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Join us for an insightful webinar series exploring the revision of the WFME Standards for Postgraduate Medical Education (2023). The webinar will be led by Professor Janet Grant, an expert in standards and the driving force behind the development of the current WFME standards portfolio, including standards for basic and postgraduate medical education, continuing professional development, and Standards for Distributed and Distance Learning (2021).
The series will provide a practical guide to the WFME PGME Standards, with a special emphasis on local versioning and implementation. Each session will showcase guest speakers who are experienced medical education professionals, offering firsthand insights and examples of the standards in action. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage actively by chatting with others, posing questions, which will be addressed either during the live webinar or as a follow-up in a form of a written paper. Participants will also receive certificates of participation to recognise their involvement. Additionally, attendees will benefit from access to recordings of the webinars, ensuring valuable information is readily available for reference and further study.
Don’t miss this invaluable opportunity to meet and learn from the following speakers:
Professor Kadambari Dharanipragada, India
Dr John Norcini, US
In this webinar, we will focus on challenges that students, educators, and regulators face in the field of postgraduate medical education. We will be especially interested to hear about the challenges that participants face and to discuss those with our special guests, Professor Kadambari Dharanipragada, who is a surgeon and leader of medical education at the prestigious Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in Puducherry, India, and Dr John Norcini, a world leader in assessment.
Highlights of the webinar series:
Price:
Attendees can sign up either for individual webinars or for the entire series.
In case online card payment is not suitable for you, please contact us at standards@wfme.org with your billing information and we will issue an invoice.
The entire series offers the following four webinars:
1 | Using the PGME Standards | Tuesday 30 April 2024, 12:00 to 01:00 PM UTC
Guest speakers: Professor Anwar Khan, Professor Lindsey Pope
2 | Mission and Values, Curriculum, Assessment, Postgraduate Doctors | Wednesday 22 May 2024, 02:00 to 03:00 PM UTC
Guest speaker: Dr John Norcini
3 | Teachers and Clinical Supervisors, Resources, Quality Improvement, Governance and Administration | Wednesday 26 June 2024, 01:00 – 02:00 PM UTC
Guest speaker: Professor Namita Kumar
4 | Addressing Common Challenges in PGME: Discussion and Solutions | Wednesday 18 September 2024, 01:00 – 02:00 PM UTC
Guest speakers: Professor Kadambari Dharanipragada, Dr John Norcini
Detailed agenda can be found on pages of individual webinars.
Background:
In 2023, the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) published the revised WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement: Postgraduate Medical Education. These standards follow a principles-based approach, allowing institutions to develop their own contextually appropriate set of standards. They address various components of postgraduate medical education, including postgraduate doctor support, curriculum models, assessment systems, mission and values, teachers and clinical supervisors, education and training resources, quality improvement, governance, and administration.
Target audience:
This webinar aims to engage anyone interested in the field of postgraduate medical education, including:
Professor Janet Grant PhD, FBPsS, FRCGP (hon), FRCP (hon), MRCR (hon) is an educational psychologist and WFME special adviser. She is Academic Director of CenMEDIC (the Centre for Medical Education in Context) in London. She is Honorary Professor in University College London Medical School Centre for International Medical Education Collaborations (CIMEC), and Emeritus Professor of Education in Medicine at the Open University in the UK. Her interests are in policy research in medical education, regulation, educational development, continuing professional development and curriculum.
Professor Kadambari Dharanipragada is a distinguished medical professional specializing in surgery. After obtaining an M.B.B.S., Professor Dharanipragada pursued an M.S. in Surgery, further enhancing expertise with a FAIMER and Keele Master’s in Health Profession Education, focusing on assessment and accreditation.
Currently, Professor Dharanipragada serves as a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India. With a particular interest in breast oncology and surgery, as well as medical education, Professor Dharanipragada has made significant contributions to both fields. The scholarly output includes 75 publications, three book chapters on breast surgery, and authorship of a book on medical education.
Dr John Norcini is Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Upstate Medical University and a Fellow of Presence (a Center at Stanford Medical School). Previously, Dr Norcini held positions at FAIMER and the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr Norcini has more than 200 publications, lectured and taught in more than 45 countries, and is on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals. Dr Norcini is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK) and the Academy of Medical Educators and has received numerous awards including the Karolinska Prize for Research in Medical Education and the Hubbard Award.
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