Faculty Professional Development Day

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Professional Development Day is a half-day event every November which explores a number of topics relevant to faculty academic roles and career development. Topics covered include self-regulated learning, reflective practice, competency-based medical education, feedback, senior promotion, assessing research productivity, optimizing undergraduate teaching effectiveness, and undergraduate medical education innovation.

This year's event continues to focus on our department’s ability to educate the next generation to provide exceptional care for women and trans people amidst an evolving pandemic and subsequent societal shifts. This includes our education as faculty members as well as support on how to then model those skills, attitudes, and behaviours for the next generation of women’s health care providers.

Learning Objectives

Following this faculty professional development day, participants will be better able to:

Implement a framework to manage stress during the pandemic and develop ways to support one another in the workplace moving forward
Describe and establish the expectation for faculty of medicine’s professional values with wellness, physiological and cultural safety and organizational justice
Run and participate in effective M and M rounds to identify act upon issues to improve patient safety
Describe a strategy for determining an area of excellence for promotion after the three-year review
Use specific techniques for effective communication with learners in difficulty
Communicate and collaborate with colleagues and learning in healthcare delivery, and model those techniques for learners.
Use and promote gender Inclusive Language in manuscripts/publications and grant applications

This year's schedule will include:

Time	Agenda
9:00 - 9:05	Welcome and Introduction Speaker: Suzanne Wong, Director of Faculty Development, U of T Ob-Gyn
9:05 - 11:00	Wellness Workshop Topic: THE POWER OF RESILIENCE: How to Care For Yourself so You Can Continue to Care for Others Speaker: Mamta Gautam, Psychiatrist, physician wellness expert, certified coach
11:00 - 11:50	Plenary Session Topic: Living Our Professional Values Speaker: Pier Bryden, Senior Advisor Clinical Affairs & Professionalism, U of T Med
11:50 - 12:00	Break Yoga with YuMee Chung
12:00 - 1:15	Small Group Session 1 Topic: Effective M&M Rounds Speakers: Leslie Po, Andrea Page & Jackie Thomas Topic: Promotion choosing area of excellence after three-year review Speakers: Lisa Allen, Chair of Promotions Committee, U of T Ob-Gyn Topic: Teaching Communication Skills to Learners in OBGYN Speakers: Claire Jones, Evan Tannenbaum & Dalia Karol Topic: Effective Communication With the Learner in Difficulty Speakers: Carmen Weibe, Mark Halman, U of T Psychiatry Topic: Words Do Matter: Promoting Gender Inclusive Language in Clinical and Research Practices Speakers: Nadia Primiani (she/her), Alex Coutin & Pete Chan
1:15 - 1:25	Break
1:25 - 2:40	Small Group Session 2 All five presentations from Small Group Session 1 be repeated in Session 2 to give faculty members the opportunity to attend two out of five sessions.
2:40 - 2:45	Break
2:45 - 3:30	Awards Ceremony

Past Faculty Professional Development Days

Information on previous Faculty Professional Development Days can be found below: