THE WILSON CENTRE RESEARCH ROUNDS
HYBRID RESEARCH ROUNDS
Monday November 25, 2024
12:00 – 1:00pm
In Person: The Wilson Centre, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St., Rm 559 Toronto ON
Presenter: Rola Ajjawi
Student belonging in times of changes
Belonging has captured the imagination of educators, researchers and policy makers in the academy. The isolation of the pandemic, appeals to equity and wellness, technological acceleration and widening access have contributed to the resurgence of interest in student belonging post-pandemic. And for good reason. Belonging is linked to positive self-perceptions of social acceptance, academic success, persistence and internal motivation, and is considered to protect medical students, at least in part, against stress and burnout. In this talk I will interrogate the concept of belonging from alternate theoretical perspectives, and present research with under-represented in medicine students as well as with higher education students in online learning. This work shows the complexity of researching belonging and the tensions that exist between desires to fix and foster an abiding ‘sense of belonging’, and the ways in which individuals experience belonging in multiple, affective and material ways.
Rola Ajjawi is Professor of Medical Education in the Department of Surgery and Scientist at the Centre for Health Education Scholarship, at the University of British Columbia where she leads several programs of research into feedback and workplace learning cultures, student failure and success, and latterly belonging in health professions education. Her research has attracted over $ 3.5 million in funding. Rola is Deputy Editor of the journal Medical Education and chair of the International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE) Research Committee. She was awarded a Karolinska Institutet Fellowship in 2021 for excellence in medical education research. She is the lead guest editor of a special issue of Teaching in Higher Education: Reconsidering the Role of Authenticity in Assessment in Higher Education and is editing a virtual special issue of the journal Medical Education on Gender Equity in Health Professions Education.
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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 Brian D. Hodges Symposium
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 RICHARD K. REZNICK WILSON CENTRE
RESEARCH DAY 2024
Tuesday October 29th 2024,
In-person event at 89 Chestnut St
Registration for in-person event is now closed.
Registration for virtual attendance is still open: https://events.myconferencesuite.com/Reznick_ResearchWk2024/reg/landing
Download the: Abstract Booklet (pdf) and Presentation Schedule (pdf)
The Richard K. Reznick Wilson Centre Research annual event was established to celebrate the remarkable depth and breadth of scholarship in health professions education underway at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network. Whether in person or virtual, we will continue to highlight our community’s successes and accomplishments. This year, the Wilson Centre Research Day will be in-person with the keynote address available by live-stream for a remote audience.
Keynote Panels
The keynote address will be provided by Dr. Jesse Burk-Rafel, Director of Research and the Precision Education Laboratory at the Institute for Innovations in Medical Education, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at NYU Langone Health. The keynote will be followed by a panel discussion with members of the Wilson Centre community, exploring the theme of “precision education” from multiple perspectives.
The second “talk” will begin with speakers offering a range of perspectives on the idea of “precision education”. This panel and the follow-up discussion will be moderated by Wilson Centre Scientist, Dr. Paula Rowland.
8:15 - 8:45: Registration & light breakfast
9:00 - 9:05: Welcome by Dr. Paula Rowland Chair of Research Day & Wilson Centre Scientist
9:05 - 9:10: Dr. Cynthia Whitehead, Director of the Wilson Centre
9:10 – 9:15: Introduction of Keynote Address: Dr Paula Rowland
9:15 - 10:00: KEYNOTE ADDRESS “Can Clinical Data and AI Truly Shape Lifelong Learning in Medicine?” by Dr Jesse Burk-Rafel
10:00 - 10:15: Q & A – Moderator: Dr. Paula Rowland Wilson Centre Scientist
10:15 - 10:30: Refreshment break
10:30 - 11:15: PANEL Introduction by Dr. Paula Rowland Panel Team: Drs Ryan Brydges & David Rojas
11:15 - 12:15: Session 1 - Concurrent Podium/ Lightning Talk sessions:
Identity - Who am I this week? The ever-changing identity of the healthcare professional
Interventions – Medical education hacks: MacGyvering our way to better educational outcomes
Health Equity - Pursuing equity because one size fits all never really did
12:15 - 1:30: Lunch
1:30 - 2:45: Session 2 - Concurrent Podium/ Lightning Talk sessions:
Looking back to look forward - Hippocrates would be proud (or worried): what we’ve learned (and unlearned)
Interventions – Medical education hacks: MacGyvering our way to better educational outcomes
Wellness and Practice – Therapy for the soul: How healthcare workers manage (and sometimes thrive) in the chaos
2:45 – 3:00: Refreshment break
3:00 - 3:10: Closing remarks
3:15 – 4:15: Networking OR Round Table Discussions on works-in progress
*For more information about the Round Tables, please contact paula.rowland@uhn.ca
For more information, please contact Cheryl.ku@uhn.ca
Jesse Burk-Rafel is an assistant professor of medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Previously, Jesse graduated summa cum laude in Bioengineering from the University of Washington; worked as a deckhand on a salmon gillnetting boat in Bristol Bay Alaska; was a Luce Scholar for a year in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia working in the Biotechnology Institute; completed a master’s degree in translational research at University College London where he researched variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; attended the University of Michigan Medical School for medical school where he was valedictorian; and completed internal medicine residency at NYU Langone Health training at the historic Bellevue Hospital.
At the NYU Institute for Innovations in Medical Education, Jesse is the Director of Research and leads the Precision Education Laboratory. In the Division of Hospital Medicine, he is a practicing hospitalist and the inaugural Research Coach. Jesse is conducting multiple grant-funded studies at the intersection of medical education, informatics, artificial intelligence, and health services. His research aims to assess trainees’ clinical performance in the native clinical environment and the outcomes of our medical training programs. By understanding the relationship between training and clinical care, he hopes to develop precision-guided educational interventions that engage learners through efficient personalized training and produce graduates equipped to provide high-quality care to their patients and communities.
Jesse lives with his wife and two exuberant young children in the Lower East Side of New York City.
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.