Essence is a longitudinal interprofessional 1-year (0.5 FCE) course spread over 2 academic terms that supports and mentors a small group of Faculty to complete an Education Scholarship (ES) project of their own choosing. The course outline is based on Glassick’s criteria for Scholarship and contains expert run seminars, structured homework assignments, mentorship and consultations with education scientists and clinician educators.
Objectives:
To develop basic competencies in Education Scholarship (ES)
To advance/produce a protocol for a scholarly project
Create a community of practice amongst participants and support their roles as educators
Format:
Hybrid: Combination of synchronous online and in-person sessions.
Reading(s):
Supplementary articles are provided by the course instructors.
There are no formal course prerequisites. However, course assignments require clinical health care background and/or experience with patient-provider relationship.
