Education
Scholars Program
Program Objective
The ESP is a leadership development program for educators of health professionals. The purpose of ESP is to:
- Support and enable the success of health professional educators in their roles as scholarly educators, education leaders and teachers as well as, faculty developers who support their colleagues in their educational work;
- Create a foundation for building an inter-departmental, inter and intra-professional, and inter-faculty community of practice within the program as well as facilitating their integration into the greater community of scholars in health professional education both locally and beyond; and,
- Prepare current and future education leaders in the health professions and health sciences.
Program Description
This longitudinal leadership development program for health professional educators fosters academic excellence, creativity and scholarly productivity in education. The program builds capacity by enhancing competence in education leadership, scholarship, curriculum and teaching thus facilitating opportunities for advancement. Each Education Scholars Program (ESP) cohort experiences a uniquely designed curriculum that is structured to adapt to the specific needs of the Scholars, sponsoring departments and the current educational environment.
Our program goals are to support and enable the success of health professional and health science faculty/staff in their many roles as educators. These roles include being an education leader, scholar and teacher as well as a faculty developer who supports their colleagues in their educational work.
Curriculum Goals are to create:
- Scholarly health professional educators;
- Faculty developers,
- A community of practice linked to existing communities of educators.
The core themes in ESP are Teaching Excellence and Curriculum Design, Education Scholarship, Education Leadership and Faculty Development. ESP embraces an evolving curriculum design model. Each cohort experiences a curriculum that is uniquely designed and adapts to the needs of the Scholars, sponsoring departments and the current education environment.
Unique aspects of the program include:
- Education leadership and career development curriculum
- Adaptive curriculum that evolves with the needs of the class
- Involvement of more than 100 faculty members as teachers, consultants, program committee members and project advisors
- Peer and faculty mentoring
- Inter and intra-professional participants
- Engagement in a scholarly community
The program is eligible for up to 4 course credits in the Masters in Community Health Science – Health Professions Teaching Education at the University of Toronto.
Program Structure
In addition to weekly class preparation, scholars complete assignments over the course of the two year program. As an applied program all course work and assignments are directly relevant to participants’ educational practices.
Prerequisites: None
Who should register: Open to all health professions faculty and learners.
Format: Currently virtual with the intent to offer the program in-person again in the future
Upcoming Dates: TBD
Fees: TBD
Register: ESP is currently undergoing a curriculum renewal. Registration for the next cohort will open in Winter 2023.
Certificate: Participants will receive a certificate of completion.
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Upcoming Events
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11OctBest Practice 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. -
27OctThis 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. -
1SepStepping Stones is our foundational program at the CFD, supporting health professionals in their education roles and activities including teaching, education scholarship, advocacy and academic leadership.
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Q. Is there a cost to attend your programs?
A. There is a cost to participate in some of our programs. The cost of each of our programs varies and in some cases, the cost varies depending on your status with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto and/or in which hospital you work.
Q.I do not have a faculty appointment in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Can I still attend your workshops, programs and/or events? Is there a fee?
A. Anyone whose education activities include teaching, leading, scholarship and advocacy are welcome to attend our workshops, programs and/or events. Specific pre-requisite criteria may apply. Please refer to each workshop, program or event page for details. All fees and discounts (where applicable) can be found in the workshop, program and event pages.
Q.I am interested in having one of your workshops offered at my home site/department. Do you offer this type of service?
A. Please contact us for further information.
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