Continuing Professional Development and Medical Education

Faculty of Medicine

Professional Development Seminar Series

 

Miss an interesting seminar?

When possible, our webinar seminars are recorded and available for Dalhousie faculty to view at a later time. Contact facdev@dal.ca for more information on viewing past seminars.

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The majority of our seminars are accredited.

 

 

 

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Programs are offered by DMNS, DMNB & CBMC.

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Enhance your skills, expand your knowledge, and connect with colleagues - offering hybrid, in-person and virtual session to fit your schedule. Sessions that are vitual are usually open to faculty at all sites.  

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)
Credit Statement:

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).
 

White Fragility Clinics

Presenter: Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026 
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Live on Microsoft Teams
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For more information, contact oce@dal.ca
For learning objectives and more, please see program details.

What’s at the Library? Resources and Services for Medicine Faculty

Being a faculty member at Dalhousie University comes with library-related perks. Affiliation with Dal Medicine means that you have access to electronic scholarly resources including eBooks, eJournals, and library databases from wherever you are teaching, conducting research, or in clinical practice. You also have access to library spaces and services at each medical campus, along with the support of dedicated medical librarians. Thus, we are here to help with the learning curve, so you can find your way around the Dalhousie Libraries’ website and know who to contact for more assistance

In this one-hour session, participants will explore the in-person and virtual library offerings available to them at their respective campuses, and they will also be introduced to the medical librarians who can assist them.

Presenters:
Jackie Phinney, MLIS, MEd, DMNB Librarian
Kara Thompson, MLIS, CBMC Librarian
Robin Parker, PhD, MLIS, DMNS Librarian
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Where: Live on MS Teams

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More specifically, participants will leave with the ability to:
1. Access online library resources using their Dalhousie credentials (Scholar)
2. Locate where to find the UGME curriculum study resources on the Medicine Subject Guide and how to request additions or changes (Scholar, Leader)
3. Look up information through library resources to support teaching and research, including finding research articles, eBooks, and clinical or drug information tools (Scholar, Medical Expert)
4. Find mobile download instructions for point-of-care information tools provided by the library to obtain evidence-based recommendations at the bedside, supporting teaching moments and clinical practice (Medical Expert, Scholar)
5. Reach out for assistance with knowledge synthesis research, literature searching, accessing evidence, or planning for curriculum delivery (Collaborator, Scholar, Leader)

Teaching Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning
 

Presenter: Luke Chen, MD, FRCPC, MMEd (he/him), Professor in Medicine, Dalhousie University
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2026
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Where: Clinical Research Centre, C206, Dean’s Council room, Halifax, NS

In-person only **Light lunch served**
All DalMed faculty welcome!

By the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
1. Examine the dual process model of clinical reasoning in building differential diagnoses (Scholar, Medical Expert)
2. Contrast the uses and abuses of artificial intelligence in clinical reasoning (Scholar)
3. Discuss clinical reasoning and diagnostic examples (Scholar, Communicator)

Registration opening soon! For more information, contact facdev@dal.ca

Humanities

Led by Dr. Aruna Dhara and Dr. Wendy Stewart

From the visual and performing arts to the history of medicine, we believe in the value of having medical professionals and faculty engage in the humanities. Wherever you are in your career or your lifelong learning there is something for everyone to gain from humanizing medicine. Integrating medical humanities will: stimulate your creativity; sustain your energy; support the compassion required to provide excellence in care; develop your capacity for critical thinking and improve your communication and advocacy skills.