Professionalism and Health Professionals
in the Age of Advocacy and Activism

8:45am – 9:00am: Registration

9:00am – 9:15am - Opening remarks, land acknowledgement: Cynthia Whitehead, Welcome & introductions: Mahan Kulasegaram

9:15am – 10:00am Keynote by Tasha Wyatt

10:00am – 10:15am Discussion,
Q & A

10:15am – 10:30am Break

10:30am – 11:30am Panel: Pier Bryden. Ariel Lefkowitz, Anjali Menezes, Chris Watling

11:30am – 11:45am Discussion, Q&A

11:45am – 12:00pm Closing Remarks

Keynote from: Dr Tasha Wyatt

Dr. Tasha Wyatt is Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Health Professions Education at Uniformed Services University. As a trained educational psychologist in cross-cultural, her interests include the study of race, ethnicity, and culture, and the ways these elements intersect with educational systems. Current areas of research include critical perspectives on the professional identity formation of racially minoritized physicians, strategies for professional resistance in medicine, and the control of others' time as a form of oppression in medical education.

With a Panel featuring:

Pier Bryden MPhil MD FRCPC

Dr. Pier Bryden has been a staff psychiatrist at the Hospital for Sick Children since 2001 and has subspecialty certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada.

She is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs & Professional Values, for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Bryden is a graduate of the University of Toronto, the University of Oxford, and McMaster University.

Her academic publications include papers on medical education, medical professionalism, and ethical and legal aspects of child psychiatry. She is the co-author, with Dr. David Goldbloom, of a popular book on psychiatry, “How Can I Help: A Week in my Life as a Psychiatrist,” and with Dr. Peter Szatmari of “Start Here: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children and Teens Through Mental Health Challenges.”

Dr. Bryden was the 2018 Recipient of the University’s prestigious President’s Teaching Award, the 2020 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Region 3 Mentor of the Year Award, and the 2021 Sarita Verma Award for Advocacy and Mentorship in Postgraduate Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Ariel Lefkowitz MD CM Med FRCPC

Anjali Menezes MBBS, MClinEd, FHEA, CCFP

Dr. Ariel Lefkowitz is an Internal Medicine physician and the Education Lead for the Division of General Internal Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, where he is the lead for many educational sessions at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, including Professional Boundaries, Communication, Feedback, Resilience, and Managing the Self. He is the lead author of a recently published book chapter entitled, "Future Directions and Disruptive Innovations in Medical Professionalism".

Dr. Anjali Menezes is a community family physician based in Hamilton. With special interests in trauma-informed care, and the factors that lead to differentials in attainment, her career is an eclectic mix of clinical work, teaching, mentoring, scholarly work, and community activism. Born and raised in Scarborough, she studied medicine and obtained her master’s in clinical education in the UK before returning to Canada for residency.

A theme of most of her academic and activism work has been creating community and safe spaces for people with shared identities. She co-founded and chaired Racialized Residents at McMaster during her residency training at McMaster, and this year finished her role directing the Racialized Medical Learner Mentorship program. In 2021, she created and led the DARe Group Collaborative: exclusively Racialized academics studying and addressing the racial attainment gap in medical training. The group rapidly expanded, reaching a peak of just under 50 within 3 years.

Her prior scholarly focus on how race-based data is collected and used in healthcare and education eventually led her to be appointed to the Hamilton Police Service Board where she serves as the Citizen Appointee

Chris Watling, MD, MMEd, PhD, FRCPC

Chris Watling is the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, a position he started on July 1, 2024. Previously, he was Professor in the Departments of Oncology, Clinical Neurological Sciences, and Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in London, Canada; Vice Dean (Acting), Education Scholarship and Strategy; and the Director of Schulich’s Centre for Education Research and Innovation. A neurologist by clinical training, he holds a Masters in Medical Education from the University of Dundee and a PhD in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University. His research, widely published in the medical education literature, explores how and why feedback influences learning, and how medicine’s professional culture shapes its educational practices. He is an avid teacher of academic writing, and is the co-author, with Lorelei Lingard, of a recent book on the subject - Story, Not Study: 30 Brief Lessons to Inspire Health Researchers as Writers.

The Brian D. Hodges Symposium celebrates Dr. Brian D. Hodges’ continuing contributions to health professions education research. Dr. Hodges, Director of the Wilson Centre from 2003-2011, is currently the Executive Vice-President of Education at the University Health Network and a Scientist at The Wilson Centre.

By bringing together the community of health professions education researchers, educators, scholars and students, we aim to motivate attendees to think beyond the boundaries of their current work and look for points of intersection with the research of others. The symposium provides a rare opportunity for in-depth discussion of the theory and practice of education. Attendees will enjoy invited presentations from global leaders in health professions education and the next generation of education scientists and scholars.

