Education Development Fund (EDF)

The EDF application process is currently paused.

Applications to the Education Development Fund (EDF) are currently paused for the upcoming academic year. We do, however, remain committed to supporting education scholarship, which is a strategic priority in the Medical Education Strategic Plan 2023-2025: Enable, support, implement and evaluate health professions education scholarship and evidence-informed innovations to have a tangible impact at Temerty Medicine and beyond.

Building upon the success of the EDF as well as lessons learned from a comprehensive evaluation, we are in the process of implementing strategic actions focused on enhancing our support for education scholarship. This includes the development of new education scholarship funding opportunities, to be launched in 2024-2025. Stay tuned!

For questions, please contact: Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education

Historical EDF Information (for reference)

2022-2023 Project Timeline and Reporting Requirements

Applicants are required to upload a proposed project timeline using a provided template with their application (see section below titled "Application Process and Templates"). This should include details of anticipated project deliverables, time estimates and a project schedule.

A progress report (approximately 6 months into the project) is required outlining the project status, budgetary expenditures, dissemination, and sustainability plans.

A 1-year report is required at the end of the first funding year. Formal written reports will record the work done to date, include a summary of budgetary expenditures, describe progress towards and barriers to implementation, and include a plan for dissemination/knowledge translation. 1-year reports must also be accompanied by a letter describing the outcomes as they relate to meaningful incorporation and sustainability of the project as discussed between the recipient and the Department Chair. All funds, other than costs related to project dissemination, are expected to be disbursed by the end of the first year and all costs, including dissemination costs are to be disbursed by the end of the second year.

Preparation and presentation of a poster, to be presented at the Wilson Centre Research Day, will be required. The exact date/location will be confirmed by the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education.

A final project report is due upon the completion of the project (within 2 years of the original funding date). This report must contain details regarding final budget expenditures which will outline any unused funds or overages, status of knowledge dissemination, implementation and planned future related work. Project teams are highly encouraged to also include perceived impact of the project on the PI’s career and the perceived impact of the project on collaborators.

2022-2023 EDF Cycle Timelines

DATE	ACTIVITY
December 5, 2022	Application process opens
March 10, 2023	Application process closes
March – May 2023	Peer-Review & Adjudication Process
June 2023	Decisions will be communicated to PI/Co-PIs.
July 2023	Deadline for fund recipients to confirm ethics approval/exemption & FIS codes (4 weeks after notification)
August 2023	Funding allocated
February 2024	Progress report due
August 2024	1 year report due & all funds to be expended by this date
Fall 2024	Findings to be presented in poster or oral presentation format – Research Day/Symposium
August 2025	Final project report due (within 2 years of original funding date)

2022-2023 Budgets

Applicants are required to upload a proposed budget using a provided template with their application (see section below titled "Application Process and Templates").

The details below are provided to help guide your development of your proposed budget and explain allowable and not allowable expenses for EDF funds. Budgets will be carefully reviewed for appropriate use of project funds and may require adjustment at the request of the Education Development Fund adjudication committee. Funded PIs and Co-PIs are required to provide updates on expended funds as part of the reporting requirements.

It is recommended and encouraged that EDF recipients utilize existing University of Toronto resources where appropriate i.e., student participation, technical support services, professional services, etc. The application will ask you to describe the anticipated resources available and required (financial, expertise, technology) to complete your project. The application will also ask for you to disclose intended vendors with appropriate quotes if feasible.

Budgets must reflect a true 1:1 match within budget columns. Academic department funds could include funds from other granting agencies and sources received by the supporting academic department. In the spirit of transparency, applicants are encouraged to list ‘other’ funds outside of the 1:1 match within their budget. University base budget or operating funds cannot be used to provide the match.

All funds, other than costs related to project dissemination, are expected to be disbursed by the end of the first year and all costs, including dissemination costs are to be disbursed by the end of the second year. Any unused funds, as outlined in the final project report, will be required to be returned to the EDF to fund future projects. Requests for funding extensions after 1 year (for funds other than dissemination costs) must be made in writing to the Education Development Fund Committee, for consideration. Requests for changes to the originally approved budget must also be made in writing to the Education Development Fund Committee, for consideration.

