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Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) Course

IAMSE Meeting: 20-24 July 2007

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 and 2006 Conferences, at the 3rd Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference in Singapore and at the 2006 IAMSE Meeting in Puerto Rico. In collaboration with IAMSE, AMEE is pleased to offer the course again at the IAMSE 2007 Meeting in Cleveland.

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 course at the IAMSE Meeting is designed to be specifically relevant to medical science educators.

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 20 July 9.00 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 21 July

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

Day 3:            Sunday 22 July

Attendance at IAMSE Meeting sessions, and a feedback session with ESME faculty 

Day 4:            Monday 23 July

Attendance at IAMSE Meeting sessions, and a feedback session with ESME faculty

Day 5:            Tuesday 24 July

Attendance at IAMSE Meeting sessions, followed by an ESME post-conference workshop. Topics covered in this session are

·         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; and the Teacher as a Leader.

·         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;

 Mrs Pat Lilley is Administrator for the Course.

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;

·         post-conference workshop on Tuesday;

·         ESME resource materials, including selected AMEE Guides;

·         access to additional resources following the course;

·         award of a Certificate of Attendance

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 Report leading to ESME Certificate:

Following completion of the ESME Course, and after returning to their institutions, participants may choose to submit a short report describing the application of the ESME competencies in their own teaching practice. Submission of a report that meets the required standards will be recognised by award of the ESME Certificate in Medical Education. There is an additional cost associated with this component of the programme.

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