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Project Goal To conduct a thorough review of postgraduate medical education (PGME) in Canada and establish whether the structure and processes of the current system are designed for the best possible outcomes to meet current and future societal needs FMEC Postgraduate Project2Liaison and Engagement

Today’s Agenda Overview of the Future of Medical Education in Canada Postgraduate (FMEC PG) Project Introduction to the Liaison and Engagement Consultant role Open discussion FMEC Postgraduate Project3Liaison and Engagement

Building on FMEC MD FMEC Postgraduate Project4Liaison and Engagement

Project Objectives 1.To undertake a review of PGME 2.To examine the interface between physician human resource planning and current PGME system FMEC Postgraduate Project5Liaison and Engagement

Project Rationale  Addressing specific health care needs and priorities identified by partners  Increasing  enrolment in UG and PG (including IMGs)  numbers and prominence of distributed sites  Looking at areas of strengths and innovation, areas to improve and adapt  Balancing generalists / other specialists and sub-specialists  Building on FMEC MD recommendations FMEC Postgraduate Project6Liaison and Engagement

Project Overview  18-month project  February 2010 – July 2011  Partnership between AFMC, CFPC, CMQ & RCPSC  AFMC acting as Secretariat  Funded by Health Canada FMEC Postgraduate Project7Liaison and Engagement

Project Governance AFMC RCPSC CMQ CFPC PGME MCC CMA CAIR CFMSFMEQ FMRQ ACHDHR FMRAC CAME SRPC ACAHO FMEC Postgraduate Project8Liaison and Engagement

FMEC PG Major Activities Liaison and Engagement (Purpose of these consultations!) Environmental Scan National Survey of Program Directors Regional Town Hall Meetings International Comparisons National Forum FMEC Postgraduate Project9Liaison and Engagement

The FMEC PG Steering Committee will draw on multiple lines of evidence to develop recommendations. FMEC Postgraduate Project10Liaison and Engagement STEERING COMMITTEE Recommendations Emerging Priorities

Liaison and Engagement Project

Liaison and Engagement Role To liaise between the Steering Committee and the Canadian PGME community, assisting the Steering Committee to extend its presence to a pan-Canadian PGME audience: – Liaising with key stakeholder groups in the PGME community, keeping them uniformly apprised of project activities and developments while engaging them to identify relevant issues, concerns, priorities and successes. – Keeping the Steering Committee updated on emergent thinking in the Canadian PGME community FMEC Postgraduate Project12Liaison and Engagement

Phasing of the Consultations The consultations will be executed in two stages: – Round 1, June 2010 to January 2011 Discuss the project and identify salient issues, innovations, challenges and aspirations – Round 2, February to July 2011 Discuss the draft recommendations as they emerge FMEC Postgraduate Project13Liaison and Engagement

Liaison & Engagement Group FMEC Postgraduate Project14Liaison and Engagement UniversityTeam member University of British Columbia Kamal Rungta Associate Dean, PGME University of TorontoSarita Verma (Lead consultant) Deputy Dean, Medicine Sal Spadafora Vice Dean, PGME McGill UniversitySarkis Meterissian Associate Dean, PGME

Question 1: What do you believe are the three best features of postgraduate medical education in Canada? Can you assign a priority to the top three features? FMEC Postgraduate Project15Liaison and Engagement

Question 2: What do you believe are the three most significant vulnerabilities of postgraduate medical education in Canada? Can you assign a priority to the top three vulnerabilities? FMEC Postgraduate Project16Liaison and Engagement

Question 3: What do you believe are the three most significant opportunities in the future of postgraduate medical education in Canada? Can you assign a priority to the top three opportunities? FMEC Postgraduate Project17Liaison and Engagement

Question 4: What do you believe are the three most significant risks in the future of postgraduate medical education in Canada? Can you assign a priority to the top three risks? FMEC Postgraduate Project18Liaison and Engagement

Question 5: If postgraduate medical education in Canada had unlimited resources and no political or organizational limits, what innovative solutions or approaches would you recommend? FMEC Postgraduate Project19Liaison and Engagement

Next Steps Your organization to submit documentation of today’s discussion Additional written submission if desired – Submit to in Word Reporting of summary themes from all discussions to FMEC PG Steering Committee Second round of consultations beginning in February 2011 FMEC Postgraduate Project20Liaison and Engagement

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