Med Ed Days for Health Professionals

2013 Medical Education Day for Health Professionals: How Adults Learn  
Friday May 10, 2013 08:30-16:00 (eligible for 6.25 MainPro-M1 & MOC Section 1 study credits)

And the 9th (2013) William Webber Memorial Lecture on Medical Education: What do We Know about Adult Learning: Searching for Anchors in a Sea of Change (click title to watch video)
Guest speaker: Dr. Dan Pratt, Professor (Education) and Senoir Scholar (Medicine), University of BC
Friday May 10, 2013 15:00-16:00
What do we know about adult learning that is applicable across a sea of change and diversity in context, learners, curriculum, and professional specialties? This session will present a few powerful ideas about adult learning that can be anchors for assessing and improving the teaching of adults.
At the end of the session you will be able to:
1. explain at least three powerful factors that influence adult learning;
2. identify at least one way in which you can improve your teaching;
3. draw upon research for the improvement of adult learning.

University Golf Club, 5185 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1X5
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                                                                           Agenda

2012 Medical Education Day for Health Professionals:What the Millennial Generation is Teaching us about Teaching 
Friday May 11, 2012 08:00-16:00 (Eligible for 6.75 MainPro-M1 & MOC Section 1 study credits) 

And the 8th (2012) William Webber Memorial Lecture on Medical Education: Taking Difference into Account: Moving beyond a Celebration of Diversity in Medical Education
Guest speaker: Dr. Blye Frank, Dean of Education, University of BC
Learning objectives:
- To develop an understanding of your own ethno-cultural backgrounds, beliefs and values  (self-awareness);
- To foster the acquisition of a greater understanding of, and empathy for, the cultural  backgrounds and life experiences of the diverse population you will be working with    (cultural diversity awareness);
- To promote the development and integration of self-awareness and cultural diversity awareness in your activities (skill development);
- To design strategies to assist in the development of culturally competent and culturally safe learning environments;
- To understand the meaning of cultural competency and cultural safety;
- To increase awareness of our own cultural location;

University Golf Club, 5185 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1X5
Click here to view 2012 Med Ed Day & Webber Lecture videos.

2011 Medical Education Days for Health Professionals, hosted by the Office of Faculty Development, was held on June 9-10 in the Vancouver Coast Coal Harbor Hotel.

The Medical Education Days combined three previously separate events: the William Webber Luncheon Lecture in Medical Education, the medical education oral/poster presentations, and the annual Faculty Development Retreat.

Approximately 45 people across all regional sites attended the seventh William Webber lecture on June 9, delivered by Jason Frank, Associate Director in the Office of Education of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, on the subject, “The continuum myth: Why medical education is failing and how competencies are the answer.” [Watch video of the lecture.]

Gavin Stuart presents award to Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, winner of the teaching tips contest.

In the afternoon of June 9, UBC medical education researchers shared their work with colleagues at the oral and poster sessions. Presentations covered topics in medical and health professional education and related to undergraduate, postgraduate, faculty development and continuing professional development (click here to see the abstracts). Some of the best discussion undoubtedly occurred at the wine-and-cheese at day’s end.

The annual Faculty Development retreat began the following morning with opening remarks by Gavin Stuart, Dean of the Faculty and UBC’s Vice Provost Health. In his remarks, Dr. Stuart highlighted the crucial importance of faculty development in four key areas: making the shift to a new model of medical education based on competencies rather than an apprenticeship model; how this new model would look across the continuum; ensuring a common understanding among our teachers and preceptors across sites around program needs, learner expectations and competencies; and in inter-professional education.

Dr. Stuart then presented the awards and prizes to the winners of the Teaching Tips Contest and the Faculty Development Initiatives Grants.

The morning continued with panel discussions – “Faculty Development Across the Continuum” and “Faculty Development Across Sites”. The three themes for small group discussions that followed included: how will we define and measure success; the role of the central Faculty Development office versus that of the sites; and priorities for the coming years. Discussion was animated, and participants left with a renewed appreciation and enthusiasm for the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.