FoMD Office of Education Newsletter No images? Click here ![]() ![]() No. 15, January 2020 ![]() Welcome back, students and colleaguesAs we make our way into the start of this new year, I am hopeful that you had a safe and enjoyable holiday season. Welcome back, everyone! With the close of 2019 and the start of a new decade, we had some very exciting things happening in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Read on for some of the top stories of the year. ![]() At the forefront of the excitement this month, is the beginning of the term for our new Dean, Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn. We are so excited to be welcoming Dr. Hemmelgarn to the Faculty, and look forward to working closely with her on our ongoing and upcoming educational projects. Dr. Hemmelgarn will be hosting a number of Coffee and Conversation with the Dean gatherings in the coming weeks, and I would encourage you to attend one of the following dates if you are able:
While an RSVP is not required for these gatherings, it would be helpful for the planning if you could take a quick moment and confirm here if you will be coming. Thank you, and here's to an innovative and exciting 2020. Dr. Mia Lang, MD, PhD As a community, we are grieving. The tragic loss of life on Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 has touched our university, our city and our country deeply. Among the 176 victims, more than 50 Canadians were lost. Many of those Canadians were associated with 19 universities and colleges across the country, including 10 members of our own U of A community. The loss of educators, future scholars and innovators is profound. On behalf of the FoMD Office of Education, I would like to express my heartfelt condolences to the colleagues, friends, families and loved ones of those lost. It is not unusual to experience reactions that may require some extra support. Please know that the university and our Faculty are committed to ensuring you have the support you need during this difficult time. Please visit this webpage for more information on the various resources available through the university. The Office of Advocacy & Wellbeing is here to provide support for FoMD staff, students and faculty members as well. Today, January 15 at 11 a.m. MST, we will be observing a moment of silence to reflect on those lost in this devastating tragedy. I encourage you to take pause at 11 a.m. today, wherever you may be. ![]() FoMD's Top Stories of 2019Welcoming our new dean, FoMD trainees featured in the Top 30 Under 30, and more. Find out what captured the attention of readers most throughout 2019. More 10 student stories that inspired us in 2019Master's in oncology graduate Powel Crosley tops this list of student stories that exhibited excellence under pressure, resilience in the face of adversity and ingenious ideas. More ![]() Want to create a healthier country? Start by creating fitter citiesPromoting healthier diets and active living in schools and daycares is one way municipalities can take a "fit cities" approach to tackling public health epidemics like obesity and diabetes, says preventive medicine specialist Karen K. Lee. More "Just call me Victor"Victor Do, a fourth-year University of Alberta medical student, former competitive figure skater and president of the Canadian Federation of Medical Students is proof “regular” people can make big differences. Read more about Victor's journey here, Help us shape our future health sciences libraryAs you may have heard, the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library will be moving from its current location in the Walter C. Mackenzie Centre in the coming years. University of Alberta Library is pleased to announce that we are planning a new space for our health sciences library. You can learn more about our future Health Sciences Library here. ![]() Propelling accessibility in the right directionMaster of Science in BIomedical Engineering student John Christy Johnson, pictured here using the EON iCube, a wheelchair and head/body movement tracking cameras to measure propulsion, is currently examining maneuverability in manual wheelchair users. (Photo: UAlberta, Office of the Registrar) Helping people and the environment is engineer’s goalEnvironmental engineering graduate student Emily Quecke is working in the Engineering at Alberta Canadian Centre for Welding and Joining, the UAlberta SWAMP Lab and with the Department of Medicine, investigating pollutants associated with welding and their impact on workers. Learn more ![]() McCalla Professorships 2020-21The Office of Education, FoMD is accepting proposal submissions for the 2020-21 McCalla Professorships. FoMD has been allocated one award for this cycle, and the deadline for submissions is January 31, 2020. Learn more
