Campus Update: The Waterloo Regional Campus remains closed to all students and residents. The WRC staff and leadership team are still working virtually and are accessible to all questions and concerns via email. For a full list of contacts, please click here
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What's Happening This Month on Campus? |
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On December 19, 2020 - Class of 2023 social committee hosted a virtual gingerbread house event!
(Left to Right (Top to Bottom): Jessica Sadri, Jack Zheng, Ehsan Yavari, Gabrielle Herman, Steven Qiu
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Welcoming the Class of 2023 to the region. Starting on January 11, 2021, they will begin MF3. Large group sessions, and PBL tutorials will continue to be held virtually. Clinical skills will take place on campus on Wednesday afternoon, adhering to guidelines, students are in small groups during this time. Anatomy is still to be determined at this time.
The Class of 2022 are commencing clerkship. Many will begin with electives in the McMaster regions only due to COVID-19 restrictions on travel. If you are interested in supervising an elective student and would like to be placed in the regional capacity distribution list. Please email Christina Chan, WRC Electives Assistant
The Class of 2021 are continuing in their clerkship and are heading into the CaRMS interview season. Requests for reference letters may come from students you don't know very well, who haven't done an elective in your specialty, who are not applying to your specialty, or with whom you've had more limited interaction than usual. For additional information, please review the Reference Letter Advice.
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WRC Program for Faculty Development |
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WRC - Program for Faculty Development:
Supporting Learners in Difficulty
A limited number of tickets are available for faculty members to join WRC faculty leads at the following event for leaders in UG and PG medical education on Monday, January 11, 2021 from 6PM to 8PM.
Presenters:
Dr. Catharine Munn MSc, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Dean, Resident Affairs
Dr. Natasja Menezes MDCM, MSc, FRCPC, Chair, Student Affairs, UGME
Co-facilitators:
Dr. Amy McPhedran MD, CCFP, FCFP
Dr. Kathleen Nolan MD, FRCPC, DRCPSC
Dr. Catherine Tong, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP
Overall Learning Objectives:
At the end of this learning activity the participants will be able to:
- Support medical learners in difficulty or distress and apply this knowledge to their programs/departments;
- Create a mental-health positive and inclusive learning environments and cultures in medicine and discuss ways to apply this to relevant programs/departments.
If you are interested in attending this event, please email Catherine Tong directly.
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WRC Educational Scholarship Team
The WRC faculty development team and the WRC research team are excited to support WRC faculty members who are interested in educational scholarship. The new WRC educational scholarship team (WEST) leverages the enthusiasm of our faculty members, learners, and our research teams’ expertise to bring your educational innovation ideas to life, and help you disseminate them. You will find WEST resources and updates regularly in the Faculty Digests starting January 2021.
This month, we are featuring our first scholarship resource: McMaster’s Health Professional Education Research (HPER) Course Module 1-1: the Philosophy of Science (https://www.macpfd.ca/hper-curriculum/hper-module1-1-phil-of-sci). At this link, you will find 2 short presentations on the most fundamental concepts in science. Watch, and learn the answers to the following questions:
1. What are the 3 fundamental categories of beliefs in scientific research? (video)
2. What are 3 examples of fundamental philosophical worldviews? (video)
3. How do the answers to questions 1 and 2 explain the differences between quantitative and qualitative research? (video)
4. How do the answers to questions 1 and 2 relate to clinical practice and health professional education? (podcast)
And finally, this month’s drop-in writing group will be held on Friday mornings 8-12 (Jan 15th, 22nd and 29th). This is a virtual space created to support faculty members in focused/deep work. This could mean reading a paper, research for or putting together a presentation, or other academic activities that requires a high degree of focus. No interactions or preparation needed; simply come in and do your best work.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 948 3628 6714
Passcode: 301933
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COVID-19 Update and Resources |
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McMaster UGME has a new directive with respect to the types of COVID-19 patients that can be seen by UGME learners.
McMaster no longer limits the types of patients that a student can interact with (particularly with respect to the patient's COVID status) as long as:
- the student is adequately supervised,
- has access to appropriate PPE, and
- has the required competencies to provide the expected care are met (through the student and/or their supervisor/other care provideres)
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Faculty Appointment Renewals |
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Faculty appointment expiring June 30, 2021 are underway and some faculty members will be in this year's renewal process. To ensure there are no discrepancies with your renewal process. Please respond to your emails regarding faculty appointment in a timely manner.
