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2021-Summer E-Learning & Technology

Technology-Enhanced CPD After 1.5 Years of the COVID-19 Crisis: Where are We Now?

It has been 1.5 years since coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was recognized in China, and over a year since the first American COVID case was reported on January 20, 2020. It has been a time of crisis, changes, and innovation—especially in technology-enhanced CPD.

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2021-Summer Funding, Awards, and Events

Funding Opportunities, Awards, and Resources – Summer 2021

Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Upcoming Funding Opportunities. Check for research areas and upcoming application deadlines. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) offers a variety of grants to support medical educators, clinicians and researchers. Find more information here.

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2021-Spring Conversation Café

The transformative learner: How are you handling CPD in 2021?

Presenters/Moderators: Helena Prior Filipe, MD, MMEd, and Ellen Seaback, CHCP  When the COVID-19 crisis hit, educators across the globe had to make an abrupt switch to virtual educational strategies, and educational leaders had to lead and manage change in a world where change occurred daily. In this unsettling and changing pandemic time, Continuing Professional Development […]

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2021-Spring Annual Meeting

CME/CPD Abstracts by Topical Area

46 abstracts presented at the SACME Annual Meeting

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2021-Spring Annual Meeting

Congratulations to our 2021 Abstract and Poster Winners!

BEST RESEARCH Commitment to change (CTC) and actual practice change after a continuing medical education (CME) intervention Authors: Sharisse Arnold Rehring, MD, John Steiner, MD, MPH and Mathew Daley, MD Institution: Colorado Permanente Medical Group Problem/Intervention – Evidence linking commitments to change (CTC) to actual practice change is limited, yet a widespread practice is to […]

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2021-Spring Annual Meeting

Plenary Panel Discussions (5)

Communities of coping: Using the ‘Extension of Community Health Outcomes (ECHO)’ model to support health providers during COVID-19 Presenters: Javed Alloo, MD, CCFP, MPLc, Chantalle Clarkin, RN, PhD, Allison Crawford, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Andrea Furlan, MD, PhD, Anne Kirvan, Mona Loutfy, MD, Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, MHPE, FRCPC and Betsy Williams, PhD, MPH Institution: University of […]

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2021-Spring Annual Meeting

AM 2021 – Keynote Presentation – Health Professions at the Crossroads: Building a Better Normal

Presenter: Julio Frenk, MD, MPH, PhD, President, University of MiamiReported by: Robert D’Antuono, MHA “We are facing a unique moment in time,” began Dr. Julio Frenk, the distinguished keynote speaker at the SACME 2021 Annual Meeting.  “As a result of COVID-19 we are experiencing what has been termed as the ‘Fauci Effect,’ that is, an […]

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2021-Spring Annual Meeting

Pre Conference Workshops (4)

Strategic Leadership Presenters: Barbara Barnes, MD, MS, FSACME and Morris Blachman, PhD, FACEHP, FSACME Summary – This workshop was designed to assist participants in developing and exercising leadership skills within their institution, SACME and the field of CPD.   Pre-work included review of several key articles on relevant issues of leadership, identification of their own personal challenges in […]

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2021-Spring From the Editors

From the Editors | Spring 2021

Dear Colleagues, The purpose of this issue is to share with our collective readership, a snap-shot of the rich content and thought-provoking discussions which occurred throughout the 2021 Annual Meeting.  The 2021 Planning Committee under the leadership of Asha Maharaj, rose to the extraordinary challenges of designing a virtual meeting curriculum with distinction.  As Betsy […]

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2021-Spring E-Learning & Technology

The Virtual Longitudinal Curriculum Model

For this first article in E-learning and Technology, I will focus solely on a discussion of the longitudinal curriculum/conference model.  As we were discussing the reasoning for the longitudinal delivery format, Morag Paton, a member of our workgroup, framed the key question: Can we put the “continuing” back into continuing professional development in the context of a traditional annual meeting? This is, indeed, a big question. 

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