A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education
April 4-7, 2024
- Assess the educational components of participants home institution from a systems perspective
- Identify the primary functions of individual educational components of their system
- Identify the essential processes that need to occur at the interfaces between/among components within the educational system to add value to the competencies of their of graduates
- Outline the communications pathways that currently exist within the educational (sub) system
- Examine the quality of their institution's communication pathways, specifically for 1) the flow of multiple sources of performance data to individuals/groups (hubs) best positioned to interpret assessment information in context and 2) the existence of direct feedback pathways to individuals/groups empowered to make corrections and adjustments
- Design and implement a comprehensive systems-based assessment program to evaluate their institutions institution's performance in promoting a primary educational goal

Connie Bowe, MD
Founding Course Director Emeritus
Eric Holmboe, MD
Senior Vice-president for Milestones Development and Evaluation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Chicago, Illinois
Brent Thoma, MD, MA
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Mark Grichanik, PhD
Alice Fornari, Ed.D, FAMEE, RDN, HEC-C
Northwell Health
Associate Dean of Educational Skills Development, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Mediicne at Hofstra/Northwell
Great Neck, New York