
Tamara McColl
Track Chair
Dr. McColl is an Assistant Professor and Director of Education Scholarship and Faculty Development within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Manitoba. She is also the Chair of the Education Scholars Committee.

Wilson Lam
Vice-Chair
Dr. Wilson Lam is an emergency physician and simulation educator from Ottawa. His academic focus is in innovative medical education and airway management, with a particular focus upon delivery of education to rural and remote regions across Canada.

Frederique Kyomi Labelle
Learner Lead
Frédérique is a medical student at Laval University. With a long-standing interest in emergency medicine and a growing desire to address healthcare challenges at a system-level in addition to the daily clinical practice, she is currently devoting her efforts to acute care quality improvement projects. Her other areas of research include rural health and medical education.
Monday, May 29th
9:15 AM - 9:35 AM
Learning objectives:
- Explain why including equity, diversity, and inclusion should be a priority in emergency medicine teaching activities
- List practical strategies to advance EDI in everyday teaching
- Choose a strategy for promoting EDI to use in their next teaching session
Speakers:
Jennifer Bryan, MD, FRCP, MD, MSPH, MA, FRCP
Kaif Pardhan
Dennis Dane Cho
Kate Hayman, MD MPH FRCPC
9:35 AM - 9:55 AM
Learning objectives:
- Present the outline of the novel vulnerable populations curriculum for emergency medicine residents.
- Discuss the challenges of implementing a vulnerable populations curriculum.
- Discuss the benefits of implementing a vulnerable populations curriculum.
Speakers:
Shayla Behrens
Savannah Forrester
Isabelle Miles
Shayla Duley
9:55 AM - 10:45 AM
Learning objectives:
- At the end of the session participants will be able to: 1) discuss the strengths and limitations of currently available resources for Indigenous health curricula
- Describe institutional and structural challenges to developing partnerships with local Indigenous scholars and communities for educational purposes;
- Reflect on their local contexts for potential resources to build capacity and work towards decolonizing Indigenous health learning sessions within their programs
Speakers:
Jaspreet K. Khangura
James Makokis, M.D, CCFP., M.H.Sc
Wayne Clark, EdD, MA, BBA
Jaime C. Yu, MD, MEd, FRCPC
Carol Hodgson Birkman
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Learning objectives:
- By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: 1. List common pitfalls that prevent high performing teams from creating a shared mental model.
- List key factors that facilitate high performing teams to have a shared mental model.
- Implement a simple technique that facilitates the creation of a shared mental model during team-based care of critically ill patients.
Speakers:
Nicole Kester, MD, FRCP
Lowyl Notario, MSc, RN
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Learning objectives:
- To demonstrate how GridlockED can be used as teaching tools for medical, nursing and allied health students in better understanding interprofessional collaboration in the ED.
Speakers:
Clare Fiala
Sowmithree Ragothaman
Gursukhmani Johl
Monica Sabbineni
Chris PAUL Patey, Christopher Patey MD
Paul Norman
Teresa M. Chan, MD, FRCPC, MHPE, DRCPSC
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Learning objectives:
- To gain skills required to produce a high quality educational podcast
Speakers:
Anton Helman
Tuesday, May 30th
9:15 AM - 9:25 AM
Speakers:
Sebastian Dewhirst, MD, FRCPC, MMEd
Jason R. Frank
9:25 AM - 10:15 AM
Learning objectives:
- Name at least one new practical tip to help your bedside teaching in a busy ED
- List tools and resources to help find joy in teaching
Speakers:
Tim Chaplin
Andrew Koch Hall, MD FRCPC MMEd
Tia Renouf, MD FCFP EM
Raluca Alexandra Stefan, MD MSc FRCP(C), MD MSc FRCP
Kaif Pardhan
Nicole Rocca
Jill McEwen, MD FRCPCCa
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Speakers:
Shahbaz Syed, FRCPC
10:35 AM - 10:55 AM
Speakers:
Andrew Koch Hall, MD FRCPC MMEd
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Speakers:
- Name one new leadership skill-set they would like to develop to help them feel confident and competent to apply for the next “Big Gig”
- Articulate the process that usually occurs to prepare oneself for a “Big Gig” in academic leadership
- Name at least one person they can contact when they are considering whether they’d like to apply for their next “Big Gig”- start to build your board of directors
Speakers:
Teresa M. Chan, MD, FRCPC, MHPE, DRCPSC
Constance LeBlanc
Stephen Glenn Miller, Bsc, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP, MEd, DRCPSC, BSc, MD, MEd
Julien Poitras
Jonathan Sherbino
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM
Speakers:
Melissa Lorenzo, MD
Emma Cory, FRCPC
Romy Cho, FRCPC
Martin Pusic, MD, MSc
Joel Fish, MD
Kathleen Adelgais, MD
Kathy Austin Boutis, MD, MSc
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
Speakers:
- Name one new leadership skill-set they would like to develop to help them feel confident and competent to apply for the next “Big Gig”
- Articulate the process that usually occurs to prepare oneself for a “Big Gig” in academic leadership
- Name at least one person they can contact when they are considering whether they’d like to apply for their next “Big Gig”- start to build your board of directors
Speakers:
Tommy Han, BSC
Colleen Mcfaul, MD
Mathilde Gaudreau-Simard, MD
Nicolas Chagnon
Elizabeth Miller, MD
Elaine Kilabuk, MD
Shauna Duigenan, MD
Paul Pageau
Michael Y. Woo, MD
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
Speakers:
Patrick Gilbride, MD CCFP-EM
Rob Woods, MD FRCPC DRCPSC
Floyd Besserer
Robert Carey, MD FRCPC
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Speakers:
- Name at least one new action they can take to improve their writing practice.
- Articulate one resource that they can use after the panel to take home to use whilst writing their next paper
- Name at least one person they can contact when they are hitting a writer’s block for support
Speakers:
Teresa M. Chan, MD, FRCPC, MHPE, DRCPSC
Catherine Patocka
X. Catherine Catherine Tong, Dr.
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Speakers:
- Discuss at least 3 key competencies of Clinician Educators based on the Royal College Clinician Educator diploma program.
- Identify one gap in their educational experience that will need to be further developed before submitting their practice eligible application for the Clinician Educator diploma.
Speakers:
X. Catherine Catherine Tong, Dr.
Rob Woods, MD FRCPC DRCPSC
Brent Thoma, MD, MSc, MA
Warren James Cheung, MD, MMEd, FRCPC, DRCPSC
Andrew Koch Hall, MD FRCPC MMEd
Teresa M. Chan, MD, FRCPC, MHPE, DRCPSC
Wednesday, May 31st
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Learning objectives:
- To inspire educators to develop innovative educational tools.
Speakers:
Anton Helman
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Learning objectives:
- List some apps and resources that students, student groups and faculty can use to promote PoCUS UGME at their site.
- Discuss some virtual and in-person activities/events that students can organize to promote PoCUS education with moderate to minimal faculty support.
- Discuss ways residents can utilize resources to enhance PoCUS education at a post-graduate level.
Speakers:
Revathi (Rey) Nair, B.Sc Hon
Paul Olszynski, MD, MEd
11:40 AM - 12:30 PM
Learning objectives:
- Describe essential elements required to create an interprofessional simulation session and debrief.
- Critique videos of good and bad IP debriefs, and develop a framework for improvement.
Speakers:
Stephen Glenn Miller, Bsc, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP, MEd, DRCPSC, BSc, MD, MEd
Kelly Ann Lackie, BScN, MN, RN, PhD, CCSNE