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.
Gender Affirming Care: From teaching to practice
Presenter: Sarah Fraser, MD, MSc, CCFP, Co-Director, Medical Humanities-HEALS (DMNS), Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
📅Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026
🕐 Time: 12:00 p.m.– 1:00 p.m.
💻 Where: Live on MS Teams
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By the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
1. Explain the core principles of gender-affirming care and their application in clinical practice (Scholar)
2. Demonstrate strategies to teach gender-affirming care effectively to medical students and residents (Scholar, Collaborator).
3. Identify resources and tools to support patients and learners in the provision and understanding of gender-affirming care (Scholar, Communicator, Health Advocate)
For more information, please contact facdev@dal.ca
Talking about Grief in the Clinical Environment (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, February 24, 2026
🕐 Time: 6:00 p.m.– 7:30 p.m.
💻 Where : Live on Zoom - Open to all DalMed faculty
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You are welcome to attend one or more!
Session 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 2
Talking about Grief in the Clinical Environment
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify barriers to discussing grief among physicians, learners, and within healthcare teams (Scholar, Professional)
2. Explore the impact of medicine’s professional culture on expressions of vulnerability (Scholar, 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