16th Annual Day in Faculty Development #MacPFD16
Advancing Inclusive Excellence in Health Education and Practice
💻 Delivered Virtually via Zoom
Please note that registration is now closed. If you have registered but have not received instructions regarding how to access the virtual event page, e-mail: cmereg@mcmaster.ca
Join us, as we Engage, Develop, and Inspire faculty and health professionals around the world to advance inclusive excellence in their academic, training, and practice environments.
Participants can claim up to 3.5 Mainpro+ credits or 3.5 MOC Section 1 hours.
For our American colleagues, please scroll to the bottom of the page to find out the AMA equivalency for the CME credits.
Overall Learning Objectives:
At the end of MacPFD16, participants will be able to:
describe challenges and opportunities for promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in their respective practice and education environments;
identify strategies health professionals and educators can take to support institutional and health professional program EDI goals;
address and identify personal actions one can take to support and advance EDI initiatives that recognize facets of institutional culture, power and privilege, and effective allyship.
Agenda:
12:00-12:05 pm
Welcome
Saroo Sharda
Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University 12:05-12:55 pm
Dr. Henry & Sylvia Wong Forum in Medicine
Jackie Schleifer Taylor
President and CEO, London Health Sciences CentreAt the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Describe challenges and opportunities for promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in practice and education environments;
Identifying actions and strategies health professionals and educators can take to support institutional EDI goals;
Incorporate strategies that address issues of power, institutional culture/history, and privilege that impact EDI activities in the education and practice environment.
12:55-1:00 pm
1:00-2:50 pm
Parallel Sessions
Brave Spaces
Catherine Tong/Sandra Monteiro / Saroo Sharda / Patricia Farrugia / Hannah Jordan
Supporting Racialized Learners
Anjali Menezes / Neha Arora
Indigenous Health Topics - Searching for Information
(1-1:50pm)
Laura Banfield
Transgender Healthcare
(2-2:50pm)
Erin Ziegler
Leadership Development in Inclusive Excellence
Renata Hall
Learning Objectives and Additional Information for Parallel Sessions
Brave Spaces
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Define and provide examples of microagressions in health professions education and practice environments;
Engage in simulation-based scenarios to recognize and respond to microagressions
Supporting Racialized Learners
Through sharing our stories of racialization, and our journey to creating anti-racist support structures that prioritize the needs of learners, attendees will develop strategies to better support racialized learners with clear measures for program success, and an evidence-based grounding in differential attainment research. Attendees will get hands-on experience in responding to instances of racialization in the medical training environment through structured reflections and small group discussions of real cases from the presenters' own experiences.
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Describe the process of racialization and the impact on racialized learners;
Comprehend the literature on differential attainment and how it applies to socialization;
Understand and practice responding to racialization in the health professions training setting.
Indigenous Health Topics - Searching for Information
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Identify sources of information and evidence for indigenous health topics;
Describe resources available on indigenous health;
Apply effective search strategies to locate information on indigenous health topics
Transgender Healthcare
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Describe healthcare providers' responsibilities to provide gender affirming care;
Identify barriers/facilitators to gender affirming care,
Facilitate discussions with health professional learners regarding care provider knowledge and skills required for gender affirming care in clinical practice
Leadership Development in Inclusive Excellence
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Describe principles of human rights and equity fundamentals including some content on what inclusive excellence means at McMaster,
Identify activities that promote inclusive excellence in the classroom, including accessibility considerations as well as diversifying curriculum.
2:50-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:50 pm
Closing Keynote Introduction: Bernice Downey
Associate Dean Indigenous Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University Indigenous Knowledge and Advancing Indigenous Reconciliation
Kahontakwas Diane Longboat
CAMH Elder & Senior Manager Strategic Initiatives Shkaabe Makwa
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Describe the work of an indigenous elder in incorporating traditional healing and cultural protocols into clinical programs and services;
Identify strategies to advance reconciliation in the health care system;
To promote systems change as a result of incorporating Indigenous knowledge systems.
3:50-4:00 pm
Wrap-up
Start your QUEST!
*Plenary talks include 15 minutes for Q&A / Workshops include 20 minutes for small group discussion
Meet the speakers!
Jackie Schleifer Taylor, PT, PhD, CHE President and CEO, London Health Sciences Centre - As President and CEO of London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Dr. Jackie Schleifer Taylor leads one of Canada’s largest research-intensive acute care teaching hospitals. With more than 25 years of health system leadership experience, she has an unwavering commitment to quality, inclusion and accountability.
Dr. Schleifer Taylor has established herself as a globally-renowned change agent and system innovator who is deeply committed to advancing equity. She is a highly sought-after and versatile speaker, with expertise ranging from health system transformation to women in leadership. In 2022, she launched LHSC’s Office of Inclusion and Social Accountability. Under Dr. Schleifer Taylor's leadership, the Office is developing strategies and initiatives to improve health outcomes for marginalized and equity-deserving populations, recognizing the importance of creating an inclusive health-care system for everyone.
Dr. Schleifer Taylor is a registered physiotherapist deeply rooted in her clinical and academic background. A proud McMaster alumnus, she holds a Certified Health Executive designation, with academic credentials inclusive of undergraduate degrees in Science and Health Sciences from McMaster University (where she graduated from the Physical Therapy program), as well as two graduate degrees (a Master of Science and a PhD) from the University of Toronto.
Kahontakwas Diane Longboat, B.A, B.ED, M.ED is a member of the Turtle Clan, Mohawk Nation at Six Nations Grand River Territory, Canada and a citizen of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. She is a ceremonial leader, knowledge keeper and founder of the Healing Lodge called Soul of the Mother at Six Nations.Diane’s work is located at the intersection of health, education and traditional knowledge systems.
Since 2013, Diane has served as Elder for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada’s largest and leading institution for clinical services and research for mental well-being. Diane led the development of the Ceremony Grounds for CAMH to establish the Sweat Lodge, Sacred Fire, and medicine gardens, including the policy development required to support traditional Indigenous healing as a standard of practice. Today, as Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives, in Shkaabe Makwa Centre at CAMH, her work involves organizational strategy for enhancing culturally grounded services to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and advancing the CAMH Truth and Reconciliation Action Plan.
Accreditation Statement
McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.
This one-credit-per-hour Self-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program for up to 3.5 Mainpro+ 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 McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program. You may claim a maximum of 3.5 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama assn.org/go/internationalcme.
Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.
Conflicts of Interest
The following Planning Committee Members did not declare a relationship with a FOR-PROFIT and/or NOT-FOR-PROFIT organization over the previous two years: Ruth Chen, Karen McAssey, Sébastien Prat, Sheila Boamah, Sandra VanderKaay, Asha Grosch
The following Planning Committee Members have or had a relationship with a FOR-PROFIT and/or NOT-FOR-PROFIT organization over the previous two years:
Bernice Downey: Member of HSF ON Advisory Board
Siraj Mithoowani: Has received royalties from UpToDate
Saroo Sharda: Has received salary support for medical advisor and EDI Lead roles form the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and stipend for Associate Dean role from McMaster University FHS