CHES is proud to host a monthly session of the Cutting Edge Speaker Series on the second Tuesday of each month from 12:00-1:30pm, with virtual connections available to all distributed sites. Presenters will be drawn from our internal UBC community, as well as external institutions. Depending on the month, the Cutting Edge Speaker Series will vary in a rotation of three different speaking genres:
- The What I’m Thinking About sessions are designed to promote questions and discussion around an emerging topic relevant to health professions education. Each session is facilitated by a moderator, and will usually include two to three short presentations of theoretical, research-based, or implementation findings before moving into group questions and discussion.
- The Invited Speaker Rounds are focused to present a critical examination of current topics of interest in health professions education research. Each session will feature an invited local or international speaker, who will present their program of scholarship, with audience questions and discussion to follow.
- The Joanna Bates Lectureship will feature a presentation from a CHES trainee, fellow, student, or alumni in recognition of the legacy of CHES’ founding director, Dr. Joanna Bates.
Learning Objectives – by the end of each session, participants will be able to:
- Identify and challenge current thinking in a particular area of health education scholarship.
- Relate concepts explored to their local educational context for the purpose of improving education practices and informing educational innovations.
- Relate concepts or insights explored to their own scholarship.
If you have a suggestion for a topic or presenter, please contact laura.nimmon@ubc.ca.
January 2025 Invited Speaker Rounds
Belonging in/to the Health Professions: A Critical Analysis
Rola Ajjawi, PhD
Scientist, Centre for Health Education Scholarship
Professor, Department of Surgery
University of British Columbia
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Hybrid: IRC 414 & Zoom*
Zoom Details: For connection details, please email ches.communications@ubc.ca.
Abstract
Belonging has captured the imagination of educators and researchers in the academy. The isolation of the pandemic, appeals to wellness, technological acceleration and widening access have contributed to the resurgence of interest in student belonging post-pandemic. In this talk, I will present a program of research that has sought to critically interrogate student and staff belonging in higher and health professions education. My aim in this talk is to question the utility and limits of belonging for addressing educational problems, particularly for underrepresented students.
Biography
Rola Ajjawi is Professor of Medical Education, Department of Surgery and the Centre for Health Education Scholarship. She studied physiotherapy and became a clinical teacher before completing a PhD in health professions education examining how clinical reasoning is learned and communicated in practice. She leads several programs of research into feedback and workplace learning cultures, student failure and success, and latterly belonging and well-being in health professions education. Rola is Deputy Editor of the journal Medical Education and chair of the International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE) Research Committee. She was awarded a Karolinska Institutet Fellowship in 2021 for excellence in medical education research.
The Division of Continuing Professional Development, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Committee (CACME) to provide CPD credits for physicians. This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 15 Mainpro+® credits. Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity. CFPC Session ID: 203168-001
RCPSC ACCREDITATION: The CHES Cutting Edge Speaker Series is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.