Harvard Macy: A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education 2018
In-Person Event
Mar 18 - 23, 2018
Boston, Massachusetts, USAOVERVIEW
Harvard Macy: A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education is organized by Harvard Macy Institute and will be held during Mar 18 - 23, 2018 at Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Psychologists, Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Complementary & Alternative, Medicine Practitioners, Pharmacists, Researchers (PhDs), Faculty involved in assessing health professions education. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 35.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Course Overview :
The Harvard Macy Institute’s A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education is designed to encourage participants to apply systems thinking in designing assessment programs to support the continuous quality improvement of students/trainees, faculty, and curricula at their academic health science institutions. The program incorporates multiple pedagogical methods, including interactive presentations, case discussions, small group journal clubs, institutional planning groups, selectives (focused mini-workshops on assessment tools and approaches), and consultations with faculty experts.
During this intensive 5-day program, educators and administrators from diverse health science disciplines will be introduced to key concepts from system theory, best practices in educational assessment, and mini-workshops focused on specific assessment approaches. Throughout the program, participants will also have an opportunity to apply systems principles in case discussions depicting problematic assessment situations and to plan an assessment/evaluation design to implement at their home institution.
Learning Objectives :
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Assess the educational components of participants home institution from a systems perspective
• Identify the primary functions of individual educational components of their (sub) system
• Identify the essential processes that need to occur at the interfaces between/among components within the educational system to add value to the quality of graduates
• Outline the communications pathways that currently exist within the educational (sub) system
• Examine the quality of participants institution's communication pathways, specifically for :
1) the flow of multiple sources of performance data to individuals/groups (hubs) best positioned to interpret assessment information in context and
2) the existence of direct feedback pathways to individuals/groups empowered to make corrections and adjustments
• Design and implement a comprehensive systems-based assessment program to evaluate learner institution's performance in promoting a primary educational goal
Application Deadline: November 15, 2017
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Psychologists, Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Complementary & Alternative, Medicine Practitioners, Pharmacists, Researchers (PhDs), Faculty involved in assessing health professions education. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 35.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Course Overview :
The Harvard Macy Institute’s A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education is designed to encourage participants to apply systems thinking in designing assessment programs to support the continuous quality improvement of students/trainees, faculty, and curricula at their academic health science institutions. The program incorporates multiple pedagogical methods, including interactive presentations, case discussions, small group journal clubs, institutional planning groups, selectives (focused mini-workshops on assessment tools and approaches), and consultations with faculty experts.
During this intensive 5-day program, educators and administrators from diverse health science disciplines will be introduced to key concepts from system theory, best practices in educational assessment, and mini-workshops focused on specific assessment approaches. Throughout the program, participants will also have an opportunity to apply systems principles in case discussions depicting problematic assessment situations and to plan an assessment/evaluation design to implement at their home institution.
Learning Objectives :
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Assess the educational components of participants home institution from a systems perspective
• Identify the primary functions of individual educational components of their (sub) system
• Identify the essential processes that need to occur at the interfaces between/among components within the educational system to add value to the quality of graduates
• Outline the communications pathways that currently exist within the educational (sub) system
• Examine the quality of participants institution's communication pathways, specifically for :
1) the flow of multiple sources of performance data to individuals/groups (hubs) best positioned to interpret assessment information in context and
2) the existence of direct feedback pathways to individuals/groups empowered to make corrections and adjustments
• Design and implement a comprehensive systems-based assessment program to evaluate learner institution's performance in promoting a primary educational goal
Application Deadline: November 15, 2017
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
KEY DATES
18 Mar, 2018
Event Start Date
23 Mar, 2018
Event End Date
SPECIALITIES
Healthcare ManagementMedical EducationSUGGESTED HOTELS
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