Successful applicants must meet all requirements for the transfer of funds including the declaration of all other sources of relevant funding, receipt of ethics approval, provision of necessary FIS numbers to facilitate the transfer within 4 weeks of the application approval. It is the responsibility of the applicant to submit required information or the offer of funding will be withdrawn.

ALLOWED

Costs associated with project dissemination (ie. poster layout and printing costs to a maximum of 250.00)
Conference Travel - maximum of 1000.00* of EDF funds may be used to off-set travel where EDF project/work is to be presented. *This amount should include both travel and accommodations.
Research Assistant ($25-35/hr)
Costs to run interviews and focus group
Transcription
Data analysis and hand coding of transcribed text
Summarizing of data and assistance with manuscript development
IT/eLearning related projects: Technological consultation, needs assessment, content writing, evaluation, graphic design and animation (approx. $75.00/hr)
Learning Portals/Websites: Programming, learning management/content management systems (approx. $2,500.00 – $15,000.00)
Illustrations
Costs for simulation (all modalities) and anatomical models
Incentives (i.e., gift cards, honorariums, stipends for focus group/study participants) up to a maximum of 5% of the total budget (including matched funding). For example, if the total project budget (including match) is $10,000.00, $500.00 of your budget may be used toward incentives.

NOT ALLOWED

Publication costs i.e. Open Access and like journal publication fees or costs associated with manuscript publication.
Payment to Educational Research Consultants, U of T Staff and Faculty for duties/tasks performed related to the project.
Incentives (ie. gift cards, honorariums, stipends for focus group/study participants) exceeding 5% of the total budget.
Catering
Reimbursement for participant travel/parking
Conceptualization and design of representative imagery.

