As a medical educator, you use what you know to help your students develop into successful professionals. The path is not always smooth and easy. You work in complex systems that are sometimes beyond your control. You try to collaborate with partners and colleaguesas you implement learning environmentsand experiences. You adapt to the unique and changing needs of patients, students, and preceptors. You assess knowledge and skills and provide feedback to improve performance. All of these challenges depend on yourknowledge and skills, but they also depend on your ability to apply those skills to make decisions and take action in constantly changing, complex situations.

In this course, you apply what you learn to turn these and your other challenges into opportunities. You will be guided through Adaptive Action Experiments, where you use your new skills and knowledge to find innovative solutions to the problems you face today and prepare for problems you cannot predict in the future.

• Make decisions in complex, unpredictable environments • Collaborate and coordinate across disciplinary, social, and organizational boundaries • Balance flexibility for individualized teaching and patient care with system-wide consistency • Assess performance for accountability and sustainability

Certificates in AMEE-ESME and Human Systems Dynamics provide evidence of your commitment to overcome the greatest challenges you face as a medical educator.

This highly successful ESME course has been offered since 2012. It has been adapted over time to respond to new challenges as they emerge. The current version is based on decades of experience in medical education. It also integrates the theory and practice ofhuman systems dynamics (HSD) to reflectstate-of-the-art, complexity-informed theory and practice.

2018-19

COURSE FORMATApplied medical education for the teacher and trainer

MAJOR ADVANTAGES• You do real work while you learn. Your own complex challenges form the case studies for your practical learning. You will take real action and make real change as you apply new models and methods.

• The course offers a flexible approach. You can take part at a place—home or work—and at a time convenient to you.

• The course guides you through practical application of the skills you learned in ESME I, as well as concepts and skills from complexity science and human dynamics.

• You engage with colleagues with a similar interest in a supportive, non-threatening learning environment.

• You focus some of your Adaptive Action practice on your own wellbeing. You can only help others be healthy and learn when you are healthy and learning yourself!

• You will be awarded on successful completion of the course the AMEE-ESME Certificate in Applied Medical Education. This recognizes your achievement in the field. You will also receive an HSD Practitioner certificate, recognizing your ability to engage in Adaptive Action.

COURSE STAFFStewart Mennin, PhD, will lead the program. He is a world-renowned expert in health professions education and applications of human systems dynamics to leadership and health care workforce development.He a recipient of the AMEE 2017 Lifetime Achievement in Medical Education Award.

Applied medical education for the teacher and trainer

Stewart Mennin, PhD

Mary Nations

• Join interactive web-based presentations by Professor Stewart Mennin. He shares theory, tools, and stories to help you see, understand, and influence your sticky issues. A recording of the sessions will be available.

• Take part in online discussions at a time convenient to you. Share your discoveries and questions and hear from others. Give and get peer feedback and receive responses from Professor Mennin.

• Access key resources and materials, including the course handbook and Adaptive Action: Leveraging Uncertainty in your Organization (Eoyang & Holladay, Stanford University Press, 2013).

• Access additional information about human systems dynamics at HSDInstitute.org.

www.amee.org

Mary Nations will serve as Course tutor and administrator. She is a certified Human Systems Dynamics Professional who serves as a Consulting Associate. She uses HSD in her own practice and in her role as a teacher and coach as she supports HSD learners around the world.

SKILLS IN ACTION:

ESME II Course Participants 2017-2018

“Be prepared to ‘try things out’ and experiment,and that if something doesn’t work there is always scope to review the situation and try a different approach.” “Being able to look for the patterns in a complex system and making a realistic ‘touchable’ change.”

“Continuous small applied actions can bring about change. It’s the ability to continually reflect, review, revise and apply that makes a difference.”

“My sticky issue is actually a real case and week by week I was taking action and learned throughout the process. Actually, by week 4 I implemented simple rules which made a significant change.”

“It is the core learning experience in this course. Nothing teaches you like doing it by yourself. You come back with higher level questions.”

EMSE II: Skills in ActionApplied medical education for the teacher and trainer

COURSE MODULES

MODULE 1

COURSE REGISTRATION & FEESFees include: • Access to interactive presentations• Participation in an online discussion forum facilitated by Professor Mennin• Course resource materials including a copy of Adaptive Action: Leveraging Uncertainty in your Organization (Eoyang & Holladay, Standford University Press, 2013) • Skills in Action Course Guidebook

WEBSITE: www.amee.org Scottish Charity SC031618

Standard Fee £545(includes membership of AMEE and MedEdWorld for one year)

Fee for AMEE members £475

Participants from less well-resourced countries £285(includes MedEdWorld Membership for one year)

Register online for the ESME II Skills in Action online course

Aug 2018

ESME II Skills in Action: Planner and Facilitator n Course organizer n Curriculum planner n Mentor n Learning facilitator• Be resilient and innovate in challenging environments • See patterns in uncertainty, understand and take informed action• Build capacity to adapt in times of unpredictable change• Apply these methods to build adaptive capacity for your students and colleagues

Working at the edge of uncertainty

MODULE 2

ESME II Skills in Action: Role Model n On-the-job role model n Teaching role model• Establish successful inter-professional practice teams• Collaborate across organizational and personal boundaries • Transform systems of health across communities• Apply your learning to collaborative educational designs and practices

Working better together

EMAIL: esmeonline@dundee.ac.uk

COURSE DATESThe 8-week course will be offered:

25 September - 20 November 2018Application closing date: 14 September 2018

REGISTER ONLINEwww.amee.org

ENQUIRIESesmeonline@dundee.ac.uk

Four modules on key topics studied over an 8-week period.

MODULE 3

ESME II Skills in Action: Information Provider and Resource Developer n Lecturer in the classroom n Teacher in the clinical setting n Developer of study guides n Creator of other learning resources• Adapt to find solutions that are both efficient and effective • Balance consistency with one-on-one customization• Design policies, processes, practices that meet local needs and resources• Expand your options for instructional design, delivery, and engagement

Finding the fix that fits

MODULE 4

ESME II Skills in Action: Examiner n Examiner of students n Evaluator of curricula• Explore multiple approaches to leading assessment and evaluation• Use evaluation processes to inform learning and quality improvement • Base assessment processes on principles of practice to integrate learning & performance• Help your students assess and improve their own performance

Making the good better

2 April - 28 May 2019Application closing date: 22 March 2018

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO THIS COURSE

SKILLS IN ACTIONApplied medical education for the teacher and trainer

The Future of the Health Professions Workforce

byStewart MenninGlenda EoyangMary Nations September 2018