Wendy MacDonald Pediatric Education Scholarship Day
The Future Is Now: Shaping the Health Professions Through Education Scholarship
May 6, 2026
MUHC Research Institute | E-Block, Si level| Glen site 1001 Decarie Boulevard Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1
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7:30-8:00 AM 听 RI Atrium |
Registration and continental breakfast |
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8:00-9:00 AM 听 RI Amphitheatre |
Opening Plenary Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds Health Professions Education as the Lever to Move the World Benjamin Kinnear, MD, PhD, MEd Learning objectives:
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9:10-10:55 AM 听 RI Amphitheatre
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Oral presentations session
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10:55-11:40 AM RI Atrium 30 mins interactive presentations |
Break/refreshments and Poster presentations Poster presentation learning objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to,
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11:45 AM-12:35 PM 听 RI Amphitheatre
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Exploring the Complex Landscape of Moral Decision-Making in Health Professions Education: Sociological and Psychological Perspectives Carlos Gomez-Garibello and Monica Molinaro
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12:35-1:50 PM 听 RI Atrium Fireside chats 45 mins interactive presentations/discussions |
Lunch and Fireside chats Learning objectives for fireside chats: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to,
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Clinicians considering education scholarship Farhan Bhanji, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Ed), FAHA A professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and former vice-dean of Education at 海角社区鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He trained in Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Critical Care. He has twice co-led the Assessment Working Group of the International Competency Based Medical Education (ICBME) Collaborators. A recipient of several local, national and international recognitions in health professions education, Dr. Bhanji is a sought-after speaker and advisor. He is also an active researcher with over 125 peer-reviewed publications and over 15,000 citations on Google Scholar. |
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Education leaders wanting to apply and generate more scholarship within their programs Benjamin Kinnear, MD, PhD, MEd A Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Medicine at University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children鈥檚 Hospital Medical Center. He is program director for the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency program and the IMSTAR Medical Education fellowship. He obtained his Master of Medical Education from University of Cincinnati in 2018 and completed a one-year research fellowship with the Education Research Scholars Program at Cincinnati Children鈥檚 in 2020. He was subsequently selected for the Macy Faculty Scholars Program, during which he piloted competency-based time-variable training in the UC internal medicine residency program. He recently completed his PhD at Maastricht University鈥檚 School of Health Professions Education where he studied validity argumentation and argumentation theory. Ben spends most of his free time with his wife and two daughters hiking, playing board games, and travelling whenever possible. He is a St Louis Cardinals fanatic and strongly believes that mint-flavored ice cream is an abomination. |
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Academics & PhD students looking to enhance their scholarly productivity Annette Majnemer OT, PhD, FCAHS An Occupational Therapist with doctoral training in the neurosciences. She is Professor at the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, a Senior Scientist at the RI-MUHC (MCH), and a member of Montreal鈥檚 Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR). She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, having served on their Board (2016-21) and Executive (2021-23). Her research focuses on early identification strategies for children at high-risk for disability, and intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence child/family outcomes. She also studies knowledge mobilization and implementation strategies that promote evidence-based rehabilitation practices. She is the nominated principal investigator of CHILD-BRIGHT, a CIHR SPOR Network with patient-oriented research focused on children with brain-based disabilities and their families. Her contributions to occupational therapy have been recognized by prestigious awards from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy (Muriel Driver Memorial Lectureship Award; Fellowship Award) and the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, Academy of Research. |
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Residents & fellows interested in becoming clinician educators Linda Snell, MD, MHPE, FRCPC, MACP, FRCP (London), FCAHS A Professor of Medicine & Health Sciences Education at 海角社区, a consultant in general internal medicine and Senior Clinician Educator at the RCPSC. She is co-appointed with 海角社区鈥檚 IHSE. She is active in teaching, education leadership and education research at all levels of medical training. She has served in numerous education and clinical leadership roles at 海角社区, the RCPSC, nationally and internationally. Her current interests include faculty development; competency-based education; advanced training for clinician-educators and medical education scholars; learning, teaching and assessing the CanMEDS competencies, in particular the Roles of Professional, Leader and Scholar (teacher); leadership in medical education; and education scholarship. |
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1:50-2:00 PM |
Please proceed to your assigned workshop location |
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2:00-3:30 PM 听 Location: Please refer to your assigned workshop 听 90 mins 30 mins presentation, 60 mins interactivity/Q&A |
Concurrent workshops |
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Workshop 1 Conference room B02.6851 |
Evaluating and disseminating your innovation Theresa Beesley Learning Objectives: At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to,
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Workshop 2 Conference room B02.9390 |
How to study, improve, and disseminate your simulation work Ilana Bank & Maia Siedlikowski Learning objectives: At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to,
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Workshop 3 Conference room D02.4250 |
Accepted! Writing compelling conference abstracts Yvonne Steinert & Elisa Ruano Cea Learning objectives: At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to,
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Workshop 4 RI Amphitheatre |
Fox or Hedgehog - Planning your academic career in HPE Benjamin Kinnear Learning objectives: At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to,
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3:30-3:50 PM
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Break/refreshments and return to RI Amphitheatre |
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3:50-4:40 PM
30 mins presentation, 20 mins interactivity/Q&A |
Closing panel 鈥業f I had a million dollars鈥︹�� Moderators: Leena Toban & Farhan Bhanji Panel members:
Learning objectives: By the end of the panel, participants will be able to,
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4:40-5:00 PM 听 RI Amphitheatre 听 20 mins 15 mins presentation, 5 mins interactivity/Q&A |
Adjournment, Awards and Closing remarks Preetha Krishnamoorthy & Robert Sternszus Learning objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to,
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Event learning objectives
At the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to:
- Define key concepts in health sciences education relevant to pediatrics
- Identify characteristics of high-quality scholarship in health sciences education
- Build interdisciplinary collaborations to strengthen scholarly projects
This activity is accredited by the Office for Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 海角社区, which is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Education (CACME) of which the Coll猫ge des m茅decins du Qu茅bec (CMQ) is a partner.
This Group Learning program meets the accreditation criteria as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and has been approved for up to 6.5 MOC Section 1 credits/hours.
Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits鈩�. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at
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Registration is free, but space is limited 鈥�
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