These guidelines will help determine how funding and support are allocated to faculty events through NRC’s Faculty Development Program. Decisions will continue to be made on an individual basis. Funding and support available are limited.

In order to qualify for administrative or financial support from NRC, the event must fulfil the following criteria:

• The event must have explicit learning objectives prepared in advance that are consistent with the goals of McMaster’s Program for Faculty Development (ie, at the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to describe 3 time-efficient teaching techniques)
• The event must be accredited with faculty development credit through McMaster’s  Program for Faculty Development
• The event must be held on location at the Niagara Regional Campus or at a location designated by NRC Faculty Development.  This may include classroom space at hospitals.  Off-site events are limited to very few each year due to cost and will be planned by NRC Faculty Development

In addition;

The event may be a single one time event, or part of an ongoing series. If support for a series of events is requested, a maximum of 4 events may be supported in one calendar year.

The event must be catered by a caterer chosen by the NRC. The number of participants must be provided at least 3 days prior to the event. NRC reserves the right to cancel the event if a minimum number of registrants are not met.

Promotional materials, communication with participants, and registration are responsibilities of the organizing committee and will not necessarily be provided by Faculty Development.

Events that are entirely devoted to Continuing Medical Education will not be sponsored by NRC Faculty Development.

Finding ways to develop teaching skills, while maintaining the workload and schedule of your clinical role, isn’t easy. However, to be an effective medical educator requires continued development of your teaching-specific, nonclinical skills. To help you with this balance, the Practice-Based Small Group (PBSG-ED) modules were created and made readily available to all Niagara Regional Campus faculty members.

What is PBSG-ED?

• Peer reviewed faculty development modules specifically targeting medical educators.
• Case-based modules, running from 90 to 120 minutes in groups of five to 10 people.
• Facilitated by a fellow faculty member at your worksite.

Benefits to you

• Stay within your clinical workplace to participate in faculty development.
• Facilitated, self-learning modules allow you to experience a learning environment similar to the McMaster problem-based learning curriculum used in the undergraduate MD program.
• Topics have been identified by your peers as the most important for developing as a medical educator.

Topics

• Feedback
• Medical Mistakes: How to help learners with errors and adverse outcomes
• Time Efficient Teaching Strategies: Teaching on the fly
• The Learner in Difficulty
• Evaluation of Learner Performance
• Preparing for New Learners: Planning and orientation
• International Medical Graduates: Orienting, teaching and connecting
• Working Together: Inter-professional education and the collaboration among health professionals
• Developing Professionalism in our Learners: Critical conversations
• Conflict Management: Strategies for clinical preceptors

If you would like to organize a PBSG-ED module for you and your colleagues, please contact Dr. Anjali Kundi. (anjali.kundi@medportal.ca)