Program Overview
The Wilson Centre and Centre for Faculty Development Atelier: Foundations in Health Professions Education Research offers a primer for conducting research in health professions education. Refine your HPE research interests and develop a foundational understanding of HPE research principles, methodologies, and applications.
Program Description
The Atelier is a joint offering from the Centre for Faculty Development and The Wilson Centre. Sessions focus on common methodologies and contemporary topics in health professions education research. This Atelier is relevant for novice researchers and scholars who are not engaged in research as their primary activity.
Program Goals:
- Participants will build knowledge of different approaches to qualitative and quantitative research.
- Participants will increase skills in the design and implementation of health professions education research
- Participants will understand what makes a successful collaborative research team.
- Participants will develop insight into how to access and navigate the health professions education community locally and beyond.
Topics include
- Survey design
- Interviews and focus groups
- Ethically important moments in education research
- Experimental design
- Knowledge mobilization
Program Structure
The program will be delivered 3 Days in-person at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, breakfast and lunch provided.
- Facilitates deep exploration of topics through a variety of reflective, small and large group, case-based teaching and learning formats
- Provides a language of practice to communicate the value and impact of education research
- Fosters connection and community within and beyond the program
- Fosters application of course material to participants’ own education research contexts, with a focus on how to navigate expected and unexpected research dilemmas
Participants will have the option of attending the Brian D. Hodges Symposium 2025 on the fourth day. The Brian D. Hodges Symposium brings together the community of health professions education researchers, educators, scholars and students, aiming to motivate attendees to think beyond the boundaries of their current work and look for points of intersection with the research of others. The symposium provides a rare opportunity for in-depth discussion of the theory and practice of education. Attendees will enjoy invited presentations from global leaders in health professions education and the next generation of education scientists and scholars.
Program Team
Lindsay Baker is the Associate Director, Curriculum Integration and Partnerships at the Centre for Faculty Development. Her work focuses on the purposeful integration of her curriculum development, teaching and qualitative research expertise to develop ethical, competent, and compassionate faculty. At an overarching level, her research uses constructivist and critical approaches to examine the boundaries and relations between disciplines, professions, and knowledge communities. Similarly, she integrates constructivist, transformative, and critical pedagogical approaches to education in my faculty development practice. She recognizes the importance of valuing multiple forms of knowledge and ways of knowing and understanding and try to weave this philosophy through her work.
Maria Athina (Tina) Martimianakis is Professor and Director of Medical Education Scholarship, at the Department of Paediatrics, and Scientist and Associate Director (Collaborations and Partnerships) Wilson Centre. Tina studies issues related to the learning environment and professional identity negotiations. Currently she is researching how multiple change agendas impact professional identity and how organizational practices associated with discourses of collaboration support or hinder the capacity of interprofessional teams to practice and learn together. Her research contributes to both theory building and educational practice.
Suzanne provides leadership for program evaluation and knowledge mobilization activities across the Centre for Faculty Development programs. She brings experience in applied implementation science research and evaluation with a focus on underserved populations and interventions and strategies to address health disparities and systemic inequities. Suzanne has a special interest in finding ways to build evaluation capacity and nurture a learning culture in departments and organizations, and is interested in expanding and deepening the understanding of equity principles in evaluation, including the implications for how they are (and should be) learned and applied in practice. She holds a doctorate degree in Sociology from York University
Ryan is a Scientist and The Wilson Centre and Director of Research at the Allan Waters Family Simulation Centre. Ryan uses theories from educational psychology to understand how to conceptualize and measure how learners’ goals, strategies, and beliefs influence their learning processes and outcomes. The ultimate goal of his research is to translate this understanding to design training environments that prepare clinicians to be effective in their future lifelong learning. He typically situates his studies in the contexts of healthcare simulation and other technology-enabled education, and has also expanded to study how learning in these settings transfers to workplace-based learning.
Alex coordinates the Atelier: Collaborative Education Research program and the CFD Resource Hub, and is on the planning committee for the Teaching for Transformation Annual Conference. She has been involved in healthcare education through various roles, using her technological, communication and media skills to further knowledge translation. Alex holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University.
Level: Foundational
Who should register: This program is most relevant for researchers and scholars who are not engaged in research as their primary activity.
Location: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
Program length: 3 days, with optional Brian D. Hodges Symposium 2025 on the fourth day
Cohort size: 25 participants
Fees:
Standard rate: $2500
Early Bird rate: $2250 (ends April 26, 2025)
Certificate: Participants will receive a certificate of completion.
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Upcoming Events
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1OctThis workshop introduces participants to six paradigms of education relevant and prevalent in HPE. Participants are provided with an overview of each paradigm, how they are related to common education practices in HPE and how awareness of paradigmatic details and differences support aligned teaching/assessment approaches. -
8OctIn this presentation, we'll discuss the what, why, and where of humility through a brief history of the concept and how it relates specifically to healthcare and health professions education. -
10OctThis interactive and reflective workshop helps participants identify and name the power structures in which they operate. We will unpack and demystify key concepts often placed under the “EDI” umbrella, while regularly reflecting and dialoguing about how power underpins all of these concepts.
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