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Virtual Research Roundtable Getting Started with Qualitative Research Methods
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Free registration for SACME Members / $30 for Non-Members
Event Overview
The Virtual Research Roundtable (VRR) is a unique opportunity for individuals to deepen their research knowledge and connect with peers. This casual 1-hour webinar will feature a presentation by Nicolas Fernandez and will include:
Following the short presentation, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, explore how the presented concepts can enhance their own research, and discuss potential collaborative opportunities with the presenter and other colleagues.
Join us for this engaging event designed to grow our research capacity, exchange ideas, and foster collaborative work. We look forward to your participation and the vibrant discussion that will follow.
This event is eligible for SACME’s Certificate of Recognition Program in CPD/CE Scholarship.
Speaker
Nicolas Fernandez
Nicolas Fernandez is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal. He is also senior Researcher in the Faculty’s Continuing Professional Development unit, where he studies the longitudinal development of relational competencies among health professionals. His work focuses in particular on how experiential learning contributes to competency development.
Celebration of the Decades
1990s - September 29, 2025 2000s - November 17, 2025 2010s - January 26, 2026 2020s - March 2, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Free for SACME Members / $30 Non-Members
Session Overview
Join us for this series sessions as we continue to remember seminal publications in continuing medical education (CME) and continuing professional development (CPD) over the past 50 years. We will have a rare opportunity to revisit important literature and hold conversations with scholars who have made major contributions to our field.
As always, we welcome your thoughts and perspectives and hope to see you engaged in our VJC.
Host and Facilitator
Mila Kostic, CHCP, FACEHP
Virtual Research Roundtable Tips and Tricks to Submit a Research Grant
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time
The Virtual Research Roundtable (VRR) is a unique opportunity for individuals to deepen their research knowledge and connect with peers. This casual 1-hour webinar will feature a presentation by our esteemed colleagues, Morag Paton and Mahan Kulasegaram, covering key considerations when preparing a research grant, including how to develop a strong research question, seek feedback, avoid common pitfalls, and more.
Speakers
Morag Paton, PhD
Associate Director, Maintenance of Certification & Education Consultation Services, CPD, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Education Scholar, Wilson Centre, University Health Network & Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Investigator, Equity in Health Systems Lab, Bruyère Research Institute
Morag is a higher and health professions education professional with a background in higher education, health professions education, administration, and CPD scholarship. She holds a Masters in Health Professions Education and a PhD in Higher Education, both from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. In both 2023 and 2024 she was a co-winner of the Fox Award for Best Research Presentation from the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education. Her research problematizes assumptions and practices in HPE, using both theoretical and operational/administrative expertise.
Mahan Kulasegaram, PhD
Director of DFCM’s Office of Education Scholarship, Associate Professor in the DFCM at the University of Toronto and Assessment Scientist in the MD Program
Dr. Kulasegaram's research examines educational assessment from both a psychometric and cognitive perspective. His work aims to advance assessment theory and practice by conceptualizing assessment as an instructional and advancement opportunity. This involves re-examining the entire context of assessment - the objectives, process, tools, learners, and raters - from theoretical perspectives informed by cognitive theory and best evidence on measurement. His other interest is in how assessment data can be used to inform and assist learners, teachers, and program leaders. In this area, he studies the social and scientific value of 'Big Data' in medical education.
VIRTUAL RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE
Where Do I Start? Meaningful Inclusion of People with Lived Experience in CPD Research
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
The Virtual Research Roundtable (VRR) is a unique opportunity for individuals to deepen their research knowledge and connect with peers. This casual 1-hour webinar will feature a presentation by some of our esteemed colleagues on a specific research method or topic.
Following the short presentation, engage in a dynamic conversation with the presenter and other colleagues. You'll have the chance to ask questions, explore how the presented concepts can enhance your own research, and discuss potential collaborative opportunities.
Edeline Mitton
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
A 20-year veteran of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, Edeline Mitton, MEd, is the director of the Office of Continuing Medical Education at Downstate Medical Center. She received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in marketing from the City University of New York College of Staten Island, a master’s in education with a concentration in instructional design from the University of Phoenix, and a Medical Informatics Certification at SUNY Downstate. In addition, she is involved in the cultivation of mindfulness meditation and yoga therapy and research. Mitton has been involved with PCORI since 2014, serving as a merit reviewer and an Ambassador. She believes in the PCORI mission of putting patients at the center of research. As an educator for physicians, she believes that the patient should be front and center when looking at practice gaps. What is it that this physician is lacking and needs to improve upon to impact that patient’s health? How do we not involve the patient in their care? They know their bodies, the spaces in between, and what feels right. Mitton is also a caretaker and advocate for Alzheimer’s patients.
Holly Harris
PhD Student and Research Coordinator for the Collaborative Learning College at CAMH
Holly Harris is a research professional specializing in co-production, Recovery Colleges, and participatory-action research. Holly leverages her lived experiences of mental health system encounters and Master’s in Critical Disability Studies to ensure that many perspectives, including lived-experience perspectives, are meaningfully engaged in health education, research, and programming. Holly is a Recovery College Research Coordinator at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and is pursuing a PhD in Gender, Feminist, and Women’s Studies at York University.
Sophie Soklaridis
Senior Scientist and Scientific Director, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Chair, Equity and Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Education Research
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Vice-Chair, Mental Health Equity & EDIIA, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Sophie Soklaridis is a Senior Scientist and Scientific Director at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is the inaugural Research Chair of Recovery and Equity-Focused Mental Health Education Research. She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Family & Community Medicine at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and the Vice-Chair of Mental Health Equity and EDIIA at the Department of Psychiatry. She is a Scientist at Wilson Centre for Research in Education. Her research takes a critical sociological approach on the issues of power, identity and relationships. Her scholarly foci include patient/clients as partners in research and mental health education and the influence of power and privilege on academic medicine. She is a widely published and well-funded scientist who has received multiple awards for her research.
Moderator
Martin Tremblay, PhD
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