Dialogue Volume 11 Issue 2 2015 | Page 51

practice partner College findings on training, education presented at CCME T he College presented its research on a variety of different aspects of physician education and training at the recent medical education conference, held in Vancouver. The Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME) is the premier medical education conference in Canada. The purpose of the CCME is to highlight, and allow medical educators across the country to share and learn from each other’s experiences in medical education across the learning continuum (from undergraduate to postgraduate to continuing professional development). Staff members from the College’s Research and Evaluation department, and Policy department shared their findings on such topics as: the role of education in our peer assessment redesign; the practice characteristics of physicians who receive licensure through an alternative pathway or policy; and the role of CPSO policy as a contributor to College committee decisions. Dr. Craig Nathanson (PhD), a research associate in the College’s Research and Evaluation department, told the audience about our work in redesigning a new peer assessment process for physicians. “We know that, in any given year, about 80% o