2012 GAME Annual Conference
May 29-30, 2012
Renaissance Downtown Hotel, Toronto, Canada

www.game-cme.org

2012 Game Brochure

Online registration

MedBiquitous Annual Conference
http://medbiq.org/conference2012
May 2-4, 2012 at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland
Transforming Health Professions Education through Technology

Join colleagues from around the world to examine how learning technologies can transform health professions education. The conference provides an opportunity for hands on exploration of learning technologies, active discussion with peers, and updates from leaders in quality and education. Dr. Peter Pronovost, Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality and Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, will speak about clinical communities and peer-driven quality improvement. Dr. Craig Campbell, Director of the Office of Professional Affairs at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, will speak about facilitating a culture of lifelong learning and self-improvement. Dr. Thomas Talbot, Medical Simulation Portfolio Manager, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, will provide the Philip Dodds Memorial lecture in the closing session.

Some highlights from the rest of the conference include:

• Web-enabled ePortfolio: Integrated Learning Space Supporting Physician Planning, Reflection, Documentation, and Management of Learning for Practice<http://www.medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/eportfolio>

• Electronic Verification of Medical Education Credentials<http://medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/verification>

• Beam Me Up, Scotty: Designing the Future of Healthcare Professional Development<http://www.medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/profdev>

• iVirtual Patient Player – the next step<http://www.medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/player>

• Web Services for Professional Data<http://medbiq.org/conference2012/workshops/web-services>

• Implementing the New Curriculum Inventory Standard: Will our current curricular systems meet the needs?<http://www.medbiq.org/conference2012/abstracts/implementinginventory>

AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs Spring Conference
Hosted by Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
March 29-31, 2012

Registration for the 2012 Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) Regional Meeting is now open! Hotel information is located on the AAMC-CGEA Website.
 
The conference theme is Lessons Learned in Medical Education.  We are very excited to have Louise Arnold, Ph.D., University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, as our keynote speaker!  In addition to panels, small-group discussions, skill-building workshops, peer-reviewed research in medical education, and special interest group (SIG) meetings, there are multiple opportunities for networking, collaboration and professional development.
 
The link for registration is listed below:
 
https://members.aamc.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=MeetingProfile&evt_key=692D97F6-D8BA-491C-8B0E-FA2113E9D256
 
The Association of American Medical Colleges, AAMC, recently implemented a new membership and online registration system. In order to register for the CGEA meeting, the meeting attendee will need to login to the AAMC website using their AAMC Account username and password. Individuals cannot register on someone else’s behalf. If you are registering for someone, you will need to use their AAMC Account to register them otherwise your information will be listed as a participant of the meeting. If you are unsure of whether you have an AAMC Account or not please contact accounthelp@aamc.org for assistance.

The Northeast GEA Retreat
March 23-25, 2012
Tufts University
Boston, MA

We are enthusiastically inviting our SACME colleagues. The opportunities for collaboration with our undergraduate and GME colleagues in educational design and measurement make this a can't-miss opportunity.

We are extremely pleased to announce that Professor Ronald M. Harden, OBE MD FRCP (GLAS.) FRCS (ED.) FRCPC, will be our keynote speaker. Dr. Harden is editor of Medical Teacher and General Secretary and Treasurer of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). For a brief bio sketch of Dr. Harden, please go to Ronald M. Harden short CV [pdf].

Dr. Harden's keynote address on Friday will be Looking to the Future of Medical Education - Imagine if the Impossible Isn't. On Saturday he will discuss and moderate a panel of experts that will address Outcome-based Education and the Associated Myths.

For more information: http://www.tufts.edu/med/about/offices/oea/negea2012/index.html