Previously Funded Projects | 2007 - 2022

Award Year	PI('s)	Department	Project Title
2022	Zainab Furqan	Psychiatry	Anti-Muslim Discrimination in Medical Training: The experiences of resident physicians
2022	Fabricio Batistella Zasso	Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine	Trainee-EPI ImpacT of Longitudinal SimulatoR TrAIning oN Entrustability and CompEtence of Labour EPIdural Insertion
2022	Alicia Cundall	Family & Community Medicine	Enhancing Global Health Pre-Departure Training using Low Resource, High Capacity (LRHC) Simulation
2022	Mini Pakkal	Medical Imaging	Performance-based Competency Standard Setting in Medical Image Interpretation: Balancing Performance Expectations with Patient Safety and Learner Experience
2022	Mark Unger	Family and Community Medicine	The Friendly42: An interdisciplinary educational program to teach the delivery of compassionate care to patients receiving involuntary mental health admissions in the emergency department
2021	Anne Hunt	Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science	Innovation in occupational therapy clinical fieldwork placements during the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Danielle Bischof	Surgery	Evaluating Indigenous Cultural Safety Curricula for Surgical Residents: Does Emotional Learning Make the Difference?
2021	Evan Tannenbaum	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Automatic Video-based Assessment of Learners in Surgery using AI
2020	Alayne Kealey	Anesthesia	Validation and Comprehensive Evaluation of Novel Resident Assessment Tools to Support a Competency‐Based Medical Education Curriculum
2020	Adam Kaufman	Family and Community Medicine	Emergency Medicine Continuing Professional Development in Ethiopia from the Ground Up: A Co‐Creation Approach
2020	Monika Molnar	Speech-Language Pathology	A collaborative approach towards the design and development of shared Rehabilitation Research Curriculum
2020	Betty Onyura	Family and Community Medicine	Examining the Labour of Bridge Building & Silo Deconstruction: A Multi‐Case Inquiry of Knowledge Intermediaries in Medical Education
2019	Sharon Peacock	Anesthesia	Simulation Curriculum in Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation of the Subclavian Vein Using a Novel Low Cost, High Fidelity 3D Model
2019	Alpna Munshi	Psychiatry	Performance, Success, and Challenges - Experiences of IMG Residents in the Department of Psychiatry
2019	Eileen Cheung	Family & Community Medicine	An Evaluation of the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Emergency Medicine (TAAAC-EM) Partnership
2018	Nirit Bernhard	Paediatrics	THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS: Exploring the Integration of Reflection, Self-assessment, and Feedback through Relationships in a Competency-based Undergraduate Medical Curriculum
2018	Seema Marwaha	Medicine	Translating Patient Experiences into Immersive Video for Medical Education on Compassionate Care: A Pilot Study
2018	Jennifer Hulme	Family & Community Medicine	Advocating for Advocacy: The State of the Advocate Role in Canadian Family and Emergency Medicine Training Programs
2018	Julie Johnstone	Paediatrics	"Each little change will have a ripple effect": Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Competence by design in the Paediatric Residency Training Program, University of Toronto
2018	Samantha Green & Ritika Goel	Family & Community Medicine	Teaching Poverty, Social Determinants, and Social Accountability
2018	Peter Wu	Medicine	Understanding the Impact of the Junior Attending Role on Transition to Practice - A Qualitative Study
2017	Elise Hall	Psychiatry	PsychEd: A Learner-driven, Educational Psychiatry Podcast
2017	Michael Neszt	Psychiatry	Better Together: A Mixed-Methods Study to Guide a Continuing Professional Development and Faculty Development Curriculum in Integrated Mental Health Care
2017	Megan Landes	Family & Community Medicine	Laying the Groundwork: Developing a Global Health Emergency Medicine Fellowship at the University of Toronto
2017	Fok-Han Leung & Milena Forte	Family & Community Medicine	Reflections on Remediation Through a Graduate's Lens
2017	Batya Grundland & Jeremy Rezmovitz	Family & Community Medicine	Caring, Not just Curing: Using Digital Storytelling to Understand the Teaching and Learning Compassionate Care in a Canadian Family Medicine Residency Program
2017	Anna Nowacki	Medicine	The Addis Ababa Toxicology Curriculum Project: Educational Needs Assessment for the Toxicology Modules of an Emergency Medicine Training Program 7550
2017	Jory S. Simpson	Surgery	Humanism Education in Surgery: Developing a Patients as Teachers Initiative in Surgery for Clerkship Students
