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Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine Better Education for Better Outcomes™ Issue 8: Spring 2011 Welcome: Welcome to BeBo, the Better Education for Better Outcomes quarterly newsletter. Here is where you can find news updates, articles of the season and other educational tips. Our BeBo newsletter, in tandem with our Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook group, will keep you in touch with what’s new in Continuing Education and Professional Development. Join us on Twitter or Facebook so you don’t miss a beat. Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development, BeBo™ Newsletter, Issue 8: Spring 2011 1st International Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions May 10-13, 2011 http://www.facultydevelopment2 011.com/ Canadian Refugee Health Conference June 1-3, 2011 http://crh.cepdtoronto.ca/ 5th International Conference on Occupational and Environmental Exposure of Skin to Chemicals OEESC 2011 June 5-8, 2011 http://www.oeesc.org/ EBUS - Endobronchial Ultrasound Training Course June 9, 2011 http://sites.cepdtoronto.ca/sur1 147/ 37th Annual Toronto Thoracic Surgery Refresher Course June 10-11, 2011 http://sites.cepdtoronto.ca/thor acicsurgery/ Canadian Breast Cancer Symposium June 16-17, 2011 http://www.breastsymposium.ca/ Saturday in Pathology at the University June 18, 2011 http://events.cepdtoronto.ca/we bsite/index/LMP1110 EHPIC 2011 Advancing the Future of Healthcare Through Interprofessional Learning June 20-24, 2011 http://events.cepdtoronto.ca/we bsite/index/IPE1102-C BeBo™ EVENTS: Welcome to the Spring edition of the BeBo newsletter. CEPD has been very active with a very large presence at the recent Canadian Association of Continuing Health Education (CACHE) conference and at the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) Meetings. CEPD Research and Scholarship is moving forward under the leadership of Dr. Simon Kitto, Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and the Wilson Centre and Dr. Mary Bell from the Department of Medicine. Congratulations to them on their success with the National CME research fund. We recently celebrated our CEPD award recipients at the Education Achievement Day on April 26th. Here is the list of proud 2009-2010 awardees from our Faculty of Medicine Community. Congratulations to the winners: Colin R. Woolf Award for Excellence in Course Coordination: Dr. Julia Alleyne (Family and Community Medicine) for "Five Weekend Musculoskeletal Medicine Certificate Program" • Colin R. Woolf Award for Long-Term Contributions to Continuing Education: Co-winners Dr. John Axler (Family and Community Medicine) and more > Letter from the Vice Dean: Dr. Wooster is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Toronto and is on staff at the University Health Network (UHN). He has a long-standing interest in education and has served on committees related to education standards, delivery and research with the University of Toronto (UofT), St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery (CSVS), Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR), American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) and American College of Surgeons (ACS). At the present time, he is a member of the Research in Continuing Education Committee and Vascular Residency Education Committee of UofT, the Research Ethics Board more > Researcher Highlight: Alison Lind is one of a kind in the most literal sense. Her position as Business Development Coordinator in the Office of CEPD has only had her at the helm. The position was created three years ago when the office went through a restructuring. “You need to know the office and the strengths, the diversity within the office,” says Alison about what it takes to be good at her job. “(You need to know) the people and how the work relates to them and be able to explain that to people outside the office to showcase our strengths.” She mentions that having a history in the office helps a lot, and a history she has! Alison worked as an event coordinator from 1992 to 2008 before the role of Business Development Coordinator came about. Alison describes her role as a give and take in what we do and what our courses need. “What is the group like? more > Event Administration Corner:
