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Preliminary Outline Program

See Instructions for Presenters for more information on oral and poster sessions

Sunday 16 May
7.00pm - 10.00pm Opening Ceremony

Monday 17 May
8.00am Session 1: Plenary 1: Assessment of competence in the healthcare professions: past, present and future
8.00am Introduction to Conference: S Barry Issenberg, Committee Chair
8.10am The story so far: from village store to supermarket: Ronald Harden, UK
8.50am Assessment of competence in a post-psychometric era: Brian Hodges, Canada

9.30am

Coffee and view exhibition
10.00am Session 2: Symposium, oral presentations, poster presentations and workshops

12.00pm

Lunch and view exhibition
1.30pm Session 3: Symposium, oral presentations, poster presentations and workshops

3.00pm

Coffee and view exhibition
3.30pm Session 4: Symposium, oral presentations, poster presentations and workshops

5.00pm

End of day’s sessions

Tuesday 18 May
8.00am Session 5: Plenary 2
Perspectives on assessment of competence
8.00am Careful what you wish for: resolving uncertainty in the assessment of competence: Sioban Nelson, Canada
8.45am Elephant in the dark: assessing professional competence in the legal profession: Michael P Malloy, USA

9.30am

Coffee and view exhibition
10.00am Session 6: Symposium, oral presentations, poster presentations and workshops

12.00pm

Lunch and view exhibition
1.30pm Session 7: Symposium, oral presentations, poster presentations and workshops

3.00pm

Coffee and view exhibition
3.30pm Session 8: Symposium, oral presentations, poster presentations and workshops; Theme working group meetings

Wednesday 19 May
8.00am Session 9: Symposium, oral presentations, poster presentations and workshops; Presentation and discussion of theme-based consensus statements and recommendations

9.45am

Coffee and view exhibition
10.15am Session 10: Symposium, oral presentations, poster presentations and workshops; Presentation and discussion of theme-based consensus statements and recommendations

12.00pm

Lunch and view exhibition
1.30pm Session 11: Plenary 3
1.30pm Presentation of draft consensus statements and recommendations: Theme Group chairpersons
2.30pm Miriam Friedman Memorial Lecture: Culture, pedagogy and assessment: a view from the bridge: Stewart Mennin (Brazil)

3.30pm

Close of Conference
4.00pm Courses post-conference sessions