THE WILSON CENTRE RESEARCH ROUNDS

HYBRID RESEARCH ROUNDS
Monday April 28, 2025
12:00 – 1:00pm
In Person: The Wilson Centre, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St., Rm 559 Toronto ON

Collaborative Community of Practice Joint Research Rounds

A collaboration between the Wilson Centre and the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE)

Bringing a Scholarly Lens to Interprofessional Education (IPE) Practices and Curriculum to Innovate Inclusively

This CoP Joint Research Rounds will explore:

Co-created change and bidirectional knowledge mobilization through listening, collaborating and valuing different knowledge sources;
Including past history, present voices and future ways - of seeing and doing - to interprofessional curricular reform and roles;
The how, why and who of applying scholarly theory to practice through the following curricular opportunities:
- Cultivating Team Partnership – IPE Foundational Activity
  Presenters: Sacha Agrawal & Kateryna Metersky
- Longitudinal Interprofessional Facilitator Training Program (LIFT)
  Presenter: Kristina Lisk

Presenter Bios:

Sacha Agrawal from CAMH joined CACHE as Inclusion & Co-Production Advisor. A psychiatrist and clinician-educator, Sacha has interprofessional practice experience and education scholarship expertise that intersects with co-production and IDEA/EDI. Sacha’s advisory role supports CACHE as it grows in how it embodies and enacts meaningful inclusion, per our strategic aspirations. The inclusion of advisors is an important piece is creating real shifts and recognizing where growth is needed in a team, Centre, and organization.

Kateryna Metersky from Toronto Metropolitan University joined CACHE as a patient partner. An Assistant Professor in Nursing, a practicing nurse in general internal medicine, a researcher with UHN’s The Institute of Education Research, and a Board Member with the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative, Kateryna brings both personal and professional experiences of person-centered care and collaborative practice, education, and research

Kristina Lisk from the University of Toronto and the ExCEL lab joined CACHE in 2022 to 2024 as a Scholar-in-Residence. During her time with CACHE, Kristina contributed her expertise in education science to support the renewal of the University of Toronto’s IPE curriculum and led the development of the Longitudinal IPE Facilitation Training (LIFT) program. In her role as an Affiliate Scholar at CACHE she continues to collaborate on the development of practical, education science-informed, and high-yield change opportunities that are offered by the Centre.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

BEST PRACTICES IN EDUCATION ROUNDS

Program Objective

Best Practices in Education Rounds (BPER): Integrating Stories and Science link the theory and practice of health professions education and faculty development with invited speakers from local, national and international contexts.

Program Description

Best Practices in Education Rounds (BPER) are co-hosted by the Centre for Faculty Development, The Wilson Centre and the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE). We leverage the expertise that exists between our Centres to facilitate a more impactful offering.

BPER provides the opportunity to share innovative and emerging ideas with a wide audience of interested health professional teachers, educators, leaders, and scholars. BPER aims to reach a diverse audience, including patient/client and family partners and a range of professional/health worker backgrounds.

Program Structure

Rounds are held monthly (second Tuesday of each month) throughout the academic year and are offered virtually via Zoom. They are freely accessible for anyone to attend. Please click here to see our upcoming offerings. Registration is required. Recordings of past offerings are saved in our BPER Archive.

BPER Reads is our annual “Battle of the Papers” each February. Invited scholars champion the one paper of the past academic year they feel every health professional educator must read. Voting opens in October and each month the paper with the lowest number of votes is eliminated. At BPER Reads in February, the champions of the final two papers battle it out for the title of ‘best paper’.

Program Dates for 2024-2025:

October 8, 2024 / November 12, 2024 / December 10, 2024 / January 14, 2025

February 11, 2025 / *No BPER in March due to March Break / April 8, 2025

May 13, 2025 / June 10, 2025

For further information or to register please visit https://centreforfacdev.ca/best-practices-in-education-rounds/

THE RICHARD K. REZNICK WILSON CENTRE RESEARCH DAY 2025

About Dr. Richard Reznick

Richard Reznick received his medical degree from McGill University, followed by a general surgical residency at the University of Toronto. He spent two years in fellowship training, first obtaining a Masters’ degree in medical education, followed by a fellowship in colorectal surgery at the University of Texas.

Dr. Reznick was the inaugural Director of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine’s Centre for Research in Education at University Health Network, and in 1999 was appointed Vice President of Education at University Health Network. He served eight years as the R. S. McLaughlin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto.

From 2010 -2020, Dr. Reznick assumed the position of Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University and Chief Executive Officer of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO).

From 2021 - 2023, Dr. Reznick assumed the position of President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Professionalism and Health Professionals in the Age of Advocacy and Activism