Wednesday 15 January 2014

Friday and Saturday 17 and 18 January – facilitated lunchtime meeting during main conference

Sunday 19 January: 0900 - 1230

+ self-directed activities and readings prior to and during the conference

Rationale

Most educators and clinical teachers have some level of management or leadership responsibility, whether this is leading a team or managing a module, programme or educational activity. The need for medical and healthcare educators to have some formal management and leadership training is now widely recognised. A range of institutionally organised and Masters level courses in leadership and management are available but there is a lack of introductory, basic level courses specifically for healthcare educators. The FLAME Programme has been designed to meet the need for those who are new to the theory of leadership and management and who feel they want to gain more understanding of the skills required to lead and manage contemporary education. The FLAME course will be of particular interest to those who want to develop their understanding of leadership and apply theory to practice, including those new to education as well as those who have been given new responsibilities. The course has been designed by experienced faculty to meet the needs of educators at all stages of career and uses highly interactive activities which can be related directly to practice. 

FLAME is accredited by ASME.

ASME has run leadership development programmes specifically for healthcare educators since 2002, including:

FLAME (Fundamentals in Leadership and Management in Education)
DLH (Developing Leaders in Healthcare Education)
‘Dean’s retreat’ (a two-day experiential course for Deans of Healthcare Education)  
Masterclasses in change management

The Leadership Course offered at 11th APMEC is the Fundamentals in Leadership and Management in Education (FLAME) course.

Fundamentals in Leadership and Management in Education (FLAME) course

This introductory course has been designed around a set of core skills and understandings that leaders and managers in education should possess. These include:

• Leadership and management: understanding the differences between leadership and management and key activities required under each of these;
• Leadership theory to practice: understanding key leadership frameworks and how these apply to the practice of a healthcare education leader/manager;
• Developing and communicating the vision: creative ways of setting a vision for change and communicating this to others;
• Developing self as leader, developing self-insight, goal setting and action planning.

Post-course report: Participants may choose to submit, within six months of completion of the course, a short report describing the application of the concepts and principles covered in the FLAME Course to their own leadership and management, leading to award of the ASME-FLAME Certificate in Fundamentals of Leadership and Management in Education.

Course schedule:

Prior to the APMEC conference, all delegates will be sent pre-course reading and a workbook for completion during the conference which will be used as part of the course activities and optional assessment.

Wednesday 15 January: 0900-1600
Friday and Saturday 17 and 18 January – facilitated lunchtime meeting during main conference
Sunday 19 January: 0900 - 1230

FLAME Course Faculty:
Professor Judy McKimm, Dean of Medical Education, Swansea University UK and Director of the ASME Educational Leadership Programme
Mr Paul Jones, Programme Director, Graduate Entry Medicine programme, Swansea University, UK
Plus additional experts

Course Administrator: Nicky Pender, ASME

FLAME Course fee: US$575

Includes:

• One full-day post-conference session
• Printed course programme
• Readings and workbook
• Set of additional resource materials provided on USB memory stick
• Certificate of participation
• Two facilitated lunchtime meetings during the main conference (17 and 18 January)
• A half day post conference workshop (19 January)
• Optional submission and assessment of a post-course report, details of which will be given during the Course;
• Award of ASME FLAME Certificate if the post-course report is assessed as meeting the requirements of the Certificate.