Department of Medicine Weekly Roundup - Thursday Feb 16

Please see below for the following updates:

• Registration Opens March 1st – Education Scholars Program at the CFD
• Registration opens March 1 - Stepping Stones Program at the CFD
• Compensation for COVID-19 related work for February 2023 - Due March 3rd, 2023
• Congratulations: Dr. Camilla Wong awarded the Dr. Vincent J. Hughes Humanitarian Award
• Calm App subscription for staff and active physicians

We are very excited to share that the renewed Centre for Faculty Development’s Education Scholars Program will be open for registration March 1, 2023, with the first cohort starting in October 2023. The renewed program will be run centrally through the CFD. I have included more information about the program below.

We would be grateful if you can share the attached program flyer with any colleagues who you think may benefit from and be interested in enrolling in the program. My apologies for any duplicate communications you may receive regarding the program as we do our best to ensure that we are informing all of our networks.

Strengthening Your Capacity as an Education Scholar

The Education Scholars Program (ESP) is a highly applied, intermediate level program designed for health professional educators to strengthen their capacity as education scholars. Participants will work collaboratively to solve common challenges encountered in health professions education.  Throughout the 2-year program they will tackle the most pressing issues in:

• curriculum and program development,
• program evaluation, and
• education leadership and system change.

Features:

• 5 in-person units that allow for deep exploration of topics through a variety of reflective, small and large group, case-based teaching and learning formats
• Monthly virtual sessions to reinforce, extend and apply core concepts to your own education contexts, with a focus on how to navigate expected and unexpected educational dilemmas
• Highly applied, project-based learning
• Access to individual and collaborative coaching sessions 

Who should attend

If your work involves curriculum/program development and evaluation and/or you are interested in strengthening your capacity as an education scholar, then ESP is for you.

Registration

Registration for the 2023-2025 cohort opens March 1^st.  Please visit our webpage here for more information.

Contact

We are very excited to share that our Stepping Stones program will be open for registration on March 1st 2023 for our 2023-2025 cohort! I have included more information about the program below.

We would be grateful if you could share the information below and the attachment with any colleagues who you think may benefit from and be interested in enrolling in the program. My apologies for any duplicate communications you may receive regarding the program as we do our best to ensure that we are informing all of our networks.

Thank you in advance,

Sarina Iannelli

On behalf of the Centre for Faculty Development Team

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Do you have a keen interest in health professions education but don't know where to start? Stepping Stones is a foundational two-year program consisting of both workshops and a journal club. This highly-flexible inter-professional program provides support to health professionals in their multiple education roles and activities including teaching, education scholarship, advocacy and academic leadership.

Workshops are offered on a variety of topics. Journal club facilitates community building with your peers, the integration of workshop content, the broader health professions education literature, and participants’ own education practice. Stepping Stones follows a flexible, adaptive curriculum and participants choose to attend workshops that meet their needs and interests. If you are interested in learning more, please click here for more information.

Please submit your COVID hours worked for February 2023 to Jessica Comilang or Julia Stratta by end of day Friday March 3^rd.  If you do submit hours, you must complete both Schedule A & Schedule B and the total number of hours should match.  Schedules are attached.

Dr. Camilla Wong, was awarded the Dr. Vincent J. Hughes Humanitarian Award from the  Medical Staff Association at St. Michael's Hospital.The Dr. Vincent J. Hughes Humanitarian Award is presented annually to a St. Michael’s physician who has demonstrated outstanding compassion, respect for human dignity, and caring for patients of all ages, races, and economic status through commitment to advancing the care of the underprivileged through community outreach and social advocacy

Unity Health has invested in the Calm app to provide a free, one-year subscription to all staff, active physicians and up to five of their household members (must be 16 years of age or older). Please see the attached document and link for instructions on how to download the app