Global Health News

Date: Tues. Sept. 15, 2015, 9:30 - 10:30 am
Locations: Halifax -Room G-36, Tupper Link Building
Saint John - DMNB Room 221
Fredericton - DECH Clerkship Room 208
Miramichi - Clerkship Room 3112
Moncton - Clerkship Room 1712

Prof Greg Sweetman, MBBS DipRACOG DA(UK) FRACGP FACEM MClinEd DDU MHSM  Director of Medical Education, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia.

Topic:  Improving on a Blank Page – Establishing Medical Education in a New Quaternary Hospital Service

Dr. Sweetman talks about the numerous challenges in establishing medical education in new hospital at the time of commissioning:  integrating new 'educational tribes' in a new institution and the cultural shift required.  He gives a brief overview of integrating the spectrum of medical education including integration with undergraduate programs and how to achieve interprofessional/interdisciplinary teaching. As part of this he discusses how technology can assist in some aspects.  He gives an overview of the challenges, unresolved issues and some of the early wins.