MacPFD Blast 🚀 #19 - A Bit of Faculty Development in Your Inbox

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.

The Faculty of Health Sciences Office of Health Research Services is linking up with the Program for Faculty Development to conduct a needs assessment for researchers within our faculty. We want your help to discover what new ways we can support and grow research within our already amazing faculty.

If you are willing to participate in this important initiative, please register here to learn more.

Check it out!

In Case You Missed It...

Clinical Scholarship: Advancing the Art & Science of Quality Improvement

Originally presented as part of MacPFD14, on May 25th, 2021

Dr. Shawn Mondoux

The prevailing forces in clinical and academic medicine are driving the inclusion and development of the science of Quality Improvement (QI): clinicians and faculty are being hired for it, journals are creating sections to publish it, promotion processes are creating rubrics for it and we are talking about it. Yet a lack of clarity persists around defining and conducting QI scholarship.

Read more about Advancing the Art & Science of Quality Improvement, here.

Watch on Youtube

Do-It-Yourself
Mentorship Playbook

We've been working hard with a Divisions of Emergency Medicine team to put together this amazing book for you about mentorship. For both Academics & Clinicians, this book aims to help you raise the bar in mentorship by providing you with worksheets and resources.

Check it out!

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.

Filip Konecny

Filip Konecny is a surgical teacher and instructor traveling the world.... with open eyes.

McMaster Experts Profile

In this blog, you can hear an interesting perspective on Covid-19 vaccination issues in India and Africa. You can not imagine how expensive would be (cost of) one vaccination in this region of the World, if it will come from major vaccine producer(s)? Plus other additional issues with storing the vaccines. Well, other options had to be developed like the one discussed in the blog (Covishield), this vaccine would be much more affordable and easily distributed.

Click Here for the Blog Post

Spark Podcast Episode 21

Discussing Social Media |

Equity & Knowledge Syntheses

In the twenty-first episode of MacPFD Spark, we will be listening to Drs. Sharon Bal, Tara Packham, and Teresa Chan discuss social media as a valuable tool for improving yourself as a scholar, educator, and leader. Afterwards, we will be welcoming back Dr. Lawrence Mbuagbaw to talk about health equity and knowledge syntheses.

New Spark episodes launch on a biweekly basis - with exception for special event and themed episodes - so be sure to check back often for more content to help you grow and enhance your career in the health sciences!

Featured Guests - Drs. Sharon Bal, Tara Packham, Teresa Chan, & Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Interviewer - Dr. Teresa Chan

Listen on Web, SoundCloud, or Apple Podcasts

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

MacPFD Event Calendar

Featured Events & Courses

A PGME Learner Event

Clinical Health Innovation Program

📅Cohort 2: July-Dec 2021

💻 Delivered virtually

Fees Required

Info: Click here

Limited Enrollment - Apply Now!

MacPFD Presents

Writer's CHAT Series

📅 Wednesdays, July 7th - August 25th, 2021, 10am-12pm ET

💻 Delivered virtually

Info: Click here

Register: Click here

Upcoming Events & Courses

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.

A PGME Learner Event

Clinical Health Innovation Program

📅Cohort 2: July-Dec 2021

💻 Delivered virtually

Fees Required

Info: Click here

Limited Enrollment - Apply Now!

MacPFD Presents the Writer's CHAT Series

Step by Step...Oh baby! Outlines, Storyboards, and Flow...

📅 Wed., July 14, 2021, 10am-12pm ET

💻 Delivered virtually

Info: Click here

Register: Click here

MacPFD Presents the Writer's CHAT Series

Express Yourself: Finding the Right Fit for Your Article

📅 Wed., July 21, 2021, 10am-12pm ET

💻 Delivered virtually

Info: Click here

Register: Click here

Presented by WRC & Eligible for Macademia Explorer
PFD Watch Party
📅 Mon., July 26, 2021, 12-1pm ET
💻 Delivered virtually
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Courageous Conversations: Click here

MacPFD Presents the Writer's CHAT Series

I Wanna Dance with Somebody: Collaboration & Bringing Your Team Together

📅 Wed., July 28, 2021, 10am-12pm ET

💻 Delivered virtually

Info: Click here

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MacPFD Presents the Writer's CHAT Series

With or Without You: Leading the Writing

📅 Wed., August 4, 2021, 10am-12pm ET

💻 Delivered virtually

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MacPFD Presents the Writer's CHAT Series

Cruel to be Kind: Cutting & Editing Your Work

📅 Wed., August 11, 2021, 10am-12pm

💻 Delivered virtually

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MacPFD Presents the Writer's CHAT Series

Sweet Child of Mine: How to Handle Revisions

📅 Wed., August 18, 2021, 10am-12pm

💻 Delivered virtually

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MacPFD Presents the Writer's CHAT Series

Don’t Stop Believin’: Rejections & Resilience

📅 Wed., August 25, 2021, 10am-12pm

💻 Delivered virtually

Info: Click here

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Questions? Contact us at macpfd@mcmaster.ca

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