Montreal International Conference on Clinical Reasoning October 24-25
The upcoming 1st Montreal International Conference on Clinical Reasoningwill explore the tenets of clinical reasoning in an academic context. Taking place at the Laval Campus at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al on October 24 and 25, 2012, participants will descend on Montreal from around the world. Distinguished plenary speakers include Dr. Kevin Eva (UBC), Dr. S铆lvia Mamede (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Dr. Steven J. Durning (Uniformed Services University). The meeting will also feature a variety of activities, such as poster and oral presentations and workshops.
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Building new collaborations and making long-lasting contributions the field of clinical reasoning are end goals of the conference. 鈥淲hat I鈥檓 hoping is that the field of clinical reasoning becomes more widespread and more well-known. Any time people come from around the world get together at conferences; they meet, they talk, they see you鈥檙e doing interesting things. Hopefully new collaborations will be forged. The other idea is to put Montreal on the map as a real centre for this particular area of clinical reasoning because we have a lot of people interested in it,鈥� says Lubarsky.
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By Deanna Radford