CPD Scholarship Annual Report 2023-24

Posted On: 2024-05-20

This report is a summary of CPD-related publications and presentations from members of the CPD Scholarship Team carried out during the academic year July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.

There is a wealth of CPD research taking place at the University of Toronto and, while this report summarizes substantial contributions, this does not reflect the many significant CPD-related scholarly contributions by other members of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.

Awards and Honours

  • Vice President, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) (2024-25) Schneeweiss S
  • Past-President, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) (2024-25) Wiljer D
  • President, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) (2022-24) Wiljer D
  • Fox Award for Best Research Presentation, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) Annual Meeting (2024) Paton M, Cook C, MacLeod T
  • Invitation to Academy of Fellows, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) (2024) Wiljer D
  • Meritorious Service Award, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) (2024) Paton M

Grants

  • Education Development Fund, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

    Development of a Planetary Health e-learning module for family physician residents and teachers

    Principal Investigators: Lee K, Green S

    Collaborators: Martin D, Grundland B, MacNeill H, Got T, Wintemute K

    Year: 2023 – Present

    Amount: $20,000 CAD

  • Partnership Development Grant: Insight and Connection, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

    The promotion process as an act of power: An institutional ethnography of faculties of medicine in Canada

    Principal Investigator: Solkaridis S

    Co-Applicants: LeBlanc C, MacLeod A, Cummings B, Chan C, Ogunyemi B, Cameron E, Joneja M, Hubinette M, Schrewe B, Sonnenberg L, Keegan D, Chan M, Baetz M, Kuper A, Whitehead C, MacKinnon K. Collaborators: Haroon B, Kronick R, Razack S, Cervin C, Lougheed M, Philpott J, St-Onge C, Poitra J, Lewis M, Holroyd-Leduc J, Kassam A, Taylor V, Israels S, Maniate J, Whiting S, Bryden P, Hawker G, Houston P, Paton M, Schneeweiss S, Lum P

    Partners: Karwowska A, Moineau G

    Year: 2023-26

    Amount: $199,870 CAD

  • The British Academy Conference Scheme

    Post-crisis professionalism? Setting the agenda for a new politics of healthcare professionalism

    Principal Investigator: Waring, J

    Co-Investigators: Rowland P, Wallenberg I, Felder M

    Year: 2023-25

    Amount: £28,454 GBP

  • Exploration Grant, New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF), Canada Research Coordinating Committee and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

    Principal Investigator: Rowland P

    Co-Investigators: Bell J, Woods N, Mylopoulos M

    Year: 2023-25

    Amount: $91,875 CAD

  • Connaught Global Challenge Award, Global Research Impact Program Funding

    Building a global research network to advance student and youth mental health

    Nominated Principal Investigator: Cleverley K

    Principal Investigators: Farb N, Ford B, Goldstein B, Hamza C, Kirsh B, Lee E, Malti T, Sabiston C, Szatmari P, Uliaszek A

    Co-investigators: Freeland A, Henderson J, Lai M-C, Wiljer D, and collaborators

    Year: 2022-25

    Amount: $148,800 CAD

  • Innovation Fund Grant, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Alternative Funding Plan

    The possibilities and limits of anti-racism education mandates and praxis in academic health sciences centers

    Co-Principal Investigators: Kuper A, Norris M

    Co-Investigators: Simmonds E, Kalocsai C, Townsend C, Legere L, Lynch M, Richardson L, Zaretsky A, Auguste B, Bennett F, Fernando O, Paton M, Squires A, Osei-Yeboah C, Najeeb U, Sirianni G, Lychek M, Teshima J

    Year: 2024

    Amount: $150,000 CAD

  • Small Grant in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence, Association of Medical Services (AMS)

    Health information systems and matters of care: A meta-ethnography on the effects of health information systems on carer’s Identities

    Principal Investigator: Rowland, P

    Co-Investigator, Freisen F, Bell J, Sheehan K, Steele-Gray C

    Year: 2023-24

    Amount: $29,687 CAD

  • Workplace Integrated Demonstration Project Grant, Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine

    Paramedicine as a component of interprofessional primary care: Developing comprehensive education and its national integration

    Principal Applicant: Tavares, W

    Co-Applicants: Rowland, P, Batt A, Drennan I, Landes M, Kaas-Mason S, Donnelly E, Moran P

    Year: 2023-24

    Amount: $130,000 CAD

  • Education Research and Scholarship Grant, Sunnybrook Education Research Unit

    Decolonizing the hospital: The possibilities and limits of anti-racism Education and praxis in academic health sciences centres

