Prospective Faculty

Being a faculty member in the Clinician Educator Diploma programs allows you to join our medical education community of practice in Saskatchewan, and help train some of our future leaders.  Here’s what is expected if you join us:

Unit Lead

  • First point of contact for fellows starting your unit, distribution of fellows amongst unit leads
  • Track overall fellow progress through unit
  • Updating the unit website page
    • Required and recommended reading lists
    • Clarity of task list
    • Curating and advertising opportunities for formal learning relevant to the unit (SLACK channel)
  • Supervise 2-4 fellows per year
    • Supervisor meetings and communication with fellows (active on our SLACK channel)
    • Marking of assignments
  • Membership to the Training Committee (Meetings ~ 4X per year)
    • Fellow recruitment & selection
      • Provide a testimonial about the program for advertisement
      • Maintain a current bio and picture on our website
      • Distribute promotional materials to potential fellows
    • Succession planning and faculty recruitment
    • Fellow assessment / competence committee
    • Curriculum planning
    • Reporting the committee on their unit
    • Ongoing review and improvement of their unit and the overall program
  • Mentor Family Lead
    • Quarterly meetings with a group of fellows in different cohorts
  • T-TIME (our monthly education rounds, 2nd calendar Thursday evenings)
    • Present every couple of years
    • Attend a few times a year
  • Annual Meeting with Program Director
  • Program Review meeting annually (May)

Remuneration

  • There is no formal remuneration for this role.
  • All faculty in the program are expected to participate in professional development related to their role in the course.  This can include practice eligible certification, advanced training in leadership/education, professional development courses, medical education conferences.  Faculty are encouraged to pursue additional training related to Equity Diversity and Inclusion.  LEADS can access our professional development fund every year. The amount is variable dependent on the number of fellows enrolled/registration fees collected, currently ~ $2000. Funds can be used for the above.
Contributions to the fellowship can be acknowledged formally via a letter from the Program Director for anyone pursuing academic promotion.

Unit Supervisor

  • T-TIME (our monthly education rounds, 2nd calendar Thursday evenings)
    • Present every couple of years
    • Attend a few times a year
  • Supervise 2-4 fellows per year
    • Supervisor meetings and communication with fellows (active on our SLACK channel)
    • Marking of assignments
    • Provide feedback to Unit Lead and Program Director on how to improve the Unit and overall program
  • Fellow recruitment & selection
    • Provide a testimonial about the program for advertisement
    • Maintain a current bio and picture on our website
    • Distribute promotional materials to potential fellows
  • Annual Meeting with Program Director
  • Program Review meeting annually (May)

Remuneration

  • There is no formal remuneration for these roles
  • All faculty in the program are expected to participate in professional development related to their role in the course.  This can include practice eligible certification, advanced training in leadership/education, professional development courses, medical education conferences.  Faculty are encouraged to pursue additional training related to Equity Diversity and Inclusion.  SUPERVISORS can access our professional development fund every two years. The amount is variable dependent on the number of fellows enrolled/registration fees collected, currently ~ $2000. Funds can be used for the above.
Contributions to the fellowship can be acknowledged formally via a letter from the Program Director for anyone pursuing academic promotion.

Requirements

All clinician faculty must have advanced training in medical education, ideally Masters or Fellowship level training or their Clinician Educator Diploma certification through the Royal College.  Certification can be achieved by going through the program or through the Practice Eligibility Route. Consideration will be given to clinical faculty with extensive experience in medical education leadership roles, although we would encourage those faculty to obtain their practice eligible certification.  Non-clinician education specialists in the College of Medicine are also welcome as faculty.