OVERVIEW

2023 Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD) Annual Conference is organized by Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD) and will be held from Mar 08 - 10, 2023 at Hilton Portland Downtown, Portland, Oregon, United States of America.

Conference Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this conference, participants should be able to:
• Hear how to convey a program’s culture, via social media, to engage with applicants before the interview day and virtually during the interview day.
• Learn about varied biases inherent to fellowship recruitment and video conference interviews (VCIs) and learn strategies to manage biases.
• Develop strategies to create an educational environment that promotes interprofessional teaching in the ICU, including formulating questions that create focused opportunities for teaching by interdisciplinary team members while maintaining rounds efficiency.
• Describe the concept of design thinking and strategize its application to medical education fellowship programs.
• Discuss strategies to incorporate gamification into program curriculum and potential barriers that may arise.
• Share ideas on how to apply advocacy efforts to one’s practice or program with a focus on teaching advocacy to medical trainees.
• Review methods and conclusions of key publications from 2022 addressing procedural training, simulation, communication and trainee assessment.
• Develop a framework to facilitate mentoring and create curricula dedicated to peer review and explore opportunities to get involved in peer review.
• Develop strategies to prepare for national policies impacting graduate medical education.
• Explain and identify changes to existing ACGME Requirements.
• Ask questions about ACGME policies and processes, including site visits.
• Plan an initial approach to conducting their own successful Self-Study.