Education of Health Professionals in Community, Clinical and Simulated Settings
International Conference 2007
November 4 - 7th, 2007
Sheraton Wall Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CALL FOR PAPERS
This is the first international conference for clinical educators and others involved in health care and education with responsibility for design, management, organization, and delivery of experiential and practice based learning for health professionals.
Supplying the health care system with required health service providers and with appropriate knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes, is an educational challenge in countries around the world. To meet this challenge, strong partnerships are needed between employers and educators.
The conference theme, "Practice Makes Perfect" acknowledges the importance and unique contribution of practice component of the educational experience. The theme also calls for "sharing of best practices" in providing adequate and appropriate learning experiences for the practice component of health provider education programs.
Conference Themes:
- Interprofessional Education Strategies
- Student Placement Logistics and Management
- Practice Simulation
- Pedagogical Strategies for Practice Education
- Building Practice Education Cultures and Capacity
- Preceptor Development and Support
- Enhancing Partnerships
Session Format:
You are invited to submit an abstract for review as either a presentation or an interactive poster. The presentations will each be 20 minutes in length with a further 10 minutes for discussion.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline for Abstracts: | January 31, 2007 |
Notification of Acceptance: | February 28, 2007 |
Conference: | November 4-7, 2007 |
Call for Papers abstract submission form