DocTalks Presented by Podagogies

At TMU's medical school, every student gets a coach, but what exactly does that relationship look like? Dr. Jill Bailey joins Heather and Curtis to talk about coaching and its benefits for both the coach and the coachee throughout a physician's career. Dr. Jill Bailey is a family physician with a practice focused on mental health and addictions. Since 2022, after 14 years of rural general family p...

From low to high fidelity simulations, and from task trainers to the latest high-tech mannequins, this episode explores all the learning possibilities in "sim", with particular focus on TMU Med School's Sim Lab. But, the benefits from simulations go far beyond the tools involved. This episode also looks into the pedagogical value of including simulation throughout medical training. Dr. Gurmeet Lal...

Emergency physician and award-winning educator Dr. Jonathan Sherbino joins DocTalks to unpack why education research matters, and how it improves patient care. Drawing on his work leading MERIT at McMaster University, Sherbino challenges assumptions about innovation, rigour, and legitimacy in medical education. The conversation explores competency-based education, diagnostic error, and why experie...

In this episode, Dr. Clare Hutchinson, pediatrician and Interim Assistant Dean of Curricular Innovation at TMU’s School of Medicine, joins Heather and Curtis for a deep dive into the importance of feedback in medical education. Dr. Hutchinson shares how she helps students shift away from the fear of judgment by normalizing feedback from Day One. Drawing on Pendleton’s model and the R2C2 framework,...

Dr. Jamaica Cass discusses her work in Indigenous health, emphasizing the importance of incorporating decolonization and reconciliation into medical education. She provides insights into her role as the Indigenous health lead, including creating a culturally safe admissions process and developing a longitudinal, mandatory curriculum that addresses the colonial roots of Indigenous health disparitie...

Dr. Valerie Mueller joins DocTalks to continue our mini-series on Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) as TMU welcomes its first cohort of residents. Dr. Mueller speaks about managing the transition to CBME, and the way in which its formal assessment and documentation processes allow for greater accountability, and earlier intervention and delivery of enhanced education plans. This episode al...

Dr. Marina Malak joins DocTalks as part of the mini-series on Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) as TMU welcomes its first cohort of residents. Bringing a family medicine perspective, Dr. Malak explores how CBME is structured by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), including the Triple C curriculum—comprehensive care, continuity, and a focus on family medicine. She unpacks how...

Dr. Brent Thoma joins DocTalks to launch our mini-series on Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) as TMU welcomes its first cohort of residents. A national leader in medical education, Dr. Thoma explains key CBME concepts like EPAs, competence committees, and entrustment scores, while reflecting on the shift from time-based to outcomes-based training. He shares insights from his own journey an...

This special National AccessAbility Week episode of DocTalks features Dr. Pamela Liao, Disability Health Lead at TMU’s School of Medicine, and Melissa Helwig, Head Medical Librarian. Together, we explore how medical education can become more inclusive for learners with disabilities—from dismantling outdated technical standards to embedding accessibility into curriculum design and library resources...

In this episode of DocTalks, Dr. Aniket Hooda, emergency physician and education lead at Etobicoke General Hospital, reflects on the unique challenges and rewards of teaching in the fast-paced world of emergency medicine. Dr. Hooda shares how he balances clinical care with on-the-spot teaching, sets clear learning objectives, and uses the One-Minute Preceptor model to build clinical reasoning. Ref...

In this inaugural episode of DocTalks, we introduce a brand-new branch of Podagogies dedicated to exploring the world of medical education. Co-hosts Curtis Maloley and Chelsea Jones welcome the new DocTalks co-host, Dr. Heather McNeil, Interim Assistant Dean of Faculty Development at the TMU School of Medicine. To kick things off, we’re joined by Dr. Teresa Chan, an educational leader, researcher,...