Impact at the Office of Education Scholarship
DFCM faculty, with the support of the Office of Education Scholarship, are making a huge impact in the field of medical education.
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Grants
PSI Foundation. Medical Education Research Grant. Guiding the impact of virtual care on the future of work for Ontario’s family physicians: Development of a model of virtual care expertise and education action plan. PI: Grundland B; Co-PI: Woods N; Co-Investigators: Freeman R, Kulasegaram M, Mylopoulos M, Prucnal K, Bhattacharyya O. April 2022 – Sept 2024. $83,000 CAD.
Enhancing Global Health Pre-Departure Training using Low Resource, High Capacity (LRHC) Simulation, Temerty Faculty of Medicine Education Development Fund, 2023. Cundall A, Wytsma J.
The Friendly42: An interdisciplinary educational program to teach the delivery of compassionate care to patients receiving involuntary mental health admissions in the emergency department, Temerty Faculty of Medicine Education Development Fund, 2023. Ungar M, Orkin A.
Caring for colleagues: Maintaining professional boundaries while navigating dual roles. 2022 Royal College/Associated Medical Services CanMEDS Research Grant Funder: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. A Gingerich, S Ginsburg, K Powles, M Forte. Sep 6, 2022 to Sep 5, 2024. $25,000.00
The Cognitive Expertise and Education Data Laboratory. John R. Evans Leaders Fund. Canadian Foundation for Innovation. Co-Investigators: Kulasegaram M, Mylopoulos M. $82,662 CAD.
Mylopoulos, M., Rowland, P., Woods, N, Martimianakis, MA. Collaborator Preparing tomorrow’s experts: A first effort to understand the integration of capability and context for adaptive expertise, SSHRC Insight Development Grants, SSHRC, 2021 Jun - 2023 Jun, $56,783.00
Onyura, B., Hamza, D, Baker, L, Ng, S., Archibald, T., Fawns, T., Piquette, D., Ismail, Y., Bulmer, B., Nirula, L., Kwan, D. Examining the evaluation of innovation-precipitated harm in educational interventions. 2021; Funded by a Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada Insight Grant in the amount of $63,472. Granting Agency: SSHRC Insight Grant. 2021 Mar - 2023 Mar, $63,472.00
Publications
Diamond L, Kulasegaram K, Murdoch S, Tannenbaum DW, Freeman R, Forte M. Impact of early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic on family medicine residency training: Analysis of survey data. Canadian Family Physician April 2023, 69 (4) 271-277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6904271
Axelrod C, Brenna CTA, Gershon A, Peterkin A, Nyhof-Young J. The Companion Curriculum: An evaluation of the humanities in medical education. CMEJ Brief Report. Published ahead of issue: Oct 31, 2022; published: Apr 8, 2023. CMEJ 2023, 14(2) Available at https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.72907
Kazevman G, Singwi A, Nutik M, Sirianni G, Moaveni A. Training policy limits career exploration in family medicine: Unintended consequences of the Student Elective Diversification Policy. Canadian Family Physician. 2023 Jan;69(1):8.
Toubassi D, Forte M, Herzog L, Roberts M, Schenker C, Waters I, Bearss E. Supporting resident wellness through reflection on professional identity: A novel curriculum. Education in the Health Professions. 2022 Sep 1;5(3):85.
Dini Y, Avolio J, Forte M. The medical learner perspective: Family medicine obstetrics as a specialty choice. Canadian Family Physician. 2022 Nov 9.
Forte M. Designing virtual and physical clinical spaces to build trust. Healthy Debate. Oct 3, 2022. https://healthydebate.ca/2022/10/topic/designing-virtual-spaces/
Nadler MB, Hofbauer BE, Wu M, Hum S, Elser C, Nyhof-Young J. Towards a Postgraduate Oncology Training Model for Family Medicine: Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Breast Oncology Rotation. Current Oncology. 2022 Sep 10;29(9):6485-95. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29090510
Teitelbaum D, Xie M, Issa M, Nelms M, Wintraub L, Leung FH, Nyhof-Young J, Otremba M, Sirianni G, Prucnal K. Use of wearable point-of-view live streaming technology for virtual physical exam skills training. Canadian Medical Education Journal/Revue canadienne de l'éducation médicale. 2022;13(3):64-6. https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.73076
Toubassi D, Schenker C, Roberts M, Forte M. Professional identity formation: linking meaning to well-being. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2022 Aug 1:1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-022-10146-2
Li MK, Tang E, Li C, Nyhof-Young J. The upside of upstream: trainee-initiated change in medical education. Canadian Medical Education Journal. 2022 Jul;13(3):105. https://doi.org/10.36834%2Fcmej.73462
Avolio J, Diamond L, Kulasegaram M, Forte M. Resident burnout and the COVID-19 pandemic (blog post). Canadian Family Physician. 2022 Apr 6. https://www.cfp.ca/news/2022/04/06/4-6
Kerr M, Qeska D, Lee J, McLeod A, Nyhof-Young J. Optimizing Case-Based Learning: an evaluation of tutor and first year medical student perceptions of group size and format variations. University of Toronto Medical Journal. 2022 Apr 2;99(2):19-24. First prize for best student-led article submission for the issue.
Sirianni G, Onyura B, Kawaguchi S, Freedman A, Grundland B, Lass E, Forte M, Murdoch S, Freeman R. A new way forward via innovative integration: A 3-year family medicine and enhanced skills residency program. Canadian Family Physician. 2022 Jan 1;68(1):13-5. https://www.cfp.ca/content/68/1/13
Biringer A, Kolker S, Rubenstein W. Teaching Perinatal Care: A Practical Guide. FriesenPress; 2022. ISBN: 9781039145634 ISBN-10: 1039145639
Awards & Honours
Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Woods and Dr. Katherine Rouleau, our OES Team members who have been promoted to Full Professor!
Dr. Cynthia Whitehead has been awarded the 2023 CAME Ian Hart Award for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Education. This award recognizes senior faculty who have made an exceptional contribution to medical education throughout their academic career. CAME website notice.
Dr. Warren Rubenstein received the 2022 Charles Mickle Fellowship. This award recognizes a member of the medical profession who has done the most within the preceding 10 years to advance and promote sound knowledge of a practical kind in medical art or science. Dr. Rubenstein presented the Charles Mickle address on “The End of Feedback” at the All Program Directors and Family Medicine Site Directors Spring Meeting on May 27.
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the DFCM Awards of Excellence in Education Scholarship:
- Dr. Lindsay Herzog, Newly Engaged Clinician Educator Scholar, DFCM Award of Excellence, 2022.
- Dr. Milena Forte, Senior Clinician Educator Scholar, DFCM Award of Excellence, 2022.
- Dr. Fok Han Leung, Senior Education Scientist, DFCM Award of Excellence, 2022.
Dr. Risa Bordman, received the College of Family Physicians of Canada Award of Excellence, 2022. This award recognizes CFPC members who, in the past 24 months, have made outstanding contributions to academic family medicine.
Dr. Sarah Wright, received the 2022 Academic Medicine Excellence in Reviewing Award. These awards recognize peer reviewers for Academic Medicine who have consistently demonstrated excellence in the peer review process.