2021-Spring
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…
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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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CME/CPD Abstracts by Topical Area
46 abstracts presented at the SACME Annual Meeting
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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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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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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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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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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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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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