Winter 2021 (Volume 31, Number 4)
Education Committee Report: Engaging While Emerging
from the Pandemic!
By Raheem B. Kherani, BSc (Pharm), MD, FRCPC, MHPE; and Elizabeth M. Hazel, MD, FRCPC
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The Education Committee at their most recent virtual meeting.
Engaged and committed! The Education
Committee has addressed challenges
that have arisen during the pandemic,
through innovation, collaboration and delivery
of important educational support and
programs. We have continued to meet regularly
and build on feedback to further address
member needs.
Innovation
The Undergraduate Subcommittee plans to
disseminate the National Learning Outcomes
of the National Undergraduate Rheumatology
Curriculum to assist stakeholders from
across the country. Meanwhile, the Postgraduate
(PG) Subcommittee has been actively
modifying the National Rheumatology Residents
Weekend to a novel format with a year-long curriculum.
The Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Subcommittee developed a second series of the COVID-19
Response Webinar Series, recently recognized by the
Canadian Society of Association Executives with the Award
of Excellence, noted for this best practice.
Collaboration
The Education Committee has collaborated with other CRA
Operations Committees to facilitate the delivery of Indigenous
Health Initiatives (with the Quality Care Committee),
development of podcasts on Indigenous Health (with
the Communications Committee) and with assisting the
Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) Program Committee in the
mammoth task of planning this critical opportunity for our
members. In addition to internal committee collaborations,
we have assisted physician-led organizations with CPD accreditation
of programming targeted to rheumatologists.
Delivery
The PG Subcommittee highlights their ongoing educational
initiatives and supports on page 6 of this issue. The LEAdership
Program (LEAP) seeks to identify and promote leadership
of rheumatologists at an early career stage who are
likely to become leaders in research, education or advocacy
in Canada, with the next application cycle in April
2022. The upcoming CRA Review Course was well received
the last two years and is being offered in conjunction with
the 2022 CRA ASM.
We look forward to upcoming post-pandemic education
that will build on virtual and in-person collaboration.
Raheem B. Kherani, BSc (Pharm), MD, FRCPC, MHPE
Chair, CRA Education Committee
Clinical Associate Professor,
Program Director, Adult Rheumatology
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, British Columbia
Elizabeth M. Hazel, OLY, MD, FRCP(C)
Vice-Chair, CRA Education Committee
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Rheumatology,
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec
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