IHSE MEETING
IHSE Thursday Morning Meeting
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Ayelet Kuper and Dr. Sophie Soklaridis
Wilson Centre, University of Toronto
Different Roads, Same Work: Building a Career in Health Professions Education Research
There are many pathways to achieving excellence, impact, and success in health professions education research. In this interactive seminar, we reflect on the varied and intertwining paths that brought us to the points in our careers where we are asked often to provide mentorship and career advice to others, drawing out lessons for individuals as well as for the structures and institutions that support them in the work we all do.
Dr Ayelet Kuper聽MD DPhil FRCPCis a professor in the Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, a scientist and associate director at the Wilson Centre, and a member of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She holds cross-appointments at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies (all at the University of Toronto. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and is frequently invited to speak internationally on various aspects of health professions education. Her contributions have been recognized with multiple national awards, including the 2024 May Cohen Award in Equity, Diversity and Gender from the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada and the 2024 Senior Investigator Award from the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine. Dr Kuper previously served on the executive of the Canadian Association for Health Humanities; she is a member of Royal College Council and the President of AMEE: The International Association for Health Professions Education.
Dr. Sophie Soklaridis is a Scientist and Section Head of Education at the Wilson Centre and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Family & Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.聽Dr. Soklaridis鈥� research program uses critical social science and qualitative research approaches to explore the inclusion of clients/families in the life of the hospital as advisors, educators and experts. Her approach to research moves beyond current biomedical research priorities to understand the client as a person; to emphasize the importance of considering relational dimensions in health professions educational initiatives and research and; to develop strategies that reflect how the concepts of diversity and social justice can inform both education scholarship and influence the client/family experience of mental health service provisions.
The issues of power, privilege, equity, identity and relationship-centred care are the threads that weave across her research program in mental health and addictions education scholarship and care. She is the Canadian Lead and a core faculty member for the Master of Health Sciences Education in Ethiopia through the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration (TAAAC) and contributes to the enhancement of research, innovation and scholarship in education within the Department of Psychiatry.