November 2025 Invited Speaker Rounds
Art & Voice: Co-designing healthcare education research with people with lived experience Gabrielle Brand RN, BN, MN (Research) PhD, SFHEA Professor and Director of Graduate ResearchSchool of Nursing & Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm Hybrid: IRC Room 414 & Zoom* […]
Mini-Sabbaticant
Mercedes Chan, MBBS, MHPE, FRCPC Pediatric Rheumatologist, BC Children’s Hospital Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Rheumatology University of British Columbia Dates of Visit: September 22 – 26, 2025 Biography Dr. Mercedes Chan is a pediatric rheumatologist at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia […]
February 2026 What I’m Thinking About
AI Will Never Tire, But You Will: Exploring What Prompt Fatigue Could Mean for Health Professions Education Byunghoon Tony Ahn, PhD, MEd Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm Hybrid: IRC Room 414 & Zoom* Zoom Details: For connection details, please email ches.communications@ubc.ca. Abstract Against the backdrop of prompt-based generative-AI’s sweeping impact of […]
October 2025 What I’m Thinking About
Making Time for Learning: How Health Professionals Prioritize CPD Amidst Competing Demands Adam Gavarkovs, PhD Research Associate, Division of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine,University of British Columbia Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm Hybrid: IRC Room 414 & Zoom* Zoom Details: For connection details, please email ches.communications@ubc.ca. Abstract With only 24 […]
January 2026 Invited Speaker Rounds
Interprofessional and interdisciplinary research teams in Health Professions Education Meredith Young, PhD Professor, Institute of Health Sciences Education McGill University Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm Hybrid: IRC Room 414 & Zoom* Zoom Details: For connection details, please email ches.communications@ubc.ca. Abstract As discipline-specific knowledge expands, there is a need to link, or transcend, […]
Dr. Bonita Sawatzky appointed Canfield Distinguished Scholar in Patient Partnerships
A message from Kevin Eva, Director for the Centre for Health Education Scholarship and Angela Towle, Co-Director Patient & Community Partnership for Education, UBC Health. We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Bonita Sawatzky as the Canfield Distinguished Scholar in Patient Partnerships at UBC for an 18-month term effective November 1, 2025. Dr. […]
March 2026 Invited Speaker Rounds
Bringing Validity to Life with Argumentation Theory Benjamin Kinnear, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Program Director, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency ProgramUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm Hybrid: IRC Room 414 & Zoom* Zoom Details: For connection details, please email ches.communications@ubc.ca. Abstract Within […]
December 2025 Invited Speaker Rounds
When Grief Comes to Work: How Physicians Navigate Loss in Medicine Sarah Burm, PhD Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm Hybrid: IRC Room 414 & Zoom* Zoom Details: For connection details, please email ches.communications@ubc.ca. Abstract Physicians face unique challenges that often prevent them from fully experiencing […]
