Bruce Peyser, MD
Submitted by Bruce Peyser, MD, co-chair of the Conference
October 5, 2015
Day 1 and 2 CLIC
We have had an amazing conference so far, here at the Washington Duke Inn. A total of 240 people attended – coming from South Africa, Singapore, Canada, and Australia, as well as from all over the United States.
We have had two amazing plenary speakers. One was Dr. Robert Englander, who is a leading clinician educator, the Senior Director of Competency-Based Learning and Assessment for the AAMC. The second speaker was Dr. Ed Hundert who is the Dean for Medical Education at Harvard.
We had a great workshop on Monday that focused on Teaching Efficiencies in the Outpatient Setting, given with the help of Larry Greenblatt, also from DGIM, Joseph Jackson from Duke Pediatrics, Josh Bernstein, a med-peds physician from UNC Asheville, and myself. That workshop was packed with no space available. In addition, there were 11 other separate presentations given by Duke faculty and students.
Monday night’s festivities were capped off with a performance by the a capella singing group “Rhythm and Blue,” all Duke undergrad coeds.
We leave the Duke campus Tuesday with everyone split up into three different bus tours heading for Asheville and the Grove Park Inn, and for Tuesday night, entertainment at the Highland Brewing Company.
The Duke University School of Medicine was a platinum financial supporter of our conference. That support has been much appreciated.
We are learning a lot, and hoping to come back energized and ready to infuse many innovations in teaching at Duke relating to longitudinal teaching for all students and learners.
Update, October 8, 2015
Submitted by Bruce Peyser, MD, co-chair of the Conference
Day 3 and 4 CLIC
We wrapped up our final session in Asheville and are heading home. We had a productive and stimulating conference. Duke faculty and students were major contributors and led 18 different workshops and presentations. In all, 38 different Duke faculty members and students participated in the four day conference.
Just getting to Asheville, Tuesday, October 6, for the second half of the conference, was a fun road trip day. Some went hiking in Asheville (no bears! Yea!), some traveled to the Biltmore estate for a tour and trip to the winery, and some went on a community based trip that involved a true murder mystery involving a rural practice outside of Asheville. Tuesday evening we had dinner and some incredible drinks and beers at a microbrewery.
We covered a large number of topics and are bringing back lots of innovative projects to try at Duke.
Looking forward to sharing more in person,
Bruce
