The Teacher Certificate Program (TCP) is a provincially based virtual program open to all educators at the UBC MD Undergraduate Program’s distributed sites, including the Island Medical Program. TCP sessions can be completed in any order, and it’s not a requirement to complete TCP 1 before TCP 2.
TCP1: Foundational Teaching
This program consists of five online workshops covering core topics in health professionals’ education. Each session will accumulate toward a certificate of completion and Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.
In this session, you will learn how to
- facilitate active learning appropriate to the learner’s stage
- explain current concepts underpinning active learning
- target teaching to the level of the learner
- use effective questioning to elicit clinical reasoning and/or decision making
Monday, October 23, 2023
5 – 7 p.m.
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In this session, you will learn how to
- integrate learner’s educational history and goals in the educational plan
- describe characteristics of healthy relationships (UBC professional standards) and boundaries
- recognize (mis)treatment and its impact
- recognize a student in difficulty
- adequately utilize resources for student support
Monday, December 18, 2023
5:30 – 7 p.m.
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In this session, you will learn to
- establish conditions for effective feedback and reflection
- apply principles of transformative feedback
- discuss tools to facilitate feedback conversations
Monday, February 12, 2024
5:30 – 7 p.m.
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In this session, you will learn how to
- discuss the continuum of stakes in programmatic assessment
- discuss principles of programmatic assessment
- compare and contrast tools used to support rater based assessments
- discuss role of direct observation in assessment
Monday, April 8, 2024
5:30 – 7 p.m.
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In this session, you will learn how to
- use strategies to maximize the learning opportunities specific to the context (practice based, classroom based, self-directed learning)
- match content and responsibility to the level of the learner
Monday, June 3, 2024
5:30 – 7 p.m.
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TCP2: Career Planning & Wellness
This program consists of five online workshops that address needs identified by MD clinical preceptors for support and development. Each session will accumulate toward a certificate of completion and CME credits.
In this session, you will
- discuss benefits of promotions for clinical faculty
- see an overview of clinical faculty promotions within the Faculty of Medicine
- review components of the UBC-format CV templates in Promotions
- discuss highlighting accomplishments within the CV and tips for a successful Promotions application
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
5:30 – 7 p.m.
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In this session, you will learn
- how to manage financial wellbeing
- the basics of financial planning and cash flow
- the basics of investment and retirement
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
6 - 7:30 p.m.
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In this session, you will learn how to
- identify for yourself three important professional values
- explore your personal barriers to saying no
- understand the role of self-compassion in saying no
- develop an individual action plan for moving forward
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
5:30 – 7 p.m.
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