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Health Care, Technology and Place Seminar Series 2004-2005

The Health Care, Technology and Place (HCTP) Seminar Series is designed to provide transdisciplinary mentorship to students whose research will address the interconnectedness of bodies, technologies, places, and work in contemporary health care. HPME Faculty member Peter C. Coyte is Co-Director of this Collaborative Program, with Patricia McKeever from the Faculty of Nursing. The Program is unique at U of T in linking departments and disciplines from all divisions at the University. This year's line-up includes a wide variety of stellar Doctoral and Post-Doctoral graduate students presenting topical issues across the health spectrum. All faculty and students are welcome to attend, please mark the following dates in your calendar. We look forward to seeing you there.

All seminars are held from 4pm-6pm at the Faculty of Nursing (50 St. George Street). For more details (exact room number, discussants & moderators) and up-to-date listing, please visit the HCTP website: www.hctp.utoronto.ca.

Date

Topic

Speaker

Oct 6 Bridging Theory and Practice: Rethinking Personhood in Place and Care Pia Kontos
Oct 20 Adaptive Recognition of User Activity for In-Place Intelligent Health Care Jorge Silva
Nov 24 Computerized Patient Records: A Communicative and Social Impact Analysis Lara Varpio
Dec 15 Technology, Place, and Care of the Pregnant Body Mary Carolan
Jan 12 Improving Interventions for Informal Care Providers to Stroke Survivors by Enhancing Knowledge Transfer Strategies Jill Cameron
Jan 26 Selling the Image: The Marketing of Ultrasound, CT, and MRI, 1950-1990 Kiran Van Rijn
Feb 23 Priority-Setting at Community Care Access Centres in Ontario Michelle Kohli
Apr 13 Health Services and Educational Resources in Public Schools for Children and Youth with Chronic Illnesses or Disabilities Nicole Yantzi

Health Law and Policy Seminar Series

The Department of HPME and the Faculty of Law's Health Law and Policy Group jointly organize the Health Law and Policy Seminar Series. These stimulating sessions are presented by local, national and international experts.

Sessions are held from 12:10 – 2:00 pm in the Faculty of Law Solarium in Falconer Hall (84 Queen's Park). A light lunch is provided. Everyone is welcome to attend these seminars. For a current up-to-date listing please visit the Health Law and Policy Group website noted above.

For more information or to join an email notification list, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.

Date

Speaker

Title

October 14 Raisa Deber
Department of Health Administration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Private Delivery and Public Goals: Mechanisms for Ensuring that Hospitals Can Meet Public Objectives:  A Four-Jurisdiction Case Study
October 28 Graeme Laurie
School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Scotland and Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
Genetic Privacy: Anti-social concept or fundamental right?
November 25 Duff K. Waring
Department of Philosophy, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University
Integrating Values in Risk Analysis of Biomedical Research:  The Case for Regulatory and Law Reform
December 9 Carolyn McLeod
Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario

A Feminism Appraisal of Medical Conscience Clauses

Centre for Faculty Development Fall Workshops

The Centre for Faculty Development is a collaborative initiative between St. Michael's Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine. It provides workshops and seminars for faculty in teaching, career development, professionalism and health professional leadership.

Faculty Development Grand Rounds are generally held on the first Tuesday of each month at a different GTA teaching hospital. Registration is not required.

Incentives and Rewards for Teachers Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Teaching Dossiers Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Peer Teaching Consultation Experiences Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Faculty Development Workshops are devoted to the enhancement of teaching skills throughout the academic year. Each workshop is free and 3-4 hours in length. These workshops meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for 3.5 MAINPRO-M1 credits per each workshop (unless otherwise noted). Workshops have also been approved as an Accredited Group Learning Activity under Section 1 of the Framework of CPD options for the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.   Workshops are held in the University of Toronto Rehabilitation Sciences Building. Registration is required and available online at: www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/registration.htm.

Setting Goals and Writing Objectives Thursday, October 14, 2004
8am-Noon
Tuesday, October 29, 2004
8am-Noon
Writing Multiple Choice Exams Tuesday October 26, 2004
1-5 pm

Putting 'Sizzle' into Your CV, and Taking the 'Duh' out of Your Dossier

Tuesday, November 2, 2004
1:15-5:15 pm
Thursday November 11, 2004
1-5 pm

Feedback

Thursday, November 4, 2004
1-5 pm

Clinical Reasoning Skills: Strategies to Help Learners Tuesday, December 7, 2004
1-5 pm
Challenging Teaching Situations Tuesday, December 7, 2004
8 am-Noon
Thursday, December 9, 2004
1-5 pm

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