Presenters Schedule
The monthly session of the Cutting Edge Speaker Series is on the second Tuesday of each month from 12:00-1:30pm. The presentation will run from 12:00-1:00pm with Q&A to follow.
If you have a suggestion for a topic or presenter, please contact laura.nimmon@ubc.ca.
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic/Title |
Series Format |
| September 9, 2025 |
Neera Jain |
Dreaming Crip Futures in Medical Education: Audacity and Constraint Amidst Oppression |
The Joanna Bates Lectureship |
| October 14, 2025 |
Adam Gavarkovs |
Making Time for Learning: How Health Professionals Prioritize CPD Amidst Competing Demands |
What I’m Thinking About |
| November 18, 2025 |
Gabrielle Brand |
Art & Voice: Co-designing healthcare education research with people with lived experience |
Invited Speaker Rounds |
| December 9, 2025 |
Sarah Burm |
When Grief Comes to Work: How Physicians Navigate Loss in Medicine |
Invited Speaker Rounds |
| January 13, 2026 |
Meredith Young |
Interprofessional and interdisciplinary research teams in Health Professions Education |
Invited Speaker Rounds |
| February 10, 2026 |
Byunghoon Tony Ahn |
AI Will Never Tire, But You Will: Exploring What Prompt Fatigue Could Mean for Health Professions Education |
What I’m Thinking About |
| March 10, 2026 |
Benjamin Kinnear |
Bringing Validity to Life with Argumentation Theory |
Invited Speaker Rounds |
| April 14, 2026 |
Rebecca Howse |
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What I’m Thinking About |
| May 12, 2026 |
Kelly Allison & Carrie Krekoski & Michelle Hamilton |
What I’m Thinking About… Could Universal Design for Learning Transform Practice-Based Interprofessional Education? |
What I’m Thinking About |
| June 9, 2026 |
Helen Hsu |
The Dynamic Duality of Educational Comparability in Distributed Medical Education: A Fixed Ideal and a Living Practice |
What I’m Thinking About |