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You are invited to join us for our CAME WEBINAR SERIES

The CAME webinar series is designed to bring practical, evidence and experience-based advice to Canadian health educators.

Through these monthly Zoom-based CAME webinars, you can listen to presentations on key topics in health professional education and engage with an expert and colleagues in live discussions.

Registration is now free for CAME members! Recordings of webinars are also available to our members via our new membership portal!

 

Title: Learning in Discomfort: The Role of Productive Struggle in Clinical Education

Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Presentation 1: 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern, (9:00am-10:00am Pacific)

Presenter: Dr. Naomi Steenhoff, University of Toronto

Biography:

Naomi Steenhof is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, a scientist at The Wilson Centre, and a pharmacotherapy specialist at the University Health Network. Her research focuses on helping healthcare trainees develop the skills to adapt and learn in new situations, with a special interest in teaching methods that support beginners in building a strong foundation for future learning.

Overview:

Learning in Discomfort: The Role of Productive Struggle in Clinical Education" explores how meaningful challenges can enhance learning and growth in clinical settings. The talk will summarize the evidence behind productive struggle as an instructional strategy and share practical strategies for implementation in a clinical setting. This session aims to empower educators to foster adaptive expertise in their trainees, ensuring safe and effective patient care both now and in the future?

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the session, the participant should be able to:

1. Describe productive struggle and distinguish it from unproductive struggle.

2. Summarize the evidence supporting productive struggle.

3. Identify strategies to implement productive struggle in clinical education.

 

EDT Session: Learning in Discomfort: The Role of Productive Struggle in Clinical Education

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  • Tuesday May 27 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Online via Zoom Platform
    Canada