CHAT Series:
Scholarly Identity

CHAT stands for Conversations in Healthcare, Academia, and Teaching.  This is a group-based discussion program that will feature key topics set for by a unified group of organizers on a given theme.  After a successful pilot in Fall 2020, we have decided to expand the CHAT series. The version of the CHAT program will be a series that focuses on recognizing different academic career trajectories and understanding how to develop your own academic brand. 

Each session will have a standard format:

• Intro (10-15 min) - Short keynote to set the tone. This will be recorded for web content later on.

• Breakout Rooms (30 min) - Guided discussion on key CHAT questions. These will NOT be recorded.

• De-Brief & Work To Do (10 min) - Discussion of takeaways and how to implement / amplify learnings from the session. These will not be recorded.

• Reflections (5 min) - Session leaders provide final reflections (This will be recorded for podcast & web video)

The following are the dates and times for this 2021 CHAT series:

Having a clear scholarly identity can help faculty members foster opportunities to do more of the work they want, and be more successful doing it. This series aims to bring together scholars from different professional backgrounds and with different research programs in health sciences, to discuss their scholarly identities and the trajectories through which they arrived. 

Each workshop will be an interactive chance for faculty members to reflect on and articulate their scholarly identity and how they can employ it to increase their success and fulfillment in academia. The Winter/Spring 2021 series will entail three sessions, but they are meant to be drop-in sessions, and do not require prior attendance. 

We will be welcoming faculty of all levels for them to attend these sessions and participate in our discussion. Students and trainees all throughout the spectrum will also be welcomed.

Organizing Committee 

Accreditation Statement

McMaster University, Continuing Health Sciences Education Program (CHSE) 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 Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Program for up to 3 Mainpro+ credits (1 Mainpro+ credit per session). 

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 Health Sciences Education Program for up to 3 MOC Section 1 hours (1 MOC Section 1 hour per session). 

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.