    Principal Investigator: Kalocsai C

    Co-Principal Investigators: Norris M, Kuper A

    Co-investigators: Andrade M, Fernando O, Fields J, Gallant F, Gilbert J, Lychek M, Paton M, Reel K, Sherwood Y, Srinani G, Stewart A, Townsend C, Weiss S, Whitehead CR, Zaretsky A, Aqeel H, Legere L

    Year: 2022-24

    Amount: $10,000 CAD

  • Spencer Foundation

    Decolonizing the hospital: The possibilities and limits of anti-racism Education and praxis in academic health sciences centres

    Principal Investigator: Kalocsai C

    Co-Principal Investigators: Norris M, Kuper A

    Co-Investigators: Stewart A, Legere L, Townsend C, Lychek M, Srinani G, Aqeel H, Wong M, Reel K, Zaretsky A, Whitehead CR, Richardson L, Fields J, Paton M, Andrade M, Gallant F, Gayle D, Simmons J, Fernando O

    Year: 2022-24

    Amount: $49,810 USD

  • Art of the Possible Grant, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto

    How well does a health practitioner graduate course on educational technology meet educational technology needs?

    Principal Investigators: MacNeill H, Telner D

    Collaborators: Nemethy K

    Year: 2021-24

    Amount: $5,000 CAD

  • Medical Education Research Grant, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

    Beyond ‘mini-me’ and #MeToo: Building physicians’ leadership capacity to support the success of people with diverse needs and experiences

    Principal Investigator: Soklaridis S

    Co-Investigators: Kuper A, Paton M, MacLeod A, Le Blanc C, Silver I, Lin E, Agic B, Busari J, Sockalingam S, Whitehead C

    Year: 2020-24

    Amount: $49,786 CAD

  • IDEAS Grant, Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

    A mixed methods study to evaluate creative self-efficacy after creativity training in a CPD program

    Recipients: Litwin S, Park S, Fayaaz J, Schneeweiss S

    Year: 2023

    Amount: $5,000 CAD

  • Association of Medical Services (AMS)

    Creating a digital compassion movement: Supporting a compassionate care experience in the digital and virtual care ecosystem

    Principal Investigators: Wiljer D, Strudwick G

    Co Investigators: Crawford A, Sockalingam S, Rossos P, Shen N

    Year: 2022-23

    Amount: $167,827 CAD

  • Future Skills Centre

    Accelerating the appropriate adoption of artificial intelligence in health care through building new knowledge, skills, and capabilities in the Canadian health care professions

    Principal Investigator: Wiljer D

    Program Lead: Salhia M

    Co-Investigators: Beaudoin E, Gillan C, Kulasegaram M, Mylopoulos M, Pham Q, Rowland P, Russell A, Shen N, Tavares W, Woods N, Hodges B

    Year: 2020-23

    Amount: $1,519,702 CAD

  • Phil R. Manning Research Award in Continuing Professional Development, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME)

    Building resilience and well-being in primary care during and after the Covid-19 pandemic: A multiple case-study in continuing professional development

    Recipients: Luconi F, Rodriguez C, Lavoie-Tremblay M, Gutberg J, Baker GR, Montreuil T, Harley JM, Nugus P, Briand C, Lalla L, Desseilles M, Curran V, Barin O, Zahedi S, Schneeweiss S, Lauzon B

    Year: 2022

    Amount: $50,000 USD

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Masters K, Benjamin J, Agrawal A, MacNeill H, Pillow T, Mehta N (2024). 12 tips on creating and using custom GPTs to enhance health professions education. Medical Teacher, 1-5, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2024.2305365

Bernson-Leung M, MacNeill H (2023). Big assumptions in online and blended continuing professional development: Finding our way forward together. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (JCEHP), https://doi.org/10.1097/ceh.0000000000000528

Masters K, Nemethy K, Corriera R, Carver T, Benjamin J, MacNeill H (2023). Online learning in health professions education. Part 2: Tools and practical application. AMEE Guide Number 163. Medical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2023.2259069

MacNeill H, Masters K, Nemethy K, Corriera R (2023). Online learning in health professions education. Part 1: Teaching and learning in online environments. AMEE Guide Number 161. Medical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2023.2197135

Paton M, Zakeri B, Rowland P, Tavares W, Williams BW, Schneeweiss S, Wiljer D (2023). Decision-making in continuing professional development organizations during a crisis. Medical Education, 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15265

Rowland, P (2023). Opening up the continuing professional development imagination: Bringing the workplace into view. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, S30-34, https://doi.org/10.1097/ceh.0000000000000531

