CLASS OF 2022, Next Stop: RESIDENCY!



Congratulations to the Waterloo Regional Campus, Class of 2022 on their matches this year. Many thanks to our staff and faculty for their roles in assisting medical learners on their journey to residency.

Buckle up for a stay-cation as we explore where our Class of 2022 will be heading for their residency starting in July. We wish them the best as they enter the next chapter of their journey.

STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please join Waterloo Regional Campus in welcoming; 

IT/AV Specialist

Marko Dabic

Please join Waterloo Regional Campus in welcoming the following faculty leads;

Regional Education Lead, 

UG/PG Emergency Medicine

Dr. Adrianna Arkilander

Simulation Lead

Dr. Joanna Wielgosz

WELCOMING NEW FACULTY



Scott Liang - Family Medicine

John McCuaig - FM Sports Medicine

Kerry Lake - IM Respirology

Emma Pollard - Obstetrics & Gynecology

Brandon Howell - Orthopedic Surgery

MEDICAL FOUNDATION 1 TUTOR RECRUITMENT

The Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Club, Centre for Clinical Learning at the Waterloo Regional Campus is excited to host Medical Foundations 1 for the first time to the incoming Class of 2025.

A call for interested faculty to participate as a tutor in the upcoming Medical Foundations 1, 11 week block starting August 8 – Oct 21, 2022.

Medical Foundations 1: Subunit – Introduction to Medicine, Cardiology, Respirology

Delivery Method: In Person

Responsibilities include:

• Uses electronic platforms for curriculum delivery and student assessment (e.g. MedPortal and MedSIS) appropriately.  
• Ensures regular and frequent opportunities in tutorial for feedback on student performance, tutor performance and group function.  
• Assesses and reviews Concept Application Exercises (CAE) and other assessment tools within 1 week of their administration. 
• Completes online interim and final student assessments within 2 weeks of the first prompt date from MedSIS. 

Tutorials occur twice a week either Mon/Thur or Tues/Fri afternoons or evenings for 3 hours each session. Preparation time varies but you will find significant support and resources through the MF manual, Medportal and our curriculum team. NOTE: You will get orientation to ensure you are well prepared.

*Mandatory large group tutorial sessions are scheduled for August 12 and 16 and we ask tutors and students to attend this session.

Academic Contribution Hours: Tutors who complete the 11 week block will obtain 120 contribution hours towards their faculty appointment.

Stipend: Compensation will be provided for Tutors, interested individuals should reach out to Dr. Sharon Bal for further details on stipend and/or responsibilities.

CLINICAL SKILLS PRECEPTOR RECRUITMENT

A call for interested faculty to participate as Clinical Skills Preceptors for the upcoming teaching sessions of Medical Foundations 1 for the Class of 2025, 11 week block starting August 8 – Oct 21, 2022.

Medical Foundations 1: Subunit – Introduction to Medicine, Cardiology, Respirology.

Delivery Method: In Person

Schedule: Once tutorial schedule has been finalized, clinical skills sessions will occur on any other days in the afternoon or evenings for 3 hours.

Preparation time varies but you will find significant support and resources through the MF manual, Medportal and our curriculum team.

Responsibilities include:

• Using electronic platforms for curriculum delivery and student assessment (e.g. MedPortal and MedSIS) appropriately.  
• Ensuring regular and frequent opportunities in clinical skills sessions for feedback on student performance, preceptor performance and group function. 
• Completing online interim and final student assessments within 2 weeks of the first prompt date from MedSIS. 

Academic Contribution Hours: Preceptors who complete the 11 week block will obtain 45 contribution hours towards their faculty appointment. As always, our curriculum assistant Casey Kadwell, or Clinical Skills Co-ordinator Dr. Laura Purcell can be contacted for any questions or concerns now and throughout the year. 

SUMMER ELECTIVE PERCEPTOR RECRUITMENT

Electives are a core curricular component of the program; inability to provide adequate experiences puts UME accreditation in jeopardy and could result in delayed graduation of our students. Unfortunately, capacity has been severely limited by the COVID pandemic.

