Author: Vjeko Hlede, PHD
CME/CPD learning technologist, moodle/totara user interested in quality improvement education, individual and organizational CPD, inter-professional learning, collaborative learning community development, and organizational change.
SACME 2024 Annual Meeting Posters
1. Doctors as Leaders: Implementing a Pilot Cohort-based Leadership Program for Early to Mid-career Physicians Author Purpose/problem statementRotenstein et al. (2018) stated that “unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. Even though medical institutions have designated “leadership” as […]
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E-Learning & Technology: Leveraging ChatGPT for Qualitative Analysis of Learners’ Feedback in CME/CPD Courses
The process of analyzing this course feedback through traditional human-conducted qualitative methods can be a daunting task. It’s a labor-intensive process that usually involves reading, coding, and thematic analysis. The time-consuming nature of this task often leads to shortcuts, such as analyzing only a small sample of data or skimming through the text, which can result in suboptimal and biased analysis. This is where we need a more efficient and reliable solution. Advanced AI models like ChatGPT offer a promising solution for this challenge. This process can be significantly streamlined, providing CPD professionals with rapid, accurate, and actionable insights, all while maintaining a sufficient level of reliability.
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Welcome and Introduction
Welcome to the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) as we celebrate our 48th anniversary as an outstanding and relatively youthful organization. Our fiftieth anniversary is coming and the planning has already begun, but let’s enjoy this moment, shall we? The Annual Meeting Program Committee has once again created […]
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Publications and Scholarship: January 2024
By Craig Campbell, MD and Joseph Szot, MD, Column Editors and Authors.
These articles offer significant learnings in key topics of the day that will enhance your knowledge and practice.
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E-Learning & Technology
At the recent CMEpalooza Fall 2023 Conference, Andy Crim and Brian McGowan presented the Top 10 Best Practices in GenAI Prompt Engineering, offering a guide to improve AI communication. Reflecting on Socrates’s skepticism of writing as a learning tool, the article discusses how modern text and AI can facilitate dialogue and knowledge creation, aligning with Socratic principles.
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SACME 2023 Annual Meeting Highlights
March 15-18th, Nashville, TN Nearly 300 SACME members and non-members participated in the very first of its kind—a SACME international hybrid annual meeting. The goal of this year’s meeting, post COVID-19, was to assure access to everyone—whether you could attend live or not. Thus, the meeting was structured to offer two learning formats— in person […]
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Publications and Scholarships
Column Editors: Craig Campbell, MD and Joseph Szot, MD
Truth and Reconciliation in Medical Schools: Forging a Critical Reflective Framework to Advance Indigenous Health Equity.
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada outlined 94 Calls to Action, which formalized a responsibility for all people and institutions in Canada to confront and craft paths to remedy the legacy of the country’s colonial past. This article outlines efforts by stakeholders at one medical school to mobilize their institution to address the TRC’s Calls to Action via the Indigenous Health
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ChatGPT and the Future of of CPD Work
How Artificial intelligence (AI) will change the CPD work of healthcare professionals. By Vjekoslav Hlede, PhD, DVM Artificial intelligence (AI) has been here for some time. Whether we like the idea of an AI-enhanced reality, whether we use ChatGPT or not, AI is here. We use it. Zoom recordings generate a summary and list of […]
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AMEE Symposium Report: Disability Inclusion and Anti-Ableism in Healthcare Education
By Holly Harris, MA At the end of August, I had the opportunity to travel to Glasgow to attend the annual Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference, the world’s leading international conference for health professions education. With over 4000 attendees, it is an impressively wide-reaching and impactful event. I was pleased to see […]
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Feeling Isolated in CPD/CE? Wish you had a professional network of colleagues? We have the answer… Join SACME!
Become a member in a society of distinguished CPD/CE leaders working in medical schools and other academic institutions, nationally and internationally…. The Society of Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) is committed to promoting the highest value in patient care and health of the public through the scholarship of continuing medical and interprofessional education. Join us […]
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