Session Overview

Join us for the opportunity to hold conversations with scholars in our field who are examining and challenging some of the prevailing assumptions and proposing new empirical and theoretical insights. This month we continue our series with authors who contributed publications to the recent Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (JCEHP) supplement themed “Conceptual Advances in Continuing Professional Development in the Health Professions.”

CPD learners are diverse, with varied educational and professional backgrounds, learning needs and preferences. They also have different and intersecting social identities.

This session will introduce a framework for embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into the design, development and delivery of education and training initiatives. We will discuss how to create learning environments and experiences that reflect diverse learners, foster inclusion and accessibility, and are free from stereotypes and bias based on gender, race, ethnicity, ability or other identities.

Presenters

Branka Agic, MD, PhD, MHSs

Scientist, Education Research and Director of Knowledge Exchange
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Assistant Professor, Addiction and Mental Health Program
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Asha Maharaj, MBA

Director, Community and Continuing Education
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Toronto, Ontario

Host & Facilitator

Mila Kostic, CHCP, FACEHP

Recommended Readings

Agic, B., Fruitman, H., Maharaj, A., Taylor, J., Ashraf, A., Henderson, J., Ronda, N., McKenzie, K., Soklaridis, S., & Sockalingam, S. (2023). Advancing Curriculum Development and Design in Health Professions Education: A Health Equity and Inclusion Framework for Education Programs. The Journal of continuing education in the health professions, 43(4S), S4–S8. https://doi.org/10.1097/CEH.0000000000000453

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2023). Health Equity and Inclusion Framework for Education and Training. Toronto: CAMH. https://www.camh.ca/en/education/academic-and-education-research-excellence/health-equity-and-inclusion-framework-for-education-and-training