CBD Events

Royal College Events

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) often has CBD-specific events and town halls for programs and residents alike. We encourage you to visit the Royal College Newsroom for upcoming events and announcements, and additionally visit their Competence by Design page, which includes detailed information and resources, including role-specific modules, guidelines, and webinars.

PGME Events

.med Suite System Training

Target Audience: Competence Committees, Academic Advisors

Facilitated by: Christopher Chan | Learning Technology Analyst, PGME

This session is a .med Suite assessment platform training session. By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the purpose of and differentiate between CBME.med and DASH.med;
  • Successfully login and start an EPA;
  • Understand how to review a resident's portfolio; and
  • Understand the "O-score" and differentiate between the "I didn't need to be there just in case" and the "I didn't need to be there (in theory)" scores.

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Challenging Coaching Situations

Target Audience: Program Directors, Academic Advisors, Preceptors

Facilitated by: Anna Oswald, MD, FRCPC | Director CBME, PGME

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Differentiate coaching/formative feedback (assessment for learning) vs judging/summative feedback (assessment of learning);
  • Identify and practice strategies to give effective coaching feedback and avoid common pitfalls; and
  • Implement strategies that will help supervisors navigate common challenging feedback situations.

Upcoming dates:

TBA

The Competence Committee - Making it Work

Target Audience: Competence Committees

Facilitated by: Alicia Strand, MD, FRCPC | Assistant Director CBME, PGME

This session is a repeat session from the Competence Committee (CC) training all launching CBD programs are provided by the PGME. The target audience is intended to be those that were unable to attend their program's CC training or are new to a program's CC and did not have the opportunity to attend. By the end of this session, participant will be able to:

  • Describe the purpose of the Competence Committee
  • Define best practices in creating and running a Competence Committee
  • Explain how Competence Committees make decisions
  • Recognize and address common shortcomings in Competence Committee Procedures

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Academic Advisor Workshop

Target Audience: Academic Advisors

Facilitated by: Alicia Strand, MD, FRCPC | Assistant Director CBME, PGME

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Interpret Academic Advisor roles/expectations and how they fit into CBD aims
  • Appraise Coaching as a model within CBD
  • Integrate Coaching Over Time strategies into role as Academic Advisor

Upcoming dates:

TBA

Completing EPAs in the Moment

Target Audience: Program Directors, Academic Advisors

Facilitated by: Alicia Strand, MD, FRCPC | Assistant Director CBME, PGME

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

  • Describe strategies for increasing engagement in CBD assessments.
  • Identify resident orientation principles and strategies for getting EPAs done in the moment.

Upcoming dates:

TBA

Past & Future PGME Professional Development Sessions

Past sessions that may be repeated in the future include:

  • Coaching Over Time
  • The Resident Perspective of Academic Advisors (Panel session)
  • Research in CBME
  • CBD Basics: What it is and how we got here
  • CBD Myths & Misconceptions
  • CBD: Progressing through the stages of training

For CBD event inquiries, please contact the PGME CBD Coordinator at pged@ualberta.ca.