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Extending our REACH: Re-imagining Evaluation to Accelerate (meaningful) Change in Healthcare

September 30, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (Virtual)
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In the face of a burning world and a broken health care system, health care education must step up to address the underlying issues. As a program evaluator, Dr. Parker explores how we can reimagine evaluation as a powerful learning tool to drive meaningful change. This presentation will delve into the shortcomings of our current evaluation methods and propose a fresh perspective to rise to the challenge of transformative change. Practical applications for this new approach will also be discussed.

Dr. Kathryn Parker, PhD, is currently the Associate Director, Transformative Change with the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare and Education, a TIER Education Investigator 2 and an Associate Professor with the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. She applies her program evaluation skills when working with numerous academic/clinical groups to facilitate and direct program evaluation efforts (Larry Chester Award, Sherman Award of Excellence and many more).

Past Big Ideas Lectures

Why we need more home care science: Understanding the evolving nature of home care and its crucial role in supporting population health by Dr. Sandra McKay

Extending our REACH: Re-imagining Evaluation to Accelerate (meaningful) Change in Healthcare by Dr. Kathryn Parker

Randomness and Equity: Improving academic selection processes by embracing the truth by Dr. Nav Persaud
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Surgical Data Science and Augmentation of Surgical Performance by Dr. Amin Madani

Exploring Critical Pedagogy as a Pathway to Addressing Challenges in Healthcare with Dr. Stella Ng

Using Digital Tools to Become a Better Doctor: What has the Pandemic Taught Us About What Health Care Could Be? by Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya

The Future of Health Professions by Dr. Paula Rowland

Why the Brain: Can Neuroimaging Inform Health Professions Education? by Dr. Kent Hecker

Home ~~Sweet~~ Safe Home: What did we find out about Ontario's home care sector from navigating the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic by Dr. Kathryn Nichol

Big Data: Perils and Promises of Intra and Inter-Institution Collaboration in Health Professions by Dr. Mahan Kulasegaram

The Hidden Curriculum by Dr. Maria Athina (Tina) Martimianakis

Reconciliation in Education and Institution by Suzanne Shoush

Interdisciplinarity in Health Professions Education Research: Myth and Reality by Mathieu Albert

Mylopoulos: Preparing learners to be the experts

Preparing learners to be the experts by Maria Mylopoulos

How we know what isn't so by Nicole N. Woods

Heesters & Edralin: Medical Assistance in Dying at UHN

Medical Assistance in Dying at UHN by Ann Heesters and R.J. Edralin

Read Compassion, care and collaboration in MAID, a blog post by Ann Heesters and R.J. Edralin

Read Privacy Control, a blog post by Dr. Ann Cavoukian

Inclusive Design by Jutta Treviranus

Read If you're unique, numbers are not your friends, a blog post by Jutta Treviranus

Digitally-Enabling Education by Dr. David Wiljer

Read Digitally-Enabling Education, a blog post by Dr. David Wiljer

How Blockchain will Revolutionize Health Care by Dr. Peter Pisters

Read How Blockchain Will Revolutionize Health Care, a blog post by Dr. Peter Pisters

Technology and Compassionate Care by Dr. Brian Hodges

Read Technology and Compassionate Care, a blog post by Dr. Brian Hodges

Simulation-Based Assessment for Competency Frameworks by Dr. Ryan Brydges

Read Creating Defensible Simulation-Based Assessment, a blog post by Dr. Ryan Brydges

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Latest Big Ideas Lecture

  Wednesday, June 7, 2023
  12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
  Online
  Dr. Stella Ng
  Exploring Critical Pedagogy as a Pathway to Addressing Challenges in Healthcare

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Join Dr. Stella Ng as she dives into the topic of preparing healthcare professionals to navigate the complex social landscape in healthcare. In this talk, she will discuss the challenges that come with teaching social determinants of health and cultural competence and why these approaches have received critique. Dr. Ng will then introduce an alternative approach called critical pedagogy, which shifts the focus beyond the self and toward questioning assumptions and societal power dynamics. By incorporating critical pedagogy principles, healthcare learners can develop the critical reflective capabilities necessary to thrive in their social roles as healthcare professionals. Discover how personal experiences and relationships can play a pivotal role in shaping these capabilities, and learn how critical pedagogy and critical reflection can transform healthcare for the better!

When there is no clear-cut answer to be found, how can we act in ways that are collaborative, compassionate, and ethical? Stella is passionate about preparing those who work in health care and health science for indeterminate zones of practice, where uncertainty and value conflict prevail. Her research program has shown that critical reflection is crucial to navigating these common yet complex aspects of everyday work. Stella's passion was sparked by the challenges she experienced as a pediatric audiologist in the public school system, which motivated her to launch her research program in reflective practice, critical reflection, and critical pedagogies. She mobilizes this research within her extensive education and leadership work, which has been recognized with a Minister's Award of Excellence, a Ministry Early Researcher Award, and a Meridith Marks New Educator Award. Stella is currently the Director of the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education, a Scientist at the Wilson Centre and The Institute for Education Research, and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto.