Learning and Teaching Environment

Thank you for teaching our medical learners. On this webpage we have collated a variety of resources that teachers and learners can consult to create effective safe and healthy teaching and learning environments.

All MD Program teachers are asked to become familiar with the following resources when preparing for their teaching roles (1) Psychological Safety and (2) Learner Mistreatment.

Psychological Safety

These are some essential resources that describe how to create, maintain and regain psychological safety in our learning and teaching environments.

To access any of the resources, select and click on a link on the right.

Optimizing the Teaching and Learning Environment by Creating Psychological Safety

Creating Inclusive Learning and Teaching Environment

These resources focus on creating inclusive learning and teaching environments. Each resource focuses on either a different context or a different focus and offer support to teachers and learners to consider inclusivity when developing or delivering a component of the curriculum.

To access any of the resources, select and click on a link on the right.

Strategies for Creating and Maintaining Inclusiveness in a Small Group Synchronous Online Learning Environment

Guidelines for Inclusivity

Portraying Social Identities

Learner Mistreatment

These resources are for frontline learner-facing teachers (faculty, senior medical students, residents, and fellows teaching or supervising a medical learner in various environments) when they witness mistreatment or are approached by a learner with a disclosure about mistreatment.

To access any of the resources, select and click on a link on the right.

How to Navigate Learner Mistreatment - Primer for Teachers

Learner to Learner Mistreatment

Learner Mistreatment Website

Additional Resources through Centre for Faculty Development (CFD)

Additional resources and events related to Learning and Teaching Environment are offered through Centre for Faculty Development (CFD).

Click on the links to the right for upcoming CFD events and access to the CFD resource hub.

CFD Upcoming Events

CFD Resource Hub

All Tutors

Assessing Student Professionalism

EDIIA

The faculty development session, recording, and tutor manual were very helpful. I felt well prepared going into it without prior experience, and I felt well supported at the session, with the just-in-time opportunity for coaching.

Sacha Agrawal, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto