Thursday, April 9, 2009

MedBiquitous Annual Conference Update

Hotel Reservation Deadline Extended

The deadline for hotel reservations for the MedBiquitous Annual Conference has been extended to April 13. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center for the special rate of $169 per night. To guarantee a room at this rate, reserve a room online
(http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=0812163163&key=19C67), or contact the Sheraton directly and mention MedBiquitous.

Sheraton Baltimore City Center
101 W. Fayette St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
+1-410-752-1100

Online Registration Deadline Approaching

The deadline for online registration for the MedBiquitous Annual Conference is April 21. Register online now at: http://www.regonline.com/medbiq2009

The conference gives participants the opportunity to learn how technology standards and innovations can support common solutions to the challenges in healthcare education and assessment. The program includes unconferences, interactive workshops, panels, and innovation
demonstrations on virtual patients, SCORM for Healthcare, competency-based learning, e-learning, quality improvement, Web 2.0, and many other topics related to innovation in healthcare education.

Speakers include:

* Dr. David Cook, Associate Director of Medicine and Director of the Office of Educational Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
* Gabrielle Campbell, M.B.A., Director, Business Development, Association of American Medical Colleges
* Ronald Harden, OBE MD FRCP FRCS FRCPC, Association for Medical Education in Europe
* Richard Hawkins, M.D., American Board of Medical Specialties
* Kate Regnier, M.A., M.B.A., Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
* Nabil Zary, Ph.D., DBE DSc FRCP, Project leader, Karolinska Insitute

More information on the conference is available on the conference home page: http://www.medbiq.org/annualconference

Valerie Smothers
Deputy Director
MedBiquitous
email: valerie.smothers@medbiq.org
tel: 410-385-2367 x131
fax: 410-385-6055
web: http://www.medbiq.org

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