![]() Lifelong Learning Presents: Practical Ways to Improve Patient Health Through Behaviour Change Counselling Global Health Fair: Keynote Speaker, Dr. Claudia Hudspeth of the Aga Khan Foundation ![]() Please join the Academic Technologies and U of A Libraries teams for a 45 minute update with respect to the anatomy, radiology and critical thinking provost grant. Date: Thursday, January 16, 2020 Time: 12:10 - 12:55 p.m. Location: Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre - WMC 2F1.01 (Classroom A - located near the entrance of the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library) This engagement session invites anyone in the broader UAlberta community to weigh in on the direction we are heading and for us to share what we have learned to date. We've now completed two digital anatomy showcases, solicited your feedback both during and after those sessions, held further working group sessions, and solicited input through an online survey. We will present a short overview and open the remainder of the time for dialogue and questions. There is no need to RSVP for this event as we will not be serving refreshments. Please feel free to bring along your lunch. If you have any questions about this update, please reach out to Jamie Stewart. ![]() Continuing Medical Education: 6th Annual MSK Pearls Course Clinical Reasoning Workshops - Spring 2020 Dates Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME) The School of Dentistry Educational Research & Scholarship Unit presents, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Seminar Series Winter 2020: How to analyze qualitative data - a few things you need to know Think-Pair-Share with Storytelling to Improve Clinical Learning in Dentistry and Medicine Thinking Ecologically about Clinical Education in Dentistry
IDEAS Office Hosts Inaugural HPE Scholarship Day![]() On December 5, 2019 the IDEAS Office hosted its inaugural Health Professions Education (HPE) Scholarship Day, a full-day conference focused on scholarship in the health professions faculties at University of Alberta. The conference featured plenary speaker Glenn Regehr, PhD, Senior Scientist and Associate Director of Research at CHES and Professor (Department of Surgery) at the University of British Columbia. Multiple concurrent sessions were offered, including: oral presentations (15 presenters); Great IDEAS presentations, featuring newer projects which do not yet have results (10 presenters); facilitated poster sessions (22 presenters), an Educators’ Lounge discussion group, as well as a workshop conducted by Dr. Regehr. We had 75 attendees - including 31 trainees - representing 12 departments and three offices within the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, as well as Education and Rehabilitation Medicine. Presenters included faculty and FSOs, Teaching Scholars Program (TSP) scholars, and students who were involved with the HPE summer studentship grant program. The conference offered an opportunity to present our research projects, learn from (and about) one another, and foster connections within and between our various departments and programs. Among our presenters were several exemplary projects which received “best of” awards in each presentation category: Best of Oral Presentations: Alysa Fairchild (Department of Oncology) and student Jonathan Dubue, Seeing Through Our Patients’ Eyes: The Sartore Multidisciplinary Studentship in Supportive Care in Oncology Isabelle Gray (Department of Emergency Medicine), Evidence-based Medicine Simulation: Teaching Real-time Literature Searching to Emergency Medicine Residents Shelley Ross (Department of Family Medicine), Self-regulated Learning Behaviours as Reported by PGY1 Residents in Two Family Medicine Programs Best of Great IDEAS: Charles Larson (Department of Pediatrics), Industrial Design Meets Intensive Care: Design of an Innovative Congenital Heart Disease Curriculum for Residents Cynthia Palmaria (Department of Oncology), Learning from Cancer Survivors as Standardized Patients: Radiation Therapy Students’ Perspective Best of Poster Presentations: Geoffrey Bostick (Faculty of Rehabilitation), Improving the Efficiency of Item Development using Cognitive Models and Automated Item Generation and Test Assembly Melissa Shyian (Division of Medical Laboratory Science), Developing Advanced Simulations to Assess Health Information Technology in Medical Laboratory Science Students Sietske Speerstra (MD Program), A Concerted Approach to Curriculum Mapping by Summer Students Emily Zehnder (MD Program student), Eye-tracking to Augment Knowledge Elicitation in Neonatal Resuscitation Education Best of Educators’ Lounge: Darryl Rolfson (Department of Medicine), Starting the Day Over We are delighted that so many people participated, and made our first HPE Scholarship Day a success! For more information on the HPE Scholarship Day, or to learn how the IDEAS Office can support you in your research, please visit our website, or contact us at ideasctr@ualberta.ca. (Photo by Jordan Carson, FoMD - Dr. Carol Hodgson, Director of the IDEAS Office, introduces plenary speaker Dr. Glenn Regehr of UBC) Contact us at fomdvde@ualberta.ca |