McMaster Interprofessional Student Collaborative

*IPE EVENT* Interprofessional Cancer Symposium: Fighting Cancer during COVID-19 Date and Time: Thursday March 25 2021, 7-9PM... Event Location: Event will be held virtually via Zoom. Zoom link and oncology cases will be provided via email once registration is complete. UW's Oncology Pharmacy Interest Group (OPhIG) is excited to present this year's Interprofessional Cancer Symposium: Fighting Cancer during COVID-19. At the symposium, you will be placed into smaller groups to collaborate with students of other healthcare disciplines to solve 2 oncology case studies. This will be a great opportunity to speak to experts in the field, get interprofessional experience, and meet other students! This event has been approved by *PIPER for IPE credit*. We are pleased to present our interprofessional panel who will be moderating the smaller break-out rooms: Andrea Molckovsky, MD, Medical Oncology, Grand River Hospital Connor Prince, PharmD, Ottawa Hospital, Oncology pharmacist Jeanne Niskiewicz, RN, Grand River Hospital, Oncology nurse Marina Robin, Cancer Survivor, University of Waterloo student Sajjad Rassool, Radiation Therapist, Princess Margaret Cancer Center Since spots are limited to 100 students total, please email [email protected] if you have signed up but are no longer able to attend. This will help in assigning break-out rooms. Register on our google form: https://forms.gle/1WjWbobxJrsvkYW7A Check out our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/196242988499762 We hope to see you there!

Our next Humans of FHS feature tells of what drew a first-year student to the profession of nursingkeep reading for more and on how to share YOUR story! I was drawn to nursing because of my natural desire to help people. I have always considered myself empathetic and caring and wanted to work in a profession that valued those qualities. I appreciate the hands on aspect of nursing and the clinical education aspect as I am someone who thrives in stressful situations and prob...lem solving team dynamics. Anonymous, Nursing Year 1 We are interested in sharing and featuring your story, as part of Humans of FHS! Check out this form (https://forms.gle/i6M13koSkoFMB24e7) for more information. With each entry, you’ll have a chance to win a $50 gift card to a store/local business of your choice. Enter by this Friday, March 19th to win!!

UPDATE: To all Faculty of Health Sciences learners interested in sharing your stories and experiences through Humans of FHS, we have decided that all submissions received up until next FRIDAY, MARCH 19 will still go towards your chance at winning a $50 gift card to a local business/store of your choice!! We hope to hear from you soon! Submit here: https://forms.gle/i6M13koSkoFMB24e7

Are you a student in the Faculty of Health Sciences (any program!)? Are you interested in sharing your day-to-day with other current and prospective students? If so, consider participating in MISC’s Instagram Spotlights, an opportunity to take over our Instagram, share your story, and interact with our followers over the course of two days. Interested? Complete the following form and a MISC representative will be in touch with you shortly: https://forms.gle/1BkLD3qUKpeYxJQs8 Everyone else: follow our Instagram (@mcmaster_misc), check out our previous Instagram Spotlights, and stay tuned for more!

In health professions education, learning during COVID-19 has come with many changes! Our second Humans of FHS story highlights the perspective of Natalie, a second-year physiotherapy studentkeep reading for more! My experience with learning since COVID-19 has been challenging at times, but has also been rewarding. In the early days of the pandemic I struggled to focus on my studies because I was preoccupied with the uncertainty of the situation at hand and I was worried a...bout the impact that COVID would have on my education, my family, and society as a whole. It consumed most of my thoughts and I had a hard time engaging with school. Luckily, the physiotherapy program did a wonderful job transitioning us to online learning. We were lucky to have regular meetings with our program heads who updated on public health measures and how that impacted the future of our program. This helped reassure me and I was able to redirect my energy to studying and I became much more engaged in online learning. We are fortunate enough to still be able to go onsite once in a while to practice clinical skills and we still get to go on our clinical placements! This is thanks to all the advocacy work done by our program and faculty leaders. Although my learning experience has been different since transitioning online, it has helped me develop other important skills such as telerehabilitation! Natalie Constantin, Physiotherapy Year 2 We are interested in sharing and featuring your story, as part of Humans of FHS! Check out this form (https://forms.gle/i6M13koSkoFMB24e7) for more information. With each entry, you’ll have a chance to win a $50 gift card to a store/local business of your choice. Enter today!!