MD Program Teacher Support

Whether new to this community, a returning seasoned teacher, or joining us from one of our distributed Northern Alberta Medical Program (NAMP) teaching sites in Grande Prairie and Northern Alberta, this webpage can assist you in navigating opportunities and resources. There are curated resources to facilitate your access to faculty development opportunities, particularly tailored to teaching in the MD Program. These resources are meant to foster and expand your identity as a teacher and continue to build a strong culture of support.

If you are a new teacher in Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Red Deer, Fort McMurray or any of one of the many rural communities that host medical students, our Teacher Toolkit website is designed to answer your questions about teaching in the MD Program as a new academic or clinical faculty member.

Additional resources, information, community and customized individual support are available through the MD Program’s teacher support team. This includes:

• Access to multi-source feedback, including peer consultation of teaching
• Review of materials and resources tailored to support your success as a teacher in a diversity of settings (classroom, bedside, small group)
• Advice about interpreting feedback and evaluation of teaching
• Information about policies, curriculum changes, and teaching updates

Benefits of accessing teacher support in the MD Program

• Learn more about faculty development opportunities.
• Get support for multi-source feedback, including peer consultation (available in-person or virtually for our distributed faculty members, as requested).
• Access facilitated coaching as part of the CPSA’s Physician Practice Improvement Program.
• Review materials and resources specifically tailored to support your success as a teacher.
• Provide suggestions and feedback to the MD Program directly to optimize your teaching experience and that of others.

Making quality teaching visible in the MD Program

The MD Program appreciates and recognizes the hard work and dedication of our teachers. Our Teaching Quality Coordinators, Laura Dust & Renee Englot, are here to listen to your teaching opportunities and challenges, provide guidance and support, foster a shared understanding of effective teaching practices, and highlight the excellent teaching that takes place across the MD Program.

Their approach is boots on the ground, their help is practical and evidence based, and their goal is to encourage, empower, and help you build confidence in your teaching skills. 

The following initiatives are available to support quality teaching in the MD Program:

• Teaching observation and feedback
  • New-to-teaching feedback
  • Requested observation for teaching development
  • Peer observation for teaching self-reflection, including multifaceted feedback for professional growth, annual reporting, or tenure and promotion processes
  • MD Program rotating observations for all teachers
• Teaching questions and consultations
  • In-person (feel free to drop by 1-002 Katz)
  • Online (book a meeting over Zoom)
  • Email (contact ume92@ualberta.ca)
• Resources and materials
  • MD Program Indicators of Teaching Quality
    • Slide presentations; teaching design: content structure and teaching methods; presentation skills; interaction and rapport
• Teaching support for large lectures
  • Pre-lecture community and culture building
  • Hands-on assistance with learning activities

Practical Teaching Tools

Institutional + Faculty Support

Research + Professional Growth