Consultation with [insert name]

1. Consultation with [insert name] [insert date]

2. Project Goal • To conduct a thorough review of postgraduate medical education (PGME) in Canada and establish whether the structure and processes of the current system are designed for the best possible outcomes to meet current and future societal needs FMEC Postgraduate Project 2 Liaison and Engagement

3. Today’s Agenda • Overview of the Future of Medical Education in Canada Postgraduate (FMEC PG) Project • Introduction to the Liaison and Engagement Consultant role • Open discussion FMEC Postgraduate Project 3 Liaison and Engagement

4. Building on FMEC MD FMEC Postgraduate Project 4 Liaison and Engagement

5. Project Objectives • To undertake a review of PGME • To examine the interface between physician human resource planning and current PGME system FMEC Postgraduate Project 5 Liaison and Engagement

6. Project Rationale • Addressing specific health care needs and priorities identified by partners • Increasing • enrolment in UG and PG (including IMGs) • numbers and prominence of distributed sites • Looking at areas of strengths and innovation, areas to improve and adapt • Balancing generalists / other specialists and sub-specialists • Building on FMEC MD recommendations FMEC Postgraduate Project 6 Liaison and Engagement

7. Project Overview • 18-month project • February 2010 – July 2011 • Partnership between AFMC, CFPC, CMQ & RCPSC • AFMC acting as Secretariat • Funded by Health Canada FMEC Postgraduate Project 7 Liaison and Engagement

8. Project Governance AFMC CAME MCC FMRAC SRPC ACHDHR CMA CFPC PGME RCPSC ACAHO FMRQ CAIR FMEQ CFMS CMQ FMEC Postgraduate Project 8 Liaison and Engagement

9. FMEC PG Major Activities • Liaison and Engagement (Purpose of these consultations!) • Environmental Scan • National Survey of Program Directors • Regional Town Hall Meetings • International Comparisons • National Forum FMEC Postgraduate Project 9 Liaison and Engagement

10. The FMEC PG Steering Committee will draw on multiple lines of evidence to develop recommendations. Gathering evidence from literature & key topical informants Input from key stakeholder groups Field engagement ES= Survey = L&E= Other Emerging Priorities Emerging Priorities Emerging Priorities Emerging Priorities Recommendations STEERING COMMITTEE FMEC Postgraduate Project 10 Liaison and Engagement

11. Liaison and EngagementProject

12. Liaison and Engagement Role • To liaise between the Steering Committee and the Canadian PGME community, assisting the Steering Committee to extend its presence to a pan-Canadian PGME audience: • Liaising with key stakeholder groups in the PGME community, keeping them uniformly apprised of project activities and developments while engaging them to identify relevant issues, concerns, priorities and successes. • Keeping the Steering Committee updated on emergent thinking in the Canadian PGME community FMEC Postgraduate Project 12 Liaison and Engagement

13. Phasing of the Consultations • The consultations will be executed in two stages: • Round 1, June 2010 to January 2011 Discuss the project and identify salient issues, innovations, challenges and aspirations • Round 2, February to July 2011Discuss the draft recommendations as they emerge FMEC Postgraduate Project 13 Liaison and Engagement

14. Liaison & Engagement Group FMEC Postgraduate Project 14 Liaison and Engagement

15. Question 1: • What do you believe are the three best features of postgraduate medical education in Canada? • Can you assign a priority to the top three features? FMEC Postgraduate Project 15 Liaison and Engagement

16. Question 2: • What do you believe are the three most significant vulnerabilities of postgraduate medical education in Canada? • Can you assign a priority to the top three vulnerabilities? FMEC Postgraduate Project 16 Liaison and Engagement

17. Question 3: • What do you believe are the three most significant opportunities in the future of postgraduate medical education in Canada? • Can you assign a priority to the top three opportunities? FMEC Postgraduate Project 17 Liaison and Engagement

18. Question 4: • What do you believe are the three most significant risks in the future of postgraduate medical education in Canada? • Can you assign a priority to the top three risks? FMEC Postgraduate Project 18 Liaison and Engagement

19. Question 5: • If postgraduate medical education in Canada had unlimited resources and no political or organizational limits, what innovative solutions or approaches would you recommend? FMEC Postgraduate Project 19 Liaison and Engagement

20. Next Steps • Your organization to submit documentation of today’s discussion • Additional written submission if desired • Submit to fmec.pg@utoronto.ca in Word • Reporting of summary themes from all discussions to FMEC PG Steering Committee • Second round of consultations beginning in February 2011 FMEC Postgraduate Project 20 Liaison and Engagement

21. Thank you for your contribution!

22. For more information… www.afmc.ca/fmecpg FMEC Postgraduate Project Liaison and Engagement

23. Key Themes to be Explored in Environmental Scan • Social responsibility, social accountability and health human resources in PGME • Structure, function and governance of PGME • PG resident selection, support and assessment of competence • Curriculum design, innovation and implementation in PGME • Contemporary content topics in PGME FMEC Postgraduate Project Liaison and Engagement