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.
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: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
🕐 Time: 7:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m.
💻 Where: Microsoft Teams
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For more information, please contact fddmnb@dal.ca
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Briefly Describe the structure of the UGME curriculum (scholar)
2. Explain how small groups learning is integrated into the UGME curriculum (scholar)
3. Explain the meaning of active learning and how this is used to promote deeper learning (scholar)
4. Identify ways to engage students with a variety of learning styles (communicator)
5. Give examples of approaches to deal with challenges that arise in small group learning (communicator)
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 2.0 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 2.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Using Technology in Teaching (Basic)
Presenter: Laurel King, MEd, Manager, Faculty Development with Keven Ayoub, Senior Information Technologist with MedIT for technical questions & support
📅Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025
🕐 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - hands-on presentation & practice
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - drop in with question and for more practice
🧑🤝🧑In-person: Clinical Research Centre, C206, 5849 University Avenue, Halifax
* Bring your laptop!*
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By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Create a basic Power Point presentation to use when teaching in person and/or online. (Scholar)
2. Locate saved and/or downloaded presentation documents on their laptop, and display desired documents on screen for learners in-person. (Scholar)
3. Utilize the "share" function in MS Teams so that prepared teaching materials can be viewed by learners virtually. (Scholar)
4. Discuss basic principles of content design that engage learners and enhance retention. (Scholar)
For more information, please contact facdev@dal.ca
Building Confidence with Teaching Technologies
Presenter: Katie MacLeod, PhD, Cape Breton Medical Campus
📅Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025
🕐 Time: 12:00 p.m.– 1:00 p.m.
💻🧑🤝🧑Hybrid (Cape Breton): CBMC Classroom, D315 / MS Teams
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By the end of this session participants will be able to:
1. Identify and navigate the key features of Brightspace, including accessing course content, and One45 for assessments [Scholar, Leader]
2. Navigate and utilize the key features of Microsoft 365 as resources to enhance the course delivery [Scholar]
3. Effectively use basic technology tools, such as email and Microsoft Teams to facilitate communication and collaboration with students [Communicator, Collaborator]
For more information, please contact katie.macleod@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