Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians
2025-09-16 08:30 - 2025-12-02 16:00 UTC | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians – Fall 2025 – Last chance for the Early bird

*This course is offered in English only
Foundations of Leadership is a series of 5 workshops aimed at providing clinicians and non-clinicians with tools to successfully lead and manage teams.
Tuesdays, 8h30-16h00

September 16
October 7
October 28
November 25
December 2

*Early bird deadline is August 20, 2025
Information and registration
Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Loeb Research Building, Main Floor, Room 158
725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
Email: christine.cool@uottawa.ca
http://med.uottawa.ca/professional-development/

Les influenceurs francophones en médecine : de la recherche à la pratique - série webinaire
2025-09-24 19:00 - 2025-11-19 20:00 | Ontario
Les influenceurs francophones en médecine : de la recherche à la pratique – série webinaire
(offered in French only)
Chaque mois, la FMC vous offre un webinaire sur un sujet d’intérêt en pratique médicale, pour discuter des données probantes et leur application en pratique pour les médecins et autres professionnel·le·s de la santé.
Nous invitons comme conférencier·ière·s des leaders francophones qui ont changé la pratique médicale et donc les soins aux patient·e·s, à travers leurs contributions en recherche, aux lignes directrices, à l’éducation médicale et autres.
Wednesdays, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

November 19, 2025
January 14, 2026
February 18, 2026
March 18, 2026
April 15, 2026
May 20, 2026

Information and registration
Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Loeb Research Building, Main Floor, Room 158
725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
Email: christine.cool@uottawa.ca
http://med.uottawa.ca/professional-development/

CRUCIAL SERIES (Fall 2025)
2025-09-25 08:30 - 2025-12-10 16:00 | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
CRUCIAL SERIES

FoM members special pricing
*$500 each course or $1000 for all 3

Crucial Conversations for Accountability – 2 day course
Thursdays, 8:30 to 4:00

September 25
October 16

MANAGING PERFORMANCE IS MORE THAN A PROCESS—IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE – Sure, there are fancy software and tools to make performance management seamless and easy. But any manager who’s struggled to close a significant performance gap or anyone who has ever walked out of an annual review feeling like they’ve just been processed rather than prioritized knows there’s nothing easy about it. Deflated and disenchanted people don’t improve, and neither do results. In reality, performance management is about addressing your people’s behavior routinely and consistently. It’s about candidly coaching through challenges and holding people accountable for lapses in behavior. It’s about identifying goals, fast-tracking careers, and in the process, improving your bottom line. These are communication skills—the difficult kind that may not come naturally, but when learned, mean the difference between managing people and managing process. The good news is these accountability skills are replicable and learnable. We’re all just a few crucial skills away from learning how to manage people and performance daily and directly.
Information and registration

Crucial Influence – 1 day course

Wednesday, 8:30 to 4:00

November 5

THE NEW SCIENCE OF LEADERSHIP: When facing persistent, resistant challenges, leaders often surrender to poor results or invest in change efforts that waste time and resources. And yet it’s possible to influence behavior with surprisingly predictable success. For the past thirty years, we’ve studied leaders with a proven ability to influence rapid, profound and sustainable change. And here’s what we know: human behavior is grounded in six sources of influence. Effective leaders know how to leverage and apply these sources to influence real results. Influencer goes beyond corporate perks and charismatic personalities to teach a method for changing ingrained human behavior. Leaders learn how to achieve better results by changing human habits that are extraordinarily difficult to alter—especially those that mire down teams and organizations. Drawing on the skills of the world’s best change agents and five decades of social-science research, Influencer teaches why people do what they do and how to help them act differently.
Information and registration
Getting Things Done – 1 day course
Wednesday, 8:30 to 4:00

December 10

The Getting Things Done® (GTD®) methodology was developed 30 years ago by New York Times bestselling author David Allen. The course teaches skills to manage the constant flow of requests, tasks, and interruptions people face at all levels of the organization. By learning how to capture, clarify, and organize incoming requests, people are more likely to make strategic decisions about where to invest their time and energy, focus on the right priorities, and prevent critical projects from slipping. When used consistently and collectively, GTD skills also give teams a “way of working” for improved results. The in-person experience of Getting Things Done is an engaging classroom course rich with peer discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching. Delivered in one day, this in-person course offers the best in traditional learning and development.
Information and registration

Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Loeb Research Building, Main Floor, Room 158
725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
Email: christine.cool@uottawa.ca
http://med.uottawa.ca/professional-development/

Faculty Affairs workshop series: Navigating Academic Promotion for Clinical Faculty Preparing for Promotion to Associate or Full Professor (Part 2)
2025-12-04 17:00 - 19:30 | Ontario
Faculty Affairs workshop series: Navigating Academic Promotion for Clinical Faculty
Preparing for Promotion to Associate or Full Professor (Part 2)
Register Now!

