CLIC2020 Conference

CLIC2020 Conference is rated 3 out of 5 in the category higher education. Read and write reviews about CLIC2020 Conference. Welcome to CLIC2020 We look forward to welcoming you to both Stellenbosch University and the town of Stellenbosch, in October 2020 for the Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships annual conference. This important health professions education meeting is focused on how contextual, longitudinal exposure and integration based on patient care can enhance student learning. This will be the first time that the conference is being held in Africa. It is for this reason that we invite you to return to your roots, acknowledging that our continent is the cradle of humankind. However we also want to think about the origins of medical education, dating back to our most recognised medical ancestor Hippocrates, which was based on apprenticeship. In many ways Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) embody the relationship-based education that was central to that model. Relationships are central to the African concept of Ubuntu, a person is a person through other persons, which reflects a person centred understanding that is also a key value in LICs. Thus we hope through the conference to reflect on the values that are essential to the success of LICs, and to translate that into a forward thinking vision for the ongoing development of LICs. As part of that ongoing development, we would like to see LICs developing in other medical schools in Southern Africa and elsewhere in the continent; we therefore extend the invitation to colleagues from these institutions to explore this with an international community that is passionate about the LIC model. We also invite colleagues from outside of medicine who are exploring the use of the LIC model in other health professions or have already implemented this, in order to make it a multi-professional learning experience. The Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health is delighted to be hosting this on behalf of Stellenbosch University. We seek to exemplify the values described, with a strong focus on interprofessional collaboration, and to be