2017	Kate Hayman	Medicine	Teaching Undergraduate Medical Students to "Go Upstream" and Advocate on Social Determinants of Health using Care-Based Learning
2016	Lucas Murnaghan	Surgery	A Qualitative Assessment of the Role of "Bootcamps" in Junior Residency
2016	Paula Rowland	Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy	UnderstandingAalignments between Interprofessional Education and "High Reliability Organization": Implications for Curricula and Interprofessional Development
2016	Kathleen Sheehan	Psychiatry	Death, Dying and Doctors: A Qualitative Exploration of Physician-Assisted Death to Guide Continuing Professional Development
2016	Sarah Wright	Family & Community Medicine	Experiences of Canadian Medical Students who are First in their Family to Attend University
2016	Tim Dwyer	Surgery	Competence of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows: Development of Certification Examination
2016	Anupam Thakur	Psychiatry	Knowledge, Skills and Experiences of CanMEDS Leader Role in Psychiatry: A Pilot Study
2016	Margaret Salmon	Medicine	Teaching Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Techniques via Telesimulation versus Workshop
2015	Catherine Varner	Family & Community Medicine	Implementation and Evaluation of a Novel Family Medicine Obstetrical Point of Care Ultrasound (FaMOUS) Course
2015	Deborah Robertson	Obstetrics & Gynecology	The Effect of an Educational Session and Structured Communication Tool on the Quality of Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Handover
2015	Clare Hutchinson	Paediatrics	Relationships as Learning: Understanding How Relationship Building Facilitates Patient-Centered Learning in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships
2015	Mark Feldman	Paediatrics	Test-Enhanced Continuing Education - A Randomized Controlled Trial
2015	Sabrina Akhtar	Family & Community Medicine	Into Whatsoever Home I Enter, I Shall Enter to Help the Sick: Developing a Curriculum for Integrated Home-Based Primary Care
2014	Meridith Guiliani & Caitlin Gillan	Radiation/ Oncology	High-Fidelity eLearning to Support Competency-based Residency Training
2014	Sumeet Sodhi	Family & Community Medicine	Evaluation of Short-Term field-based Global Health Training Programs through Trainee and Host Community Perspectives
2014	Cindy Woodland & Michelle Arnot	Pharmacology & Toxicology	Developmental Evaluation of Applied Clinical Pharmacology as a New Field of Study in the Master of Science in Pharmacology Program
2014	Deborah Leung & Jordan Chenkin	Family & Community Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine	Implementing a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for CCFP-EM Residents
2014	Geetha Mukerji & Adina Weinerman	Medicine & Paediatrics	Resource Stewardship Workshop: Teaching Internal Medicine and Pediatric Residents to Communicate Effectively with Patients to Avoid Potential Harm from Unnecessary Diagnosis Tests
2014	Stefan Adhikari & Neill Adhikari	Medicine (Anesthesia)	Development of an Introductory eLearning course on Clinical Research Methods and Quality Improvement for the Toronto-Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration
2014	Sophie Soklaridis & Carrie Bernard	Family & Community Medicine & Psychiatry	Role of Health Advocate in Family Medicine and Psychiatry Residency Curricula
2014	Sanjeev Sockalingam & David Wiljer	Psychiatry	Developing a Lifelong Learning Cirriculum to Prepare Psychiatry Residents for Continuing Professional Development
2014	Jill Steir	Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy	Adapting Theatre Practice to Enhance Role-playing and Communication Skills of Occupational Therapy
2014	Debbie Kwan & Denyse Richardson	CFD (Pharmacy & Medicine)(CAMH/St.Joe's/UHN)	Fostering Continued Professional Development in the Workplace
2014	Karen Wayman & Maria Mylopoulos	Family & Community Medicine	Exploring Continuity, Integration, Context and Curriculum during Longitudinal Clerkship Training
2014	Lisa Richardson & Jason Pennington	Medicine	The Creation of a Web-Based Learning Module for Indigenous Health Education
2013	Michelle Arnot	Pharmacology & Toxicology	Creation and Use of Animation in Teaching Pharmakinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles
2013	Jaques Belik	Paediatrics	Development of a Newborn Lung Simulation Model as an Educational Tool for Mechanical Ventilation for Residents and Fellows
2013	Allison Crawford	Psychiatry	Assessing Resident Learning Needs in Telepsychiatry
2013	Karen D'Silva	Medicine	Geriatric Medicine Residents-As-Teachers
2013	Richard Horner	Medicine	Online Interactive Modular Course for Inter-Professional and Continuing Education in Sleep Health
