Page 51 - 2017-2018 Department of Psychiatry Annual Report

Workshops
As you have read in our Mission
Statement in Action, Drs. Mark
Bosma and Cheryl Murphy designed
a workshop for faculty on the topic
of Delivering Effective Feedback.
Delievered in fall 2017, they went the
extra mile to ensure the workshop
met the performance assessment
(Section 3) criteria as defined by
the Maintenance of Certification
Program of The Royal College of
Physicians & Surgeons of Canada.
The workshop included pre-and-
post work and trained simulated
learners. Participants who completed
the workshop were able to claim
a maximum of six performance
assessment (Section 3) credits.

Transitions
This was a year of transition
for Continuing Professional
Development, as Dr. Heather Milliken
finished her term as director in June
2017. Appointed in 1997, Dr. Milliken
was the department’s first director of
CPD. Under her capable leadership,
we established a reputation for
providing quality continuing education
to mental health practitioners and
learners throughout the Maritimes.
Dr. Lara Hazelton took over for Dr.
Milliken in July 2017. An outpatient
psychiatrist with the Bedford Sackville
Mental Health Team, Dr. Hazelton’s
interest in medical education led her
to obtain a Master’s of Education
degree from Acadia University.
She has been director of Academic
Faculty Development for the Faculty
of Medicine since 2013, and in
that role develops and administers
programs that train faculty to become
better teachers and leaders. Her
goals include maintaining the quality
of education offered through rounds
and Academic Day, collaborating
with others to develop targeted
programs to meet specific needs, and
promoting the scholarship of teaching
and learning within the department.

Debate participants (L-R) Drs. Josh Smalley, Mark Bosma, Justin Paradis, and Andrew Harris. Annual Report 2017 | 2018 51