Millennium Conference
The Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has sponsored six working conferences, entitled Millennium Conferences, intended to address pressing issues in medical education, ranging from clinical education to simulation to teaching patient safety.
The format of these conferences, involving the combination of plenary sessions, small inter-institutional working groups, and the development of plans by school teams, has proven to be particularly effective in tackling issues of national importance, and has led to multiple peer-reviewed publications in which the recommendations of the attendees have been shared with the national medical education community. These sessions have been wonderful opportunities for cross-institutional brainstorming and sharing of ideas. In addition, the conference format has provided opportunity for intra-institutional planning among colleagues involved in educational leadership at each school, many of whom do not normally have time to meet and consider both broad and specific educational issues.
2011
Millennium Conference on Critical Thinking
Babson Executive Conference Center
One Woodland Hill Drive, Babson Park
Wellesley, MA 02157
May 19-21, 2011
Sponsored by the Shapiro Institute for Education and Research and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, the focus of Millennium Conference 2011 wil be to discuss critical thinking and to consider pedagogical strategies for the delivery of curricula to promote this fundamental skill.
Participating medical schools:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Dalhousie University; Harvard Medical School; Indiana University School of Medicine; Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine; New York University School of Medicine; Pennsylvania State College of Medicine; University of Massachusetts Medical School; Weill Cornell Medical College.
2009
Patient Safety – Implications for Teaching in the 21st Century
Babson Executive Conference Center
Wellesley, MA
May 7 – May 9, 2009
This conference focused on acknowledging previous work done in patient safety curriculum development and generating concrete educational strategies to teach and evaluate the learning of patient safety throughout undergraduate and graduate medical education.
Participating medical schools:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Drexel University College of Medicine; Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine; Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Ohio State University College of Medicine; Tufts University School of Medicine; University of Kentucky College of Medicine; University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
2007
A Collaborative Approach to Educational Research
Babson Executive Conference Center
Wellesley, MA
May 3 - May 6, 2007
Millennium Conference 2007 focused on an in-depth discussion of educational research and on the key objectives of educational research and the necessary infrastructure that needs to be developed locally, regionally, and nationally to support multi-institutional collaborative projects.
Participating medical schools:
Case Western University School of Medicine; Harvard Medical School; Mayo Medical School; Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine; New York University School of Medicine; Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Southern Illinois University School of Medicine; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - F.E. Hebert School of Medicine; and University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
2005
Medical Simulation - Theory and Practice
Babson Executive Conference Center
Wellesley, MA
April 28 - May 1, 2005
Millennium Conference 2005 examined the theory underlying the use of simulation technology in medical education and practical issues associated with the design and implementation of simulation curricula.
Participating medical schools:
Baylor College Of Medicine; Harvard Medical School; Indiana University College of Medicine; New York University School of Medicine; Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Stanford University School of Medicine; University of Louisville School of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and University of South Florida College of Medicine.
Proceedings from the Millennium Conference 2005 can be viewed here.
2003
The Continuum of Clinical Training in Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education
Babson Executive Conference Center
Wellesley, MA
May 1 - May 4, 2003
At Millennium Conference III, discussion focused on the continuum of clinical training in both undergraduate and graduate medical education.
Participating medical schools:
Baylor College of Medicine; Drexel University College of Medicine; Harvard Medical School; Indiana University School of Medicine; Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; University of Puerto Rico Medical School; and University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
2002 and 2001
The Clinical Education of Medical Students (I and II)
Babson Executive Conference Center
Wellesley, MA
April 26 - April 28, 2002 and April 28 - May 1, 2001
For the first two Millennium Conferences, plenary sessions and inter-institutional breakout groups discussed a series of questions falling under the following categories: (1) What to teach? (2) How to teach? (3) Who teaches?
For proceedings from Millennium Conferences I and II, please see The Report on Millennium Conferences I and II which is currently available.
Participating medical schools (2002):
Dartmouth Medical School; Indiana University School of Medicine; Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine; New York University School of Medicine; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine; University of Michigan Medical School; and University of Nebraska College of Medicine. A representative from each of the 2001 participating medical schools returned for this conference as well.
Participating medical schools (2001):
Baylor College of Medicine; Duke University School of Medicine; Harvard Medical School; Mayo Medical School; MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine; Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, San Francisco; University of Iowa College of Medicine; and University of Rochester School of Medicine.