2013	Julia Keith	Labratory Medicine & Pathobiology	The National Neuropathology Lecture Series: Collaborative Inter-Professional eLearning for a Small Specialty
2013	Brenda Mori	Physical Therapy	Developing a New National Tool to assess Physiotherapy Students in Clinical Education - Field Testing
2013	Jeff Myers	Family & Community Medicine	Developing and Validating a Set of Entrustable Professional Activities for Palliative Medicine: Phase One in Designing a Summative Postgraduate Learner Assessment
2013	Nikki Woods	Surgery	From Passive to Active: Using Peer Assessment to Improve Vicarious Learning of Surgical Skills
2012	Cheryl Cott	Physical Therapy	Designing an Interactive Video Tool (iVT) to Enhance Integration of Basic and Clinical Sciences in the Analysis of Movement Challenges in Persons with Neurological Impairments
2012	James Downar	Medicine	Are Standardized Patient Simulation Sessions more Effective than Didactic Teaching alone for Improving the Skill and Comfort level of Medical Residents when discussing Goals of Care and Resuscitation?
2012	Theodor Grantcharov	Surgery	Development of a Tool for Identification and Assessment of Technical Errors in Laparoscopic Surgery
2012	Marcus Law	Family & Community Medicine	Assessment of the Construct Validity of Virtual Interactive Case (VIC) scores in Family Medicine Virtual Patient Cases Scores in Family Medicine Virual Patient Cases Part 1: Usability
2012	Anne Matlow	Medicine	Integrating a Focus on Quality of Care into an Ambulatory Care Rotation
2012	Emil Schemitsh	Surgery	Abuse Screening Education in Orthopaedic Surgery: Building Knowledge and Capacity for Change
2012	Priya Watson	Psychiatry	Essential Elements of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training
2011	Michelle French	Physiology	Developing Interactive Animations of Key Physiological Processes to Enhance Student Competency
2011	Heather McDonald-Blumer	Medicine	Fostering the Professionalism of Clinical Faculty: A Qualitative Needs Assessment and Pilot Project in Internal Medicine
2011	Kathy Boutis	Paediatrics	Hinting Strategies for Improving the Efficiency of Medical Student Learning of Deliberately Practiced Web-Based Radiographs
2011	Arun Radhakrishnan	Family & Community Medicine	Phase 2 of an Educational Intervention Addressing Barriers to Physician-Patient Communication while using Electronic Medical Records
2011	Teodor Grantcharov	Surgery	Design and Validation of a Surgical Skills Assessment Tools for Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
2011	Sanjeev Sockalingam	Psychiatry	Preparing International Medical Graduates for Fellowship in Canada: A Needs Assessment and Curriculum Development
2011	Serena Baber	Family & Community Medicine	Optimizing Family Medicine Education: Exploring the Educational Training and Role of Academic Non-Physician Health Care Professionals
2011	Nicole N. Woods	Surgery	The Integration of Basic Science with Clinical Knowledge in Undergraduate Teaching
2011	Graham Slaughter	Medicine	Implementing a Bedside Ultrasound Curriculum for Procedures into an Internal Medicine Residency Program
2011	Allan Peterkin	Psychiatry	Working With Portfolios: Measuring Medical Students' Reflective Capacity and Empathy Levels Over Time
2010	Najma Ahmed	Surgery	Team Training for Trauma (3T): Developing an Interdisciplinary, Simulation-Based Human Factors Training Curriculum for General Surgery Residents
2010	Shelly Dev	Medicine	Is a Multimedia-Based Teaching Tool as Effective as Bedside Teaching? Proposal for a Validation Study
2010	Paula Ravitz	Psychiatry	Enhancing Supervison of Psychotherapy (ESP) Project
2010	Naveed Siddiqui	Anesthesia	The Impact of Simulator based Education on the Acquisition of Life-Saving Airway Procedure - Role of a Specialized Hybrid-High Fidelity Patient Simulator Model
2010	Khalil Sivjee	Medicine	Supporting International Medical Graduates Throughout Residency: Moving Beyond Orientations
2010	Joyce Nhyof-Young	Radiation Oncology	Implementation and Evaluation of an Experiential 'Elective' in Spirituality for Preclerkship Medical Students at the University of Toronto
2010	Lynfa Stroud	Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine	Integrating Communication and Procedural Skills Assessment in an Internal Medicine Residency Program
2010	Brian M. Wong	Medicine	Characterizing Facilitators and Barriers in Order to Promote the Successful Implementation of a Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Curriculum for Postgraduate Trainees and Medical Students
2009	Karen Leslie	Paediatrics	Preparing for a Career in Academic Medicine: Understanding the Process of Peer-Group Mentoring for Postgraduate Trainees
2009	Brian Simmons	Paediatrics	Interprofessional OSCE Development Simulation Tool
