p r o g r a m
CONGRESS 2004
An international congress
linking CME and CPD to health outcomes
May 16-19, 2004 - Toronto
The Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Program
Confirmed Speakers
Jeremy Grimshaw, MB ChB, PhD, University of Ottawa, on guideline implementation: clues and tips for the new CME/CPD provider
Rajesh Mangrulka, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on targetting and structuring information resource use � a path towards informed clinical decisions
Karen Mann, PhD, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the role of educational theory in CME � has it helped us?
(Additional plenary speakers being confirmed)
Central Theme
This CME Congress presents a framework for the broad range of complex, interrelated activities related to �continuing medical education�:
- Information: how we assemble and make new knowledge available
- Education: how new information is put into context, prioritized, disseminated, and acquired
- Implementation: how new information is incorporated into practice
- Regulation: how this process is used to verify standards of knowledge and performance
A particular focus will be on how to reduce the �gap� between high quality evidence about appropriate care and actual practice. How can we better facilitate the �translation� of knowledge into practice? What insights evolve from a broader view of the complex sequence of processes involved? What synergies can various disciplines provide?
Format
The main program of CME Congress 2004 will have five sessions of a half day each. Each session will have a plenary presentation related to the major themes, following concurrent seminars and research paper presentations. Poster presentations will be mounted during most of the Congress.
A special feature of the Congress will be the opportunity for participants to join �learning communities.� Participants can sign up in advance to be part of a small group that will meet daily at specified times for members to share their learning interests, discuss progress on them, and to learn from others in the group.
Committees
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