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Faculty Development (FD) is a community of practice of staff, faculty including physicians and other providers, educators and learners around the province who are interested in supporting and facilitating medical education, using best practices and evidence for work in all domains- clinical, administrative, teaching and learning, research and leadership.   We are creating a Faculty Development Network to reach across all areas of the province and are working to have leads in all disciplines.  We also have a Faculty Development Advisory committee to help strategically guide our work and an End Users group of medical students and residents to give us feedback on how we are doing from their perspective.

We are here to support you in those areas of your work that include teaching (all levels of learners), research (to help get you started), leadership (including assuming educational leadership roles), wellness for you and your learners and more.  We want to support you as we collectively strive to provide excellent learning experiences across all our teaching sites.  We want to support you individually in your faculty role and hope the resources provided on this site and through our various programs will be helpful.  We recognize faculty development is often most relevant at the site/clinic/program/or department level.  Feel free to contact us for more information or to arrange a FD session.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a broadly defined group of activities that includes both Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Faculty Development (FD).  We embrace lifelong learning across all CanMEDS domains and are here to support and meet your continuing education needs.  We work closely with the Division of CME and look forward to helping you meet your MOC/Mainpro requirements and continuous improvement in all aspects of our professional work in today’s healthcare environment.

We use the USask SRS site to register for both CME and FD events.  Click here to find a list of currently offered programs.

Faculty Development assists faculty members in the achievement of their academic roles with an aim to enhance the experience of our learners and support the missions of our faculties.  Below are just a few of the many supports we offer.

• Supports for new faculty - Welcome aboard!  This section is geared specifically to assist those new to teaching.  The New Faculty Orientation PDF is great for learning the basics about teaching and is recommended for all new faculty.
• Medical Education Resources - We've compiled many resources to support you in your teaching. There is a plethora of medical education resources available, and we have curated some of the best we can find.
• Mainpro and MOC application support
• Conference information - What is out there and worth attending?  Visit our conference information page to find out.
• PeeR Observation and Mentorship Program for Teaching in MEDicine (PROMPT-MED) - The PROMPT-MED program provides opportunities for faculty to grow their skill set in teaching through peer observation.
• Faculty Development Library - Check out hard copies of resources we have available in Faculty Development easily.  You can scan our library online to see if we have books or medical education articles you might be interested in borrowing.  These are available to be borrowed by contacting medicinefaculty.development@usask.ca 
• Research resources - Faculty development offers supports, courses and resources to help you develop research skills for medical education research and clinical research.
• Med Ed Research and scholarship /SoTL opportunities
• Events - See what's coming up in FD
• International memberships - Whether through the College of Medicine or specific memberships through Faculty Development, we belong to several international medical education organizations that allow us access to many resources.  For instance the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges(AAMC) and in particular to the Central GEA (CGEA).   As such faculty can apply for and participate in these different offerings, grants, courses and resources.  We also belong to the following:
  • IAMSE (The International Association of Medical Science Educators)
  • AMEE (The Association for Medical Education in Europe). View their brochure.
  • STFM (Society of Teachers of Family Medicine)

A great book that is not too long and useful as a teacher, a learner, and a parent, is Make it Stick (The Science of Successful Learning) by Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel.  Check out this quick video on how adults learn best. 

We encourage you to come back to this site from time to time and do a little online reading, take in a webinar, watch a video, or plan to attend a FD session.  There are many topics to choose from, which you can touch on when you visit the site.  Mix it up.  Think about how you will apply what you are learning to your clinic and with your learners.  Talk about it with interested colleagues and then give it a try – apply it.  Use various approaches to help your learning – pictures and diagrams, reading and webinars and simulation.  Take some notes while you're on the site.  Writing things out helps you process information and makes it easier to retrieve.  We have designed the site to help you learn using built-in learning plans.

Track Your Thinking

Thinking about your thinking – Click here to download and use this template to record  “process notes” to reflect on what you want to use or take away from this page.  This can be similar to writing a progress note on patient care.  Download this pdf and keep it as a record.  Write out your comments on what you are learning and come back to this from time to time to see how your thoughts and feelings are changing.  Review what you have written and re-comment on how you are applying what you are learning to your day to day practice

Faculty Development Website Survey

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