What do we offer?
Learn more about the programs and workshops offered by OFD
Reconciliation and Social Justice Topics
- Bias in Selection
- Decolonizing your Syllabus
- EDI in Teaching and Learning (three-part series)
- From Theory to Action
- Implicit Bias (modified for department, unit, or role)
- Moving from Bystander to Upstander (modified for department, unit, or role)
- PLUS 4: Women in Leadership
- PLUS 4: Reconciliation Leadership Foundations
- Responding to Disclosures
- Trans-Inclusive Practices
Upcoming Reconciliation and Social Justice Events
Teacher Development Topics
- Applying Learning Theory
- Becoming a Better Educator, All in One Slide
- Clinical COACH
- Clinical Teaching Skills
- Cognitive Psychology
- Communication Skills
- CSM Teaching Excellence Program (TEP)
- Curriculum Design
- Curriculum Mapping
- Developing Teaching Dossiers
- EDI in Teaching and Learning (Three Part Series)
- Educational Research
- Feedback
- Feedback and Coaching in the Clinical Setting
- Feedback in Writing
- Flipped Classrooms
- Gamification
- How to Be a Great Mentor
- How to Succeed at Failing
- Indigenous Health and Decolonization in Education Contexts
- Introduction to SoTL (the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
- Learners in difficulty
- Navigating the Completion of Assessments in the Era of CBME
- Presentation Skills
- Small Group Teaching
- Square Pegs and Round Holes: Kolb’s Learning Styles
- Teaching at the Bedside
- Teaching Online
- Teaching Procedural skills
- Teaching with D2L
- Teaching with Simulation
- Teaching with Yuja
- Teaching with Zoom
- Writing Learning Objectives
- Writing MCQs
Teaching Observations
If you didn't already know, we offer Teaching Observation for Faculty. This program is on hold at the moment while we undergo some restructuring. We appreciate your patience. If you would like to be added to a waitlist to be contacted when we have this program up and running, please contact us at ofdp@ucalgary.ca.
What participants of this program have to say about their experience:
Having a knowledgeable expert teacher observe my own teaching and provide feedback was immensely valuable. I felt validated in many of the things I am already doing, I was prompted to consider adding some new techniques to improve my learners' retention of concepts, and I left with some useful articles for further reading. I would encourage everyone, whether a new or an experienced teacher, to take advantage of this opportunity. I know it will help me take my teaching skills to the next level.
Heather Wrigley
Upcoming Teacher Development Events
Career Development Topics
- Communicating in Teams
- Conflict Management
- Difficult Conversations
- How to Develop your Career as a Medical Educator
- How to Get Great Buy-In for Your Projects
- How to Get Promoted
- How to Make the Media Work for You
- Introduction to Physician Wellness
- Negotiations
- New Faculty Orientation
- New Faculty Research Orientation
Upcoming Career Development Events
Leadership Development Topics
- CSM Leadership Program
- Exploring Your Leadership Style – In Good Times and Bad
- How to Make Your Team Great
- Managing People for Faculty Members
- Practical Leadership for University Scholars (PLUS):
- PLUS 1: Leading Self
- PLUS 2: Leading Teams
- PLUS 3A: Administrative Leadership
- PLUS 3E: Educational Leadership
- PLUS 4I: Reconciliation Leadership Foundations
- PLUS 4W: Women in Leadership
Upcoming Leadership Development Events
CME Credits for OFD Activities
Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits can be earned through:
- College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) MAINPRO® program
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) MOC/CPD program
The CFPC recognizes three categories of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities:
- Certified Activities – Reviewed and approved by the CFPC, CFPC Chapters, or CACME-accredited Canadian university CPD offices.
- Certified Assessment Activities – Focused on self-assessment, simulation, or practice reviews.
- Non-Certified Activities – Meet CFPC’s CPD standards but are not formally reviewed.
Examples of Activities:
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Certified Activities
- Conferences, workshops, journal clubs
- Asynchronous/blended learning
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Certified Assessment Activities
- Self-assessment, simulation, QI
- Practice audits, mentorship
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Non-Certified Activities
- Journal reading, teaching, guidelines review
- Non-reviewed conferences/workshops
The RCPSC CPD program supports specialist physicians with learning and practice improvement, organized into three sections:
- Section 1: Group Learning
Collaborative activities (in-person or virtual) with interactive discussion: Conferences, journal clubs, rounds, webinars, and workshops. - Section 2: Individual Learning
Self-directed activities, including: Content reviews, asynchronous courses, postgraduate studies, and task training. - Section 3: Feedback and Improvement
Activities focusing on feedback or improvement initiatives: Quality improvement (QI) projects, physician well-being, medical education, and equity initiatives.