The Ophthalmology Foundation Continuing Professional Development (CPD) subcommittee aims to circulate mentoring best practices on continuing education and professional development of eye care professionals to facilitate lifelong learning, and advance leadership and scholarship in CPD.
Specifically, the subcommittee aims at amplifying and maximizing learning opportunities on best practices in CPD as well as supporting the development of transformative education team-based projects
To operationalize these outcomes the CPD subcommittee created the Group Mentoring Program, Microlearning Experience on CPD Fundamentals, and Orbis Cybersight partnership on Curriculum Design.
To enhance our engagement with geographically remote and underserved regions and optimize opportunities, the CPD subcommittee strategically leverages online technology with adult learning principles.
Explore our programs below.
Continuing Professional Development Subcommittee
Chair: Dr. Helena Prior Filipe
Co-Chair: Dr. Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen
Members:
Dr. Amelia Buque
Dr. Chimgee Chulunkhuu
Dr. Anthony Vipin Das
Dr. Mildred Lopez
Dr. Heather Mack
Dr. Muhammad Moin
Group Mentoring
“Working together towards a common goal.”
The aim of group mentoring is to guide teams in developing and enhancing their collaborative clinical and educational projects, expected to have an impact on the organizations (professional societies and ophthalmic training centers) they are associated with, as well as on the community.
Group mentoring:
- includes various formats such as group facilitation, project management, virtual mentoring, peer mentoring, reverse-mentoring, and co-mentoring based on the project’s specific needs for success.
- encompasses coaching and support for CPD programs, facilitating tools, techniques, networking and expertise for teams engaged in in organizational project development.
- aims the creation of an engaged and sustainable virtual community of practice (CoP) of clinical educators.
Mentee Teams are expected to:
- Propose, design, implement, evaluate, and adjust a team-based project on faculty development, continuing education, and professional development useful for their organization membership.
- Base their collective project on a needs assessment aligned with the organization they represent.
- Demonstrate autonomy and accountability.
- Create and follow a project management plan.
- Seek and engage with peers, partners, and sponsors for their project success.
- Monitor, measure success and gauge future iterations in accordance
Apply your project proposal with your team and build your Community of Practice, advocating for your professional society or training center, and benefit your community by accomplishing projects with significant impact.
Engage your Team and share the scope of your collective project below:
Mentors are expected to:
- Guide the mentees’ team through the process of their project development.
- Follow up with their mentees’ organization and project.
- Suggest helpful resources.
- Facilitate networking opportunities with sponsors, partners, and international peers.
- Promote an inclusive and supportive collective learning environment.
- Nurture the sense of project ownership.
- Encourage the formation of a Community of Practice (CoP).
- Support formed CoPs, as anchors for CPD advance.
Join our dynamic team of mentors committed to support building impactful transformative education team-based projects.
Learn more about the following two online faculty development experiences that occurred within a virtual group mentoring format:
Online Faculty Development An African Lusophone Ophthalmic Society Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Online Faculty Development on Curriculum Design in Simulation-based Education by International Collaboration – An Example from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Microlearning Experience on CPD Fundamentals
Considering the wide diversity of how CPD is led around the world, the CPD subcommittee created a collection of online resources with a global perspective. Our purpose is to offer a microlearning experience on CPD foundations to those interested in how to best pursue, provide, organize, or regulate the lifelong learning of eye care professionals.
The collection highlights CPD good practices that include foundational concepts and processes, encompassing the intertwined and diverse perspectives of three broad groups of CPD stakeholders: eye care professionals and teams, educators, and organizations. Each standalone unit support just-in-time learning for anyone with an interest in CPD intricacies. Furthermore, the resources can be used in a flipped learning mode and work as content blocks to anchor synchronous or asynchronous online or face-to-face, tutor-assisted small groups CPD learning experiences.
Module 1
Presents the continuing professional development (CPD) canvas and sets the stage for the following modules.
- Unit 1- Core principles and contributing disciplines for CPD
- Unit 2- The CPD value proposition
Module 2
Synthesizes the perspectives of eye care professionals and teams regarding CPD.
- Unit 1- Creating a personal development plan
- Unit 2- Applying clinical audit best practice
- Unit 3- Documenting CPD. E Portfolios
Module 3
Focuses on the educator’s perspective.
- Unit 1- Best practices while planning CPD programs
- Unit 2 – CPD Principles
Module 4
Highlights the organizational CPD perspective.
- Unit 1 – A stepwise approach to develop a CPD system
The Ophthalmology Foundation is committed to developing educational resources and offer learning experiences that benefit a large and diverse population. We would appreciate your feedback regarding the Microlearning Experience on CPD Fundamentals. Please complete this brief survey to share your thoughts on the value and clarity of these resources. Learning together unveils new meanings.
Introduction to Faculty Development Program on Curriculum Design
In partnership with Orbis CyberSight.
Learn how your team can work through the self-paced modules with flexibility or ask for a tutor-led experience. By the end of your program, team will be able to effectively apply education strategies useful to design, implement, and evaluate a program of simulation-based training in ophthalmic surgery. Take the course here.
Interested in learning how your team can work through the self-paced modules? Fill out the Interest Form here.