Faculty Development Program

This workshop is delivered to all unit-based and community preceptors. It includes a half-day introduction to teaching offered to new faculty.

View the Faculty Orientation Manual (2019) in French or English

Contact: Rebecca Celestin, 613-562-5800 ext 3958

More information and training materials are available on the Virtual Campus (FM Corps professoral | Faculty).

The ETS program was developed to address preceptors’ desire and need to be better teachers and have more in-house faculty development. To date, three courses have been developed:

Essential Teaching Skills 1

The Basics – Topics include:

• Curriculum Overview
• Direct Observation
• Feedback and Evaluation
• Preparing for your Learner

Essential Teaching Skills 2

Supporting the Learner in Difficulty – Topics include:

• An Approach to Issue Identification
• Learning Objectives and Learning Strategies
• Basics of Documentation

Essential Teaching Skills 3

• Teaching Professionalism – Topics include:
• Medical Professionalism
• Teaching Professionalism
• Evaluating Professionalism
• Remediating Professionalism

To help the postgraduate team distribute information about new topics in curriculum, evaluation and teaching, semi-annual road shows are organized to bring the information to the faculty. This ensures that all faculty members are able to participate in new learning initiatives.

We offer a number of lectures and workshops throughout the year. They include:

• Faculty Development Half Days;
• A Simulated Office Oral workshop for examiners;
• Retreats to meet the specific needs of the community and francophone units

The Annual Faculty Retreat is an opportunity for our faculty members to enhance their skills as teachers and exchange ideas with colleagues.

The DFM encourages a dedication to lifelong learning. We support your efforts to learn and grow through offering Continuing Medical Education (CME) leave, as permitted in the clinical service context. Funding and leave for CME activities is a component of our partnership in the Family Medicine Associates of Ottawa. We organize Problem Based Learning groups and Lunch and Learn sessions within the teaching units. We also host regular journal clubs at the community unit.

Faculty Development recognizes the importance of scholarship in creating a robust department. The team boasts good relationships with research and the Faculty of Medicine. This ensures support to our faculty in their research, promotion or further education endeavours.

Through Faculty Development’s support, our DFM faculty have successfully published and presented both at the local and national levels. We expect this to continue with our commitment to helping you pursue your scholarly activities.