Professional Development Seminar Series
Enhance your skills, expand your knowledge, and connect with colleagues - offering hybrid, in-person and virtual session to fit your schedule. Sessions are listed in date order.
Overall learning objectives:
By the end of a specific session, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the importance and relevancy of session content to their practice specifically and the profession of medicine generally (Collaborator; Communicator; Leader; Professional; Scholar)
- Apply new learnings to improve, diversify, and strengthen their clinical care and/or research (Collaborator; Communicator; Leader; Professional; Scholar)
Accreditation:
This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by Dalhousie University Continuing Professional Development and Medical Education for up to 3.0 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits.
This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Dalhousie University Continuing Professional Development and Medical Education. You may claim a maximum of 3.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Educationally approved by Dalhousie University Continuing Professional Development and Medical Education.
Feedback and Coaching in CBD
Presenter: Dafydd Davies, MD, FRCSC, Associate Professor, Competence Based Medical Education Lead, PGME
NEW DATE: Thursday, March 26, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m.– 1:00 p.m.
Where: Hybrid on MS Teams and in-person Room C 206, Clinical Research Centre, 5849 University Avenue.
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Grief, Self-Care, and Physician Wellness (part of Grief Education series)
Presenters:
Sarah Burm, PhD, Associate Professor & Associate Director of Education Research, Faculty of Medicine, and Nova Scotia Health Affiliate Scientist (Research)
Matthew Fillier is the provincial grief and bereavement practice lead for the palliative care network at Nova Scotia Health (NSH)
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Time: 5:00 p.m.– 6:30 p.m.
Where : Live on Zoom - Open to all DalMed faculty
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You are welcome to attend one or more!
Last Session: Tuesday, April 28, 5:00 p.m.– 6:30 p.m. | Honouring your Grief and the Grief of Others
Overall Learning Objectives:
After attending this program, participants should be able to:
1. Recognize the importance and relevancy of session content to their practice specifically and the profession of medicine generally
2. Apply new learnings to improve, diversify, and strengthen their clinical care and/or research
Session 3
Grief, Self-Care, and Physician Wellness
Learning Objectives:
1. Examine the relationship between unacknowledged grief and physician burnout, moral injury, or compassion fatigue (Scholar, Professional)
2. Differentiate between performative and meaningful self-care (Scholar, Professional)
3. Identify personal practices and available resources intended to help physicians navigate their grief and loss in a compassionate manner (Professional)
Introduce language and strategies for initiating conversations about grief with colleagues and learners (Scholar, Professional, Collaborator)For more information, please contact sarah.burm@dal.ca