Program Objective
Best Practices in Education Rounds (BPER): Integrating Stories and Science link the theory and practice of health professions education and faculty development with invited speakers from local, national and international contexts.
Program Description
Best Practices in Education Rounds (BPER) are co-hosted by the Centre for Faculty Development, The Wilson Centre and the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE). We leverage the expertise that exists between our Centres to facilitate a more impactful offering.
BPER provides the opportunity to share innovative and emerging ideas with a wide audience of interested health professional teachers, educators, leaders, and scholars. BPER aims to reach a diverse audience, including patient/client and family partners and a range of professional/health worker backgrounds.
Program Structure
Rounds are held monthly (second Tuesday of each month) throughout the academic year and are offered virtually via Zoom. They are freely accessible for anyone to attend. Please click here to see our upcoming offerings. Registration is required. Recordings of past offerings are saved in our BPER Archive.
BPER Reads is our annual “Battle of the Papers” each February. Invited scholars champion the one paper of the past academic year they feel every health professional educator must read. Voting opens in October and each month the paper with the lowest number of votes is eliminated. At BPER Reads in February, the champions of the final two papers battle it out for the title of ‘best paper’.
Program Dates for 2023-2024:
- October 10, 2023
- November 14, 2023
- December 12, 2023
- January 9, 2024
- February 13, 2024
- March 12, 2024
- April 9, 2024
- May 14, 2024
- June 11, 2024
Accreditation Details
Each BPER has been accredited for up to:
- 1 College of Family Physicians of Canada – Mainpro+ credits
- 1 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 1 hours
Review complete accreditation details.
Contact
Lindsay Baker
Program Co-Lead
lindsay.baker@unityhealth.to
Maria Mylopoulos
Program Co-Lead
maria.mylopoulos@utoronto.ca
Elizabeth McLaney
Program Co-Lead
Elizabeth.McLaney@sunnybrook.ca
Manpreet Saini
Education Coordinator, Curriculum and Programs
manpreet.saini@unityhealth.to
Prerequisites: None
Who should register: Open to all health professions faculty and learners.
Format: Virtual
Upcoming Dates: Second Tuesday of the month (October – June)
Fees: Free
Register: Registration required. Please click here to see our Upcoming Rounds.
Certificate: N/A
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Upcoming Events
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4OctThis 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. -
10OctAs health professional educators (HPEs) we are inundated with information, and a very small proportion is useful for learning and application in patient care decision-making. Harnessing technology, we can create an effective system for information management, filtering out unwanted information, while being notified of the latest scientific articles specific to our area of expertise. Using cognitive load theory, we employ technology tools that can enable HPE stay current and informed. -
12OctThis program introduces participants to the language and frameworks of anti-oppression and social justice. It explores how the Canadian healthcare system continues to participate in discrimination and oppression. It also begins to explore how health care professionals can engage in praxis, which is theory-informed action in the pursuit of social justice.
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