The Centre for Faculty Development is pleased to announce the topics for the faculty development workshops taking place September - December 2010. You may register online at http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/programs/upcoming-workshops.html.

Per our usual policy, due to limited space, priority registration for these workshops is given to faculty members within the Faculty of Medicine, U of T at no charge. If you are not faculty within the Faculty of Medicine but are active in teaching health professional students at U of T, you are encouraged to register and may attend the workshop(s) for a fee of $50 each.

Workshop Topics

• Teaching 101 Part 1 & 2
• Facilitating Groups in Interprofessional Education: Getting Started
• Teaching Internationally
• Teaching Dossiers
• Setting the Stage: How to Use AV Effectively and Become a Better Presenter
• You Can Do It! Managing Challenging Teaching Situations and Problem Learners
• Technology Enhanced Health Professions Teaching
• The Healthy Teacher
• What's My Style? Develop your Leadership Agility

For workshop dates, leaders and locations, please visit: http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/programs/upcoming-workshops.html

Workshops for the winter term will be announced in late October, stay tuned!!!

Please contact Jackie McCaffrey for more information mccaffreyj@smh.toronto.on.ca or 416-864-6060 x6546 or visit our website http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/programs/workshops.html

Core Foundations in Education Research (CoFER) is a new program at the Centre for Faculty Development which is aimed at health professionals who are interested in further developing their understanding of the foundations of health professions education research.

Participants will have a maximum of 2 years to complete all requirements in order to receive the Continuing Education Certificate. Program requirements include attending CFD workshops and participating in a coaching group of 3 or 4 people with one of our research experts who will facilitate the participants learning during the program. Research experts for the program are Dr. Shiphra Ginsburg, Dr. Simon Kitto, Dr. Vicki LeBlanc and Dr. Scott Reeves.

For further information about the program along with cost and application details please visit: http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/programs/cofer.html Deadline for applications is September 17, 2010 and space is limited.

Please see attached the brochure for the upcoming McMaster University, Mobilizing Research Knowledge Conference.

Kindly distribute the following information widely to faculty members and graduate students.

Mobilizing Research Knowledge Conference

October 6-7, 2010
HAMILTON CONVENTION CENTRE
1 Summers Lane, Hamilton, ON

Conference Attendees Will

• Learn about the importance of deliberate planning to optimize knowledge translation
• Learn about the latest in knowledge translation practices and research
• Learn about practical knowledge translation tools and strategies
• Have opportunities to network with experts in the field and other conference delegates from a variety of disciplines

Target Audience

This interdisciplinary conference is designed for researchers, trainees, and graduate students in health sciences and related fields who want to learn from others about how to be successful in efforts to foster knowledge translation.

Keynote Speakers

• David Clements, Vice-President, Policy, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
• Sue Matthews, Vice President Patient Services & Chief Nursing Executive, Niagara Health System
• André Picard, Public Health Reporter, Globe and Mail

Call for Abstracts (Abstract deadline JUNE 30, 2010)

Abstracts are invited for poster presentations that

• Demonstrate innovative examples of knowledge translation processes and structures in practice or
• Communicate research findings from knowledge translation studies

Abstract application form available at
http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/nursing/mrkc.shtml

For more information and to register for the conference visit
http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/conted

Download: Brochure (.pdf, 663KB)

The Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) at the University of Connecticut in Storrs seeks a part-time (75%) Research Associate I or II to help recruit and mobilize a network and perform research in the area of health promotion and disease prevention, with a particular focus on dissemination and implementation research. The successful applicant will perform research in these domains. A Research Associate II will function more independently in planning and managing research activities with less direct supervision than a Research Associate I.

For more information, please see the attached PDF.

Download: UConn CHIP Research Assoc 2010472 (.pdf, 106KB)

Call for applications from Canadian universities ready to take on the challenge of developing & rewarding Community-Engaged Scholarship

Community-engaged scholarship (CES) is gaining momentum in Canadian higher education, yet university reward systems have not kept pace. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) & the University of Guelph have issued a call for applications from Canadian universities that are ready to take on the challenge of developing & rewarding CES through faculty development and changes in promotion and tenure policies.

Applications are due July 12, 2010. An informational conference call is being held on May 26, 2010 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. ET.

Download the call for applications at http://www.ccph.info/.

Register for the informational call at http://bit.ly/9XgnuE.