Leading and Influencing Change in CPD

Dr. Mark Feldman is the Director of Community Paediatrics and Continuing Education for the Department of Paediatrics at The Hospital for Sick Children & University of Toronto. He is an associate professor and general consultant paediatrician at SickKids and St. Joseph’s Health Centre.

Dr. Feldman leads SickKids’ annual Paediatric Update, City Wide Paediatric Rounds and the Community Paediatrics Journal Club in Toronto. He initiated and leads the Community Paediatrics Fellowship and the SickKids’ Teaching Scholars Program. Over the years, Dr. Feldman has been Chief of Paediatrics at both Scarborough Grace Hospital and St. Joseph’s Health Centre.

He has served on the Canadian Paediatric Society Board of Directors, as Chair of the Community Paediatrics Committee, and has authored CPS position statements on fever, enuresis and ADHD. Dr. Feldman’s current clinical research focusses on ADHD and his educational research evaluates Test-Enhanced Learning Strategies in CPD and the outcomes of the Community Paediatrics Fellowship.

Brian D. Hodges, MD, PhD, FRCPC is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto; Executive-Vice President Education and Chief Medical Officer at the University Health Network (Toronto General, Toronto Western, Princess Margaret, Toronto Rehab Hospitals and the Michener Institute). He is a practicing psychiatrist and teacher. His research focuses on assessment, competence, compassion and the future of the health profession. His work has been recognized with the Association of American Medical Colleges Flexner Award (2015) and the Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education (2016).

Elizabeth McLaney is the Director of Interprofessional Education (IPE) at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and an Associate Director at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Interprofessional Education (CIPE). Elizabeth’s work at Sunnybrook focuses on corporate IPE strategic planning, bringing collaborative learning into continuing education and faculty development, working with academic partners and internal leaders to support student education, and advancing education related infrastructure. Elizabeth’s work at the CIPE focuses on system level leadership and engagement. Elizabeth holds a status appointment as Lecturer with the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Elizabeth has published and presented on topics such as: creating organizational core competencies for interprofessional team collaboration, leveraging intentionality to advance IPE, game-based learning and IPE, and implementing cross-organization interprofessional learning opportunities for students.

Navaz Mistry is the Director of Advancement Communications at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. She is responsible for the department’s marketing strategy, including designing the customer journey through digital and print communications. She has a Master of Education from the University of Toronto and has worked with numerous organizations on creating customized training programs. Areas of focus include design thinking, innovation, problem-solving, strategy and leadership. She also facilitates sessions on design thinking and communications.

Paula Rowland, PhD, is a Scientist with the Wilson Centre for Research in Education, as part of the Post MD program at the University of Toronto. Following a clinical career in the rehabilitation sciences, Dr. Rowland pursued graduate studies in the field of organizational development, completing two Master’s degrees (2007, 2011) and earning a PhD in Organizational Studies in 2013. Paula explores major organizational change initiatives as a way to understand workplace learning in context. To that end, she has two streams of research: (1) organizational change for patient safety and (2) patient engagement for quality improvement. Her work has been supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the AMS Phoenix Project, the Gold Foundation, and University of Toronto’s Education Development Fund. She has published in leading education and health journals, including Academic Medicine, Medical Education, Advances in Health Sciences Education, the Journal of Interprofessional Care, and Health.

Dr. Schneeweiss is a Professor of Paediatrics and Associate Dean Continuing Professional Development (CPD), University of Toronto. As Associate Dean of CPD, she promotes the academic mission of the largest CPD office in Canada. She is a staff member and Director of Education for the Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Dr. Schneeweiss is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine and holds a Masters of Health Professional Education degree from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She has dedicated her career to advancing CPD and worked as the Academic Director for the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto CPD (2013-2015) and Director for Continuing Education for the Department of Paediatrics at SickKids (2004-2013). She served as a CPD educator for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for six years where she worked to support the maintenance of certification program and lifelong learning completing her term in 2016. As an academic program director and conference chair for a variety of CPD programs and conferences, she has acquired a broad range of experience in the complexities of program development and has been extensively involved in teaching. She continues to work with a variety of organizations at the local, national and international levels to support CPD and build capacity for the next generation of CPD leaders.

Dr. Ivan Silver joined the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in December 2011 as its’ first Vice President of Education. Prior to this he was the inaugural director of the Centre for Faculty Development (2002-2009) and the Vice-Dean of CEPD (2005-2011) in the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Silver is a full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and a practicing psychiatrist at CAMH where his focus is geriatric psychiatry.

Dr. Silver has built a national reputation as a medical educator. Among his many awards and honors is the 3M Teaching Fellowship, a national award that recognizes outstanding contributions to university teaching across all faculties. In 2014, he was recognized by both the Royal College Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Canadian Association of Medical Education for his long standing contributions to medical education and related scholarship nationally.

As the Vice-President of Education at CAMH, Dr. Silver is responsible for creating a learning environment that will draw students and trainees to the hospital, and is dedicated to inter-professional collaboration, work-based learning including simulation and e-learning, linking education to clinical care outcomes, and enhancing education scholarship and innovation. He is continuing his education research and scholarship in the areas of feedback, professionalism, and continuing professional and faculty development.

Maria Tassone is the Senior Director, Collaborative and Transformative Learning at the University Health Network (UHN), and the inaugural Director of the Centre for Interprofessional Education, a strategic partnership between the University of Toronto and UHN. Maria was the co-lead of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Leadership Collaborative, one of four international innovation collaboratives awarded by the Institute of Medicine in Washington. Her experiences in collaborative leadership for health system change contributed to the development, implementation and evaluation of the highly successful Collaborative Change Leadership™ program, for which Maria is currently the Co-Director. Over the course of her career, Maria has been recognized as a leader in innovation related to interprofessional education and care, with the 3M Team Innovation Award and the Ontario Hospital Ted Freeman Award for Education Innovation. She is also seen as a mentor for emerging leaders within and beyond her profession, and for this she was awarded the Canadian Physiotherapy Association National Mentorship Award. Maria holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from McGill University, a Master of Science from the University of Western Ontario, and she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Throughout her career, Maria has held a variety of clinical, education, research and leadership positions, both within physiotherapy and across a multitude of professions. She is most passionate about the interface between research, education, and practice and leading change in complex systems.