The 2008 Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) conference was held August 30 – September 3 in Prague, Czech Republic. Approximately 2,100 participants from more than 70 countries attended this international conference. The program consisted of a variety of session formats, including workshops, specialized courses, short communications, and posters. The beautiful city of Prague provided an engaging setting for this well-regarded conference on international medical education issues and research.
FAIMER staff participated as faculty in courses and presented FAIMER research in various sessions. John Norcini spoke on assessment as part of the large-session panel “Introduction to medical education.” Dr. Norcini also co-conducted two workshops; “Mini-CEX: implementation of a method for observation and feedback in postgraduate training” and “Medical education databases.” William Burdick participated as faculty in the Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) course, and presented a short communication entitled “Qualitative analysis of tools acquired in an international education leadership program.” John Boulet co-conducted the Fundamentals of Assessment in Medical Education (FAME) course, and co-presented the workshop “Setting defensible standards on performance-based exercises.” FAIMER-related research presentations included Danette McKinley’s poster “Medical school expansion in Europe” and Marta van Zanten’s short communication “Variability of accreditation processes throughout the world.”
Numerous FAIMER Fellows were also in attendance and many presented their projects and research to the international AMEE audience.
Following is a list of activities in which FAIMER staff (bold black font), FAIMER Fellows (bold blue font), and Fellows from the former IFME program (bold purple font) participated.
Courses
Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) Assessment Course: A course aimed at participants new to assessment who wish to gain a general understanding and basic skills in assessment
M. Brownell Anderson, Kathy Boursicot, William Burdick, Richard Fuller, Andrew Hassell, Brian Hodges, Stewart Mennin, Charlotte Ringsted, Trudie Roberts, Albert Scherpbier, Sydney Smee
Fundamentals of Assessment in Medical Education (FAME)
John (Jack) Boulet, Ph.D., Ann King, M.A., Dale Dauphinee, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., André F. DeChamplain, Ph.D., Tony LaDuca, Ph.D., Ingrid Philibert, Ph.D., Lesley Southgate D.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.G.P., David B. Swanson, Ph.D.
Pre-Conference Workshop
Mini-CEX: implementation of a method for observation and feedback in postgraduate training
John Norcini and C.R.M.G. Fluit
Workshop
Medical education databases
M. Brownell Anderson, John J. Norcini
Setting defensible standards on performance-based exercises
Thomas Rebbecchi, John Boulet
Large Group Session
Introduction to medical education
Larry Gruppen, Yvonne Steinert, John Norcini, John Bligh
Short Communication
A community of practice for educators: journey’s start
J. Bezuidenhout, Gert Young
The effect of curriculum change in Ankara University School of Medicine on fifth year students’ empathy scores
Ipek Gonullu, Fulya Dokmeci
Teaching EBM skills at undergraduate level in a Pakistani Medical School
Mobeen Iqbal
Male and female students and graduate perceptions and experiences of the practice of Medicine: Preliminary findings from the United Arab Emirates and South Africa
Michelle McLean, Susan B. Higgins-Opitz, Jacqueline van Wyk, Kogie Moodley, Soornarain S. Naidoo
The impact of summative assessment of theory on how medical students learn
F. Cilliers, L. Schuwirth, H. Adendorff, E. Bitzer, N. Herman, C. van der Vleuten
The effect of including clinical structured assessement on a Brazilian residency selection exam
E. M. Amaral, A. M. B. Zeferino, S. M. R. R. Passeri, M. A. Ribeiro-Alves, J. B. C. Carvalheira
Adapting a US university e-learning system for an Indian medical school: team building through student ambassadors
Anand Zachariah, P. Manuel Raj, Susan Albright, William Grandin, Alok Anand, Harris Berman, Mary Y. Lee
Qualitative analysis of tools acquired in an international education leadership program
William Burdick, Debby Diserens, Summers Kalishman, Stewart Mennin, Maryann Eklund, Page Morahan
Addressing concerns of migrating physicians: a web-based network
Gerald Whelan, Danette McKinley, Marta van Zanten, Amy Opalek
Variability of accreditation processes throughout the world
Marta van Zanten, John R. Boulet, Frank Simon
Improving OSCE examiner skills and behaviour in a Malaysian medical school
C. P. L. Tan, P. Rokiah, F. A. A. Yang, V. Anusya
Facilitating student learning on ward rounds
Vanessa C. Burch, Linda de Villiers
Predicting student performance in the first year of a medical curriculum using neural network analysis
Ben van Heerden, Chris Aldrich, Alten du Plessis, Gorden Jemwa, Rita de Jager, Alwyn Louw
Posters
Student perspectives of assessment by TEMM model in physiology
Reem Rachel Abraham, Subramanya Upadhya, Sharmila Torke, K. Ramnarayan
Objective structured portfolio assessment for Personal and Professional Development (PPD) Course at Ankara University School of Medicine
Fulya Dokmeci, Meral Demiroren, Mehmet Ozen, Ipek Gonullu, Aysen M. A. Kosan, M. Fevzi Atacanli, Harun Balcioglu
Medical school expansion in Europe
Danette McKinley, Carole Bede, Amy Opalek, Onyebuchi A. Arah, John Boulet
The Medical Instructional Questionnaire used in the quality of South African medical education
M. I. W. van Huyssteen, J. J. Blitz (presented by David Cameron)
A project on computer-based case simulation for clinical years of medical education
Yucel Gursel, Berna Musal, Cahit Taskiran, Oya Itil, Oguz Kilinc, Murat Yazicioglu, Hakan Abacioglu
Perception of physicians and medical students on common ethical dilemmas in a Pakistani Medical Institute
Bushra Khizar, Mobeen Iqbal
Introducing personal and professional development to undergraduate education: an experience from Ankara University School of Medicine
Fulya Dokmeci, Meral Demiroren, Mehmet Ozen, Ipek Gonullu, Aysen M. A. Kosan, M. Fevzi Atacanli, Harun Balcioglu
Preparatory course of PBL in a medical school
Jing-Jane Tsai, Tsuen-Chiuan Tsai, Chyi-Her Lin
Academic staff’s action learning for curriculum improvement
J. J. Blitz, D. A. Cameron, J. F. M. Hugo, M. van Rooyen, L. Wolvaardt
Evaluation of the competencies incorporation in our outcomes oriented curriculum
Valentin Muntean
Performance-based assessment of third year medical students in Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine (DEUSM)
Berna Musal, Cahit Taskiran, Sema Ozan, Yucel Gursel, Sevgi Timbil, Serpil Velipasaoglu
Ethics at home visit in the Family Health Program at Marilia Medical School: families’ point of view
Daniel Grossi Marconi, Paulo Marcondes Carvalho Junior, Paula Marquez Guimarães, Maria Yvette de Aguiar Dutra Moravcik
Assessment of clinical work in student internship rotations: what’s going on?
G. E. Pickworth, M. van Rooyen, T. J. Avenant
The DREEM in Zambia
Julie Schurgers, Lastina Lwatula
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(posted October 31, 2008; updated December 19, 2008)
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