Conference objectives
By the end of ICRE 2013, participants will be able to

• Describe best practices and research in residency education useful for their work.
• Describe new developments in competency-based education and the implications for residency education.
• Describe three key current outcomes in residency education, and the implications for their own program.
• Adopt a number of new approaches for enhancing excellence in teaching and assessment in residency.
• Describe some different approaches to residency education from other countries and jurisdictions.
• Understand the relationship between residency education and quality and safety and care for today’s and tomorrow’s patients
• Describe new developments in competency-based education and the implications for residency education.

Conference topic areas

• Admissions: Selecting residents;
• Assessment: Cutting-edge tools and practical techniques;
• Competency-based education;
• Education research methods;
• Faculty development;
• Health policy and residency education;
• History of medical education;
• Physician health and wellness;
• Research in residency education;
• Resident duty hours;
• Simulation;
• Teaching and learning in residency education; and
• What works? Ideas in residency education.