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Competency Assessment:
Forethought Not Afterthought

Current Practices and Innovations in Graduate Medical Education

September 10 - 12, 2003
Westin Hotel Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA

Post-Conference Materials

Materials from the September 2003 conference are now available.

Click here for a brief review of conference highlights.

Click here to download (in pdf format) an overview and summary of the conference. Full proceedings from the Conference will be available soon.

Click here to view a summary PowerPoint presentation excerpted (with permission) from the plenary sessions and panel discussions. (Note: It may take 1 - 2 minutes to download the slides.)

Click here for a summary of the attendees' evaluation.

Click here for attendees' responses to a follow-up survey.

Course books containing presentation slides and reference materials, distributed to conference attendees, can be purchased for $250, while supplies last. Click here to order.

For more information, contact THCI at info@thci.org.



Organized by: Tufts Health Care Institute
Who should attend: Residency program directors, designated institutional officials, directors of GME, GME faculty, and institutional and program administrators.

Conference Planning Committee Co-Chairs

Robin S. Richman, MD
                Rosalie R. Phillips, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, THCI           Executive Director, THCI
Conference Director

Conference Planning Committee

Patrick C. Alguire, MD
, FACP
Director, Education and Career Development, American College of Physicians

Shepard N. Cohen, MPA
Graduate Medical Education Consultant

Deborah DeMarco, MD
Associate Dean, GME, University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Internal Medicine)

Robert Englander, MD, MPH
Director, Inpatient Management and Services, Connecticut Children's Medical Center (Pediatrics)

Timothy C. Flynn, MD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, University of Florida College of Medicine (Surgery)

Jeanne K. Heard, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Deirdre Lynch, RhD
Research and Evaluation Specialist, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Martha G. Regan-Smith, MD, EdD
Coordinator of Faculty Development, Professor of Medicine, Senior Associate, Health Care Improvement Leadership Development, Dartmouth Medical School

Deborah Simpson, PhD
Associate Dean, Educational Support and Evaluation, Medical College of Wisconsin

Conference Collaborators:

•Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
•American College of Physicians (ACP)
•Association of Family Practice Residency Directors
•Association of Pediatric Program Directors
•Health Resources and Services Administration, Center for Health Services Financing and Managed Care, US Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA)

Continuing Medical Education  
   
This program is jointly sponsored by the The Beam Institute and Tufts Health Care Institute. The Beam Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.The Beam Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.25 hours in Category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

This conference is supported in part by unrestricted educational grants from:

Merck
Pfizer
Sanofi-Synthelabo

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Post-Conference Materials
Conference Highlights View
Conference Overview and Summary (PDF) View
Excerpted Speakers' Slides (Powerpoint) View
Summary of Attendees' Evaluation
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Responses to Follow-Up Survey View
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