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.
The Accommodated Learner: Where are we in 2026?
Facilitator: Carolyn Thomson, MD, CCFP, Associate Dean (DMNS), Resident Affairs
🕐Date: Thursday, January 15 | 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
💻 Live on Microsoft Teams
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By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the foundational concepts and complexities of accommodating medical learners. [Scholar]
2. Discuss the current landscape of accommodations for diverse learners in UGME and PGME at Dalhousie [Scholar]
3. Explore the challenges and successes of navigating accommodation pathways in a resource-limited system. [Scholar, Collaborator]
4. Reflect on their own preparedness to support accommodated learners in the clinical environment. [Scholar, Professional]
5. Examine ongoing efforts to improve equity and the learning environment in the context of accommodations in postgraduate medical education. [Scholar, Professional]
For more information, please contact facdev@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