We are looking for electives preceptors for the following time periods:

• Aug 1 – 14
• Aug 15 – 28
• Aug 29 – Sept 4
• Sept 5 – 11
• Sept 12 – 25
• Sept 26 – Oct 9
• Oct 24 – Nov 6

If you/your group has capacity to supervise elective students during either of the above time periods. If you have any questions about supervising electives, please contact Pauline Dawson, or Electives REL Dr. Theresa Liu

On behalf of our WRC learners and staff, we thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to medical education. We appreciate your ongoing support of our WRC trainees!

ELECTIVE CATALOGUE

As educators, it is our hope that electives would be used by students to develop a personalized curriculum that compliments their learning from the core curriculum. This would enable each student to create individual opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are required of practicing physicians.



If you are interested to be added into the Elective Catalogue, please complete the following form to provide detailed information on medical student electives opportunities at the Waterloo Regional Campus. 

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT EVENTS

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Merit Faculty Fellowship - Call for Submission

Goal:

The MERIT Faculty Fellowship provides mentorship and supervision in health professions education research. The goal of the program is to increase the number of education scholars within the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster.

Description:

The fellowship provides funding to protect time for a faculty member to develop a year-long, tailored experience in conducting high-quality education research. A MERIT scientist(s) will partner with the fellow to serve as a project supervisor and fellowship mentor. The fellow will complete a scholarly education project, either a research project or evaluation of an innovation. The fellow will design a personalized curriculum to help them acquire the necessary skills to complete their project and acquire the foundational abilities of an education scholar. Learning opportunities may include formal courses, semi-structured seminars, guided readings etc. The fellow will join the MERIT community.

Timeline:

• Deadline for submission of an application is June 30, 2022
• Applicants will be informed of the selection committee's decision by July 29, 2022
• Fellowship begins September 6, 2022

Bridging Leaders Program Fall 2022

Description:

The Bridging Leaders Program allows leaders who hold dual citizenship (e.g. teacher and researcher, hopital leader and academic faculty, cliniian and scientists, or others) to work on reconciling their two or more sides and to find ways to collaboratively seek solutions that are win-win for al involved. By participating in this program, participants will set the foundation to effectively lead in their academic, research, and clinical leadership roles. The 2022 Fall Cohort is accredited for 14.75 hours of Mainpro+ or MOC Section 1 credits.

Main Learning Sessions:

• Monday, September 19, 2022 - 1-5pm ET
• Friday, October 28, 2022 - 10am-2pm ET
• Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 1-5pm ET
• Thursday, December 15 2022 - 9am-1pm ET

Recorded Past Events:

In incorporating a teaching role into their practice, physicians face additional challenges from the administrative tasks related to teaching. Paperwork and other administrative tasks are primary causes of burnout for most physicians as they allocate more professional time to them. This workshop will address practical strategies to increase efficiency and even enjoyment of doing this much-dreaded portion of our work day as physicians and clinical teachers. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA0qNMPP7MQ

RIGHT TO DISCONNECT POLICY



As of May 31, 2022, McMaster University introduced a Disconnecting From Work Policy.

The University is committed to advancing human and societal well-being and strives to nurture and support a healthy work environment for our employees. In light of the evolution of the work environment, including the advancement of digital workplace solutions (e.g., collaboration tools and document management tools), the University recognizes that providing mechanisms to disconnect outside of work hours supports our commitment and encourages a culture focused on enabling harmony of work and personal pursuits.

We recognize that due to the nature of our work, the program and program leaders may communicate with staff, faculty, and student after hours. However, responding after hours is not required or expected unless the matter is marked "urgent matter" or "workplace emergency".

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Health and Safety:

• Guidelines for Managing Student Concerns in UGME
• Guidelines for the Support of Learners During an Influenza Pandemic or Localized Outbreak

Mistreatment:

• Code of Conduct for Faculty and Procedure for Taking Disciplinary Action
• Conflict of Interest Guidelines: Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
• McMaster University Policy on Accessibility
• McMaster Discrimination and Harassment Policy
• Professional Responsibilities in Undergraduate Medical Education
• Violence in the Workplace
• Prevention of Undue Bias in Student Assessment

Professionalism:

• Guideline to Standards of Professional Behaviour and Complaint Resolution for Students and Faculty
• Professionalism Discussion Report
• Professionalism in Practice