Coalition for Physician Enhancement

Spring Meeting, April 25th-26th

‘Post Licensure Clinical Performance Assessment 2066:

Informing Future Regulation’

Hotel Solamar, San Diego, CA

Monday, April 25, 2016

8:00 - 8:15 AM / Welcome and Introduction
William Norcross, MD, Director, UC San Diego PACE Program
8:15 - 8:45 AM / Setting the Stage, Results of Survey Sent to Medical Boards
David Bazzo, MD, Director, Fitness for Duty Program, UC San Diego PACE Program
8:45 - 9:45 AM / Perspective of State Medical Boards
Arthur S. Hengerer, MD, FACS, Chair-elect, FSMB Board of Directors
9:45 - 10:15 AM / Refreshment Break
10:15 - 11:15 AM / Perspective of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada
Heidi Oetter, M.D., Registrar at College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM / The Role of Maintenance of Certification in Assuring Competency
Steve Miller, M.D., Past President, American Board of Medical Specialties, Clinical Professor, UC San Diego PACE Program
12:00 - 1:00 PM / Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 PM / Panel:
  • Perspective of the Public – What Type of Assurance does the Public Want?
Janice F. Mulligan, The Law Offices of Mulligan, Banham & Findley
  • Perspective of the Physician – How much scrutiny is enough?
James T. Hay, Past President, California Medical Association
  • Perspective of the Boards
Kimberly Kirchmeyer, Executive Director, Medical Board of California
  • Moderated by William Norcross, M.D.

2:00 - 2:30 PM / Group Discussion
Moderated by David Bazzo, M.D.
2:30 - 3:00 PM / Refreshment Break
3:00 - 4:30 PM / Workshop – Small Group Vision Planning – What Outcomes Do We Want to See? What Methodologies do We Pursue?
Moderated by CPE Program Committee Members
4:30 PM / Adjourn
6:30 PM / Dinner at Osetra

Tuesday April 26, 2016

8:00 – 9:00 AM / Report from Small Group Vision Planning
Reports by Program Committee Members or Designee
9:00 – 9:30 AM / Group Discussion and Consensus of Vision
Facilitated by David Bazzo, M.D.
9:30 – 10:00 AM / Refreshment Break
10:00 AM – 12:05 PM / Research Forum
Elizabeth Wenghofer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM / Learning from Error, Learning from Each Other. Bree Watzak, Texas A&M College of Pharmacy, and Robert Steele, Texas A&M KSTAR Program
10:25 AM - 10:50 AM / Final results of a research project to evaluate the feasibility, validity, and reliability of questionnaires assessing physicians’ communication skills with patients. François Goulet, Johanne Thiffault, and Ariane Letarte. Collège des médecins du Québec
10:50 AM -11:15 AM / Physician Enhancement Program (PEP): Improving Charting Skills of Physicians in Monitored Practice. Nate Floyd, Peter Boal, William Norcross, Elizabeth Wenghofer. UCSD PACE Program.
11:15 AM -11:40 AM / Prevalence of Burnout in Physicians and Other Professionals Referred for Clinical Competence Assessment. Elizabeth Grace. CPEP
11:40 AM -12:05 PM / Practice Review Pilot Project: Improving Physician Assessment in Alberta, Canada. Nicole Kain, Nigel Ashworth, and Karen Mazurek. College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
12:05 – 12:30 PM / CPE Organizational Update
Marilyn Singer, M.D., Consultant for Physician Competence
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba
12:30 PM / Adjourn
12:30 – 4:30 PM / CPE Board Meeting (Lunch Included)

Note: Schedule is subject to change.