We’re pleased to announce the recipients of the Strategic Initiatives Grant and the Robert Maudsley Fellowship for Studies in Medical Education. 

The Strategic Initiative Grant supports research and scholarship in the areas of equity, diversity and inclusion, patient/caregiver experience, competency-based medical education and continuing professional development within specialty medical education. The Robert Maudsley Fellowship provides up to $40,000 over two years to help specialists acquire knowledge and skills in the field of medical education in order to develop educational programs, evaluation methods and medical education.  

2022 Strategic Initiative Grant recipients

Marghalara Rashid, PhD

Project title: Residency training programs to support residents working in Indigenous communities. A multi-centre study.

Wen Qing (Wendy) Ye, MD

Project title: Understanding the Evolution of Professionalism in Medical Education: The Role of Self Identity in Perceptions of Professionalism

Robert Maudsley Fellowship for Studies in Medical Education recipients

Scott Adams, MD, FRCPC, PhD 

Project title: Defining competencies for artificial intelligence in postgraduate medical education

Robin Mackin, MD, FRCPC

Project title: Modeling Mindset: Exploring trainees’ experiences with preceptors’ modeling growth mindset

Kimberly Stewart, MD, FRCSC

Project title: Transition to practice: exploring how new-to-practice surgeons navigate the tensions between competing roles