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No. 10, August 2019
Back to school is just around the corner!
August and September are exciting months for us as we welcome our newest health professions students to their programs!
Orientation Week is just around the corner and the program leadership and staff have been working hard to make it all happen. Our undergraduate programs will welcome 32 Dental students, 29 in Medical Laboratory Science, 8 to Radiation Therapy, 168 to Medicine and 42 Dental Hygiene students.
This also means that hundreds of clinical preceptors, teachers, clinician educators, program administrators, faculty and health professional colleagues are gearing up with the start of the new academic year. Thank you to everyone who contributes to our incredible institution!
Shirley Schipper, Vice-Dean, Education
Joint Commitment to Action on Indigenous Health
In May 2019, the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) released the Joint Commitment to Action on Indigenous Health. This report outlines concrete actions for institutional change that will enable Canadian medical schools to respond to the TRC Calls to Action and fulfill their social accountability mandates with respect to Indigenous health. Learn more
New Fellowship Announced for Medical Education Research
The National Board of Medical Examiners® (NBME®) is proud to announce a unique research opportunity for medical school faculty who wish to develop their skills in medical education assessment research.
To learn more about the fellowship, view the online program info here.
**Please note: Only one application can be submitted per medical school
If you wish to apply for this fellowship, please contact Dr. Carol Hodgson or call 780-492-1515. All applications must be submitted first to the FoMD for local adjudication before being submitted to the NBME.
Small Group Facilitation Opportunity - INT D 403/503 Call for Facilitators (Fall 2019)
INT D 403/503: Foundations of Collaborative Practice is seeking facilitators for the Fall 2019 term.
- Facilitators guide and assess interdisciplinary students from across our health science programs.
- This 1-credit course provides foundational knowledge, skills and experience in interprofessional health care competencies, including collaborative teamwork development.
**Note: If you are interested in this opportunity, please respond by Aug 30, 2019.
IDEAS Office Membership (FREE)
The IDEAS Office is engaging faculty members, trainees, and staff to build a community of health professions education (HPE) scholars in the University of Alberta and beyond. The vision for the IDEAS Office is to provide a centralized home for HPE scholarship where the members collaborate and create an environment where professional networks are established and HPE research capacity is expanded.
Signing up is FREE and EASY, and provides lots of benefits. Click here to join.
Green and Gold Day
Friday, Sept. 13, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Quad, U of A North Campus
Learn More
IDEAS Office
Health Professions Education Scholarship Day
The Learning Journey: Student to Scholar
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Royal Glenora Conference Centre
The IDEAS Health Professions Education (HPE) Scholarship Day is a place for FoMD and other U of A health professional educators to locally share their scholarly work and scholarly teaching. You are welcome to submit an abstract that you've already presented at a national or international conference if many of your FoMD colleagues may not have seen it presented before. Likewise, we welcome new scholarly work (oral presentations and facilitated poster sessions) or curricular innovations for
which you do not yet have results (Great IDEAS). We are trying an innovative method to share the stories of our HPE educators with stories from the educational trenches. The Educators Lounge is a place to share innovative teaching that went really well or experiences where you tried something new and it went terribly wrong. We want to hear your stores to learn, share, and compare.
Please join us December 5, 2019 to learn and share your scholarly work with your FoMD colleagues.
The conference goals are to:
- Develop a collaborative network of health professions educators within the FoMD and beyond
- Create a venue for sharing our HPE scholarship and scholarly teaching locally
- Increase FoMD faculty, staff, and trainees; productivity and visibility in HPE scholarship
We welcome and encourage collaboration and the sharing of as much of your good work in HPE scholarship and examples of your scholarly teaching as possible; however, to ensure that as many people as possible have the chance to participate, you can only be a session presenter once. You can be on multiple submissions, but just present once.
All presenters must register for the conference by October 11, 2019.
Abstract submissions open August 1, 2019 and close September 16, 2019.
Conference registration opens August 15, 2019 and closes November 1, 2019.
For more information on how to register or submit an abstract, please visit the conference website at IDEAS HPE Scholarship Day.
Centre for Teaching and Learning: Teaching Institute Sessions
Aug 19, 20 & 21, 2019
Session Descriptions
Register here
Guided ARO Session Workshops
Four dates from Aug 22 - Sept 9, 2019
Location will be confirmed once registered.
Register here
International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE)
Sept 26-28, 2019
Shaw Centre and The Westin Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
Learn More
Clinical Reasoning Workshop Series Fall 2019 and Spring 2020
Series of three 90-minute workshops
Fall 2019 dates begin Oct 22, 2019
Spring 2020 dates begin Mar 17, 2020
Learn more and register here
Graduate Student Supervision Workshops
Various dates throughout
Fall 2019
Learn more here
Evidence-based strategies for writing in healthcare - Presented by L3, with expert Dr. Karen Schriver
Oct 8, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
5-099 ECHA
Register here
FoMD Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Symposium featuring David Diamond
Nov 28, 2019, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
TBD, On Campus
Pre-register Here
IDEAS Office – Health Professions Education Scholarship Day
Dec 5, 2019
Royal Glenora Conference Centre
Deadline for oral presentation and poster abstracts: Sept 16, 2019
Contact us at fomdvde@ualberta.ca
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