Webinars

You are invited to join us for our CAME WEBINAR SERIES

Earn up to 11 certified Mainpro+® credits or

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Section 1 credits

The CAME webinar series is designed to bring practical, evidence and experience-based advice to Canadian health educators.

Through these monthly Zoom-based CAME webinars, you can listen to presentations on key topics in health professional education and engage with an expert and colleagues in live discussions.

Registration is now free for CAME members! Recordings of webinars are also available to our members via our new membership portal!

The (un)Learning Series: Transforming Health Professions education Through Anti-Oppression and Anti-Racism.

This series, consisting of several presentations per year, will reflect a sustained commitment to the important values of equity, inclusion, anti-racism and anti-oppression in Health Professions Education. With panels and speakers, the (un)Learning Series will bring these important topics into a central focus to cultivate national discussion to promote our collective learning and action.

These sessions will be conducted by experienced Canadian educators who will discuss key issues and considerations for educators and teachers looking to enhance the student learning process. During each webinar, a 10 to 15-minute Q&A session will be reserved for questions and answers.

The general objectives of the webinar series are to enable healthcare educators in Canada to:

1. Identify current challenges and solutions in healthcare education.
2. Consider how these solutions can assist them in their educational and teaching activities.

These sessions will take place at 12 PM EDT and 12 PM PDT to give you more opportunities to join us!

Title: What does it mean to belong in medical school?

Date: January 28, 2025 – This webinar will be delivered in English

Presentation 1: 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern, (9:00am-10:00am Pacific)
Presentation 2: 12:00pm-1:00pm Pacific, (3:00pm-4:00pm Eastern)

Presenter: Dr. Rola Ajjawi, University of British Columbia

Biography: Rola Ajjawi is Professor of Medical Education in the Department of Surgery and Scientist at the Centre for Health Education Scholarship, at the University of British Columbia where she leads several programs of research into feedback and workplace learning cultures, student failure and success, and latterly belonging in health professions education. Rola is Deputy Editor of the journal Medical Education and chair of the International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE) Research Committee. She was awarded a Karolinska Institutet Fellowship in 2021. She is the lead guest editor of a special issue of Teaching in Higher Education: Reconsidering the Role of Authenticity in Assessment in Higher Education and is editing a virtual special issue of the journal Medical Education on Gender Equity in Health Professions Education.

Overview: The isolation of the pandemic, appeals to equity and wellness, technological acceleration and widening access have contributed to the post-pandemic resurgence of interest in student belonging. Belonging generally alludes to feeling accepted, valued, and respected by others. It is linked to positive self-perceptions of social acceptance, academic success, persistence and internal motivation, and is found to buffer against stress and burnout. Yet there’s a dark side to belonging which is often underexplored. In this talk I will challenge the notion of belonging as prosocial, and show how a focus on belonging might have unintended consequences particularly for underrepresented medical students.

Learning outcomes:

1. Identify different ways of conceptualizing belonging.
2. Examine factors that might enable or inhibit belonging for diverse students.
3. Discuss possible strategies and implications for fostering a holistic sense of belonging.

To participate in this webinar you will need a computer with internet access, Flash Player and speakers. You will not have to download or install any software. Ideas or questions? Please contact us at came@afmc.ca.

Once registered, the CAME office will contact you with details on how to join the webinar. During the webinar you can sit back and enjoy the presentation and discussion online through a broadband internet connection.