Continuing Competence Workshop

A Continuing Competence workshop will be held in CAC's office building in the first floor conference room. It will begin at 9:30 am on Monday, May 12, 2008, and end at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Box lunches each day are included in the $295.00 registration fee.

The workshop will explore in depth the efficacy of various methodologies for assessing and demonstrating the current competence of health care professionals, including...

• Written or oral exams;
• Peer review;
• "360" reviews;
• Consumer satisfaction surveys;
• Self-reflection leading to self-directed learning portfolios;
• Evaluation by "standardized patients";
• On-site practice review;
• Simulation;
• Self-Assessment.

An expert faculty will examine actual experience with and potential applicability of each of these methodologies, taking into consideration that they are...

• Administratively feasible;
• Publicly credible;
• Professionally acceptable;
• Legally defensible;
• Economically affordable.

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