The Postgraduate Bioethics Education initiative is based on a "hub and spoke" model in which we serve as the "hub" to coordinate postgraduate bioethics teaching and to build capacity in postgraduate bioethics teaching in each residency program (the "spokes"). Our goal is to ensure that each postgraduate program has faculty that can provide the highest quality bioethics teaching. While this is an important goal in its own right, it will also help fulfill RCPSC and CFPC accreditation guidelines that require each postgraduate program to have a defined bioethics curriculum.

Upcoming Events
Research Ethics Day/Clinical Ethics Day for Residents
May 14-15 2009
Munk Centre for International Studies

Last Updated: November 11, 2008

We know that we already have excellent bioethics teaching in many programs. We are currently formally assessing the bioethics educational programs in each postgraduate program so you, as teachers, can have a better idea of where the strengths lie and where there are gaps. We have a number of plans to help you achieve your objectives. This website is one aspect of the resources we hope to provide. We will be offering an expanded "Teaching the Teachers" workshop program and establishing an interactive postgraduate ethics teachers listserv so that teachers can interact with their peers and share resources. We want to make ourselves available for "in class" coaching for postgraduate bioethics teachers, as well as aiding you with your preparation of lesson plans, slides and readings. Together, we can build a Postgraduate Bioethics educational program that will be a model nationally and internationally.
Alex V. Levin, M.D., MHSc, FAAP, FAAO, FRCSC
Director, Postgraduate Bioethics Education
Joint Centre for Bioethics
University of Toronto
email: alex.levin@sickkids.ca
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Frazer Howard
Research/Programme Coordinator, Postgraduate Bioethics Education
Joint Centre for Bioethics
University of Toronto
email: fraz.howard@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-813-7654 x4420
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