Description: This session will identify some of the benefits and challenges/workarounds of small group synchronous teaching online. We will discuss and explore successful active learning strategies that could be incorporated during small group teaching on Zoom. By the end of this session, the participant will be able to identify opportunities, challenges and workarounds for online (more…)

Description: Collaboration is a big part of the research process, but can sometimes be difficult when working with colleagues at other institutions or while working online during the pandemic. Research ethics also need to be considered when choosing and using technology that can facilitate research collaborations. In this workshop, we will explore a variety of (more…)

Description: Health professions education is awash with calls for curricular reform, whether it is a new competency framework, new ways of teaching, or new assessment methods.  However, doing so requires a solid foundation in the learning theories – how students learn, and how teachers can enable student learning.  In this session, we will discuss theories (more…)

Description: Teaching dossiers are a critical component of your academic dossier.  Required for promotion and tenure, they are a record of your philosophy of teaching, how it is enacted through your teaching practice, as well as a record of your teaching activities. By attending this session, you will be able to create a personal teaching (more…)

Description: Technology creates many opportunities for instructors to provide innovative learning experiences for learners. An even greater benefit is that these learning experiences can take place regardless of the time and place, and offer students varied opportunities for interacting with their peers and the content. This workshop will explore the use of game-based programs and (more…)

Description: By participating in this workshop, participants will be able to define independent learning and describe the benefits of providing students with independent learning opportunities, identify key characteristics of effective independent learning activities, and draft or adapt activities and assignments to promote independent learning. Log in information will be sent to webinar registrants prior to (more…)

Description: Log in information will be sent to webinar registrants prior to the event. Facilitator:  Joanne Hamilton ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Credits: This event was co-developed with the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance. This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family (more…)

Tech Tools for Teaching Synchronously:  Zoom, iClicker, Google Docs This hands-on workshop will provide an overview of the features of Zoom.  Participants will review the basic functionality of the software and walk through how to use the built-in tools to create an active learning environment. We will also review practical examples of how iClicker and (more…)

Description: Clinical reasoning represents the processes health professionals use to integrate and apply different types of knowledge, weigh evidence, critically think about information, and to reflect upon processes used to arrive at a diagnosis or decision about patient care (Anderson, 2006).  Learners in the health professions need to master these reasoning processes to become safe (more…)

Description: This hands-on workshop will provide an overview of Microsoft Teams.  Participants will review the basic functionality of the software and walk through how to quickly set up a Microsoft Teams workspace. We will review different practical examples of how Microsoft Teams can be utilized in the classroom.  Learning Objectives: At the end of this (more…)