Educational Symposium: Fostering Change in the Anesthesia Residency Program
We invite all faculty and residents to participate in the Educational Symposium: Fostering Change in the Anesthesia Residency Program to be held on Saturday, March 6, 2021. This event will focus on identifying barriers and bring forth solutions. The symposium will be a valuable opportunity to voice your opinion on important changes to the educational environment and the anesthesia residency program.
To participate in the symposium, please register here: EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM
Our department strives to provide an outstanding anesthesia residency training program. The current program has many strengths, including talented residents and committed faculty and ask for your help to please complete the survey below by March 1, 2021. The results will help build the framework and develop a working plan to address the standards that require attention and support other accreditation response-related activities.
This symposium will be co-chaired by:
- Dr. Joseph Fiorellino (Faculty)
- Dr. Eric You-Ten (Faculty)
- Dr. Vincent Chan (Faculty)
- Dr. Jesse May (PGY4)
- Dr. Kathleen Vannelli (PGY1)
EVENT DETAILS
- Date: March 6, 2021
- Time: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Platform: ZOOM
You can download the complete program HERE
| TIME (EST) | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 8:00 - 8:05 | Welcome Remarks | Dr. Beverley Orser - Chair, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine |
| 8:05 - 8:15 | Introduction & Acknowledgment of Traditional Lands | Drs. Jesse May and Kathleen Vannelli - Anesthesia Residents |
| 8:15 - 9:00 | Keynote Speaker & Discussion Title: Recovery and Renewal | Dr. Susan Shaw - Chief Medical Officer for the Saskatchewan Health Authority |
| 9:00 - 9:05 | Instructions for Working Groups | Drs. Eric You-Ten and Joseph Fiorellino - Symposium Planning Committee |
| 9:05 -10:15 | Breakout session for Working Groups | see the Topics and Workshops section below |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | BREAK | |
| 10:30 - 12:10 | Presentation of recommendations from Working Groups #1 and #2 | Resident Moderator: Dr. Erika Abner Faculty Moderator: Mr. Liam Mitchell |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | LUNCH | |
| 12:30 - 2:10 | Presentation of recommendations from Working Groups #3 and #4 | Resident Moderator: Dr. Erika Abner Faculty Moderator: Mr. Liam Mitchell |
| 2:10 - 2:20 | BREAK | |
| 2:20 - 3:00 | Summary of Proposed Working Plan | Dr. Beverley Orser - Chair, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine |
| 3:00 - 3:10 | Closing Remarks | Dr. Patricia Houston - Vice Dean, Medical Education, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto |
If you would like to help promote the event, please download the poster, click here to download.
TOPICS & WORKSHOPS
Proposed questions for discussion
WORKING GROUPS
- Improvement in Intraoperative Teaching
- Completion of Assessments and Regular Feedback
- Single Coverage with Graded Supervision
- Civility in the Learning Environment
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Susan Shaw, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Susan Shaw is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Saskatchewan. She balances a rewarding career in critical care medicine with clinical and system leadership at the local and provincial level in Saskatchewan. She has been a successful department head, a physician leader with the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative, and co-lead of the former Saskatoon Health Region's Safer Every Day Breakthrough Initiative. Prior to joining the Saskatchewan Health Authority as the organization’s first Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shaw worked with the Saskatchewan Medical Association as Director of Physician Advocacy and Leadership.
Dr. Shaw is currently board chair for the Saskatchewan Health Quality Council and is looked to as a leader in patient-centred care, physician leadership, continuous improvement, and large-scale change.
PARTICIPATING KEY LEADERS
- Dr. Erika Abner, Assistant Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine and Faculty Lead, Ethics and Professionalism University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
- Mr. Liam Mitchell, Senior Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
RESOURCES
- Prelimiary Accreditation Report (uploaded soon)
- Job Description for Director of Medical Education (Hospital Sites)
- Recovery and then renewal: the innovation imperative for health and care