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Discours liminaire : L'éducation médicale changeante et inchangée | Sunalta ABC
le 30 janvier 2025 de 8h00 MST À 9h00 MST -
Session invitée : L'état actuel de l'éducation dans les différentes disciplines - Brian Chwyl, RTT; Paris Ingledew, MD, Sarah Quirk, PhD | Sunalta ABC
le 30 janvier 2025 de 10h30 MST À 12h00 MST -
Session invitée : L'état actuel de l'éducation dans les différentes disciplines - Brian Chwyl, RTT; Paris Ingledew, MD, Sarah Quirk, PhD | Sunalta ABC
le 30 janvier 2025 de 10h30 MST À 12h00 MST -
Session proposée : Points forts des programmes de résidence/formation | Sunalta ABC
le 30 janvier 2025 de 13h30 MST À 14h30 MST -
Session proposée : Recherche et innovation dans l'éducation | Sunalta ABC
le 31 janvier 2025 de 11h00 MST À 12h00 MST -
Session proposée : Points forts des programmes de résidence/formation | Sunalta ABC
le 30 janvier 2025 de 13h30 MST À 14h30 MST -
Session proposée : Points forts des programmes de résidence/formation | Sunalta ABC
le 30 janvier 2025 de 13h30 MST À 14h30 MST -
Session proposée : Points forts des programmes de résidence/formation | Sunalta ABC
le 30 janvier 2025 de 13h30 MST À 14h30 MST
Dr. Rachel Ellaway
Professor - Department of Community Health Sciences | Director - Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship
Dr. Rachel Ellaway
Dr. Rachel Ellaway
Professor - Department of Community Health Sciences | Director - Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship
Dr. Rachel Ellaway is Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, and Director of the Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship for the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. She is also the editor in chief of the journal Advances in Health Sciences Education (AHSE), and she was the creator and Maîtresse de Cérémonies of the AMEE Fringe for many years. As an internationally acclaimed education scholar her work has encompassed many aspects and debates in contemporary medical education including educational technologies, philosophy of educational science, and professional resistance. Her team recently published international guidelines for medical education that is inclusive of transgender and nonbinary persons. Her contributions have been recognized in many awards including the CAME Ian Hart Award for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Education, the RCPSC Duncan Graham Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education, the AFMC President’s Award for Exemplary National Leadership in Academic Medicine, and the Meridith Marks Mentorship Award.
Brian Chwyl MRT(T), BSc, MEd(DE)
Brian Chwyl MRT(T), BSc, MEd(DE)
Brian Chwyl MRT(T), BSc, MEd(DE)
Brian has worked in radiation therapy since the mid-90’s with roles as a floor therapist, treatment unit lead, and departmental clinical educator. In 2014 he joined the team at University of Alberta to create and teach in Alberta’s first university program in radiation therapy. In his 10 years with the program he has prevalently been involved with the development of their high-fidelity simulation education program.
Brian enjoys integrating innovative ideas into teaching, and is currently the program’s Educational Technology Integration Lead. Current projects include developing a video library for the efficient and effective teaching of clinical skills, building an online educational resource to share them, and 3-D printing anatomical models from DICOM objects. Brian has spoken locally, nationally and internationally on education topics since 2005. Most recently he was the CAMRT representative at the 2023 ASRT Educator Institute.
Paris-Ann Ingledew
Dr.
Paris-Ann Ingledew
Paris-Ann Ingledew
Dr.
Dr. Paris-Ann Ingledew is a Clinical Professor in the UBC Department of Surgery and a the Department Head of Radiation Oncology at the Vancouver Cancer Centre. She is the Undergraduate Division Director for Radiation Oncology & Developmental Radiotherapeutics at UBC working to help with oncology education throughout the UBC medical program. She completed her MD and residency at the University of British Columbia. She was a UBC Center for Health Education Scholarship Fellow and she completed her Masters in Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois Chicago. She regularly supervises medical students and residents in both clinical and research contexts. She has contributed to setting national standards for training medical students in oncology and is the lead for a website used in 172 countries for oncology education www.learnoncology.ca. With respect to resident education, she is the Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Radiation Oncology Specialty Committee and is actively involved in the Competency by Design for radiation oncology. She is the current section editor for Education for the Red Journal. Her current research interests are focused on the physician competencies related to patient education, professional role identity in oncology disciplines and projects related to oncology education in the undergraduate medical setting.
Horacio Patrocinio
Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator, Radiation Oncology Physics Residency Program
Horacio Patrocinio
Horacio Patrocinio
Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator, Radiation Oncology Physics Residency Program
Horacio Patrocinio is a clinical medical physicist in the Department of Medical Physics at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at McGill University. For more than 30 years, he has been involved in teaching medical physics to hundreds of graduate students, radiation technology students, oncology residents and medical physics residents. He is clinical coordinator for the MUHC's Radiation Oncology Physics Residency Program, a large program extending to over 7 centres in Montreal, throughout Quebec, in NY state and more recently New Brunswick. Horacio has held leadership roles in COMP, CCPM, AQPMC and is currently the CEO of the International Medical Physics Certification Board. Through the IAEA and other organizations he has participated as a technical expert in missions in Brazil, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, several focusing on education.
