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.
Tutor Preparation Session
Elevate Your Game: Making the Most of Small Group Learning
This interactive session will provide a brief overview of UGME curriculum, expectations across 4 years, and how small group learning fits into the curriculum. Information regarding the pedagogical foundations for tutorials and other small group learning opportunities will be reviewed. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on different tips and tricks for engaging learners, how to promote deeper learning, and managing challenges with small groups.
Presenter: Dr. Wendy Stewart
📅 Date: September 9, 2025
🕖 Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
💻 Delivery mode: MS Teams
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For more information, please contact Angela Hogan at fddmnb@dal.ca
Session Objectives:
- Briefly describe the structure of the UGME curriculum (scholar)
- Explain how small groups learning is integrated into the UGME curriculum (scholar)
- Explain the meaning of active learning and how this is used to promote deeper learning (scholar)
- Identify ways to engage students with a variety of learning styles (communicator)
- Give examples of approaches to deal with challenges that arise in small group learning (communicator)
From Prompt to Perfection: Leveraging AI to Develop and Enhance Learning Objectives, Clinical Teaching Cases, and Assessments
Session includes in-the moment guidance as participants learn the steps and then practice the how-to of utilizing AI for various teaching purposes. Maximum of 20 participants.
Presenter: Dr. Natalie Lutwick
📅 Date: September 18, 2025
🕖 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
💻 Delivery mode: MS Teams
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For more information, please contact facdev@dal.ca
Session Objectives:
- Recognize the importance and relevance of AI-assisted objective, question and case development in medical education and its impact on teaching and learning. (Scholar)
- Apply AI tools to create high-quality learning objectives, clinical teaching cases, and assessments. (Scholar)
- Evaluate and refine AI-generated content for clarity, accuracy, complexity and alignment with medical program objectives. (Scholar & Collaborator)