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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellness summer studentship 2013 |
UGME funded summer studentships project to document ugme wellness teaching/activities in Canadian medical schools |
Marina STRASZAK-Suri | 3 |
Invite only Invite only |
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| Competency Based Medical Education |
promote understanding and development of resources to aid in implementation of CBME |
Nicolette Caccia | 1 | 10 |
Open Join |
| Planning Committee for AFMC Clerkship Interest Group |
This is the group that will organize the professional |
Angela Bennett | 1 |
Invite only Invite only |
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| Social Media in Medical Education |
Ideas and examples for using social media for learning and educational support. |
Christine Contant | 12 | 24 |
Open Join |
| Canadian Collaborative for Clinical Teachers | Collaboration Canadienne pour les enseignants cliniques |
To create an online network of stakeholders to share and collaborate on information related to clinical teachers. |
Catherine Peirce | 9 | 22 |
Moderated Request membership |
| TIDE Virtual Patient Project |
Towards Integrated Developmental Education on Early Brain & Biological Development, Facilitated Learning Objectives on Addiction (TIDE: EBBD & FLOAD) |
David Topps | 12 | 5 |
Invite only Invite only |
| SharcBAIT - Building Accessible Informed Teaching for SharcFM |
Virtual Patient authoring and resource group for SharcFM and other VP cases |
David Topps | 17 | 20 |
Open Join |
| Division of Palliative Care, DFCM, University of Toronto |
Academic community of palliative care learners, teachers, innovators, researchers and practitioners |
Jeff Myers | 4 | 2 |
Invite only Invite only |
| AFMC Standing Committee on Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) |
The PG Deans from the 17 Faculties of Medicine in Canada |
Steve Slade | 12 |
Invite only Invite only |
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| Electives Portal |
To share elective portal development documents |
Christine Contant | 3 | 2 |
Invite only Invite only |