Non-Peer Reviewed Papers

Presentations

Invited Lectures and Presentations

  • Words matter: The evolution to professional services staff in CPD (April 2024). CPD Leaders Retreat. Vancouver, Canada. Cuddy T, Paton M.
  • Unlocking the potential of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for enriching continuing professional development (CPD) (March 2024). Pre-Conference Workshop, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, USA. Valanci S, MacNeill H, Master K.
  • Good, in theory: Connecting theory to workplace education, practice, and research (February 2024). University Health Network Teaching and Learning Week. Toronto, Canada. Rowland P.
  • Learning from serious safety events (February 2024). Science of Continuing Professional
  • Development, University of Toronto. Rowland P, Pozzobon L.
  • Navigating diverse professional opportunities panel (February 2024). Essential skills in HPER. Wilson Centre. Toronto, Canada. Paton M.
  • Best practices in online facilitation and teaching (November 2023). Centre for Faculty Development, University of Toronto. MacNeill H, Nemethy K, Hayos, L.
  • Harnessing the power of technology to stay current as health professional educators (October 2023). Best Practice in Education Rounds, Centre for Faculty Development, University of Toronto. Benjamin J, Mehta N, Pillow T, MacNeill H, Masters K, Argrawal A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NBx7bnlzTs

Workshops

  • Guiding the needs assessment process from application to review: A hands-on workshop with a pilot Needs Assessment Guide (October 2023). National Accreditation Conference. Toronto, Canada. Paton M, Cuddy T, Hodgson K, Schneeweiss S.
  • Harnessing the power of technology and online networks to stay current as health profession educators (August 2023). AMEE Preconference Workshop. Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Benjamin J, Agrawal A, Pillow MT, MacNeill H, Masters K, Mehta N.

Presented Abstracts

  • From small seeds to big trees: Evaluating the outcomes of an education scholarship grant (April 2024). International Congress on Academic Medicine. Vancouver, Canada. Kulasegaram K, Karim A, Fechtig L, Paton M, Ferrugia M, Freeman R.
  • Guiding the needs assessment process from application to review: Research and perspectives from a Canadian Continuing Professional Development Office (April 2024). International Congress on Academic Medicine. Vancouver, Canada. Paton M, Cuddy T, Hodgson K, Wong B, Chipman C, Schneeweiss S.
  • What do medical education staff need for talent development: Results of a staff-led quality improvement inquiry of medical education staff (April 2024). International Congress on Academic Medicine. Vancouver, Canada. Paton M, Forward A, Chipman C, Kurabi B, Lee H, Leslie W, MacDonald B, Sturge C, Murgaski L, Cuddy T.
  • Expanding our evaluations of bias: A pilot study of four Canadian university CPD providers (March 2024). Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, USA. Paton M, Cook C, Hill T.
  • A framework for integrating structural competency into physician leadership curricula (March 2024). Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, USA. Agic B, Khenti A, MacLeod A, Sarang A, Kuper A, LeBlanc C, Whitehead C, Lin E, Fruitman H, Busari J, Paton M, Vaz Q, Zaheer R, Shier R, Buchman S, Sockalingam S, Knyahnytska Y, Soklaridis S.
  • Guiding the needs assessment process from application to review: Research and perspectives from a Canadian Continuing Professional Development Office (March 2024). Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, USA. Paton M, Cuddy T, Hodgson K, Wong B, Chipman C, Schneeweiss S.
  • Blended and HyFlex CPD (October 2023). National Accreditation Conference. Toronto, Canada. MacNeill H, Dow H, Kim J.
  • Is a leader a leader? Validating a potential CPD leadership competency framework (October 2023). Richard K. Reznick Wilson Centre Research Week. Toronto, Canada. Wiljer D, Paton M, Do V, Maniate J, Tavares W, Schneeweiss S.
  • Professional work in the shadows: A Foucauldian-inspired discourse analysis of administrative staff and faculty relations in health professions education (September 2023). Equity in Health Systems Lab Symposium. Toronto, Canada. Paton M, Waterman S, Whitehead CR, Kuper A.
  • Educational technology faculty development needs of healthcare educators (August 2023). AMEE Conference. Glasgow, Scotland, UK. MacNeill H, Telner D, Petten N, Fawns T.
  • From accidental to intentional leaders: Understanding leadership and the role of the leader in the context of CPD (August 2023). AMEE Conference. Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Paton M, Jeyakumar T, Do V, Maniate J, Tavares W, Schneeweiss S, Wiljer D.