Agile Education: Pillar 5 of the LMP Strategic Plan

Create responsive and equitable education that reflects the evolution of our field and supports the development of lifelong learners and leaders.

Taskforces made up of learners, faculty and staff will work on projects and enable our strategic pillars.

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Objective 1

Continue to evolve our curriculum to incorporate the rapidly changing advances in science and laboratory medicine.

Projects related to objective 1. We will be:

Establishing an Education Council
Embedding a core stream of “emerging essentials” that everyone who studies at LMP will develop basic literacy in, regardless of their discipline (e.g. translational research, genomics, AI, bioethics, commercialization).

Objective 2

Embed equity, diversity and inclusion into the curriculum.

Projects related to objective 2. We will be:

Reviewing existing programs with an Equity, Diversity, Indigeneity, Inclusion, Accessibility (EDIIA) lens
Reviewing recruitment practices with an EDIIA lens

Objective 3

Foster individualized pathways that allow for “personalized learning”. Strengthen education scholarship around fostering development of innovative teaching models for virtual and in-person learning.

Projects related to objective 3. We will be:

Expanding funding so all learners in LMP can participate in the LMP Workshop Program
Expanding our portfolio of graduate modules and certificate programs as needed
Growing our CPD offerings
Developing educational technology programs, starting with our postgraduate medical programs
Exploring innovative teaching models for virtual, hybrid, and in-person learning

Objective 4

Work to embed the basics of LMP knowledge into the broader medical/health science education across the Faculty to strengthen the awareness of lab diagnostics’ contributions to health outcomes.

Projects related to objective 4. We will be:

Inserting faculty into medical school education and creating an Associate Chair in Undergraduate Clinical Education
Developing opportunities to educate the greater community on the importance of laboratory medicine in clinical practice and healthcare

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