Capacity Building for Teachers and Practitioners

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The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences offers existing and customized Faculty Development and Continuing Professional Development programs to train researchers, practitioners and educators so that they become better leaders or health care professionals in their field, and contribute to the improvement of health care delivery in their country. These training programs are innovative and delivered in various forms.

Programs for Teachers and Practitioners

Online or Distance Blended Learning Programs

Distance Blended Learning Program for Family Medicine/General Practice Teachers and Leaders


The Department of Family Medicine has developed a suite of innovative programs for primary care teachers, using a blended and active learning methodology. The goal of the program is to strengthen the foundation and enhance the leadership and teaching capacity of general practice teachers.

  • Driven by a core group of McGill Family Medicine clinicians, teachers and leaders, our approach combines on-line courses, intensive face-to-face learning and practical activities.
  • Using active learning principles to ensure that the curriculum is relevant to each student’s particular context, and building community-based learning cohorts to encourage collaboration and knowledge-sharing, our curriculum is designed to keep students engaged in their learning experience by providing opportunities to apply their learning to their practice, both as teachers and as clinicians.
  • We are working to share our rich experience and unique knowledge in care, teaching and research in primary care by establishing partnerships across the world.
  • To learn more about the programs and our contact information, please visit our website.
     

Telemedicine – Enhancing patient care at the web-side

The Office for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the Department of Family Medicine of McGill University invite you to participate in a virtual CPD activity on telemedicine. The course was developed to support all physicians. The content was created to highlight the benefits and challenges of telemedicine, review best practices in the safe delivery of virtual care, and provide tools to enhance web-side manners.

  1. This accredited/certified CPD activity includes both a learning module as well as a two-phase practice-assessment component.
  2. The activity is available on demand and can be completed at your own pace.
  3. For more information, visit our CPD website at www.mcgill.ca/medicinecpd/courses/telemedicine. If you have any questions, please contact cpdcourses.med [at] mcgill.ca.
  4. To register, click here.
     

McGill CPD MedUpdates


The Office for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is launching McGill CPD MedUpdates. Registration now open!

To better serve the educational needs of family physicians and other medical specialists, residents, medical students and allied healthcare professionals, the CPD Office has enhanced its webinar series to offer LIVE and ON DEMAND accredited/certified learning modules. All courses are delivered in English.

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Online Graduate Certificates in Physical and Occupational Therapy


The School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (SPOT) offers Online Education for health care professionals:

  • Graduate Certificate in Driving Rehabilitation
    This program is for Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physicians, Physiotherapists, Psychologists or other healthcare professionals working in the public or private health sector interested in specialized training to screen for driving issues.
  • Graduate Certificate in Chronic Pain Management
    This post-professional training program was designed for busy healthcare professionals, leaving them the freedom to better manage their work-life balance. The program is appropriate for professionals from medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacology, physical therapy, psychology and related disciplines.
  • Global Health Rehabilitation Initiative (GHRI) (see Video).
    SPOT is actively engaged in capacity building initiatives at the intersection of global health, rehabilitation and disability. Members of SPOT take part in knowledge sharing and train-the-trainer initiatives and many SPOT students in the professional programs also conduct fieldwork placements in low- or middle-income countries or with new immigrants and underserved communities across Canada.

 

Onsite Programs at McGill or in the Partner Country

Clinical Simulation Training at the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning


As one of the first and largest medical simulation centres in Canada, the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning uses simulation to enhance the skills of health care professionals.

  • Using the latest techniques, our Centre aims to improve patient safety and quality of care through education, research and innovation.
  • Our highly experienced faculty and staff can provide you with the expertise and tools required to incorporate medical simulation into your curriculum.
  • We invite international delegations, lead faculty and/or student cohorts to spend a week of simulation training at our Centre.
  • We also embrace opportunities to collaborate with international partners on research in the field of simulation-based medical education and explore opportunities for faculty exchanges and visiting professorships.
  • To learn more about our Centre, please visit our website.
     

 

Courses

North American Masterclass in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery


With 4 full days packed with simulation, didactic lectures by world-renowned faculty, a frontal sinus workshop and cadaver dissections, the city of Montreal is ready to welcome you to the third edition of the North American Masterclass in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Management of Vascular Injuries Workshop.

 

Visiting Scholars Program

Faculty Development and Research at the Institute of Health Sciences Education


The Institute of Health Sciences Education provides onsite training and consultation on teaching and learning, leadership and administration, research and scholarship, either at McGill or abroad. In addition to the offerings below, please contact the ihse.med [at] mcgill.ca (Institute) for additional opportunities and information.

  • Visiting Scholars Program – The Institute welcomes visiting scholars for a pre-determined amount of time, to participate in research activities and enrich the life of the Institute by presenting their work and bringing new ideas for discussion and exchange.
     


Health Management Leadership Program

A joint initiative between the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the McGill Executive Institute to customize and deliver an innovative education program for those who hold positions of responsibility in their nation’s health sector.

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Other related programs at McGill



For other specific training needs, we invite you to diana.sarai [at] mcgill.ca (contact us).

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