Research Innovation & Scholarship in Education 'RISE' (previously Medical Education Research & Scholarship Day 'MERSD') is an event put on by the office of Faculty Development.  It is a sharing event to celebrate the medical education research and scholarship work that is being done in medicine and across the health professions in the province of Saskatchewan.  Starting in June, 2017 this event is offered annually and showcases work by staff, faculty and learners across the province.  All are welcome and invited to submit abstracts which opens in January and closes in March of each year.

RISE 2021

The attendee conference package, with agenda and webex links to join, will be sent to the preferred email address provided in registration on June 9, 2021 at 4:30 pm (SK) from the Continuing Medical Education (CME) office – watch & save this information for event day.

• Conference information: medicinefaculty.development@usask.ca
• Trouble with registration: conference.events@usask.ca
• Webex links/agenda: cme.events@usask.ca

MERSD 2020

MERSD was unfortunately canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19.

MERSD 2019

The 3rd annual MERSD (Medical Education Research and Scholarship Day) was held for the first time in Regina on June 7, 2019. We had 33 oral presentations in 3 streams: Curriculum, PG/CPD/CBME, and Enhancing Education; and 16 posters presented.  Our two plenary speakers - Dr. Francis Christian (Surgical Humanities) and Dr. Sara Kim (Conflict Management) - gave inspiring and thought-provoking lectures.

Michelle McCarron and Elan Paluck graciously acted as our adjudicators for the poster competition. The winner of this year’s poster competition was Regina’s Lindsay Edgington, CoM Pharmacy: Evaluation of a Pharmacy Department Continuing Education Framework (EDGE).  Congratulations to Lindsay, and co-authors Zack Dumont, Suzanne Len, and Kirsten Tangedal. 

Thanks to our staff in Regina & Saskatoon for their hard work setting up the day, especially Jeanette and the CoM staff, Kris, IT, and Darla & Katherine from CME.  Thanks to Dr. Stobart and Dr. McKague for their support, and to all who attended the event.

A bus full of Saskatoon attendees made the trip to Regina in style, with breakfast provided and FD programming too, bringing our total attendance to approximately 88 people for the day. We look forward to another great MERSD next year in Saskatoon! 

We would like to continue to encourage local faculty to access FD programs for support.  Thanks to Jeanette Bellavance, Kris Schoenhofen, Dr. Gill White, and our Saskatoon colleagues for their invaluable assistance!

