Annual Education Day

The Department of Family Medicine invites faculty and staff to our annual Education Day on Friday, March 27, 2015 at The Western Centre for Public Health & Family Medicine.

Join us for a day of faculty development and informative workshops, as well as a plenery session, a networking luncheon and the Chair's wine and cheese reception.

Registration now open.

View agenda.

Approved for up to 6.0 Mainpro M1 credit hours, based on 360 minutes of educational time.


Available workshops:

Workshop 1

Dr. Scott McKay
Integrating Apps and E-Resources into Clinical Teaching
Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  1. Be familiar with evidence based apps and e-resources for use within a clinical teaching environment

  2. Be able to access and use some apps and e-resources intended for a clinical teaching environment (including drug guides, medical calculators, treatment guidelines, and more)

Note: This will be an interactive session and all participants are encouraged to bring their mobile device (phone, tablet, laptop, etc.)

Workshop 2

Drs. Jamie Wickett, Darren Van Dam & Michelle Levy
Orientation for New Faculty – Undergraduate and Postgraduate Perspective
Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  1. Be up-to-date with the Postgraduate Family Medicine curriculum

  2. Be familiar with the resident assessment portfolio

  3. Be familiar with important reasources and opportunities.

Workshop 3

Dr. Eric Wong
Feedback and Evaluation with attention to Field Notes
Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the Accreditation Standards for resident assessment in family medicine

  2. Describe the theoretical basis of field notes as an assessment tool

  3. Describe how to effectively use field notes

  4. Identify potential barriers and solutions to using field notes in your teaching practice

Workshop 4

Dr. Sonny Cejic and Ms. Kelsey Klages
Quality Improvement – A Teaching Tool and Way to Improve Your Practice
Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  1. Gain an understanding of the Model for improvement and communicate using key concepts

  2. Become proficient in basic quality improvement tools in practice

  3. Learn how to apply/reflect on own quality culture

  4. Explore tools to become a quality improvement mentor to residents

Workshop 5

Dr. George Kim
Professionalism and Learners –Why, When and How
Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Outline a competency-based approach for nurturing and teaching professional behaviours for learners.

  2. Describe methods for assessing professional behaviours and providing effective feedback.

  3. Describe an approach for remediating lapses in professional behavior.

Workshop 6

Ted Osmun & Steven Wetmore
Disseminating your scholarly activity – what counts and how to do it
Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe what is meant by scholarly activity and what its value is going forward for promotion

  2. A pragmatic approach to publications

  3. Explore the why, when, where, what, who and how of getting published

  4. Identify sources of funding for community physicians to do research

  5. Identify other sources of support for research

  6. Identify journals sympathetic to family medicine and when to choose them

  7. Explore publication ideas with the participants