THE RICHARD K. REZNICK WILSON CENTRE RESEARCH DAY 2025

Save the date:
Thursday October 23rd, 2025

Themes: Humans and professions in the future of healthcare and the implications for health professions education

Keynote Speaker: Avi Goldfarb

Avi Goldfarb is the Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare, and Professor of Marketing, at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Avi is also Chief Data Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research lead at the Acceleration Consortium. A former Senior Editor at Marketing Science, his research focuses on the economics of digital technology and artificial intelligence. He has published academic articles in marketing, computing, law, management, medicine, physics, political science, public health, statistics, and economics. He testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on competition and privacy in digital advertising, and before the Canadian House of Commons on the AI and Data Act. A regular speaker at leading universities and companies around the world, his keynotes include the NATO Defense College’s 70th anniversary event, the Lancet Commission on Cancer and Health Systems, the IEEE Aerospace Conference, and the European Commission’s Workshop on the Economics of AI. Avi received his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University. He co-authored the bestselling books Prediction Machines and Power and Prediction, both on the economics of artificial intelligence. 

THE RICHARD K. REZNICK WILSON CENTRE RESEARCH DAY | Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

 The Richard K. Reznick Wilson Centre Research annual event was established to celebrate the remarkable depth and breadth of scholarship in health professions education underway at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network. Whether in person or virtual, we will continue to highlight our community’s successes and accomplishments. This year, the Wilson Centre Research Day will be in-person with the keynote address available by live-stream for a remote audience.

Keynote Panels

 The keynote address will be provided by Dr. Avi Goldfarb, Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare, and a professor of marketing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. The keynote will be followed by a panel discussion with members of the Wilson Centre community, exploring the theme of “humans and professions in the future of healthcare” and the implications for health professions education.

We are returning back to in-person presentations for our podium and “lightning talks”. These talks will not be available virtually during or after the conference. Lightning Talks replace traditional poster presentations and provide an opportunity to briefly present work in progress and/or innovations. Lightning Talks and Podium Presentations will be combined into themed sessions and presented in facilitated and moderated sessions. Specific times for these sessions will be announced with the abstract acceptances. This year, we are also introducing a new format: Future Directions. This format is intended for senior researchers to provide an overview of their program of research and visions for exciting future directions for the field. A limited number of presentations (approximately 3 to 4) will be selected for inclusion in this new format.  

 Format

  • In-person Lightning Talk presentations with facilitation (specific times to be confirmed later)

    • Lightning Talk presentations: 3 POWERPOINT or PDF Slides. Presented for up to 5 minutes followed by 2 minutes of questions

  • In-person Podium presentations with facilitation (specific times to be confirmed later)

    • Podium presentation sessions: 10-minute presentations followed by a 5-minute discussion

  • In-person Future Directions presentations with facilitation (specific times to be confirmed later)

    • 8-minute presentations followed by 7 minutes of discussion

All members of the Wilson Centre and graduate students who engaged in education scholarship are invited to attend and participate in the program.

Abstract submission deadline: Friday July 11, 2025

Call for Abstracts: The organizers invite research abstracts related to healthcare education and practice. We welcome presentations from different methodological perspectives (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, etc). Please indicate whether your submission is to be considered for a podium or lightning talk presentation.

 The maximum length of the abstract is 250 words.  Please submit your abstracts in a word document, single spaced, with Times New Roman 12-point font with the title and authors bolded. Authors should be listed First Name, Last Name. Please indicate affiliations with numerical superscript after the Last Name. Please list affiliations in Times New Roman and 9-point font below the author list. See the example below. All submissions should be sent to Cheryl.ku@uhn.ca     

 Example of Abstract Submission Title and Author Formatting

Jane Doe1,2, John Doe2

  1. Wilson Centre

  2. Collaborating Institution

 Submitting Abstracts to Research Day: Send as document file to cheryl.ku@uhn.ca   

 Research Day Awards: 

  • The “best presentation” award is open to ALL presenters and will be judged at Research Day.

  • The Richard K. Reznick “best paper” award is open ONLY to Wilson Centre Fellows (a graduate student who is directing, as PI or Co-I, an independent research project affiliated with the Wilson Centre) and requires pre-submission of a research paper.

