Continuing Professional Development

Johannes Keunen, Director of Continuing Professional Development & Knowledge Translation, works with our faculty to strenghten professional development activities across a range of divisions.

In partnership with Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD), our department strives to strengthen the quality of lifelong education for physicians and health care providers locally, in Canada, and around the world. Our mission is to educate and equip health leaders in the area of reproductive health through research and the dissemination of the most up-to-date and relevant knowledge.

Citywide rounds

We organize monthly Citywide Rounds, hosted by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital. These rounds are presented virtually on Friday mornings (occasionally in person), and broadcast across many GTA hospital sites. Lectures include the Annual International Women's Day Lecture, the Cannell Lecture, the Carol Cowell Lectureship in Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology, and Global Women's Health Lecture. 

Each of the three fully-affiliated sites also organize weekly grand rounds. Citywide and Grand Rounds notices are sent by email to our U of T Ob-Gyn community throughout the year.

CPD programs

We are committed to providing ongoing educational support for health care professionals and have moved our postgraduate education to a virtual platform (using Zoom) for the foreseeable future. We have enlisted some of our most informed and engaging clinicians/teachers to present on many important topics in women’s health.

Upcoming PD programs

Centre for Faculty Development: NEAL (New and Evolving Leaders)

The New and Evolving Leaders (NEAL) program is designed for people in an academic health science context who are committed to becoming change agents in their spheres of influence and beyond by centring principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, Indigeneity and accessibility in their leadership practice. This program is intended for those who want to challenge the status quo, and need to develop networks, tools, skills, and evolving practices to positively shape our future academic health sciences system. 

Early bird deadline: April 15, 2025 (only applicable to CFD members)
Final deadline: May 15, 2025

Visit the Centre for Faculty Development website or see NEAL attachment (PDF) for more details.

Centre for Faculty Development: Education Scholars Program

The Education Scholars Program (ESP) is a highly applied, intermediate level program designed for health professional educators to strengthen their capacity as education scholars. Participants will work collaboratively to solve common challenges encountered in health professions education. Throughout the 2-year program they will tackle the most pressing issues in:

  • curriculum and program development,
  • program evaluation, and
  • education leadership and system change.

Application period open: January 20, 2025

Visit the ESP program page or see ESP attachment (PDF) for more information.