Join an ISME Faculty Development Workshop
Looking to enhance your teaching and learning skills? Trying to find opportunities to discuss challenges you face in your setting? Whether you’re getting started in your career of medical education or an experienced practitioner wanting to expand your med ed knowledge, join us for interactive discussions on a variety of topics related to teaching and learning in clinical settings.

ISME Praxis Series: A special series of talks hosted by Dean Nickerson highlighting opportunities for research to inform what we do in medical education
Praxis is practice informed by theory, research, and reflection. The 2025-26 ISME Praxis Series features speakers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences who have undertaken research that informs a range of educational practices in health professions education. Each speaker will share an overview of their scholarly activities and describe how that work influences their practice as educators. Each talk is introduced by Dean Nickerson and concludes with a Q&A and conversation about how this research might apply more specifically in medical education.

How AI Readiness and AI Preparedness Among Faculty and Trainees Can Inform What We Do in Healthcare Education
AI is transforming healthcare, but are we ready? Let’s come together to explore what educators and learners really know, believe, and can do with AI. By understanding AI readiness and preparedness, we can shape smarter teaching, better curricula, and policies, together, preparing the next generation of healthcare professionals for a rapidly changing world.

Guest speaker: Amine Choukou, PhD Associate Professor, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Thursday, February 19, 2026 | 12:00PM – 1:00PM | Zoom
Registration encouraged, but not required. Please click here to register or join by clicking the Zoom link below.

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Preparing Your Teaching Dossier
Teaching dossiers are a critical component of your academic dossier.  Required for promotion and tenure, they are a record of your philosophy of teaching, how it is enacted through your teaching practice, as well as a record of your teaching activities.

By attending this session, you will be able to:

Facilitator: Joanne Hamilton, Director, Office of Innovation and Scholarship in Medical Education, Max Rady College of Medicine
Thursday, February 26, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Zoom
Registration encouraged, but not required. Please click here to register or join by clicking the Zoom link below.

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Fatigue Risk Management
Fatigue is a risk in medical education that impacts clinical training, patient care, and workplace health and safety. Managing fatigue and associated risks is a shared responsibility for all those who have a role in medical education.  In this workshop, we will provide tools and strategies for educators to assist them in identifying fatigue and managing risk.

Learning Objectives:
After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

Facilitator: Joanne Hamilton, Director, Office of Innovation and Scholarship in Medical Education, Max Rady College of Medicine
Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Zoom
Registration encouraged, but not required. Click here to register or join by clicking the Zoom link below.

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Narrative Medicine Series with Kyle Mendonça
Are you curious about Narrative Medicine but not sure what it’s all about? This interactive workshop offers an introduction to Narrative Medicine principles through collaborative and experiential learning. No prior experience in Narrative Medicine is required – all are welcome!    

Narrative Medicine 101: An Experiential Introduction
Narrative Medicine lies at the intersection of medicine and the humanities. It develops narrative competence: “the capacity to skillfully receive the accounts persons give of themselves–to recognize, absorb, interpret, and be moved to action by the stories of others” (Principles and Practices of Narrative Medicine, Charon et al). In this workshop we will explore the core features of Narrative Medicine: close reading and prompted creative writing. We will reflect on how narrative medicine can promote empathy, strengthen communication, and deepen our sense of meaning in our clinical work.

Monday, March 9, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Zoom
Registration encouraged, but not required. Click here to register or join by clicking the Zoom link below.

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Next session in this series:
Close Reading: Building Narrative Competence to Improve Patient Care
Monday, April 13, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Zoom
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The Clinical Learner in Difficulty: Practical Strategies for the Clinical Preceptor (Faculty and Program Directors)
Clinical teachers often work with learners whom they find challenging or “difficult”. However, we all view learners’ problems differently, and whether we label a learner as a “problem” depends on many factors. This workshop provides practical strategies for recognizing, diagnosing, and working with learners with problems.  


Learning Objectives:  
By the end of the session, the participant will be able to  

Facilitators: Joanne Hamilton, Director, Office of Innovation and Scholarship in Medical Education, Max Rady College of Medicine
Andrew MacDiarmid, Assistant Professor, Max Rady College of Medicine
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Zoom

Registration encouraged, but not required. Click here to register or join by clicking the Zoom link below.

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Ashley LaRosa
Faculty Development Coordinator
Office of Innovation and Scholarship in Medical Education
S204, Medical Services Building, Bannatyne Campus
Max Rady College of Medicine
Ashley.LaRosa@umanitoba.ca
204-272-3102 phone
204-272-3169 fax

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