 Important Dates:             July 11, 2025                       Deadline Submission of Abstracts

                                August 8, 2025   Notification of Acceptance

                                September 12, 2025        Submission of papers for Reznick Best Paper Award

 Information contact:  Cheryl Ku Cheryl.ku@uhn.ca  

About Dr. Richard Reznick

Richard Reznick received his medical degree from McGill University, followed by a general surgical residency at the University of Toronto. He spent two years in fellowship training, first obtaining a Masters’ degree in medical education, followed by a fellowship in colorectal surgery at the University of Texas. 

Dr. Reznick was the inaugural Director of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine’s Centre for Research in Education at University Health Network, and in 1999 was appointed Vice President of Education at University Health Network. He served eight years as the R. S. McLaughlin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. 

From 2010 -2020, Dr. Reznick assumed the position of Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University and Chief Executive Officer of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO). 

From 2021 - 2023, Dr. Reznick assumed the position of President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. 

THE WILSON CENTRE RESEARCH ROUNDS

HYBRID RESEARCH ROUNDS
Monday May 26, 2025
12:00 – 1:00pm
In Person: The Wilson Centre, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St., Rm 559 Toronto ON

Understanding the influence of contextual variables on supervisor expectations of professionalism in learners

Presenter: Wendy Ye MD Msc

Professionalism is an integral component of medical education, with diversity amongst physician perspectives, leading to tension when training institutions uphold a singular standard. The supervisor-learner power dynamic adds a layer of complexity, with a potential for weaponization of professionalism. Contextual factors are important for the interpretation of perceived unprofessional behaviour. In this research rounds, we will aim to understand if and how supervisors integrate contextual elements such as personal beliefs and values, political climate, and historical precedent to interpret professionalism behaviours in learners.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/V73N8qT9RHWwsxe4xvklSQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

BEST PRACTICES IN EDUCATION ROUNDS

Program Objective

Best Practices in Education Rounds (BPER): Integrating Stories and Science link the theory and practice of health professions education and faculty development with invited speakers from local, national and international contexts.

Program Description

Best Practices in Education Rounds (BPER) are co-hosted by the Centre for Faculty Development, The Wilson Centre and the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE). We leverage the expertise that exists between our Centres to facilitate a more impactful offering.

BPER provides the opportunity to share innovative and emerging ideas with a wide audience of interested health professional teachers, educators, leaders, and scholars. BPER aims to reach a diverse audience, including patient/client and family partners and a range of professional/health worker backgrounds.

Program Structure

Rounds are held monthly (second Tuesday of each month) throughout the academic year and are offered virtually via Zoom. They are freely accessible for anyone to attend.  Please click here to see our upcoming offerings.  Registration is required. Recordings of past offerings are saved in our BPER Archive.

BPER Reads is our annual “Battle of the Papers” each February.  Invited scholars champion the one paper of the past academic year they feel every health professional educator must read.   Voting opens in October and each month the paper with the lowest number of votes is eliminated.   At BPER Reads in February, the champions of the final two papers battle it out for the title of ‘best paper’.

Program Dates for 2024-2025:

October 8, 2024 / November 12, 2024 / December 10, 2024 / January 14, 2025

February 11, 2025 / *No BPER in March due to March Break / April 8, 2025

May 13, 2025 / June 10, 2025

For further information or to register please visit https://centreforfacdev.ca/best-practices-in-education-rounds/

The Brian D. Hodges Symposium celebrates Dr. Brian D. Hodges’ continuing contributions to health professions education research. Dr. Hodges, Director of the Wilson Centre from 2003-2011, is currently the Executive Vice-President of Education at the University Health Network and a Scientist at The Wilson Centre.

By bringing together the community of health professions education researchers, educators, scholars and students, we aim to motivate attendees to think beyond the boundaries of their current work and look for points of intersection with the research of others. The symposium provides a rare opportunity for in-depth discussion of the theory and practice of education. Attendees will enjoy invited presentations from global leaders in health professions education and the next generation of education scientists and scholars.