Faculty Development Lead, Regina

• 2019 MERSD Abstracts Booklet

MERSD 2018

2018 MERSD Abstracts Booklet | 2018 MERSD Recorded Plenary Sessions

MERSD 2017

 Upcoming Medical Education Conferences

2021
Organization	Conference	Dates	Location	Abstract Deadline
Harvard Medical School CME Courses	Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing your Teaching Skills	Mar 24-26, 2021	Virtual
ICME (International Conference on Medical Education)	ICME 2021 Virtual Conference	Apr 1-4, 2021	Virtual	Closed
Harvard Medical School CME Courses	Global Health Delivery	Runs Apr 7-Jun 22, 2021	Virtual	Registration Deadline: Mar 30, 2021
CCME (Canadian Conference on Medical Education)	Annual Conference	Apr 17 - 20, 2021	St. John’s NL	Closed
CGEA (Association of American Medical Colleges)	2021 GEA Regional Spring Meeting	Apr 20-22, 2021	TBA	Closed
SRPC (Society of Rural Physicians of Canada)	28th Annual Rural and Remote Conference	Apr 22 - 24, 2021	Virtual	TBA
ICPH 2020	International Conference on Physician Health	April 26, 2021	Virtual
CSPL  (Canadian Society of Physician Leadership)	Canadian Conference of Physician Leadership	April 26-29, 2021	Virtual
STFM (Society of Teachers in Family Medicine)	Annual Spring Conference	May 3-6, 2021	Virtual	Closed
Choosing Wisely Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Medical Association	Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting	May 12-13, 2021	Virtual	Feb 1, 2021
Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education & Research (CIPhER)	2021 Online CIPhER Summer Institute in Evidence-based Teaching and Course Design	May 17, 2021	Virtual
Equity in Medicine	Equity in Medicine 2021 Conference: Overcoming Barriers in Medicine	June 12, 2021		April 22, 2021
IAMSE (The International Association of Medical Science Educators)	25th Annual IAMSE Meeting	June 12-17, 2021	Virtual	Closed
Harvard Macy Institute	Program for Leading Innovations in Health Care & Education	June 13-18, 2021	Virtual	Application Deadline: February 1, 2021
AHE Network (Assessment in Higher Education)	Annual International AHE Conference	June 30 – July 2, 2021	Manchester, England	January 18, 2021
AMEE (Assoc. for Medical Education in Europe)	AMEE Annual Conference	Aug 27-30, 2021	TBA (face-to-face with online elements)	Feb 5, 2021
SCFP (Saskatchewan College of Family Physicians)	67th Annual Family Medicine Conference	Sep 17-18, 2021	Regina, SK
CLIC (The Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships)	Annual CLIC Conference	October 10-13, 2021	Virtual
EACH (International Association for Communication in Healthcare) & ACH (Academy on Communication in Healthcare)	International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH)	October 17-20, 2021	Rio Mar, Puerto Pico
Harvard Macy Institute	A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education	Oct 18-22, 2021	Virtual
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada	ICRE 2021 (International Conference on Residency Education)	Oct 21-23, 2021	Ottawa, ON
College of Family Physicians of Canada	FMF 2021 (Family Medicine Forum)	Nov 10-13, 2021	Toronto, ON
AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges)	Learn Serve Lead 2021: The AAMC Annual Meeting	Nov 5-9, 2021	San Antonio, Texas
NAPCRG 2021 (North American Primary Care Research Group)	49th Annual Meeting	Nov 19-23, 2021	Quebec City, QC
WONCA	World Conference of Family Doctors	November 25-28, 2021	Abu Dhabi, UAE	January 10, 2021
MedEd21	4th Annual Medical Educator Course	TBA (typically in Feb)
Monash Institute for Health and Clinical Education	(short course) Leadership and Innovation in Health	TBA
Ottawa 2021	Assessment of Health Professionals and Evaluation of Programs: Best Practice and Future Development	TBA (typically in March)
Harvard Medical School - CME Courses	Writing, Publishing, and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals	TBA (typically in the spring)	Boston MA
NOSM (Northern School of Medicine)	Northern Constellations Annual Faculty Development Conference	TBA (typically in April)	Thunder Bay, ON
ANZAHPE 2020 (Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators)	Annual ANZAHPE Conference	TBA (typically in July)
CMA (Canadian Medical Association)	Health Summit	TBA (typically in Aug)
University of Toronto - Continuing Professional Development	Indigenous Health Conference	TBA (typically November)
Harvard Macy Institute	Program for Post-Graduate Trainees: Future Academic Clinician-Educators	TBA (typically December)
2022
Organization	Conference	Dates	Location	Abstract Deadline
APMEC 2021 (Asian Pacific Medical Education Conference)	Annual Conference	TBA (typically held in January)
CLIME / ICLEM (Canadian Leadership Institute for Medical Education)	CLIME Annual Conference	Feb 7-10, 2022	Toronto, ON
SACME (Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education)	Annual Meeting	TBA (typically held in February)
CCME (Canadian Conference on Medical Education)	Annual Conference	April 23-26, 2022	Calgary, AB
Harvard Macy Institute	PART 1 - Program for Educators in Health Professions	May 2-6, 2022	TBA (in-person OR virtual)
CSPL  (Canadian Society of Physician Leadership)	Canadian Conference of Physician Leadership	May 6-7, 2022	Toronto, ON
KT Canada (Knowledge Translation Canada)	KT Canada Annual Scientific Meeting	TBA (typically held in May)
Harvard Macy Institute	PART 2- Program for Educators in Health Professions	May 9-14, 2022	Boston, MA
ICRE 2022 (International Conference on Residency Education)	Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada	Oct 27-29, 2022	Montreal, QC
AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges)	Learn Serve Lead 2022: The AAMC Annual Meeting	Nov 11-15, 2022	Nashville, Tenn.
NAPCRG 2022 (North American Primary Care Research Group)	50th Annual Meeting	Nov 18-22, 2022	Phoenix, AZ
2023
Organization	Conference	Dates	Location	Abstract Deadline
CCME (Canadian Conference on Medical Education)	Annual Conference	Apr 15-18, 2023	Quebec City, QC

External Courses

The Physician Leadership Institute has various physician leadership courses through CMA.  More information

The University of Toronto Continuing Professional Development Certificate Program runs until June 2021 and will be taken virtually. More information

External Webinars

We belong to several medical education organizations (AMEE, IAMSE, AMCC) and can access many free webinars.  We can organize a viewing of an archived or live webinar for you or a group.  Keep an eye out in our regular programming for webinars that we are currently offering. All sessions are facilitated to encourage discussion of the local applications and implications and we are happy to arrange access for distributed sites.

For full upcoming Webinar details, please check out events section.

Webinars can be accessed from the following:

CAME Canadian Assoc for Medical Education AMEE Association for Medical Education for Europe Choosing Wisely RCPSC – Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons AFMC – Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada

CHES – Centre for Health Education Scholarship UBC AAMC – American Assoc of Medical Colleges IAMSE International Assoc of Medical Science Educators CFHI – Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement

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