Design Your Residency Program for Success: Residency Learning System (RLS) for Programs Starting within a Year

Saturday, December 1, 2012
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Activity #: 204-000-12-230-L04P
4.00 Contact Hours / Application-based
Workshop Fee: $150 / Limited to 60 participants (lunch not included)
Program Chair: Naomi Schultheis, MEd

Learning Objectives:

• Determine, in examples, if components of a residency program (purpose statements, selection of elective outcomes, program structure) meet accreditation standards, and common reasons they don't.
• Assign goals to learning experiences in a manner that facilitates effective teaching and evaluation.
• Determine appropriate learning activities for specified learning experiences and objectives.
• Describe accreditation requirements for assessment, customization, clinical teaching and program quality improvement.

This workshop will prepare residency program directors planning to start first time residency programs to design a successful program through use of the Residency Learning System (RLS). The workshop includes practical, hands-on experience and many examples of how to utilize each of the nine steps of the RLS.