FoMD Education Newsletter - November 2020

No. 25, November 2020

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Mia Lang for her immeasurable dedication and hard work over the past year as Co-Vice Dean, Education for the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Many of you may know that Dr. Lang completed her term as Co-Vice Dean, Education as of November 6, 2020. Her work over the past year as I fulfilled my role with the College of Family Physicians of Canada was absolutely crucial, and I cannot begin to thank her enough for her support during this unprecedented time.

Neither of us predicted such an extraordinary year, with incredible challenges including organizational and institutional changes, budget cuts, and government decisions, all on top of a global pandemic. She took on this role without knowing the full scope of what this year would bring, and maintained a calm and reassuring presence throughout.

In addition to regular meetings with the education portfolio leads and providing regular reports to the Dean's Executive Committee, Faculty Council, and Faculty Learning Committee, she implemented and stewarded significant changes for the FoMD including leadership changes and implementing new processes to facilitate our pandemic response as well as leading important strategic discussions and conversations.

While she has now returned to her role as associate dean, faculty development, I am so grateful for the opportunity to have worked so closely with Dr. Lang during this time. Please join me in recognizing Dr. Lang's significant work.

Shirley Schipper
Vice-Dean, Education

A student at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan using the video (note the U of A logo on the screen behind her) to begin simulation practice.

From Edmonton to Karachi: teaching tools go the distance

Two new classes of first-year dental hygiene students will be using a series of videos developed by the School of Dentistry’s Sally Lockwood, Associate Clinical Professor in Dental Hygiene. Most interesting is that one of these classes is in Karachi, Pakistan! Lockwood created the videos to support teaching in the periodontal instrumentation skills lab. She says there wasn't a resource that met her course needs exactly, so she made 27 videos demonstrating technique for her students to watch at any time. More

UAlberta innovation: Integrating technology and medical education

The University of Alberta's Academic Technologies office harnesses the power of innovation and extended reality to change the way medical students learn.

University of Alberta Library Updates

New Database Searching Tutorial Videos

Are you embarking on a systematic review or other research endeavor with a considerable literature search component? Want to learn more about how to search a specific database (eg: Medline, EMBASE, PsycInfo)? Check out this list of video tutorials.

Competence by Design (CBD)

A reminder to faculty and residents from our PGME CBD team to encourage you to record EPA observation feedback even if residents are still early in learning a skill or practice activity. Residents need to show that they are making progress over time even if it is along the beginning parts of the entrustment scale. They will not be penalized for having entrustment ratings like "I had to do, I had to talk them through, I had to prompt, etc." included in their portfolios; in fact this is encouraged to use the full scale as these represent valuable feedback opportunities to help them improve! So long as residents eventually show competence in their required skills, their progress will not be hindered by inclusion of observations at earlier stages of development.

New coaching feedback resource: As a teacher and coach, do you think residents find your feedback helpful? Quality feedback has a significant impact on learner development. Can you spare 10 minutes to hone your skills? Try this new Royal College online coaching feedback module "RX-OCR" here. BONUS: Earn Section 3 MOC credits for each of the five activities!

Dr. Anna Oswald
Director CBME, PGME

Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Awards

There is still time to nominate yourself or a colleague for a national award! Nominations are open until November 27 for the following awards:

Ian Hart Award for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Education recognizes senior faculty who have made an exceptional contribution to medical education throughout their academic career.

Meridith Marks New Educator Award recognizes individuals in the first phase of their professional career (i.e., within seven years of first academic appointment) who have made a significant contribution to medical education.

For more information, please visit the CAME Awards Webpage.

Health & U: Multiple Sclerosis Research, Treatment and Hope

Join Drs. Chris Power, Jason Plemel and Anastassia Voronova as they discuss the underlying causes of multiple sclerosis, research into treatments being explored and other supports for MS patients and caregivers.

Date: November 12, 2020, 12 p.m.
Register Here

Introducing AlumLab!

FoMD has launched AlumLab, a new project aimed at helping FoMD graduate students advance their careers and build networks with other MSc and PhD alumni. As part of that, AlumLab’s first Career Incubator Webinar is coming up. Hear from three recent FoMD graduates as they share their journeys from PhD students to exciting new roles in various industries.

Date: November 24, 2020, 7 p.m.
Register Here

Save the Date: FoMD Conversation with a Nobel Prize Winner

Tuesday, December 1 at 12 p.m.

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry will gather virtually to honour Dr. Michael Houghton.

On October 5, Dr. Michael Houghton was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery of the hepatitis C virus in 1989. Dr. Houghton is director of the Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute and a professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

All FoMD are welcome! Registration and more details will be coming soon via the Dean's Message and an email invitation. Hope you can join us!

The School of Dentistry's Educational Research & Scholarship Unit presents a monthly seminar series on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Educational Research. Remaining events this year:

- Augmented Reality (AR) Application to Develop a Learning Tool for Students
Dr. Nazlee Sharmin and Dr. Ava Chow
November 23, 2020

- How Learning Analytics can be Framed into Studies
Dr. Carrie Demmans Epp
December 4, 2020

For more information, contact dentersu@ualberta.ca

The FoMD Office of Faculty Development has several workshops available this Fall. For dates, more information and to register, please click on the appropriate link below.

Peer Consultation - November 19
Register here

Mentorship Workshop - December 10
Register here

U of A Library Virtual Workshop -Covidence: Streamline workflows to save time in Systematic Reviews
Thursday, November 12, 10 - 11 a.m.
Register here

Contact us at fomdvde@ualberta.ca

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