Know Your Appointment Status:
Assistant Clinical Professor Adjunct: Faculty members are expected to provide a minimum of 150 weighted hours of educational contributions over a three year period.
Assistant Clinical Professor (Part Time): Those appointed as part time faculty are expected to contribute a minimum of 100 weighted hours to education each year.
*Upon review, should you exceed the minimum hours of 150 for Adjunct status, at the time of appointment renewal, the campus can request a change of contribution to your affiliated Department for the status of Assistant Clinical Professor (Part-Time).
Benefits/Resources:
Mac ID & McMaster Email: This information is outlined in your letter of appointment. You must activate your MacID prior to using any services.
Library Access: The online collections of the McMaster library system can be accessed through your MacID.
Tuition Bursary for Dependents: Part time faculty who have held an appointment for at least 3 consecutive years and who have provided a minimum of 270 hours of educational contributions each year are eligible to apply for the dependent bursary. *NOTE: Assistant Clinical Professor Adjunct are not eligible for bursary.
If you have inquiries regarding your appointment status, please do not hesitate to reach out to Jennifer Tran to obtain your latest teaching CV.
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Local hospitals help deepen understanding of COVID-19
Dr. Rebecca Kruisselbrink and Dr. Theresa Liu discuss with The Record the impact of COVID-19 and partnering with many to research the emerging disease. "Its important for local hospitals to study the situation here. What may apply in a different country, in a different setting, may not apply here."
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Faculty Development from Other Campuses |
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Niagara Regional Campus invites you to join them on Saturday, January 30, 2021 from 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM for their "virtual" retreat! During this half-day retreat, we will be focusing on physician health - how to maintain mental health, financial wellness, and family health & support. Think of it as a check-up for yourself!
The cost to attend is free and starting now until January 18, 2021, they will be offering everyone a $25 Uber Eats Gift Certificate to use during the retreat! If you are outside the delivery boundaries, simply select your favourite restaurant and submit your receipt to us, we will reimburse you up to $25.
The event is open to all hospital-based, community physicians and non-physician faculty along with significant others.
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Rock the Podium Program
Communicating in an effective manner is a key skill for academic faculty, whether they be researchers or clinicians or teachers. Many academic faculty, however, have never taken a formal course in effective communication and/or slide construction.
The overall purpose of this workshop series will be to help scaffold and develop speakers who seek to have specific skills development on core elements that will make them better speakers.
Delivered Virtually
January 13, 27, February 10, 24, March 31, 2021
Fee: $249 CAD + 13% HST
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this learning activity the learners will be able to:
- Create a plan for their next speaking engagement including their story, staging, movement, emotion, and visuals.
- Discern between good slide construction vs. ineffective slide construction.
- Develop a list of strategies for preparing effectively for their next speaking engagement.
- Deliver high quality feedback to a peer about their lecture or presentation.
Accreditation Statements:
This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Program for up to 7.5 Mainpro+ credits.
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Education Program. You may claim a maximum of 7.5 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme.
Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.
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Plums in the Icebox: A Monthly Creative Writing Workshop for Health Practitioners
Hosted by
Shane Neilson MD, Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), McMaster University
and Damian Tarnopolsky PhD, Writer-in-Residence, Health, Arts and Humanities Program, University of Toronto
Offered via Zoom
Last Wednesday of the month, 6pm-8pm, January-June 2021
Fee of C$200 for six sessions
About this workshop:
Plums in the Icebox is an ongoing creative writing workshop for health practitioners. Each month we meet via Zoom in a small group to share work, try out some exercises in prose and verse, give some feedback and -most of all- reconnect with our writing and reading. In between meetings we do more of the same via chat online.
Led by an acclaimed poet who is a practicing family physician and a novelist and playwright with long experience teaching narrative medicine, Plums in the Icebox is a supportive community for health practitioners looking to deepen and improve their creative and reflective writing.
The ethos is craft-based. The approach is collaborative. The style is informal. But the stakes are high.
To apply, please send a brief message to the organizers at plumsintheicebox1@gmail.com outlining your interest in the workshop and telling us a little about your writing background and healthcare affiliation. We'll be in touch shortly. Our first session of the new year is Wednesday January 27th, 6pm-8pm EST. Sorry: scholarships, reduced rates, bursaries, subventions, and the like are not currently available.
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10-B Victoria Street South
Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 1C5
(519) 885-5426
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