CPD Leaders

CPD Continuing Education Directors and Leaders

Thank-you

Continuing Professional Development is fortunate to have a dedicated group of continuing education directors and leaders committed to providing high quality CPD programs. With 15 Departmental CPD Directors and more than 500 course directors, a wide range of programs are offered to meet the diverse needs of our learners. We are grateful to them for their hard work as they serve a vital role in advancing lifelong learning for health care professionals and improving quality of healthcare to our patients. Below you will find, selected highlights and innovations from each of our departments in the Faculty of Medicine for 2014-2015.

CPD Department Leaders

Peter Slinger

Department of Anesthesia

Peter Slinger

The Department of Anesthesia has developed a number of web-based learning tools including Perioperative Interactive Education and an online bronchoscopy. CME Online Anesthesia rounds have also been expanded to 15 educational rounds. A total of 987 modules were completed by 451 participants this year.

Yvonne Chan

Department of Otolaryngology

Yvonne Chan

The Department of Otolaryngology organized the University of Toronto Rhinology update with notable world renowned speaker Dr Heinz Stammberger. THis year innovations in learning included a live endoscopic sinus surgery, a cadaveric dissection demonstration and an “ask the expert” panel discussion.

John Axler

Department of Family and Community Medicine

John Axler

DFCM ran an innovative 1-day program on Faculty Wellness and Resilience to help faculty deal with the frustrations and fears commonly experienced in academic medicine. Topics included 'Things we wished we had known', 'Mindfulness for health professionals' and 'Managing careers – from shifts to transitions'.

Nadia Ismiil

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

Nadia Ismiil

This year, the Digital Pathology Library was established. The library has accumulated a significant number of images of various benign and malignant entities from different organ systems. Pathologists from major academic institutions in Toronto contributed images.

Brian Wong

Department of Medicine

Brian Wong

The Department of Medicine has lead the development, implementation and evaluation of new models of delivering continuing education that integrate clinical, quality improvement and patient safety (QI&PS) content.

Kartik S Jhaveri

Department of Medical Imaging

Kartik S Jhaveri

The inaugural Medical Imaging for Family and Community Medicine Physicians was held in April 2015 and highlighted the optimal utilization of medical imaging in practice.

Rory Windram

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Rory Windram

The first comprehensive International Fetal Therapy Course was presented in Washington DC. This course used fetal and maternal simulators that were designed and created by the Department, in collaboration with Dr Francis Lebouthillier from the sculpture department at OCAD University.

Debbie Hebert

Department of Occupational Sciences and Occupational Therapy

Debbie Hebert

This year the CPD OT committee developed the first certificate course on Facilitating Work Integration Across Rehabilitation Populations which will be offered January 22, 2016

Wai-Ching Lam

Department of Opthalmology and Vision Science

Wai-Ching Lam

The development and delivery of novel and in demand CPD events continues. This includes the Macular OCT workshop at the 2015 Annual Canadian Ophthalmological Society Meeting, and the updated and redesigned online Visiting Professor Rounds.

Mark Feldman

Department of Paediatrics

Mark Feldman

The Department has been awarded the University of Toronto’s Education Development Fund Grant to study our innovation of ‘Test-Enhanced Learning’. The evaluation will take place at the 2016 Paediatric Update.

Cathy Evans

Department of Physical Therapy

Cathy Evans

Efforts have been focused on continuing education resources for the Ontario Internationally Educated Physiotherapy Bridging Program. Collaborative partnerships with departments, associations, and clinicians in local and international communities have also helped to strengthen CPD offerings.

Sangeev Sockalingham

Department of Psychiatry

Sangeev Sockalingam

The Department of Psychiatry was the first mental health department to join the Association of American Medical Colleges Aligning and Education for Quality (AAMC ae4Q) network.

Doug Moseley

Department of Radiation Oncology

Doug Moseley

The RTi3 radiation therapy conference celebrated its 10th year. It continues to deliver a high quality program for Radiation Therapy staff and has become the premier Radiation Therapy research and education program within Canada.

Pascal van Lieshout

Department of Speech Pathology

Pascal van Lieshout

The Department joined forces with the Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA) to organize a new CPD course that describes contemporary and advanced approaches to assessment and intervention in emergent literacy, reading, and writing disorders.

Terry Axelrod

Department of Surgery

Terry Axelrod

The CPD office managed the majority of continuing education events run by the Department of Surgery. The courses achieved great success with 2820 participants across all courses.

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