The Canadian Healthcare Education Commons provides an online workspace for groups to collaborate. The work environment includes a group wiki, blog, virtual library, event calendar, discussion forum and notification features. Any member of the Commons can create, manage and moderate a community. User access to a community can range from site-wide to private. Access to a community is established by the community manager and can be designated as:
Open (all users have access to the community and its resources),
Moderated (users may request membership in the community)
Private(users can access content and contribute content.)
View the existing communities listed below or click on "Add a Community" and explore the options!
To search for communities by topic, use the tool below.
| Community | Description | Manager | Posts | Members | Join Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Professionalism |
Issues relating to medical professionalism in a digital world |
David Topps | 2 | 3 |
Moderated Request membership |
| The CAHR Community |
Knowledge translation and Pain community related to CIHR grant. |
Melissa Shahin | 21 | 6 |
Invite only Invite only |
| National Electives Group |
The National Electives Group is dedicated to developing best practices for Elective students across the country. |
Kelly Jacobs | 2 | 1 |
Moderated Request membership |
| Online Learning Modules |
This module will help you learn practical skills enabling you to create your own module |
Lynel Jackson | 15 |
Open Join |
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| CHEC-CESC Community Admins |
Help and how-to's on creating and enhancing your community on CHEC-CESC |
Melissa Shahin | 5 | 7 |
Open Join |
| Canadian Geriatrics Society Postgraduate Education Interest Group |
A fourm for exchange of ideas and issues for directors of Geriatric Medicine and Care of the Elderly programs |
Cornelia van Ineveld | 1 |
Moderated Request membership |
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| The Inter-professional Health Informatics and e-Learning Workspace |
This space is intended to bring together profesionals from varied health sciences fields with an interest in e-health initiatives. |
Catherine Peirce | 6 | 5 |
Moderated Request membership |
| Program Evaluation Network |
A community for program evaluators from Faculties of Medicine across Canada to share knowledge and ideas. |
Leonie Croydon | 3 | 2 |
Invite only Invite only |
| AFMC Resource Group on Equity, Diversity and Gender |
Advocacy group encouraging inclusion and diversity where principles of fairness and equity are paramount. |
Janet de Groot | 4 | 19 |
Moderated Request membership |
| National Clinical Skills Working Group |
National collaborative of clinical skills curriculum planners |
Alan Neville | 5 | 18 |
Moderated Request membership |