WFC/ACC MIAMI EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Above: Maria Browning and Dave Newell speaking at the WFC/ACC Miami Conference
Recently AECC Principal, Haymo Thiel, Deputy Director of Clinic Maria Browning and Director of Research Dave Newell attended the WFC/ACC conference in Miami. The trio jetted across the globe with a view to not only learn about how chiropractic education is changing globally and the challenges that institutions and health care professionals face, but also to share our knowledge and experiences with the other conference delegates.
Ronald Harden OBE, Professor of Medical Education at Dundee University who invented the OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) reminded attendees that the ‘Times, they are a changing’ by playing the famous Dylan song at the beginning of his talk, going on to describe how modern medical educational practice is changing and adapting to the demands on and expectations for health professions and the societies they serve.
Another fantastic speaker, Ken Bain, Historian, Educator and President of Best Teachers Institute held the audience spellbound, as only great teachers can; describing with the help of only a single slide, approaches to teaching that encourage ‘deep learning’. He told us that this type of learning is the hardest to achieve and demands individuals questioning beliefs and models of the world that they always thought to be true, and taking the steps to change their minds when their beliefs turn out to be not true.
The conference ended with a set of consensus statements about where chiropractic education should go in the future, we have included a snippet for you below:
Consensus statements
Patient-centred care, population health, improved clinical outcomes and delivery of value are the principal drivers of a changing healthcare environment. Interprofessional, integrative and evidencebased models, are becoming increasingly common. In consideration of this, the 2014 WFC/ACC Education Conference agrees the following:
• Patients are at the heart of what we do
• The welfare of the patient is paramount. Chiropractic curricula should be responsive to meet changing patient needs and expectations and the requirements of modern healthcare delivery.
• Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) have an important role to play in a changing health care environment. The utilisation of such instruments should be incorporated within chiropractic curricula. Students should be appropriately prepared for a changing healthcare environment
• Educational models should focus on preparing students for evidence-based practice within the context of a biopsychosocial model.
• Chiropractic educational programmes should develop students with appropriate skill sets that enable them to participate in career opportunities other than clinical practice, such as those in academia, research and health policy.
• Chiropractic educational programmes should equip students to understand demographic, technical and financial challenges in an evolving healthcare environment. Faculty should be supported in the delivery of evidence-based educational programmes
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