Consultation with [insert name]

[insert date]

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

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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

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Building on FMEC MD

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Project Objectives

1. To undertake a review of PGME

2. To examine the interface between physician human resource planning and current PGME system

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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

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Project Overview

18-month projectFebruary 2010 – July 2011

Partnership between AFMC, CFPC, CMQ & RCPSC

AFMC acting as SecretariatFunded by Health Canada

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Project Governance

AFMC

RCPSC

CMQ

CFPC PGME

MCC

CMA

CAIR

CFMSFMEQ

FMRQ

ACHDHR

FMRACCAME

SRPC

ACAHO

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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

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The FMEC PG Steering Committee will draw on multiple lines of evidence to develop recommendations.

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STEERING COMMITTEE

Recommendations

Emerging Priorities

Emerging Priorities

Emerging Priorities

Emerging Priorities

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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

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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 2011Discuss the draft recommendations as they emerge

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Liaison & Engagement Group

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University Team member

University of British Columbia

Kamal RungtaAssociate Dean, PGME

University of Toronto Sarita Verma (Lead consultant)Deputy Dean, MedicineSal Spadafora Vice Dean, PGME

McGill University Sarkis MeterissianAssociate 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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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Next Steps

• Your organization to submit documentation of today’s discussion

• Additional written submission if desired– Submit to fmec.pg@utoronto.ca in Word

• Reporting of summary themes from all discussions to FMEC PG Steering Committee

• Second round of consultations beginning in February 2011

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Thank you for your contribution!

For more information…

www.afmc.ca/fmecpg

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