5 Year Strategy Progress Chart

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  • Actions 0 – 18 months (end of 2018) ()
  • Develop CPD faculty development programs to support international leadership in CPD (CELP, Foundations, ESCPD) (Done)
  • Create partnerships to develop and disseminate CPD programs (Done)
  • Develop guidelines for responsibilities, supports, and resources for faculty leads in CPD (Done)
  • Create working group to promote best practices in CPD (In Progress)
  • Actions 18 – 36 months (end of 2020) ()
  • Identify and create a list of CPD champions across departments (Done)
  • Review faculty guidelines for promotion and advocate for CPD track for promotion (In Progress)
  • Support distributed model of CPD leadership through promotion of departmental CPD committees with academic and community representation (Done)
  • Create and expand web-based repository of best practices in CPD (e.g.,
    Quick Tips) (Done)
  • Develop a modular curriculum to support lifelong learning for transitions in practice (Pending)
  • Actions 36 – 60 months (end of 2022) ()
  • Develop succession plan for CPD leadership ()
  • Collaborate with organizations (e.g. Royal College) to facilitate transition to competency-based CPD ()
  • Create a community of practice amongst CPD leaders, academic program directors and conference chairs through development of an online portal capturing and categorizing all CPD activities and learning tools ()
  • Actions 0 – 18 months (end of 2018) ()
  • Explore technology platforms to enable online self-directed learning (Done)
  • Identify strategies for assessment to support the transition to competency-based CPD (In Progress)
  • Identify grants and learning opportunities to support innovation (Done)
  • Actions 18 – 36 months (end of 2020) ()
  • Utilize web-based platforms to support innovative strategies for lifelong learning (Done)
  • Create a database of novel tools to enhance knowledge translation (Done)
  • Incorporate the use of social media in programs and conferences for knowledge translation, networking and marketing (In Progress)
  • Implement assessment strategies to support competency-based CPD across the continuum (Done)
  • Actions 36 – 60 months (end of 2022) ()
  • Support the development competencies for lifelong learning using a competency-based framework ()
  • Adopt disruptive innovations to facilitate development of new paradigms of learning ()
  • Support the development of virtual learning environments for interprofessional communities of practice ()
  • Scale and sustain successful initiatives ()
  • Actions 0 – 18 months (end of 2018) ()
  • Develop an infrastructure to support research and scholarship in CPD (Done)
  • Reinstate CPD research and development grants (Done)
  • Conduct an environmental scan of CPD scholarship activity in the Faculty of Medicine (Done)
  • Create a list of available CPD research grants (Done)
  • Actions 18 – 36 months (end of 2020) ()
  • Collaborate with Wilson Centre to establish mentorship for CPD research and scholarship (Done)
  • Develop workshops and presentations on scholarship of CPD and disseminate locally, nationally and internationally (e.g. SACME, AMEE) (In Progress)
  • Create alignment with existing scholarship rounds and presentations related to CPD (In Progress)
  • Identify and support a focused area of research and scholarship to advance CPD (Done)
  • Disseminate research and scholarship through local, national, and international educational conferences (e.g. AMEE, SACME, CCME) (Done)
  • Actions 36 – 60 months (end of 2022) ()
  • Facilitate development of internal and external partnerships to advance CPD research and scholarship ()
  • Engage faculty to create a community of CPD scholars locally and internationally ()
  • Grow number of CPD research projects in the Faculty of Medicine ()

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

  • Actions 0 – 18 months (end of 2018) ()
  • Establish a common language/ QI literacy (Done)
  • Establish training opportunities in learning and applying QI methodologies for health professions (Done)
  • Develop a ‘how to’ guide to engage patients and families to support CPD (Pending)
  • Identify and support CPD activities that target healthcare teams (In Progress)
  • Actions 18 – 36 months (end of 2020) ()
  • Define the core competencies in QI for practicing health professionals (Pending)
  • Teach clinicians to gather relevant QI data to learn from their practice and determine if improvements have occurred (Done)
  • Utilize patient-reported experiences and share best practices to inform CPD program design (In Progress)
  • Share best practices for team engagement in the workplace (Pending)
  • Actions 36 – 60 months (end of 2022) ()
  • Utilize QI measures to drive and support improvements in learning and care ()
  • Disseminate knowledge (core competencies and QI literacy) to practicing health professionals ()
  • Establish work-based CPD activities to engage teams in improving care ()
  • Build capacity for coaching and mentoring of teams in their QI and learning activities ()

Indigenous and Refugee Health

  • Actions 0 – 18 months (end of 2018) ()
  • Deliver biennial Indigenous and refugee health conferences (Done)
  • Develop/ curate an online cultural safety course (In Progress)
  • Develop repository of online free resources for Indigenous and refugee health (In Progress)
  • Actions 18 – 36 months (end of 2020) ()
  • Conduct an environmental scan of Indigenous health education across the continuum. Now under mandate of the Office of Indigenous Medical Education ()
  • Develop core Indigenous education for PGME and CPD. Now under mandate of the Office of Indigenous Medical Education ()
  • Support research and scholarship in refugee and Indigenous health through abstract submissions to North American Refugee Health Conference and Indigenous Health Conference (Done)
  • Actions 36 – 60 months (end of 2022) ()
  • Collaborate with elders and Indigenous community leaders, other organizations and universities to benchmark, promote and standardize Indigenous health education across Canada ()
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop refugee education curricula ()
  • Collaborate with global health program to develop/ expand global health CPD activities ()
  • Support development of CPD initiatives on social determinants of health ()
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