The Center for Education in Medicine Presents:
The Learner in Difficulty Symposium
May 29-31, 2013
A three-day series of events surrounding the “Learner in Difficulty” lead by Dr. Ian
Curran, BSc, AKC, MBBS, FRCA, Pg Dip Med Ed (Distinction), FFPMRCA, FAcadMEd,
Dean of Educational Excellence, Head of Innovation, NHS London; Reader in
Innovation & Excellence in Healthcare Education, Queen Mary University London;
Consultant Anesthetist in Pain Medicine, Barts Healthcare NHS Trust. The events
lead by Dr. Curran will include the inaugural Education Grand Rounds lecture, a
brown bag lunch lecture and a two-part workshop series.
Registration is required for all events. Event abstracts can be found at the end of this
email.
Schedule of Events:
Education Grand Rounds: “New Directions in Residency
Education- Paradigms, Paradoxes, and Paragons”
Wednesday, May 29th
8:00-9:00am
Lurie Research Center- Baldwin Auditorium
Learning Objectives
Dr. Curran will explore the current challenges facing the healthcare workforce. He
will highlight current paradoxes and consider the impact of these confusions upon
residency education. Through this critical analysis he will explore the utility of
established educational paradigms and identify potential opportunities for
improving residency education.
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Learner in Difficulty Workshop (Part 1)
Two Sessions will be offered:
Wednesday, May 29th 10:00am -1:00pm
&
Thursday, May 30th 8:00am- 11:00am
McGaw Pavilion- Kellerman Classroom
*This is the first part of the workshop series. Participants can choose to only attend
Part 1 of the series, however in order to participate in Part 2, it is required that
participants attend Part 1.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Describe a practical diagnostic framework for working with a learner in difficulty.
2. Describe the domains that lead to students being in difficulty.
3. Understand why conversations with students in difficulty can be challenging.
4. Describe a pragmatic communication model that makes such potentially difficult
conversations more effective
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Learner in Difficulty Workshop (Part 2)
Thursday, May 30th
1:00pm-3:00pm
McGaw Pavilion- Simulation Lab
*In order to register for Part 2 of the workshop series, it is required that
participants register for Part 1 of the workshop series.
Learning Objectives
Building on the principles and frameworks introduced in Part 1 of the workshop
delegates will be invited to 'meet' trainees in difficulty (actors!). Volunteer delegates
will be invited to enter into preliminary conversations with the 'trainees'. The
debrief of the encounter will focus on the group reflection on the practical aspects of
the conversation and application of the frameworks.
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Brown Bag Lunch Lecture: “Value, Values and Virtues Disruptive Innovations in Healthcare Education?”
Friday, May 31st
12:00pm- 1:00pm
Co-Sponsered by the Department of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
11TH Floor Conference Center, Rooms 152-160
Learning Objectives
Dr. Curran will offer a hopefully provocative exploration of current healthcare
provision. He will introduce key concepts associated with successful disruptive
innovation (an innovation that helps create a new value and eventually goes on to
disrupt an existing value network, over a few years or decades, displacing earlier
technologies or approaches), leading large-scale cultural change and creating
'contagious commitment'. Through this discourse he will explore current service
challenges and offer opportunities for reform. Finally, Dr. Curran will offer hope in
the guise of ancient wisdoms and new perspectives.
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Center for Education in Medicine
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
(312) 503-4022
facdev@northwestern.edu
Event Abstracts
“New Directions in Residency Education - Paradigms, Paradoxes and Paragons”
Drawing upon his experience as Dean of Educational Excellence leading London’s
multi-award winning Simulation and Technology-enhanced Learning Initiative
(STeLI) Dr. Curran will introduce strategic and operational concepts that collectively
offer a cogent educational philosophy for developing a high quality healthcare
workforce. He will describe the underpinning concepts and highlight the utility of
concepts such as educational excellence and the importance of effective educational
leadership.
Dr. Curran will set residency education within a wider healthcare context and in so
doing explore the complex interdependence of phenomena such as organizational
and professional culture, personal and professional identity and the fundamental
importance of individual motivations and behaviors upon performance. It is
intended this discourse will inform, provoke and encourage attendees to reappraise
their current understanding of what constitutes high quality residency education.
Finally it is hoped that these novel insights might afford new educational
opportunities and perhaps suggest new directions so stimulating a renaissance in
residency education.
Learner In Difficulty Workshop Series
This workshop will give faculty members and educational leads an opportunity to
explore the challenging area of managing learners in difficulty. This workshop will
introduce a practical diagnostic and
management framework for diagnosing the resident in difficulty.
We will explore several important and inter-related themes including:
1) Recognizing the student in difficulty
2) The challenge for faculty
3) The etiology of students in difficulty
4) A diagnostic and management framework
5) A robust communication model to respond to this challenging area of practice
We will explore 'acceptable' and 'unacceptable' professional behavior. Highlight the
importance of effective communication and assertive feedback in professional
development.
This workshop will begin with participants’ sharing personal experience and
reflections. A discussion will then explore the key themes, challenges and impacts of
learners in difficulty. Drawing upon his personal experience from the National
Health Service and Higher Education sectors in the UK, Dr. Curran will explore the
causes of why professionals get into difficulty. Through this discourse he will
introduce a conceptual framework for diagnosing and managing
learners/students/trainees/professionals in difficulty.
Finally the challenge of difficult conversations will also be introduced and a
pragmatic communication model shared.