title: [Medical educational evaluation of the German Pain Congress 2012. In the context of the CanMEDS physician competency framework].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Professionals in the medical field are expected to participate in continuing medical education in the sense of lifelong learning. The authors took this occasion to evaluate the most important national convention in pain medicine concerning its role in medical education.
  
  
  METHODS
  The participants of the 37th German Pain Congress (17-20 October 2012 in Mannheim) were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning content and design of the convention. The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of different physician competencies in the program. For this purpose the congress program was analyzed with respect to the various medical role models as defined in the Canadian medical education directions for specialists (CanMEDS) framework.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participants considered the quality of the different sessions of the German Pain Congress to be good. The poster sessions were considered to be the second most important educational format in the congress following the live sessions. Concerning the content of the congress the participants wished more emphasis on the role of interprofessional partners, such as nursing and psychotherapy. The CanMEDS physician roles of manager, communicator, health advisor and professional paragon were underrepresented in the congress program in this study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regarding content and educational value, the congress design could benefit from additional Praktikerseminaren (practical seminars). The role of interprofessional partners should be more emphasized. In addition the program could become more attractive through a more balanced distribution of the CanMEDS roles.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Deutschland, martin.dusch@umm.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dusch
authors.forename: A-K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bräscher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kopf
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Treede
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benrath
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires