Praxis Series: Identifying and Addressing Inadequacies in Musculoskeletal Medical Education Across Canada

“Praxis” can be described as practice that is informed by theory, research, and reflection. This Praxis Series will feature speakers from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences who have undertaken scholarship that has informed their own practice as educators. Speakers will share an overview of their scholarship and describe how this work has influenced their own pedagogies, practices, and processes. Presentations will be followed by a moderated Q&A to explore how this scholarship might apply more broadly to the field of health professions education.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries and diseases are the leading cause of disability around the globe. Despite this, MSK medical education has historically been either absent, or insufficient leading physicians to enter the clinical setting with a lack of knowledge, confidence, and clinical skills. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current state of MSK education among Canadian medical programs. A response rate of 100% was achieved and results identified significant heterogeneity in the MSK training environment across Canadian medical programs. Results emphasize the importance of using a multimodal design, with a focus on teaching “core or must know topics”, in the medical education setting to ensure physicians are retaining adequate knowledge in MSK topics prevalently presented in the clinical setting.

Please join us to learn more about this initiative and to discuss ways this work, and similar approaches to compiling data about existing educational programs, can apply to our own praxis as health professions educators.

Guest Speaker: Taylor Orchard, PhD student in the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine (supervisor Dr. Jason Peeler)

Zoom link will be sent to attendees prior to the session.