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MacPFD Blast:
Delivering development to your inbox

MacPFD is pleased to offer new digital content and we are continually developing new resources to support faculty development. This newsletter will regularly highlight featured content and promote our blogs, podcasts, recorded webinars and other online resources.

Spark podcast episodes 5 - 6

Narratives in Healthcare with Dr. Jack | Clinical Scholarship with Dr. Shawn Mondoux

In this episode; we will be discussing the power of narratives and a new book club initiative for helping develop empathetic practices with Dr. Susan Jack from the School of Nursing at McMaster University. Afterwards, Dr. Shawn Mondoux will be giving some insight into clinical scholarship by expounding on all of its benefits and intricacies.

Efficiency in Academy with Dr. Crowther | Expanding Narrative Medicine Dr. Sharda

In this episode; Dr. Mark Crowther will be discussing methods to become more efficient in a scholarly capacity through Zoom-centered work culture. Afterwards, we will be listening in on how introducing narrative medicine into the MacPFD community took place with Dr. Saroo Sharda.

Listen on Web, SoundCloud, or Apple Podcasts

In case you missed it...

This month's feature is:

Leadership Infographic -
It's not all Doom and Zoom

As the months wear on, all of us are feeling a bit "Zoomed" out. Here is a great infographic and post by some of our FHS leaders and teachers about how to fight the "Doom & Zoom"

Read now!

Featured Faculty Tastemaker

The MacPFD tastemaker series brings you interesting insights from our faculty’s brightest leaders, educators, and scholars. If you have insights you’d like to share, please click here to submit your suggested resource.

Dr. Ken Burgess

Ken Burgess McMaster BSc MD CCFP (EM) FCFP ‘77 is a semi-retired family, occupational and emergency physician. He has been on faculty since 1980, teaching medical students and residents.

"Andrea Frolic and her colleagues at Hamilton Health Sciences have created an innovative new resilience program which they call MIND SHIFT. It is evidence and neuroscience/neuroplasticity based, and melds elements of mindfulness, gratitude, self-compassion theory and practice and teaches a simple brief awareness/resetting exercise called PRN that can be used throughout the day. There are morning zoom webinar meetings for 21 days ending Christmas Eve and these are available for viewing at any time by clicking here. Participation will help you shift your mind-body to a more skillful and resilient mode. Give it a try!"

Resource: COVID-19: Resilience Support Toolkit

Read now!

Do you want to be a tastemaker?

Tastemaker Submission Form

Looking for the latest McMaster Program for Faculty Development events? Click on the button below to view our event listings!

MacPFD Event Calendar

Recorded Events

We know not everyone can make it to our “live” events, so we’ve been archiving them for you to review/enjoy later! Here are recent recorded events that you may find interesting:

MacPFD Video Archive

Featured Events & Courses

Rock the Podium

📅Starts Jan. 13, 2021 and runs for 10 weeks

Fees Required - Limited spots available

Info: Click here

Mindful Self-Compassion

📅 Tuesdays, Jan 26 - Mar 23 2021 5:30 - 8:00pm EST

Retreat: Feb 27, 2021

💻 Delivered virtually

Fees Required - Limited spots available

Info: Click here

Registration: Click here

Upcoming Events & Courses

Health Venture Program & Course Series

📅Starts Jan. 11, 2021 and runs for 12 weeks.

Fees Required

Info: Click here
Registration at
the very bottom of the page.

Clinical Health Innovation Program

📅Cohort 1: Jan-July 2021

Application due May 20, 2021

📅Cohort 2: July-Dec 2021

Application due May 20, 2021
Fees Required
Discounted rate for
Mac Faculty & Staff!

Limited enrolment. Apply now!

Info: Click here
Apply now: Click here

Fac.Dev
QUEST program

📅Sign up to be a beta-tester for the new MacPFD learning system.

Testing will begin in early 2021.

Limited spots available

Click here to Sign Up for the Beta-Test Run of our QUEST system.

MERIT Event

Think Tank

Building a theoretical framework for interprofessional education

📅 Tues., Dec. 8, 2020, 12:00pm

💻 Delivered virtually

Info & Registration: Click here

Lies, Damned Lies, and Surveys:

Designing Better Surveys for Program Evaluation and Research

Guest: Dr. Anthony R. Artino, Jr. (GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC)

📅December 9th, 2020, 5:30 - 7:00pm EST

💻 Delivered virtually

Info: Click here

The Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty invites New Faculty to

Granting and Funding Landscape workshop

📅Thurs, Dec 10, 2020
3:00-4:30pm EDT
GMT-4

💻 Delivered virtually

Registration & Info:
Click here

Psychological Safety and the Clinical Learning Environment

Guest:
Dr. Brigitte K. Smith
(University of Utah)

📅Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020
7:00-8:30pm

💻 Delivered virtually

Info: Click here

Registration: Click here

The MD Program Presents

Tutorial Essentials

📅Wed., Jan 13, 2020
6:00-9:30pm

💻 Delivered virtually

Info: Click here

(Registration by emailing Jennifer Bowen)

New Faculty Orientation:
A Mac ademia Explorer Event

A multi-campus event.

Two upcoming events:

📅Thurs, Jan 21, 2021
12:00-1:00pm

📅Tues, Jan 26, 2021
12:00-1:00pm

💻 Delivered virtually

Info: Coming Soon

PGMEO CBME Event

Direct Observation and Feedback Workshop

📅 Wed. Feb 3, 2021, 12:30-4pm ET

💻 Delivered virtually