Date: December 4, 2025
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm
Format: Virtual on Teams
Presenter: Dr. Sudhir Sundaresan

Description:
This highly interactive workshop is designed for clinical faculty who are actively preparing to apply for promotion to Associate or Full Professor. Through guided discussion and shared insights, participants will learn how to strategically organize their academic CV and application dossiers to reflect the standards of excellence established by the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. Exemplars from Faculty who have successfully navigated the promotion process in each area of academic focus will be shared. Participants will leave with concrete feedback to strengthen their applications and highlight their academic impact.
Target audience:
Clinical faculty at assistant or associate professor level who anticipate submitting their promotion application to the Departmental Teaching Personnel Committee (DTPC) in the next 1-3 years. All participants must come prepared with an updated academic CV.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Interpret Faculty of Medicine promotion criteria in relation to their individual academic contributions
Recognize the timelines and procedural steps involved in the promotion process
Organize their academic CV and promotion dossier to clearly demonstrate excellence, impact, and progression over time
Apply practical strategies to present evidence of excellence in clinical expertise, teaching effectiveness, leadership contributions, innovation, and scholarly output as relating to their area of focus
Integrate narrative and reflective elements to convey academic identity and sustained contribution
Identify common pitfalls in promotion submissions and approaches to strengthen the case for promotion
Outline the appeal process and reflect on the emotional repercussions of unsuccessful applications

Centre d’innovation en éducation médical (CiEM)
Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (CiMED)
Faculté de médecine | Faculty of Medicine
850 Peter Morand Crescent
Ottawa, ON K1G 5Z3
cimed@uottawa.ca

Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Course
2026-01-23 | St. Elias Conference Centre, 750 Ridgewood Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Course
Friday January 23, 2026
St Elias Banquet Centre Ottawa, Ontario
In person event

Registration now OPEN!

The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the Division of Nephrology are proud to again offer this 1-day conference in hypertension and chronic kidney disease for primary care physicians and other health care professionals. This conference has been designed to serve as a refresher in these two areas of practice. Click here for more information.
Sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact Kristen McCoy, Lead Coordinator for Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Course.
Questions? Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

PHASE 1 Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians - Winter/Spring 2026
2026-02-05 08:30 - 2026-06-11 16:00 | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
PHASE 1 Foundations of Leadership – Winter/Spring 2026
(formerly known as Essentials for Academic Leadership)
*This course is offered in English only. To view information for the course in French click here.

Thursdays | 8h30-16h00

February 5
March 12
April 2
May 14
June 11

Course Description:
Foundations of Leadership is a series of 5 workshops aimed at providing clinicians and non-clinicians with tools to successfully lead and manage teams.
Participants will develop an understanding and skills of how to:

Lead a process rather than manage it
Manage various types of team members effectively and deal with conflict
Get the most out of team members and keep them motivated
Introduce and manage change

Information and registration

Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Loeb Research Building, Main Floor, Room 158
725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
Email: christine.cool@uottawa.ca
http://med.uottawa.ca/professional-development/

2026 Mature Women’s Health Conference
2026-02-06 - 2026-02-07 | Brookstreet Hotel, 525 Legget Drive, Ottawa, ON, K2K2W2, Canada
2026 Mature Women’s Health
February 6 & 7, 2026
Brookstreet Hotel, Kanata, ON
In person event
Click here to learn more!
Registration now OPEN!
This two-day academic conference is designed to provide family physicians and healthcare professionals with comprehensive, evidence-informed updates on the evolving landscape of mature women’s health. Through expert-led lectures, case-based discussions, and interdisciplinary dialogue, participants will explore current best practices and emerging research relevant to the prevention, diagnosis, and management of health concerns in women during midlife and beyond.
Sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact Kristen McCoy, Lead Coordinator.
Questions? Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

Crucial Series (Winter/Spring 2026)
2026-02-11 08:30 - 2026-06-09 16:00 | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Crucial Series (Winter/Spring 2026)

FoM members special pricing
*$500 each course or $1000 for all 3

Crucial Conversations for Accountability – 2 day course

Tuesdays, 8:30 to 4

May 26, 2026
June 9, 2026

MANAGING PERFORMANCE IS MORE THAN A PROCESS—IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE – Sure, there are fancy software and tools to make performance management seamless and easy. But any manager who’s struggled to close a significant performance gap or anyone who has ever walked out of an annual review feeling like they’ve just been processed rather than prioritized knows there’s nothing easy about it. Deflated and disenchanted people don’t improve, and neither do results. In reality, performance management is about addressing your people’s behavior routinely and consistently. It’s about candidly coaching through challenges and holding people accountable for lapses in behavior. It’s about identifying goals, fast-tracking careers, and in the process, improving your bottom line. These are communication skills—the difficult kind that may not come naturally, but when learned, mean the difference between managing people and managing process. The good news is these accountability skills are replicable and learnable. We’re all just a few crucial skills away from learning how to manage people and performance daily and directly.

Information and registration

Crucial Influence – 1 day course

Wednesday, 8:30 to 4:00

February 11, 2026

THE NEW SCIENCE OF LEADERSHIP: When facing persistent, resistant challenges, leaders often surrender to poor results or invest in change efforts that waste time and resources. And yet it’s possible to influence behavior with surprisingly predictable success. For the past thirty years, we’ve studied leaders with a proven ability to influence rapid, profound and sustainable change. And here’s what we know: human behavior is grounded in six sources of influence. Effective leaders know how to leverage and apply these sources to influence real results. Influencer goes beyond corporate perks and charismatic personalities to teach a method for changing ingrained human behavior. Leaders learn how to achieve better results by changing human habits that are extraordinarily difficult to alter—especially those that mire down teams and organizations. Drawing on the skills of the world’s best change agents and five decades of social-science research, Influencer teaches why people do what they do and how to help them act differently.

Information and registration

Getting Things Done – 1 day course

Wednesday, 8:30 to 4:00

April 22, 2026

The Getting Things Done® (GTD®) methodology was developed 30 years ago by New York Times bestselling author David Allen. The course teaches skills to manage the constant flow of requests, tasks, and interruptions people face at all levels of the organization. By learning how to capture, clarify, and organize incoming requests, people are more likely to make strategic decisions about where to invest their time and energy, focus on the right priorities, and prevent critical projects from slipping. When used consistently and collectively, GTD skills also give teams a “way of working” for improved results. The in-person experience of Getting Things Done is an engaging classroom course rich with peer discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching. Delivered in one day, this in-person course offers the best in traditional learning and development.

Information and registration

Bureau du développement professionnel continu
Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculté de médecine | Faculty of Medicine
Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa
Édifice Loeb | Loeb Building
725 Parkdale Ave (WM158) Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5 Canada
uOttawa.ca/faculte-medecine | uOttawa.ca/faculty-medicine

Did That Cross a Line? A Practical Guide to Professionalism for Faculty
2026-05-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Program
Did That Cross a Line? A Practical Guide to Professionalism for Faculty
Format: Virtual webinar via Zoom
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM
Presenters: Dr. Anna Byszewski and Dr. Sudhir Sundaresan
Accreditation: 2.00 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits | 2.00 RCPSC Section 1 Hours
Register now!

Professionalism is more than a policy — it is a daily practice that shapes our workplace and the learning environment, supports psychological safety, and defines our culture at the Faculty of Medicine. Yet, it is also one of the most challenging areas to navigate in real life. As faculty members, we are expected to model professional behavior, recognize when boundaries are crossed, and respond appropriately when concerns arise involving learners or colleagues.
This interactive, case-based session brings professionalism out of the abstract and into real scenarios drawn from clinical and educational practice. Together, we will explore grey zones, develop confidence in identifying and addressing lapses, and learn how to support a respectful and inclusive workplace. This session is suited to all faculty members, especially front-line teachers and educational leaders committed to fostering excellence in the learning environment.

Bureau du développement professionnel continu
Office of Continuing Professional Development

Faculté de médecine | Faculty of Medicine

Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa

Édifice Loeb | Loeb Building
725 Parkdale Ave (WM158) Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5 Canada

uOttawa.ca/faculte-medecine | uOttawa.ca/faculty-medicine
