the center will host and present a series of conferences & workshops on residency training, and develop network of medical educators, and deliver education and training to the trainees in postgraduate medical education programs in saudi arabia. in nov 2010, ksau-hs hosted the saudi arabian conference on residency education (sacre). this conference was a landmark event that highlighted the collaboration ksau-hs has with the royal college of physicians and surgeons of canada. topic discussed in the conference program included key trends in development of residency education, quality in residency program, contemporary and emerging tools for assessment of resident competence, simulation technology to teaching & learning in postgraduate medical education, teaching the domains of physician competence using the canmeds framework, best research in residency education, new approaches for enhancing excellence in teaching and assessment in residency, current controversies in residency education and the implications for their own program.