Celebration of Education Scholarship Mar 1-2, 2021
A Time to Trust: Examining the Evidence for Entrustment in Education
We are looking forward to presenting an exploration of trust and entrustment in medical education on March 1-2. This virtual program will open with an evening fireside chat on March 1 with Dr. Ben Kinnear, an education scholar and clinician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. On March 2 we will reconvene with a full morning of learning and discussion, featuring Dr. Olle ten Cate as keynote speaker and panelist. Dr. ten Cate is an internationally recognized leader in medical education. We are delighted that he and Dr. Kinnear will be joining us to discuss this important topic.
All DFCM faculty members are warmly invited to attend all or any of the sessions.
MON MAR 1 6:00-7:00 pm | Fireside Chat - Dr. Ben Kinnear - Behaviors or Beetles? Assessing the Trustworthiness of Learners |
TUE MAR 2 9:00-9:50 am | Keynote Presentation - Dr. Olle ten Cate - Trust and Entrustment Decisions |
| 9:50-10:45 am | Dr. Olle ten Cate - Scales to Capture Entrustment |
| 10:45-11:00 am | BREAK |
| 11:00-11:15 am | Dr. Warren Rubenstein, Discussant - How Did Entrustment Scales Affect Teacher Assessment in Family Medicine Maternity Care? A 3-site Pilot at DFCM |
| 11:15-12:00 noon | Panel: How do I trust thee? Let me count the ways ... Panelists: Drs. Olle ten Cate, Ben Kinnear, Milena Forte |
| 12:00 noon | Wrap-up |
Dr. Olle ten Cate is a professor of medical education at University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. He has a background in undergraduate medical training and a PhD in social sciences. He has vast international experience with curriculum innovation, educational research, and faculty development in the health professions. He was the founding director of the Center for Research and Development of Education at UMC Utrecht from 2005 to 2017, served as the president of the Netherlands Association for Medical Education from 2006 to 2012, and has published (450+) and presented (500+) widely about advances in health professions education. He is the recipient of several awards, including the J.P. Hubbard award of NBME, the Ian R. Hart award for innovation in medical education, the NVMO Han Moll medal and a Royal Distinction for contributions to medical education. One of his interests is the application of entrustable professional activities and entrustment decision making in medical education.
Dr. Ben Kinnear is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine at University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He is Associate Program Director for the Med-Peds and Internal Medicine residency programs, helping to lead quality improvement curricula, the Medical Education learning pathway, and competency-based assessment programs. Dr. Kinnear obtained his Master of Medical Education from University of Cincinnati in 2018 and completed a one-year research fellowship called the Education Research Scholars Program in 2020. He was selected for the Macy Faculty Scholars Program, during which he will be piloting a competency-based time-variable training program. He has written and presented widely on a variety of medical education topics including assessment and entrustment in CBME.
Dr. Milena Forte is a staff physician at the Mount Sinai Academic Family Health Team and an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM). She is currently the Postgraduate Lead for the Office of Education Scholarship and the Maternity Care Lead at the DFCM. Her areas of academic interest include teacher-learner relationships, professional identity formation, entrustment and maternity care education.
Dr. Warren Rubenstein is a family physician and associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is the senior author of Medical Teaching in Ambulatory Care, a leading faculty development text for teaching in the office setting. It was first published in 1993. Now in its third edition, it is also available in French, Spanish and Portuguese. He has presented workshops internationally on faculty development in teaching. Over his career, he has spent sabbatical time in the medical education scholarship centres of the Royal College of General Practitioners of Australia, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Utrecht, and Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia. His scholarly interests include competency-based medical education, entrustment scales for evaluation of learners and innovative curriculum development.
Presented by the Office of Education Scholarship, Department of Family and Community Medicine
For information: dfcm.edscholarship@utoronto.ca