Program for Faculty Development
Upcoming Events
Check out this page to learn more about upcoming events hosted by the McMaster Program for Faculty Development and Affiliate Organizations!
We are so excited you're interested in finding out more about our events.
Below you will find:
MacPFD Events
Other Mac FHS Events
New Releases of Recent Events
Find more at our Video Archive for more previous recorded events from MacPFD.Past MacPFD Events (without recordings)
Past Mac FHS Events (without recordings)
Featured Programs
These are featured programs that we have designed with you in mind.
Looking for deeper learning that goes beyond a one-off event? We've got some amazing programs for you below - check it out!
Clinician Educator Diploma
Area of Focused Competency Program via the Mac PGME office.📅 Cohort 7 applications now open
💻 Delivered virtually during COVID-19
Fees Required
Info: Click here
Applications due March 8, 2021.
FHS Women's Symposium
Co-developed by Department of Medicine's Associate Chair, Equity & Inclusion📅 Wed., April 28, 2021
💻 Delivered virtually
Fees Required
Info: Click here
Registration: Click here
Clinical Health Innovation Program
📅Cohort 1: Jan-July 2021
Applications now closed.📅Cohort 2: July-Dec 2021
Application due May 20, 2021Fees Required
Discounted rate for
Mac Faculty & Staff!
Limited enrolment. Apply now!
Info: Click here
Apply now: Click here
Upcoming Events
All about developing yourself
Below are all the Events that the MacPFD team has planned or partnered with another group to create. For other events by MacPFD partner organizations, please see the next section.
Fac.Dev
QUEST program
QUEST program
📅Sign up to be a beta-tester for the new MacPFD learning system.
Testing will begin in early 2021.
Limited spots available
Click here to Sign Up for the Beta-Test Run of our QUEST system.
New Faculty Orientation:
A Macademia Explorer Event
A Macademia Explorer Event
A multi-campus event.
📅Tues, Jan 26, 2021
12:00-1:00pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Event
McMaster WISE Presents Professionals in Medicine Panel
📅 Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021 11am ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Register: Click here
Mindful Self-Compassion
This program has been cancelled.
📅 Tuesdays, Jan 26 - Mar 23 2021 5:30 - 8:00pm EST
Retreat: Feb 27, 2021
💻 Delivered virtually
Putting LEADS into Practice
📅Thurs., Feb. 11, 2021, 8-9pm ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
Moving the Needle in Simulation
Keynote: Dr. Adam Szulewski
📅 Tues,. Feb. 16, 2021, 5pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Register for the Keynote (5pm ET): Click here
Scholarly Identity Series
📅Thurs., Feb 18, 2021, 12-1:30pm ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
FHS Indigenous Health Initiative:
Curriculum Developer's Retreat
📅February 2021
💻 Delivered virtually
Check back more for more information!
Debriefing in Simulation-based Teaching & Learning
📅Mon., March 8, 2021, 1-4pm ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
Future-Proof: Building Leadership Skills for Tomorrow
📅Thurs., March 11, 2021, 12-1pm (noon) ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
Writing as Craft in the Time of COVID
📅Thurs., March 18, 2021, 6-8pm ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
Virtual Simulation 101: Faculty Development Workshop
📅Mon., March 29, 2021, 1-3pm ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
Leaders: Team Wellness Starts With You
📅Thurs., April 8, 2021, 8-9pm ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
PGMEO CBME Event
Competence Committees: Getting Started
📅 Wed. Apr 14, 2021,
6-8pm ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with PGMEO:
Click here
PGMEO CBME Event
Competence Committees: Issues and Solutions
📅 Wed. Apr 14, 2021,
6-8pm ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with PGMEO:
Click here
FHS Women's Symposium
Co-developed by Department of Medicine's Associate Chair, Equity & Inclusion📅 Wed., April 28, 2021
💻 Delivered virtually
Fees Required
Info: Click here
Registration: Click here
PGMEO CBME Event
Academic Coaching 2.0: Beyond the Basics
📅 Wed. May 5, 2021
9:00-11:00am
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with PGMEO:
Click here
Building a Data-Driven Organizational Culture
📅Thurs., May 13, 2021, 12-1pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
Norman Education Research Day 2021
Keynote: Pim Teunissen
📅 Wed,. June 9, 2021, 9-5pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Register for the Keynote (9am ET): Click here
Navigating Complexity to Align Teams and Drive Results
📅June. 10, 2021, 12-1pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
PGMEO CBME Event
The Academic Coach: Coaching over Time
📅 TBD
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with PGMEO:
Click here
PGMEO CBME Event
Direct Observation and Feedback Workshop
📅 TBD
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with PGMEO:
Click here
Other Mac Events
Looking for more?
We are happy to list all the events that we think our McMaster FHS faculty would enjoy. If you have an event you'd like to see listed, please email us at: [email protected].
New Releases of Recent Events
We are trying to record a number of our events for future consumption. For a look at our complete video collection, please see our video archive. Below are some newly uploaded videos of recent events.
Looking for more content?
Check out our MacPFD Video Archive, which helps you to find all of our video content in a one stop shop.
Or... Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel for all our latest webcontent.
Teachers as Allies:
Standing by learners during race-related aggressions and microaggressions
Guest:
Dr. Onyeka Otugo
(Harvard University)
📅Monday, Nov. 23, 2020
💻 Delivered virtually
the FHS EDIAC
Lessons from the first American pandemic: Racism
With Special Guest:
Dr. Joshua Ellis
(Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard University)
📅 Thurs., Nov 26, 2020
💻 Delivered virtually
Lies, Damned Lies, and Surveys:
Designing Better Surveys for Program Evaluation and Research
Guest: Dr. Anthony R. Artino, Jr. (GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC)
📅December 9th, 2020
💻 Delivered virtually
Psychological Safety and the Clinical Learning Environment
Guest:
Dr. Brigitte K. Smith
(University of Utah)
📅Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020
💻 Delivered virtually
Past Events
FHS Research Town Hall #1
📅Tues, August 4, 2020
12:00-1:30pm EDT GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
FHS Research Town Hall #2
(Focus: Clinical Research)📅Wed, August 5, 2020
7:00-8:30pm EDT
GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
FHS Research Town Hall #3
📅Thurs, August 6, 2020
3:00-4:30pm EDT
GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Banishing Busy:
Procrastination and Time Management Workshop
📅 x4 Sessions, September 3, 10, 17, 24, 2020 - 7:30pm – 8:30pm EDT GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Narrative Medicine Workshop for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC): Exploring our Experiences as Racialized Faculty
📅 Monday, September 14, 2020
7:00-9:00pm EDT GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Health Care Professionals and Educators
📅 Tuesdays, Sept 22 - Nov 24 2020 5:30 - 7:30pm EDT/EST
💻 Delivered virtually
Fees Required
Info: Click here
Registration: Click here
NRC Event: Reproducing Ignorance in Medicine
📅 November 3rd, 2020
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
In Times of Crisis: Managing people and resources
📅Wed., Jan 20, 2021, 12-1pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here
Past MacPFD Partner Events
WRC Digital Event:
Simulation & Debriefing
Simulation & Debriefing
Waterloo Regional
Campus Event
📅Tuesday, July 14, 2020 2:00-4:30pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Registration: Click here
Courageous Conversations: Shining a light on racism in medical education
📅 Wednesday, July 22nd, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT GMT-4
💻 Broadcast live on YouTube (no registration)
Info: Click here
Watch live: Click here
MacPherson Institute Teaching Remotely: Shared Experiences Series
Session 4: Accessible Learning
📅 Thursday, August 6th, 2020, 3:00-4:30pm EDT
GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here:
Register:
Click here
WISE x Faculty Town Hall:
The Impacts of
COVID-19 on
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Higher Education
The Impacts of
COVID-19 on
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Higher Education
📅Tuesday, August 11, 2020 2-3pm EDT GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Registration: Click here
MacPherson Institute Event
Teaching Remotely: Taking a Large Course to An Online Format
📅August 13, 2020
3:00-4:30pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Registration: Click here
Tall Poppy Syndrome
📅Friday, August 14, 2020 12:00-12:45pm EDT GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Registration: Click here
FHS Indigenous Health Initiative:
Curriculum Developer Workshop
📅Tuesday, August 18, 2020 1:00-4:00pm EDT GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
REGISTER BY August 11, 2020 at this link:
Click here
Health Equity & Research Workshop:
An MPH Program workshop
An MPH Program workshop
📅Tuesday, Sept 15, 2020 1:00-3:00pm
Dr. Lawrence Mbuagbaw presents a workshop on addressing health inequities and reaching vulnerable populations
Register: Click here
Health Venture Program & Course Series
📅Starts Sept. 14, 2020 and runs fo 12 weeks.
Fees Required
Info: Click here
Pathfinder Program - Health Leadership Academy
📅 Fall 2020
(Sept 26 to Nov 21)
Fees Required
Info: Click here
MERIT Event
Think Tank
Strengths and Challenges of Learning to Discuss Goals of Care in Competency-Based Medical Education📅Tues, Oct 6, 2020 - 12pm
💻 Zoom Virtual Event
Register with MERIT:
HSL Digital Workshop:
Fundamentals of Searching Databases - OVID
📅Oct 5, 2020 - OVID
Oct 7, 2020 - CINAHL
💻 Zoom Virtual Event
Register for OVID: Click here
Register for CINAHL: Click here
CSBL Events
Local EventFacilitating Virtual Standardized Patient Interactions
📅 Multiple dates:
Oct 6 @ 10am
Oct 7 @ 2pm
Oct 8 @ 3pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with CSBL:
Click here (click the select date button for details)
HSL Digital Workshop:
What is Open Access?
📅October 7, 2020 at two times:
💻 Zoom Virtual Event
Register for:
MERIT Event
Think Tank
Strengths and Challenges of Learning to Discuss Goals of Care in Competency-Based Medical Education📅Tues. Oct 6, 2020 - 12pm
💻 Zoom Virtual Event
Register with MERIT:
PGMEO CBME Event
CBME Updates and New Developments
📅 Wed. Oct. 14, 2020 , 3-5pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with PGMEO:
Click here
MIRA Idea Exchange
Local EventExploring capacity for remote research
📅 Wed October 14, 2020, 9-11am
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with MIRA: Click here
PGMEO CBME Event
Case-based discussion - Good Data In, Good Data Out
*** for PDs/APDs/CC members ONLY***📅 Monday. October 19, 2020, 3-5pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with PGMEO:
Click here
PGMEO CBME Event
CBME Panel Discussion - Your Questions Answered
*** for PDs/APDs/CC members ONLY***📅 Friday. October 23, 2020 , 3-4pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration with PGMEO:
Click here
Adapting Experiential & Community Engaged Education for the Remote Context
📅 Tuesday, November 17 from 11am - 12:30pm or Tuesday, November 17 from 5pm - 6:30pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & registration:
Click here
MERIT Event
Think Tank
Building a theoretical framework for interprofessional education
📅Tues., Dec. 8, 2020, 12:00pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info & Registration: Click here
Granting and Funding Landscape workshop
📅Thurs, Dec 10, 2020
3:00-4:30pm EDT
GMT-4
💻 Delivered virtually
Registration & Info:
Click here
Health Venture Program & Course Series
📅Starts Jan. 11, 2021 and runs for 12 weeks.
Fees Required
Info: Click here
Registration at
the very bottom of the page.
Tutorial Essentials
📅Wed., Jan 13, 2020
6:00-9:30pm
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
MERIT Rounds:
Failure in the Health Professions Education & Scholarship
📅 Tuesday. January 19, 2021 8am ET
💻 Delivered virtually
Info: Click here
Register: Click here