Wayne Beckham, PhD, FCCPM, FCOMP
Provincial Medical Physics Leader
Wayne Beckham, PhD, FCCPM, FCOMP
Wayne Beckham, PhD, FCCPM, FCOMP
Provincial Medical Physics Leader
Wayne Beckham is a radiation oncology medical physicist certified (member and fellow) by the CCPM. He was also awarded FCOMP in 2013. He has had other roles as follows: Adjunct Professor University of Victoria Physics and Astronomy Department, Founding Director of UVic CAMPEP Accredited Medical Physics Graduate program (2003 - 2023). Current Director BC Cancer CAMPEP Accredited Medical Physics Residency program (since 2023). Past Board Member of CAMPEP (2010 - 2015), Vice President (2013) and then President and Chairman of CAMPEP (2014 - 2015). Vice President COMP (2018 - 2020), President COMP (2020-2022), Past President COMP (2022-2024).
Jacob Groeneveld
Medical Physics Resident
Jacob Groeneveld
Jacob Groeneveld
Medical Physics Resident
Jacob is currently a resident in Radiation Oncology Physics at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Ab. He obtained his MSc through the University of Calgary while working as a physics assistant at the Jack Ady Cancer Centre in Lethbridge, Ab. This gave him valuable mentorship and clinical experience at a smaller center while receiving training and accreditation from the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. His story highlights how programs can be flexible enough to provide training where it is needed.
Andrea McNiven
Director, Medical Physics
Andrea McNiven
Andrea McNiven
Director, Medical Physics
Andrea McNiven is a clinical medical physicist who is currently Director of Medical Physics in Calgary at the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre and Division Chief, Medical Physics, Department of Oncology, University of Calgary. Currently involved in teaching for both the graduate and residency programs. She has a longstanding interest in education and has completed the Education Scholars Program and the NEAL program in continuing medical education at the University of Toronto. Previous roles included Associate Program Director (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre) and Program Director for the University of Toronto Medical Physics Residency Program. Specific interests include curriculum design and competency-based education and assessment methods. Outside of local education roles, she has been a board member of CAMPEP since 2021.
Patricia Lindsay
Medical Physicist
Patricia Lindsay
Patricia Lindsay
Medical Physicist
Patricia Lindsay is a senior clinical medical physicist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto. She is the Medical Physics Residency Program Director for the University of Toronto Department of Radiation Oncology Physics Residency Program. This program has residents at five hospital sites in and around Toronto. In addition to education of Medical Physics residents, Patricia oversees the Physics curriculum for the Radiation Oncology Residency program, co-directs an annual continuing education course and participates in formal and informal teaching in many settings. She is interested in curriculum design, competency-based assessments and multi-disciplinary education.
Michelle Thomas
MRT(T)
Michelle Thomas
Michelle Thomas
MRT(T)
Michelle has been working as a Radiation Therapist since 2018. She enjoys learning and has completed several courses and programs while working, including an advanced certificate in MRI through the British Columbia Institute of Technology and a dosimetry course through the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists.
Radim Barta
Dr.
Radim Barta
Radim Barta
Dr.
Dr. Radim Barta is a medical physics resident working at the Central Alberta Cancer Center completing the residency program at the Cross Cancer Institute. His clinical expertise is in commissioning, QA program development, and use of auto-segmentation in the clinic. His doctoral studies, completed at the University of Alberta, focused on the development of RF-coils for the Alberta linac-MR systems.
Radim is an active member of the COMP Women’s Committee – Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility and volunteers with the Medical Physics for World Benefit group. He hopes to make medical physics more inviting for individuals of all backgrounds and make safe, effective radiation therapy more accessible in Canada and around the world.
Niranjan Venugopal
Medical Physicist, CancerCare Manitoba/Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
Niranjan Venugopal
Niranjan Venugopal
Medical Physicist, CancerCare Manitoba/Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
Dr. Niranjan Venugopal completed his B.Sc. Honours degree in physics from the University of Regina. Following this, he completed both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Medical Physics at the University of Manitoba. Soon after, he was accepted into the University of Toronto Department of Radiation Oncology, Clinical Radiation Oncology Physics residency program, and completed it in 2013. Before joining CancerCare Manitoba, Dr. Venugopal was a staff clinical physicist at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency in Saskatoon, where he also held academic appointments in the Departments of Oncology and Biomedical Engineering. During his career, he has supervised students and published papers in peer-reviewed journals. Currently, he is an active team member of the Radiotherapy Physics group here at CancerCare Manitoba. Currently Dr. Venugopal is the Program Director of Radiation Oncology Physics Residency program at CancerCare Manitoba. In his spare time, Dr. Venugopal enjoys a variety of activities including spending time with family, playing rugby or soccer, learning east Indian classical music, and volunteering his time in the community.
Ives Levesque, PhD, FCCPM
Ethics Training for Medical Physicists at McGill University
Ives Levesque, PhD, FCCPM
Ives Levesque, PhD, FCCPM
Ethics Training for Medical Physicists at McGill University
Ives Levesque is an MRI physicist and Assistant Professor in the Medical Physics Unit (MPU) at McGill University, where he leads the MR Methods Research Group and teaches graduate courses in medical imaging. Prof. Levesque previously served as Co-Director of the MPU and Graduate Program Director for its CAMPEP-accredited MSc and Certificate Programs (2021-2023). In collaboration with MPU colleagues, he developped the MPU's training program in ethics for medical physicists, and has acted as coordinator for the program on several occasions.