The final report on the 2017-2022 Education Strategic Plan can be found here.
2021-present
- Education Technology Office created
- Graduate certificate in biomedical science translation established, integrating clinical colleagues as mentors and teachers for the biomedical science graduate students
- Learning Environment – Teaching and Supervision (LETS) survey launched to better understand what enablers and barriers there currently are for supervisors in the clinical teaching environment
- Final report on the Education Strategic Plan completed
2020
- “Proud to Teach” communications campaign launched to highlight teaching excellence at McGill and in the clinical learning environment
- Teaching Innovation Awards for both faculty and students created
- Awards Toolkit developed to encourage departments and schools to develop teaching excellence and other education-related awards
- Faculty pivots quickly to online course delivery, supported by the Faculty’s education leadership and Teaching and Learning Services
2019
- Institute of Health Science Education approved (spring)
- Roadmap developed for 2019
- First meeting with clinical Education Champions
- Draft communications plan presented to Education Leadership Council
2018
- Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) finalized (winter)
- Hires: Assistant Dean, Biomedical Science Education; Assistant Dean, Health Professions; Research Assistant; Communications Administrator
- Education Champions in basic sciences begin work and develop working groups
- SEE working groups constituted
- Learning Environment retreat followed by action plan developed by the Learning Environment Action Panel
2017
- Three brainstorming sessions with stakeholders, identifying tactics to reach goal (winter)
- Synthesis of action plan and presentation at Medical Education Grand Rounds (spring)
- SEE retreat discusses concept of education Institute or Department (summer)
- Education Strategic Plan draft circulated to leadership for input with final document approved by Deanery (Oct) and Faculty Council (Dec)
2016
- Vice-Dean, Education's first term begins (winter)
- Steering Educational Excellence (SEE) constituted (spring)
- SWOT analysis with Education Leadership Council and Faculty online survey of performance/priorities in eight areas (summer)
- Student online survey of performance/priorities in eight areas. Focus group in basic sciences takes place with three areas of focus identified (fall)