Many congratulations to our 2024 awardees for the second round of SoTL Linkage Grants!
Teaching practices on communication in dementia care for health professional students: A national survey
Investigators: Katharine Davies (PI), T. Howe, J. Small, L. Jenstad, L. Hung, B. Mortenson, J. Henderson
Health professional students require education about effective communication between health professionals and patients living with dementia in order to provide person-centred care to this population. An investigation of the teaching practices used to educate health professional students about communication in dementia care across medicine, nursing, and allied health is needed to compare current practice with evidence-based recommendations in the literature. With this SoTL Linkage Grant, we will conduct a national survey to 1) identify the teaching practices used across Canada about this topic; and 2) identify barriers and facilitators to educating health professional students about this topic.
Decolonizing and Indigenizing health professional education programs
Investigators: Jay MacDonald (PI), T. Jarus, Y. Mayer, E. Bailey, V. Ciocca, G. Beliveau, M. Nightbird, M. Elder, K. Valavaara, H. McLennan, J. Turner, M. Tardif, L. Harper, P. Barnes, L.A.D. Hershler.
Indigenous Peoples have been historically marginalized from, and remain under-represented in, healthcare professions. This multidisciplinary project includes contributors from 15 healthcare programs and aims to understand the barriers and facilitators for inclusion of Indigenous Students, faculty, and staff in health care professional education programs (HPEPs); and to implement and evaluate programs designed to promote culturally safer HPEPs.
Toward Equitable Post-Secondary Science Education in Canada
Investigators: Jaclyn Stewart (PI), A. Ashok, B. Steinwand, E. Kroc, J. Stang, J. Ives, L. Lukes, M. Summers, S. Jhangiani, T. Kelly, W. S. McNeil, A. Hofmann, A. Crane, A. Cantin, E. Saville, F. Moosvi, I. McKinnell, J. DaSilva, J. Rodríguez Núñez, K. Smith, K. Hubenig, L. Blackstock, M. Mullally, S. Johnson, S. Brewer, S. Lolliot, S. Findlay, T. Mahtani.
Project summary incoming.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Student Experience in Distributed Learning Environments
Investigators: David Anekwe (PI), C. Sielmann, E. Park, C. Keulen
This research will investigate student experience of learning in distributed learning environments across multiple disciplines using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework. The findings will offer useful insights for educational programs leveraging distributed learning and contribute to the broader scholarship in teaching and learning. The interdisciplinary approach will ensure that conclusions apply to a broader context outside the boundaries of a particular discipline.