Annual Conference 2004

May 10 Proceedings

9:30 AM

Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Aventis

10:00 AM

MedBiquitous is focused on creating a technology blueprint for professional medical education that will connect educators and certifiers and support new systems for maintaining the competence of medical professionals. Solutions based on this common blueprint provide a scaleable way for educators and certifiers to support and serve their constituents. Dr. Greene reviews the progress to date and objectives for the coming year.

10:45 AM

IVIMEDS: Achieving Excellence in Medical Education Through Partnership
Ronald Harden, M.D., Director of Education, IVIMEDS, and General Secretary, Association for Medical Education in Europe

The International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS) is a worldwide partnership of leading edge medical schools and institutions committed to improving medical education by blending high quality e-learning and face-to-face learning. Dr. Harden shows how this collaborative effort provides ways for medical educators to build upon shared resources using common technology standards.

11:25 AM

Coffee Break
Sponsored by Aventis

11:40 AM

Connecting Education with Quality Improvement Initiatives (PPT, 1.01 MB)
Scott Young, M.D., Director of Health Information Technology, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

In its recent report “Patient Safety, Achieving a New Standard for Care,” the Institute of Medicine calls for a system that “prevents errors and learns from them when they occur.” Dr. Young discusses the role of education in new systems to improve the safety and quality of healthcare.

Helping Physicians Assess and Improve Performance in Practice (PDF, 2.56 MB)
Paul Miles, M.D., Vice President, Director of Quality Improvement and Practice Assessment, American Board of Pediatrics

To maintain competence as a physician, it’s necessary to continuously improve and assess one’s performance. Dr. Miles describes the role of certifying boards in ensuring physician self-assessment and improvement and the steps the American Board of Pediatrics is taking to help pediatricians improve their performance.

Lunch

Exemplary E-learning: a Healthcare SCORM Showcase
Laurie Posey, M.Ed., Association of Academic Health Centers (PPT, 588 KB)
Tao Le, M.D., Johns Hopkins University and Medsn (PPT, 1.47 MB)
Greg Long, Accelera (PPT, 815 KB)

Many healthcare educators are beginning to implement SCORM-compliant learning solutions and develop SCORM-conformant content. This session showcases some of the best examples of SCORM content in professional healthcare education.

CME Reform: Where We’re Headed and How Technology Can Help (PPT, 503 KB)
Murray Kopelow, M.D., Chief Executive, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

Continuing Medical Education (CME) is changing to a more competency-based model where taking a seat in an auditorium is no longer enough. Dr. Kopelow explores what’s on the horizon and how technology may be useful in supporting this new model.

3:00 PM

Coffee Break
Sponsored by Aventis

3:15 PM

Medical Education Reform and the Role of E-learning and Standards
Moderator: Bruce Spivey, M.D., Chairman, MedBiquitous Consortium, and Deputy Executive Vice President, Council of Medical Specialty Societies
Panelists:
Nancy Davis, Ph.D., American Academy of Family Physicians
Michael Fordis, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Murray Kopelow, M.D., Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
Ross Martin, M.D., Pfizer

Approaches to medical education are changing across all sectors of the industry, and CME accrediting reforms are proposed for the future. The panel discusses how e-learning and technology standards will play a role in this brave new world.

4:00 PM

Advanced Distributed Learning: Accomplishments and Future Directions (PDF, 703 KB)
Philip Dodds, Chief Technical Architect, Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative

The Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL) continues to advance the state-of-the-art for online learning with the release of SCORM 2004, a suite of standards upon which MedBiquitous is building. Mr. Dodds describes what’s new in SCORM 2004 and discusses what the future holds for learning technologies, including learning object repositories.

4:30 PM

Status of E-CME: Outcomes and Evidence
Michael Fordis, M.D., Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education, Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Fordis, a leading researcher in online heathcare professional education, describes how physicians use e-CME and what makes it successful and pedagogically valuable.

Using Web-based Simulation for Patient Safety (PPT, 4.25 MB)
Paul Barach, M.D., Director, Miami Center for Patient Safety and Medical Director of Quality and Safety, University of Miami

Simulation technologies provide an effective and realistic way to educate the medical learner. Dr. Barach explores how this type of education can impact patient safety and increase the efficacy of clinician education.

5:30 PM

End of daytime sessions

6:00 PM

Reception and Dinner at McCormick and Schmicks
711 Eastern Avenue

May 11 Proceedings

7:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

Journal Working Group Meeting
Maryland Room

Technical Steering Committee Update (PPT, 409 KB)
Joel Farrell, MedBiquitous Technical Steering Committee Chair and Senior Technical Staff, IBM

Mr. Farrell reviews the development guidelines, Web services development, and other accomplishments of the MedBiquitous Technical Steering Committee that help to ensure the compatibility of MedBiquitous technologies.

8:20 AM

Working Groups Update
Tom Brantigan, Chair, MedBiquitous Membership Management Working Group, Senior Vice President of Product Development, TMA Resources
Nancy Davis, Ph.D., Chair, MedBiquitous Education Working Group, Director, Division of Continuing Medical Education, American Academy of Family Physicians (PPT, 206 KB)
Jabin White, MedBiquitous Journal Working Group, Executive Director, Electronic Production – Health Sciences, Elsevier Science (PPT, 277 KB)

Representatives from MedBiquitous working groups provide an update on the groups’ progress and accomplishments over the past year.

8:50 AM

Leveraging Development Tools to Create MEDBIQ-SCORM Conformant Learning Content (PPT, 2.54 MB)
John Alonso, Chief Technology Officer, Oustart

Several development tools are emerging that offer easier ways for content developers to use a learning objects approach to development and create content based on technology standards. Mr. Alonso demonstrates how Outstart is creating tools that facilitate development and reuse of standards-based content.

9:15 AM

Coffee Break

9:30 AM

Case Studies

Collaborating to Support Quality Improvement Initiatives (PPT, 224 KB)
Skip Bartolanzo, Programmer/Analyst, American Board of Pediatrics
Scott Foutz, Internet Developer, American Academy of Pediatrics

A demonstration of the American Board of Pediatrics' collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics around exchanging quality improvement activity reports to track physician progress towards maintenance of certification.

Automating the Exchange of Certification Information (PPT, 1.28 MB)
Todd Tischendorf, Director of Information Services and Systems Development, American Board of Medical Specialties

A demonstration of the American Board of Medical Specialties’ pilot project to use XML standards to automate the exchange of certification information with member boards.

Dr. Uijtdehaage describes HEAL, a national repository/referatory of free, web-based multimedia teaching materials in the health sciences.

11:00 AM

A MEDBIQ-SCORM Tutorial: How to Develop Engaging E-learning that’s Easy to Find and Reuse (PPT, 3.62 MB)
Dan Rehak, Ph.D. and Nina Pasini, Carnegie Mellon University Learning Systems Architecture Lab

Are you wondering how to create the best possible e-learning for clinicians? Are you wondering how to implement MedBiquitous customizations to SCORM and jump start your e-learning development? This tutorial provides practical steps on how to get started in implementing MEDBIQ-SCORM and building effective educational content.

1:00 PM

Conference Adjourns

Education Working Group Lunch
Maryland Room