W1A1
Friday 22nd January 2021, 8.30am – 12.30pm
THE WORLD FEDERATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION (WFME) RECOGNITION PROGRAM FOR ACCREDITING AGENCIES: PURPOSE, PROCESSES, AND CRITERIA
1Marta van Zanten, 1John Boulet and 2David Gordon
1USA and 2France
Workshop Description
While the purposes of accreditation of basic medical education are to evaluate and ensure the quality of medical education programmes and encourage improvement, accreditation practices vary considerably worldwide. As a result, the quality of medical education can vary considerably both within and across countries. Poor educational programmes are more likely to yield graduates with some knowledge and skill deficiencies, including questionable values for effective practice. With this in mind, the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) has developed and implemented a global programme aimed at recognising agencies that accredit medical schools at an international standard. This workshop will provide an overview of the WFME recognition programme and an in-depth understanding of its purpose, processes, and criteria.
The workshop will include presentations on the WFME Recognition Programme, followed by group activities aimed at increasing participants’ overall understanding of the programme, including potential strategies for setting up an accreditation system and enhancing current systems to better comply with WFME criteria. Associated challenges and how an agency can move towards fulfilment of the elements will also be addressed. The workshop will conclude with a discussion of the important themes that have emerged.
Workshop Objective
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will have gained an in-depth understanding of the WFME Recognition Programme, the process of recognition, and the specific criteria used in evaluating accrediting agencies. This information will be useful for individuals to help ensure that medical education, and specifically the accreditation of medical programmes, in their home settings is operating at a global level.
Who Should Attend
Anyone with an interest in the accreditation of basic medical education is invited to participate. Individuals involved with accreditation agencies or regulatory organisations are especially encouraged to attend.
W1A2
Friday 22nd January 2021, 8.30am – 12.30pm
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: MAKING DEFENSIBLE HIGH STAKES PROGRESSION DECISIONS IN COMPETENCY-BASED HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
James Kwan, Faith L Chia, Tracy Tan, Phua Dong Haur and Ng Wee Khoon
Singapore
Workshop Description
Groups such as progression review committees or clinical competency committees are tasked with making high stakes summative decisions in both undergraduate and postgraduate health professions education. Such committees are responsible for ensuring that learners have met the requirements to progress to the next stage of their training and graduates of their programs are ready for appropriate levels of independent practice. They meet at regular intervals, review assessment information about individual learners from multiple sources, synthesise this information to make a judgement on their performance against a set of performance standards, document the rationale for the decision, provide feedback to learners and implement a remediation action plan if appropriate. Despite the advantages of group decision making in sharing of information to make informed decisions, monitoring of learner performance over time and early identification of struggling learners, there is wide variability in group processes and quality of decisions being made. Therefore, it is imperative that members of such groups undergo the necessary training to improve the quality and defensibility of high stakes progression decisions for individual learners, as well as structured remediation plans with documentation of impact.
Structure of the Workshop:
We will use a combination of educational strategies to maximise the interaction and engagement of participants:
• Brainstorming
• Mini-didactic presentations
• Small group exercises
• Skills practice
• Role-play
Workshop Objective
• Reflect on the challenges of making high stakes summative progression decisions
• Apply principles of group decision making processes and best practices in making defensible high stakes progression decisions
• Practise skills of making high stakes progression decisions in small group exercises using sample scenarios
Who Should Attend
• Members of progression review committees in undergraduate or postgraduate health professions education
• Faculty leaders responsible for staff development
W1A3
Friday 22nd January 2021, 8.30am – 12.30pm
KNOCK KNOCK ….. WHO’S THERE? SUPPORTING WELL-BEING AND SUCCESS FOR ALL
1Jo Bishop, 2Greg Radu and 3Aviad Haramati
1Australia, 2Canada and 3USA
Workshop Description
The facilitators will introduce the need for supporting learner well-being and why it must be a focus. Challenges to learner well-being includes personal and environmental factors, these domains explore the learner journey and transitions, length and challenges of programmers respectively.
The role of the education providers in promoting well-being will be explored along with evidence based support framework that can be utilised in the learning environment, such as: