Humanities in Genetics

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* 1. Please assess the Sessions overrall

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Sufficient time was allowed for audience participation/active learning
The facilities were satisfactory
The session was free from commercial bias
Overall, I would rate this Symposium as excellent

Please assess each Speaker by their Session:

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* 2. Frameshifts: Narrative Medicine in Clinical Genetics.

Speaker: Margaret Nowaczyk 
Division of Genetics, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton ON

Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the principles of narrative healthcare.
2. Explore close reading and reflective writing as a tool for strengthening empathy.
3. Explore self-reflection by means of narrative.

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Clarity of Voice
Met Stated Objectives
Balanced & Unbiased
Relevant to Practice Overall
Time for Active Learning

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* 3. Seeing Ourselves and Others: Developing Empathic Future Medical Leaders through Visual Art.

Speaker: Joyce Zazulak 
McMaster University, Hamilton ON

Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Understand of the role of the arts in medical education
2. Demonstrate the role of the arts in development of empathetic and compassion healthcare providers
3. Explore the role that art may have in the development of the reflective practioner

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Clarity of Voice
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Balanced & Unbiased
Relevant to Practice Overall
Time for Active Learning

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* 4. Policy relevant truth telling for ethics governance of the data intensive sciences: a tale of two(?) narratives

Speaker: Vassiliki Rahimzadeh
University of Toronto, Toronto ON 

Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Appreciate the policy relevant knowledge generated by narrative policy analysis
2. Explore the complementary, competing and overlapping narratives in the ethics of governing data sharing in the data-intensive sciences such as genomics
3. Apply a narrative policy lens to unveil the priorities, politics and problems of contemporary science governance

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Clarity of Voice
Met Stated Objectives
Balanced & Unbiased
Relevant to Practice Overall
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* 5. Integrating the medical humanities into competency-based training programs in medical genetics: opportunities and challenges

Speaker: Aspasia Karalis 
Service de génétique médicale, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal QC 

Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Summarize the key characteristics of competency-based medical education;
2. Identify potential benefits of integrating the humanities as means of teaching and evaluating the development and acquisition of competencies in professionalism, communication, patient advocacy and leadership;
3. Evaluate the opportunities and challenges for integrating the medical humanities into a competency-based, medical genetics curriculum at their respective academic centres.

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Clarity of Voice
Met Stated Objectives
Balanced & Unbiased
Relevant to Practice Overall
Time for Active Learning

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* 6. As a result of attending this session, I am planning to:

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* 7. Please explain any changes you plan to make or personal learning projects you will pursue as a result of this session:

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* 8. Please indicate which CanMEDS roles you felt were addressed during this educational activity. (Select all that apply)

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* 9. General comments about individual speaker:

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* 10. What topics would you like to be addressed at future conferences to keep you up to date in your profession?

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