised by award of the ESME Certificate in Medical Education. The additional cost of the Portfolio component of ESME is US$530 and participants may sign up following completion of the course.

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