Alternatives to the Conference Status Quo: Summary Recommendations from the 2008 CORD Academic Assembly Conference Alternatives Workgroup

摘要: Objective:  A panel of Council Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) members was asked to examine and make recommendations regarding the existing Accreditation Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) EM Program Requirements pertaining educational conferences, identified best practices, recommended revisions as appropriate. Methods:  Using quasi-Delphi technique, 30 emergency medicine (EM) residency program directors faculty examined requirements. Findings were presented CORD attending 2008 Academic Assembly, disseminated broader membership through e-mail list server. Results:  The following four ACGME examined, made: 1 The 5 hours/week conference requirement: For fully accredited programs in good standing, outcomes should be driving how allocate mandate time. Maintain requirement for new programs, with provisional accreditation, difficult political environs, those short accreditation cycles. If requirements must retain a minimum reference, future take into account varying lengths (3 versus 4 years). 2 The 70% attendance Develop that allows more flexibility customize according local resources, individual needs, resident needs. 3 The synchronous asynchronous learning: Synchronous learning activities have advantages disadvantages. ideal curriculum capitalizes on strengths each deliberate mixture each. 4 Educationally justified innovations: Transition from process-based outcomes-based requirements. Conclusions:  logical helpful years ago may not or now. Technologies available educators changed, amount material cover has grown, online on-demand education grown even more. We believe is needed suit capitalize regional national resources when are limited, innovate, analyze evaluate interventions an eye toward outcomes.