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Dear CACHE Fall Summit participant... On behalf of the Canadian Association for Continuing Health Education (CACHE) we would like to sincerely thank you for your active participation in the CACHE Fall Summit, held in Toronto on Friday October 10th. The meeting certainly generated a lot of interest from all stakeholders involved in CHE/CME/CPD in Canada, as demonstrated by the overwhelming response from our 106 participants. The primary objective of the meeting was to bring together multiple Canadian stakeholders, and their organizational perspectives, to dialogue and exchange on the current and future needs for a collaborative CME and CHE environment. The quantity and quality of information captured from the large number of stakeholder groups represented at the Summit is so impressive, we can confidently consider this objective met. As you know, the Fall Summit is just the very first step of an iterative process and begins a dialogue that will continue. The complexity of this topic is such that further discussion and debate is required to deliver on our longer-term objective to consolidate the multiple perspectives of our Canadian stakeholders to develop and publish a position paper that will reflect and guide the direction of CME and CHE in our country. Over the next few months we intend to pull together the data that was collected and to use this to define an aligned position on a collaborative CHE environment. The slide presentations from our 5 keynote speakers are now posted for your reference. Click here to access the Summit materials and Evaluation Form (login required). NEXT STEPS The CACHE board, which was founded on a model of collaboration, believes that it is time to define the state of CHE in Canada and develop a model for the future. We are inviting leaders from academia, regulatory bodies, professional societies, government, and industry, to continue this dialogue.
Madame, Monsieur, Au nom de l’Association canadienne d’éducation médicale continue (ACEMC), nous aimerions vous remercier de votre participation au Sommet d’automne de l’ACEMC qui a eu lieu à Toronto le vendredi 10 octobre dernier. La réunion a certes généré beaucoup d’intérêt chez les intervenants qui jouent un rôle important dans la mise en œuvre de programmes d’éducation médicale continue (EMC), de formation médicale continue (FMC) ou de perfectionnement professionnel permanent (PPP) au Canada, tel que l’a démontré la réponse enthousiasmante des 106 participants. Le principal objectif de la réunion était de rassembler un grand nombre d’intervenants canadiens pour qu’ils nous fassent part de leur point de vue, dans une perspective organisationnelle, et participent à des échanges sur les besoins actuels et futurs en matière de collaboration dans le domaine de l’EMC. La quantité et la qualité de l’information obtenue des divers groupes d’intervenants représentés au Sommet sont si impressionnantes que l’on peut dire en toute confiance que cet objectif a été atteint. Comme vous le savez, le Sommet d’automne n’est que la toute première étape d’un processus itératif et l’amorce d’un dialogue qui se poursuivra. Le sujet est d'une telle complexité qu’il faudra en discuter et en débattre davantage pour atteindre notre objectif à plus long terme qui consiste à consolider les diverses perspectives des intervenants canadiens afin de rédiger et de publier un énoncé de positionnement qui reflétera l’orientation à donner à l’EMC au pays. Au cours des quelques mois à venir, nous avons l’intention de colliger les données recueillies et de les utiliser pour établir une position harmonisée sur la collaboration dans le domaine de l’EMC. Les présentations de diapositives de nos cinq principaux conférenciers sont maintenant accessibles à titre de référence sur le site Internet de l’ACEMC, à l’adresse www.CacheCanada.org. Prochaine étape Le conseil d’administration de l’ACEMC, fondé sur un modèle de collaboration, est d’avis que le moment est venu d’examiner la situation de l’EMC au Canada et d’élaborer un modèle qui orientera l’avenir de celle-ci. Nous invitons les chefs de file du milieu universitaire, des organismes de réglementation, des associations professionnelles, du gouvernement et de l’industrie à poursuivre ce dialogue.
2008 Fall SummitFriday, October 10, 2008
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The desired outcomes from the CACHE Fall Summit are:1. To bring together multiple Canadian stakeholders, and their organizational perspectives, to dialogue and exchange on the current and future needs for a collaborative CME and CHE environment. 
Résultats escomptés du Sommet d’automne de l’ACEMC :1. Rassembler bon nombre d’intervenants canadiens afin d’obtenir leur point de vue en tant qu’organisations dans le cadre de dialogues et d’échanges sur les besoins actuels et futurs en matière de collaboration dans le domaine de l’EMC.
Update re. CACHE Summit – October 10, 2008We have engaged the services of Syntegrity Group to facilitate a portion of our day by applying components from their SyntegrationTM methodology to optimize the interactions among all Summit participants. Below is a description of how the day will unfold. For each of the 3 questions that we’ve come to discuss, we will be holding 2 concurrent roundtable discussions. Each roundtable discussion will be 1 hour long and will involve panellist (invited speakers). Participants at each table will play the following roles:
PANELIST (INVITED SPEAKERS)- will lead the discussion on each question and will be responsible for the final output produced in that one hour session. They will do so by engaging in candid dialogue amongst themselves and pausing at pre-determined points to consider input from the Respondents. There will be approximately 9 Members on each team and we will ensure that there is a good spread of the represented perspectives on each team (Academia, Industry, Government and Professional Associations). RESPONDENTS – In addition to the panellist, registered attendees be invited to play the Respondents role. In this role, they will ask questions of and offer feedback to Panellist. Their input is offered as guidance and it will be up to the Panellist to determine what to do with that feedback. There will be approximately 5 respondents for each roundtable discussion, each of whom will be limited to 1 minute for providing input. The remaining participants will be observers. OBSERVERS – will only be listening. Respondents and observer seats will be filled by the non-panellist participants with each non-panellist getting an opportunity to play the respondents role once and the observer role twice. Team discussions will be facilitated and scribed by Syntegrity Group facilitators so that participants can see a capture of the discussion unfolding in real time. Following the 3 rounds of paired meetings, all participants will be able to provide additional input via sticky notes. We look forward to this innovative approach as it will result in a more engaging experience and a better outcome for all. MACY report AAMC report at http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2008/080619.htm , ACCME report at http://www.accme.org/dir_docs/doc_upload/ff745720-2080-496a-bece-2c50b09d4c7c_uploaddocument.pdf , CMAJ editorial Leach DC, Fletcher SW. Perspectives on Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Health Care through Lifelong Learning [Macy Foundation]. Chest 2008 Dec;134(6):1299-303. |
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