Path to Professionalism
This online module is designed to help managers and staff at the Faculty of Medicine to uphold the highest standards of professionalism in their roles. This module focuses on fostering a culture of integrity, ethics, and effective interpersonal communication within the healthcare education environment.
After completing this online learning module, you will be able to:
- Define the concept of professional conduct as it pertains to employees at Memorial University
- Recognize professional and unprofessional behaviours and attitudes
- Describe the impact of employee’s relationships on professional behaviour
- Identify the policies and procedures governing professional behaviour at Memorial University.
- Discuss how to respond to unprofessional behaviours and attitudes
- Explain how to apply the policies and procedures governing professional behaviour at Memorial in your day-to-day work.
Breaking Bias
This module will equip you with an understanding of the nature of implicit bias, its potential impact on our Faculty's hiring and selection decisions, and introduce tools to address and reduce its influence. Through a combination of medical case studies, expert insights, interactive exercises, and actionable recommendations, you'll be prepared to foster a more inclusive and unbiased hiring environment within the Faculty of Medicine.
After completing this online learning module, you will be able to:
- Recognize implicit bias.
- Explain how implicit bias can affect the selection process.
- Outline strategies for mitigating the influence of implicit bias.
Professionalism in Academic Practice
"Thriving learners and graduates" is an essential pillar of the Faculty of Medicine’s strategic plan “Destination Excellence”. For graduate students, this requires feeling connected and supported in a safe and professional learning environment in order to achieve their full potential in their coursework, their research and their professional development activities. This online learning module is designed to support graduate students and supervising faculty members in the Faculty of Medicine and will present the core expectations of professional conduct that arise for graduate students and supervisors.
After completing this online learning module, you will be able to:
- Define the concept of professional conduct as it pertains to graduate students and their supervisors in an academic learning environment
- Recognize professional and unprofessional behaviours and attitudes
- Describe the impact of student supervisor relationship on professional behaviour
- Identify the policies and procedures governing professional behaviour in an academic learning environment.
- Discuss how to respond to unprofessional behaviours and attitudes.
Leadership in Medicine Module
This module is intended for students who wish to expand on the Leadership in Medicine modules delivered as part of the Memorial University undergraduate medical education curriculum and earn a Leadership in Medicine Certificate.
Prerequisite: In order to complete this module and earn your Certificate, you must have completed the eight (8) Leadership in Medicine learning modules in the undergraduate program.