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.
Understanding Grief and Grief Literacy
(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: Thursday, January 22, 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!
Session 2: Tuesday, February 24, 6:00-7:30 p.m. | Talking about Grief in the Clinical Environment
Session 3: Tuesday, March 31, 5:00 p.m.– 6:30 p.m. | Grief, Self-care, and Physician Wellness
Session 4: 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 1
Understanding Grief and Grief Literacy
Learning Objectives:
1. Define different forms of grief in the context of medical practice (Scholar)
2. Reflect on how grief is acknowledged—or not acknowledged—within clinical training and practice (Scholar)
For more information, please contact sarah.burm@dal.ca
Guiding Learners from MED 1 to Residency: Expectations and Support
Presenters: Dr. Arlene Kelly-Wiggins, Dr. Sarah Mader, Dr. Stephanie Langley, & Dr. Joan Salah
📅Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026
🕐 Time: 9:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.
🏨Where: Yvonne LeVert Hospitality Suite, Cape Breton University [In-Person only]
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By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the structure and key expectations of learners across MED 1 to Residency within the Dalhousie curriculum (scholar, leader)
2. Compare the roles, capabilities, and supervision needs of learners at different training levels in Medicine. (scholar, collaborator, leader)
3. Identify early signs of a learner in difficulty and determine potential areas of challenge using a structured approach (scholar, leader, professional)
4. Apply appropriate informal and formal strategies to support and remediate learners in difficulty (leader, professional)
For more information, please contact katie.macleod@dal.ca