Lectures and Presentations

  • 12/7 2017 AAMC Hot Topics Thursday

    2017 AAMC Hot Topics

    Provided by

    University of Connecticut School of Medicine
    Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and Academic Educational Affairs

    Speakers:              Dr. Bruce Liang, Dr. Steven Angus, Dr. Jessica Clement, Dr. Bruce Gould,
                                  Dr. Ellen Nester, Nicholas Bellas, Darnell Robin
    Date:                     Thursday, December 7, 2017
    Time:                     12:00 – 1:00pm
    Location:               Henry B.C. Low, MD Learning Center

    Target Audience:  Faculty, staff, and trainees at the UConn Health Center

    Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):

    1. Identify the hot topics in medical education that are recognized at the national level.

    2. Recognize the factors that affect SOM medical education across the continuum of our curriculum.

    3. Discuss the paradigms for change in medical education and the barriers that affect change.

    Hot Topics will include Fostering Wellness through Autonomy, Wellness in GME, Making Change Happen, EAPS, EMR, and Tactics to solve the crisis of Community Preceptors.

    This presentation will be broadcast live and later archived on UConn’s MediaSite.
    Please click: http://mediasite.uchc.edu/mediasite41/Play/631ec7dcb7b04524a6e57df2f17c3a361d

    *CME will only be provide for “live” viewing only

    Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of __1__ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.  Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.         

    Neither the activity director, planning committee members, nor the speakers, Drs. Liang, Angus, Clement, Gould, Nester, Mr. Bellas, Mr. Robin, has a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation.

    Drs. Liang, Angus, Clement, Gould, Nester, Mr. Bellas, Mr. Robin, will not be discussing the off-labeled use of any product.

    This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

    Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits.  An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants.  Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email.

    If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

    For more information, contact: Christine McNally at 860-679-2602