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PHMI and National University of Singapore present program for educators on assessment
HMSDC programs in October to address obstetric/neonatal care and critical care
Partners HealthCare invites PHMI and its partner institutions to take part in October symposium held by the Center for Connected Health
PHMI and National University of Singapore present program for educators on assessment
Partners Harvard Medical International (PHMI), in association with the Medical Education Unit of the National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, will present a continuing education course entitled “A Systems Approach to Assessment in Medical Education.” The course, based on programs developed by the Harvard Macy Institute, is the fifth jointly offered education program of PHMI and NUS. During the four-day course, faculty and participants will focus on the critical assessment issues facing medical educators today, including how to measure and access the effectiveness of educators, departments, and institutions.
The course will be co-directed by Elizabeth Armstrong, PhD, Senior Consultant at PHMI and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School; and H. Thomas Aretz, MD, Vice President of PHMI and Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. Armstrong and Aretz will guide the participants as they collaborate to:
- Develop an institutional vision and mission
- Understand and apply the principles of assessment theory
- Analyze approaches to assessment
- Translate educational goals into measurable outcomes
- Design assessment systems that support continuous quality improvement
This program will be held October 20-23 in Singapore.
HMSDC programs in October to address obstetric/neonatal care and critical care
The Harvard Medical School Dubai Center Institute for Postgraduate Education & Research (HMSDC) will offer two continuing medical education programs in October. Through didactic lectures, case discussions and interactive sessions, participants will have the opportunity to learn from distinguished faculty and have personal interaction with leaders in the field. Both programs will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai. For more information or to register to attend, please visit the HMSDC website at www.hmsdc.hms.harvard.edu.
Obstetric and Neonatal Care
October 9, 2008
This program is designed to review the role of health care professionals in understanding the principles of women's and neonatal health care. The course will be directed by Dr. William Camann, Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Obstetric Anesthesia Service at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Neonatologists, obstetricians, anesthesiologists, internal medicine physicians, general medicine physicians, and medical school students and nurses are encouraged to attend.
Program topics:
- Advances in obstetric anesthesia
- Neonatal resuscitation
- Emergencies in the delivery room
- Neonatal respiratory support
- Meningitis in newborns and infants
- Central line infections in neonates
Practi-Med: Critical Care
October 31 and November 1, 2008
This course is designed to provide the latest information on the diagnosis and treatment of the most common disorders encountered in emergency and critical care settings. The course will be directed by Dr. Alan Lisbon, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Acting Head of the Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care at the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The course is designed for specialists in emergency medicine, critical care medicine, cardiovascular disease, surgical critical care, anesthesiology, and internal medicine. Medical students, nurses, and general medicine practitioners are also encouraged to attend.
Program topics:
- Sepsis
- Sedation
- Trauma
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Neurological Intensive Care
- Implementing quality in the ICU
Partners HealthCare invites PHMI and its partner institutions to take part in October symposium held by the Center for Connected Health
On October 27-28, the Center for Connected Health (CCH), a division of Partners HealthCare, will host a major conference that will bring together key players in health care delivery, industry, government, and academia to explore the convergence of health care delivery, information technology, and the evolving demands of patient-consumers. The conference is entitled “Who Provides, Who Decides, Who Pays: Consumers, Clinicians and Business Models in the Connected Care Era.”
Established in 1995, the Center for Connected Health focuses on the use consumer technologies and online resources to support high-quality care outside of the hospital or doctor’s office. The Center develops initiatives in telehealth, remote care, and disease and lifestyle management programs in order to better manage and monitor patient health and provide convenient, personalized medical care.
The symposium, the third offered by the CCH, will be held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center on the campus of Harvard Medical School. Panels and plenary sessions will take up a broad range of issues, including chronic care coordination, disruptive technologies and health care, technology tools for caregivers, business models in home health, and the roles of health plans and employers as potential trendsetters.
Joseph L. Ternullo, Associate Director of the CCH, said, “We’re organizing the 2008 symposium around a specific mission and a unique capability: to bring MDs and nurses into a conversation about information technology and practical economics that is always about them but not always welcoming to them. In this connected age patients and their loved ones will engage deeply in managing their own health care, a serious shift in the consumer role that means profound changes for clinicians too.”
Partners Harvard Medical International has agreed to sponsor this event and will also take part in a session focused on the global health arena. The impressive list of keynote speakers includes the following:
- Regina Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and leading authority on consumer-driven health care.
- United States Senator John Kerry, who will discuss prospects for health care policy and prospects following the upcoming election
- Cass Sunstein, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a leader in the emerging field of behavioral economics, which focuses on how human beings are wired to make decisions, including health care decisions.
- Carol Diamond, Managing Director of the Markle Foundation and Chair of Connecting for Health, who will lead a panel discussion on engaging mainstream consumers in personal health information services.
For more information
PHMI's partners are eligible for a discounted rate to register for the symposium.
Learn more about the symposium, view the agenda, and register.
Contact Margaret Spinale via email or by telephone at 617-643-3905.