Feb 25-26, 2021  |  8:30am - 4:30pm

INTAPT – Fostering Excellence in Clinical Teaching

INTAPT (Interprofessional Applied Practical Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions)

This live, online, ten-session survey course will provide clinical teachers and educators with the foundational competencies and skills needed to develop and teach educational programs. Participants will explore a wide-range of topics, have opportunities to develop practical approaches to teaching, and produce scholarly work.

Who:  

  • Busy clinicians
  • Particularly useful for those teaching as field preceptors or supervisors in clinical settings
  • Past participants have included nurses, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, occupational and physiotherapists, midwives, social workers and other health care practitioners

Program Dates: Participation includes online synchronous learning with group and individual work in-between sessions. All dates: 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

  • October 22 - 23, 2020
  • November 16 - 17, 2020
  • December 7 - 8, 2020
  • January 25 - 26, 2021
  • February 25 - 26, 2021

Program description:

  • Our goal is to help you teach and lead education programs more effectively and efficiently.
  • The course provides an intensive overview of Clinical Education for the Health Professions, providing an evidence-based foundation for your roles as a Clinician Teacher and/or Clinician Educator.
  • You will work independently and in small groups to complete a variety of learning activities in class and as homework between the two modules.
  • You will be mentored by award-winning teachers from a variety of health professional backgrounds and meet and work with other enthusiastic teachers. 
  • Participants will produce scholarly work – including a poster, paper and workshop – that may be shared in other academic venues such as professional meetings, conferences or peer-review publication 
  • INTAPT comprises two of the four credits required for the Clinical Teacher Certificate and Graduate Studies credit (CHL5607H and CHL5608H) will be available for Masters/PhD students and where appropriate for applicants wishing to enter the MScCH program [Health Practitioner Teacher Education or other streams].

Learning Activities: Build competency and knowledge with plenty of opportunity for practice and feedback, skill development, networking and mentorship.

During the course you will:

  • Acquire skills in writing effective learning objectives and learning contracts
  • Strengthen your critical appraisal skills for books and articles on education
  • Develop a proposal paper and present a virtual poster on solutions to address an education challenge you are facing
  • Work with a team to develop and present an academic workshop
  • Create a reflective ePortfolio of your work

For course content, application form, accommodation information and contact information online, visit: http://www.dfcm.utoronto.ca/prospectivelearners/prosfellowsgrads/afgsprogram/intapt.htm

For more information, further assistance and for registration please contact Ancy Jacob at healthteach.grad@utoronto.ca

Core Faculty: Judith Peranson, Abbas Ghavam-Rassoul, Helen P. Batty, Susanna Talarico, Marie Eason-Klatt, Nirtal Shah, Don Melady, Trish O’Brien,  Shirley Lee, Baraa Alghalyini