If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Mino Mitri at mmitri@stjoes.ca or Dr. Madeleine Verhovsek at verhovm@mcmaster.ca. 

The Department of Education and Learning at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton is pleased to announce that renovations for the Obstetrics and Gynecology Medical Learner lounge space (Charlton campus room D246) are complete. We would like to thank the Redevelopment Team for their hard work and the OBGYN medical learners and faculty for their input and support through the renovation process.

Renovations for several other spaces are underway with completion expected this fall. We look forward to sharing the new spaces with you all!

There have been several changes in the Health Professionals Academic Placement Coordinator Office. After almost 11 years serving in the role of Academic Placement Coordinator for Health Professionals, Peggy Bosanac (pictured) retired on August 26, 2022. Zdravka Kuzmanovic - who has also been working in the role for the past year and will be replacing Peggy going forward - will be on maternity leave starting September 26. 2022. Due to this, we are welcoming Wendy Galloway to the interim role as Academic Placement Coordinator. Wendy is also a physiotherapist at St. Joseph’s who is looking forward to assisting in onboarding and managing health professional learner experiences.

November 1, 2022 we will be hosting the Professional Advisory Committee Excellence in Practice Awards. These awards are open to individuals and teams of health professionals. While these awards recognize all the pillars of professional practice, there is an individual and a team award for education. The nominations are open from September 12^th to October 7^th and can be found on the external website and MyStJoes intranet site under the Professional Advisory Committee page.

“Jenny Wheaton consistently provided feedback. After completing a new skill, Jenny would give feedback on how it went. Similarly, Jenny would ask me how I thought things went to encourage me to do some self-reflection. Jenny was an amazing preceptor who really helped me gain confidence in my skills. Jenny made me feel so welcome and a part of the team!”

“I have had three placements in total over my educational career and I have never encountered a supervisor as dedicated to my success as Patti Hardwick. She went above and beyond to expose to me to as many opportunities as possible in our short time together, and pushed me to become a better social worker. At the same time, she never lost sight of the fact that I was a student and provided frequent check-ins to ensure that I was managing the workload well and utilizing self-care as needed. I will be forever grateful for my experience at St Joseph's and for Patti's dedication to my learning and success.”

“Though Sara Dishart was my primary supervisor, both Sara and Maryem Sidarous were absolutely amazing supervisors. They were so welcoming right from the start, willing to involve me in anything they did that they thought might be helpful for my learning. They trusted me with tasks large enough to teach me valuable skills, while never leaving me without help or supervision. They were compassionate, encouraging, knowledgeable, professional, proactive, and welcoming, both with me and with clients! I learned just as much from the example that they set as I did from the words of their teaching.

Jane Loncke (Clinical Director, Post-Acute Care, Community Partnerships and Health Professional Practice and Co-Chair, Professional Advisory Committee, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton; and Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University) gave the keynote address at the McMaster Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Program Awards Celebration held on August 4^th, 2022. Jane was invited to give the address as she was a founding member of the Advisory Committee for the proposal development for the now-accredited SLP program and has been involved directly in through her ongoing work with students, inclusive of Evidence-based practice supervision, and mentoring of PhD students.

Drinks and snacks are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week from vending machines located throughout the Charlton Campus at the following locations: