U of T’s Competency-Based Education Training Workshop First in Canada
On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 the University of Toronto’s Division of Orthopaedic Surgery presented “A Practical Approach to Competency-Based Education in Your Residency Training Program: From Concept to Implementation” – the first workshop of its kind to be offered in Canada, introducing a new model for teaching and assessing resident trainees for competency. Led by Dr. Markku Nousiainen, Program Director of …
CEPD Welcomes Visiting Speaker Dr. David Price
The CEPD Research team will be hosting Dr. David Price, the National CPD Director for Kaiser Permanente, Colorado, USA from May 6-8, 2013 in Toronto for a series of interactive activities and engagement with colleagues in the CE community. Kaiser Permanente is a working partnership of two organizations: the not-for-profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (serving more than 9 million members) and Hospitals, …
CERD Internal Grant Awards – Spring 2013 Call for Nominations
Do you know someone who is conducting an innovative needs assessment or using new methods of evaluation to measure the impact of continuing education activities on health professionals’ competence or behaviour? They may be eligible for a Continuing Education and Research Development (CERD) Award! CEPD is now seeking nominations for the Spring 2013 CERD Awards. The deadline for nominations is …
CEPD Education Consultant & QI Team Land Award for Excellence
Kate Hodgson, one of CEPD’s Education Consultants, has been awarded the Department of Family and Community Medicine’s 2012-2013 Excellence in Continuing Education Award along with fellow Quality Improvement Program Faculty Development group members Margaret Bucknam, Yee-Ling Chang, Phil Ellison, Alan Monavvari, Trish O’Brien, Jamie Read, Mary Kay Whittaker and Brian Wong. The Excellence in Continuing Education Award is intended to …
TED is coming to CEPD!
This April, for the first time ever, CEPD will be hosting a live simulcast of the TEDMED Talks direct from the John F. Kennedy Centre in Washington, DC and opening the event to the general public. CEPD invites anyone with an interest in health and medicine and a passion for learning to come by and experience TED free of charge. …
