Faculty Development Resources
Using Meaningful Contextual Variation to Enhance Understanding and Promote Learning Transfer
Contextual variation is when learners are exposed to the same concept in two different contexts. When building in contextual variation the concept remains the same but the context is changed, making the original concept more salient to the learner. In order to introduce variation on the concepts learned in the Case-based learning (CBL), we have been creating “what if” questions/scenarios.
This primer has been designed for curriculum developers and CBL tutors to provide guidance around how to design and how to teach using "what if" scenario questions.
Video - Community Agency Supervisor Orientation
An orientation video for Community Agency Supervisor in the Integrated Clinical Experience: Health in Community (ICE:HC).
Video - EPAs: What you need to know
The 12 min Video reviews key elements of EPA assessment along with a demonstration of how an EPA assessment and feedback session could be conducted.
Video - How to be an OSCE Examiner - Assessment
The video reviews how to mitigate bias, rating scales, post-encounter probes and giving feedback on the OSCE.
Video - How to be an OSCE Examiner - Onboarding
The video reviews the OSCE format, timing, assessment plan and strategies to manage challenges.
Video - How to use an iPad for your Role as an OSCE Examiner
The video will introduce examiners to the electronic OSCE platform that will be used to complete all OSCE marking.
Video - Strategies for Facilitating Case-Based Learning (CBL)
This video reviews the strategies for facilitating CBL.
Video: Writing Multiple Choice Questions that Work
For those involved in teaching and assessment question writing in the Foundations curriculum, the following video provides helpful tips for writing effective multiple choice questions.
WB - Patient Panel Document for Patients and Families
Wightman-Berris: This document describes the Patient Panel for prospective patient panelists and their families. Students should provide a copy of this document to patients when seeking their participation and verbal agreement.
WBA in Clerkship Overview Slide Deck
Please adapt and use this customizable EPA Implementation Slide Deck if it will be helpful in your local faculty development activities. It includes some background information on EPAs, rationale for their implementation as a workplace based assessment tool, an overview of the tool itself, a summary of each EPA with its corresponding key observable behaviours, and an introduction to the pilot phase of implementation. The slide deck will download when you select "WBA in Clerkship-Overview".