2009	Teodor Grantcharov	Surgery	The Impact of Bench Model Technical Skills Training on Cognitive Learning in the Operating Room
2009	Pat McKee	Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy	Enveloping Anatomy Learning System (Anatomy Glove and Video)
2009	Kenneth Locke	Medicine	The Utility of E-Portfolios for Documentation and Evaluation of the CanMEDS Scholar Domain in General Medicine and Rheumatology Post-graduate Medical
2009	Judith Peranson	Family & Community Medicine	Teaching an Interprofessional Approach to the Management of Musculoskeletal Problems in Primary Care
2009	Lynfa Stroud	Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine	Effects of a Re-structured Schedule on Internal Medicine Clinical Teaching Units: A Study of Attending Physicians, Residents, and Medical Students
2009	Jack Mandel	Dalla Lana School of Public Health	Global Health Education Initiative - Global Health Certificate Program for Postgraduate Trainees
2009	Allan Peterkin	Psychiatry	Narrative Means to Professional Ends: New Strategies for Teaching and Evaluating Professionalism in Canadian Medical Schools
2009	Clare L. Atzema	Medicine Division of Emergency Medicine	Does the use of Procedure Videos during Clinical Shifts Improve the Quality of Teaching of Emergency Medicine Procedures in the Emergency Department?
2009	Susan J. Wagner	Speech-Language Pathology	Evaluation of Care-Based Interprofessional Education (IPE) Sessions: Development and Implementation
2009	Sylvia Langlois	Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy	The Implementation and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Mentorship Program: Empowering Patients as Mentors for Our Students
2008	Kang Eric You-Ten	Anesthesia	Impact of High-Fidelity Patient Simulator-Based Education on the Acquisition of Non-Technical Skills During the Management of A Life Threatening Airways Crisis
2008	David Chan	Medicine	Videoconferenced Selection Interviews for Postgraduate Training Positions in Internal Medicine: A Head-to-Head Comparison with Traditional Face-to-Face Interviews
2008	Ann L. Fox	Nutritional Sciences	Needs Assessment of Employers of Students in the MScCH Public Health Nutrition Program
2008	Robyn Davies	Physical Therapy	Use of Remote Facilitation to Develop Clinical Reasoning Skills in Physical Therapy Students
2008	Tulin Cil	Surgery	Teaching the Sensitive Physical Exam: An Evaluation of Student Learning and Retention
2008	Margarita Lam-Antoniades Rahim	Medicine	Faculty Development for Ambulatory Care Teaching
2008	Heather Mac Neill	Medicine	Does Learning Disease Specific Content in an Interactive Process help foster Collaborative Practice and Improved Interprofessional Attitudes for Post-Licensure Learners? Online Application of the Build-a-Case Technique
2007	Yuna Lee	Medicine	Evaluation of Standardized Doctor's Order Sets as an Educational Tool for Undergraduate Medical Students
2007	Mireille Norris	Medicine	Hospitalized Older Persons' Education (HOPE) Curriculum: Enhancing Practice and Patient Safety
2007	Melinda Soloman	Paediatrics	The Cognitive-Behavioral Model for Teaching Communication Skills: A Pilot Project
2007	Zeev Friendman	Anesthesia	Teaching Emergency Life-Saving Skills through Simulation - High Fidelity Simulation vs. Traditional Bench Models for Teaching Residents Cricothyrotomy
2007	Rene Wong	Medicine	Online Simulations of Office Management - A Potential Way to Expose Medical Residents to the Competencies Required to run an Outpatient Practice
2007	Euson Yeung	Physical Therapy	Evaluation of an Online Self-Study Module in Screening for Vertebral Artery Dysfunction in Physical Therapy Practice
2007	Heather Carnahan	Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy	Model and Curriculum Development for Training Rehabilitation Specialists using Simulation
2007	Christopher Denny	Medicine	C.R.E.W.: Crisis Resources for Emergency Workers - Interprofessional Crisis Resource Management Team Training
2007	Annette Vegas	Anesthesia	Development of an Online Virtual Transesophageal Echcardiography Study as an Innovative Teaching Aid
2007	Shirley Tse	Paediatrics	Feasibility of an Interactive Web-Based Rheumatology Teaching Module for Pediatric Residents
2007	Shelley Brook	Psychiatry	The Toronto Addis Ababa Pschiatry Program (TAAPP): Educational Effects of an International Outreach Program on Psychiatry Residents
2007	Nicole Woods	Surgery	Documenting and Disseminating the Daily Educational Innovations of Clerks: A Pliot Project in Surgery
2007	Rob Madan	Psychiatry	Direct Observation - A Proposal for a Survery of Medical Teachers
2007	Bill MacKay	Physiology	Human Neurophysiology - Hoffman Reflect Simulation