By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Acknowledge the impact of COVID-19 on physician wellbeing 
• Present the CMA’s physician wellness initiatives and how these can support physician health 
• Introduce a new focus on Medical Culture and explore how individuals and organization can build healthy cultures to support wellness

Mentoring is known to contribute to the success and academic advancement of faculty members. The Faculty of Medicine encourages our members to promote, foster and participate in formal mentoring programs.  Mentoring and being mentored can be enhanced by formalizing the relationship, setting expectations and develop strategies to ensure positive outcomes for all involved and to avoid the pitfalls that can occur in mentoring relationships.

At the end of the workshop, the participants would be able to:

As part of the Wellness Seminar Series, the Faculty Wellness Program has organized a training for Faculty members both in the basic science and clinical departments. This resources was developed by the Council of Ontario Universities and the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health, which is funded by the Ontario government.

 

The struggling learner in the time of COVID

identifying and supporting struggling learners is hard at  all times, COVID has made  this even more challenging.  In this  interactive webinar we will:

1) Explore the added  difficulty of identifying and supporting the struggling learner in the pandemic affected clinical setting

2) identify the areas where gaining complete competencies may be most challenging in  the different programs

3) Problem solve options to support struggling learners as they gain necessary competencies

Learning objectives: 
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

1. To identify the unique teaching opportunities present during virtual care done by learners
2. To optimize learning during virtual clinics through preparation and set up
3. To ensure adequate and timely feedback occurs

 This session has been pre-approved for the Teaching Skills Attainment Award.

Webinar - Use of Newer Technology and Social Media to Enhance Education

Date/Time: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 | 4:00PM to 5:30PM
Facilitators: Dr. Swapnil Hiremath
Target Audience: All faculty members at the Faculty of Medicine

Course description: 
Participants will become familiar with the many types of unconscious bias that affect their every-day decisions, and their medical and research careers.  They will be able to test their own biases, as a first step to identifying and eliminating them, and will recognize biases when they occur.  Scenarios involving unconscious bias will be presented, and discussed. 

Learning objectives:

At the end of the session participants will be able to:

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Describe how the existing system-level approach to physician wellness supported physicians during the pandemic

Identify gaps in the system-level physician wellness supports during the pandemic

Identify strategies to improve on system-level physician wellness supports moving forward

Webinar:  Integrating Critical Thinking into your Teaching - Part 2

Date/Time: Wednesday October 28, 2020 | 4:30PM to 5:30PM
Facilitator: Mr. Robert Parson

Webinar:  Integrating Critical Thinking into your Teaching - Part 1

Date/Time: Wednesday October 7, 2020 | 4:30PM to 5:30PM
Facilitator: Mr. Robert Parson

NOTE - These are highly interactive workshops where your participation is integral to the benefits you will derive from them. It is highly recommended that you attend both parts. If not, please try to view the recording of Part 1 before attending part 2 (contact Christine Cool at ccool@toh.ca to receive recording).