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Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) Course

IAMSE Meeting: June 17-21, 2011

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 since 2005 in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. In collaboration with IAMSE, AMEE is pleased to offer the ESME course at the IAMSE 2011 Meeting in St Petersburg.

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 June 17 (full-day workshop)

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 June 18

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

Day 3:            Sunday June 19

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

Day 4:            Monday June 20

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

Day 5:            Tuesday June 21

Attendance at IAMSE Meeting sessions, followed by a half-day 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 currently General Secretary of AMEE and Editor of Medical Teacher;

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, in electronic format;

-   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 of US$150 for this component of the programme.

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