Monterrey 2010 - The Core Meeting Programme

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The multidisciplinary segment of the 2010 meeting took place over three mornings (29, 30 September and 1 October).

Major themes and keynote presentations focused on faculty development, education of health professionals for the new century, quality healthcare and patient safety, globalization of medical education and situational leadership. The programme also included a report on the proceedings and outcomes arising from the UN MDG workshop.

The U21 Health Sciences Executive met on the second day of the meeting.

The annual meeting concluded with a series of brief presentations, including reports from each of the discipline groups and the Executive. A presentation introducing participants to next year's meeting at Korea University was provided by host Prof. JP Park.

The core meeting programme [PDF 78kB]

CORE MEETING PROGRAMME - DAY 1 (29 September 2010)

Introductory speech (Martín Hernández Torre)
U21: Tecnológico de Monterrey Educational Model 2010 [PDF 5.04 MB]

Keynote speech (Nancy Searle)
Introduction to the Faculty Development Exercise: Why? What? And How? [PDF 1.15 MB]

Plenary session
A century after Flexner

Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century: a global independent commission (Julio Frenk)

The Commission on education of health professionals for the 21st century was launched in January, 2010. This independent initiative, led by a diverse group of 20 commissioners from around the world, adopted a global perspective seeking to advance health by recommending instructional and institutional innovations to nurture a new generation of health professionals who would be best equipped to address present and future health challenges. The group pursued research, undertook deliberations, and promoted consultations during 1 year. The aim was to develop a fresh vision with practical recommendations of specific actions that might catalyse steps towards the transformation of health professional education in all countries, both rich and poor. The work of the Commission is intended to mark the centennial of the 1910 Flexner report, which has powerfully shaped medical education throughout the world.

Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world [PDF 1.65 MB]

Globalization of Medical Education [5.73 MB] (Niv Patil)

Harmonisation of Dental Education across Europe [8.83 MB] (Damien Walmsley)

MD/PhD at Tecnológico de Monterrey: a collaborative programme [383 kB] (Silvia Olivares)

UN Millennium Development Goal Initiative
Report on the UN MDG workshop [PDF 4.24 MB] (Kendall Ho and Manuel Pérez)