Year: 2023
Publications and Scholarship
This column aims to provide a list of insightful publications on topics of interest to teaching faculty and professionals in CME/CPD.
A prospective randomized study to compare standard versus intensive training strategies on long-term improvement in critical care ultrasonography proficiency.
This article studied the impact of two approaches to the acquisition of critical care ultrasound skills by Critical Care Fellows. The lack of any impact of 8 additional hours of training raises important questions regarding which skills require more longitudinal training to reach acceptable levels of competence.
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SACME 2023 Multichannel Annual Meeting: Inspiring and Igniting the CPD Imagination
Join us for SACME’s 2023 Annual Meeting where educators, administrators and other professionals in academic continuing medical education (CME) will explore Inspiring and Igniting the CPD Imagination. SACME members receive an additional $100 discount. All rates listed are for In-Person and Virtual. Please sign in to your SACME account to receive member pricing. For more […]
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AFMC CPD Research Symposium
The AFMC CPD Research Committee invites abstracts for presentations at the 2023 AFMC CPD Virtual Research Symposium scheduled for Thursday and Friday, May 11-12th from 12-4PM EST. We encourage abstract submissions across the following domains: Health Professions Education Research; Implementation Science; Quality Improvement; Patient Safety; Program Development and Evaluation; Faculty Development. We welcome abstracts related to the theme of ICAM 2023. Deadline for abstract submissions: February 20th, 2023. Online abstract submission at: https://tinyurl.com/CPDresearch2023.
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Tilting the Mirror Toward the Sun: Reflections on Positionality and Equity
A few weeks ago, I had an interesting conversation with Dr. Morag Paton, one of my colleagues in continuing professional development (CPD). We are on a research project together and Morag had offered to draft a positionality statement, a practice that is becoming more common in academia. Positionality refers to where each one of us is located in relation to our various social identities, which include lived and learned experience, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, ability, socio-economic status, geographic location and socio-political history.
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