Objectives

• Describe novel designs for residency education in the 21st century;
• Describe key current trends in residency education, and identify the implications for their own program(s);
• Adopt a number of new approaches for enhancing excellence in teaching and assessment in residency;
• Describe best practices and research in residency education;

• Describe new developments in competency-based education and the implications for residency education;
• Describe different approaches to residency education from other countries and jurisdictions;
• Describe the forces and science behind the quality revolution in medicine, and adapt residency education accordingly; and
• Describe the implications of new technologies for residency education.

Topics covered at this year’s conference may include:

• Accreditation in residency education
• Admissions: Selecting residents
• Assessment: Cutting edge tools and practical techniques
• Competency-based Education
• Education research methods
• Equity, diversity and inclusion
• Faculty development
• Fatigue risk management/Resident duty hours
• Health policy and residency education
• Humanities and history in medical education
• Leadership education
• Learning analytics

• Physician health and wellness
• Quality improvement and patient safety in residency education
• Simulation in residency education
• Surgical education
• Teaching and learning in residency education
• Trainees leading medical education change: For trainees, by trainees
• Using innovative technologies for medical education
• What Works? Innovations in residency teaching and assessment