1) Articulate your own belief system and personal goals for communicating your research.
2) Describe different goals for engaging in academic writing.
3) Understand the logistical/procedural steps to develop an abstract that reports on research data.

Thursday, March 1, 2012 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am

Toronto General Hospital - 585 University Ave, Toronto, ON

West Elevators, 11th floor, Room 11C-1135

WORKSHOP PRESENTERS:

Dr. Ryan Brydges, PhD
Ryan is appointed to the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor and Education Researcher. He also serves as a special consultant to the Director of Educational Scholarship, and works to enhance the capacity of trainees and faculty members who would like to develop a scholarly approach to their teaching, research, and/or leadership practices. His research uses the perspective offered by self-regulated learning theories to study how to enhance trainees’ natural affordances while identifying how to support their natural limitations. Ryan’s research program aims to study the nature of these affordances and limitations and the mechanisms by which excellent teachers address them. Typical research studies involve observing how trainees learn clinical content (e.g., physical examination skills) in conditions where they are unsupervised, when they are interacting with an educator, or in both scenarios. Ryan teaches in specialized training contexts, including programs offered by the Centre for Faculty Development, the Institute of Medical Science, and the Wilson Centre for Research in Education at UHN.


Dr. Maria Athina (Tina) Martimianakis, MA, MEd, PhD
Tina is appointed to the Department of Paediatrics as an Assistant Professor and Education Researcher. She also directs the Office of Scholarship and oversees efforts to enhance the capacity of learners and faculty to evolve a scholarly educational practice. Her research focuses on the intersection of governance and faculty experiences and draws from a combination of sociological and political science traditions. Theoretically she explores the material effects of discourse, particularly identity formation. Tina's current research projects include the exploration of the discourses of collaboration and their impact on team learning, the discourses of integration and their operations in the context of curricular reform and the discourses of global physician competency and the implications these have on medical education activities. Tina is an active teacher and program developer and participates in several initiatives that introduce qualitative methods and critical theoretical approaches to health professionals.