2026 DWED Online Poster Showcase

2026 DWED Poster Awards

Dozens of innovative and educational posters were presented at the conclusion of this year's DWED Poster Showcase, Co-Chaired by Branka Agic and Jovana Martinovic. Congratulations to the 2026 winners!

Best Faculty Poster Award: Improving 2nd year MD student transition to clerkship – The Paired Rotation Experience for Transition to Clerkship (PreTTC)

Presented to: Dr. Kien Dang

Best Status Only Faculty Poster Award: Developing the CAMH Clear and Inclusive Writing Guidelines: An example of co-creation and meaningful engagement

Presented to: Dr. Sophie Soklaridis

Best Trainee Poster Award: The Impact of Patient Suicide on Psychiatry Residents: A Qualitative Study

Presented to: Dr. Peri Fenwick

People’s Choice: "Who Chose These Measures Anyway?": Patient-Driven Evaluation in Practice

Presented to: Taryn Lee, Nicole Leung, Kayle Donner and Jordana Rovet

2026 DWED Poster Showcase

40 posters across 8 categories were presented at Donald Wasylenki Education Day, including one that commemorates our 15th annual year pursuing the continued development in knowledge and skills in teaching and education. Faculty and trainees showcased their innovations, research, and works-in-progress.

Continuing Professional Development

1. Looking back from Transition to Practice by Early Career Psychiatrists: Implications to Curriculum & Continuing Professional Development

2. Illuminating the Culture of Medicine: Burnout and the Role of Applied Mindfulness Among Physicians Who Serve and Identify with Equity-Deserving Groups

3. Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices in Residency Program Administrators: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Attitudes and Perceptions at an International Conference

4. Patterns of Skill Acquisition and Retention in Safety Training for Healthcare Workers: Implications for Quality Improvement

Curriculum Innovation

5. From Confusion to Competence: Peer-Led Development of a Psychiatric Interviewing Guide

6. Toward a Unified Curriculum Development of Standardized Learning Objectives for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Education in General Psychiatry Residencies

7. Preparing the Next Generation of Clinician-Scholars: Successes and Learnings from the Clinician Scholar Program

8. Curriculum Development in the Azrieli Brain Medicine Fellowship: A Multi-Phase Approach to Address Interdisciplinary Learning Needs

Digital Psychiatry and Simulation

9. Clinical Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Violence Risk Assessment Tools

10. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Simulation Debriefing for Opioid Overdose Management: A Feasibility Study

11. Enhancing Competency and Confidence in Medical Emergencies Through Simulation-Based Training for Physicians in a Canadian Mental Health Hospital

12. Code White Simulation – Simulation-Based Training for Psychiatry Residents in the Emergency Department

13. Interactive Online Training on Opioid Use Disorder for Medical Students: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness

14. Evaluating Digital Storytelling in Bipolar Disorder

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity and Accessibility

15. Facilitating the Implementation of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Principles in CPD Using Artificial Intelligence

16. Developing the CAMH Clear and Inclusive Writing Guideline

17. English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) and the Place of Local Languages in Ethiopian Psychiatric Residency Training

18. The Development of a Novel Gamified Curriculum to Sexual and Gender Diversity in Cancer Care: A Quality Improvement Project for Education

19. Piloting a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills Workshop Series for Clinicians in an Indigenous Community in Rural Ontario

20. From Training to Transformation: Evaluating a Faculty Development Series on Equity and Inclusion in Psychiatry

Faculty Development

21. Donald Wasylenki Education Day: Reflections on the First 15 Years

Involving Service Users in Education

22. Connected Care: Adaptation and Pilot Implementation of a Digital Mental Health Literacy Program

23. "Who Chose These Measures Anyway?" Patient-Driven Evaluation in Practice

24. Developing Recommendations for Lived Experience Engagement in a University Department: Strengthening an Academic Commitment

25. Lights, Camera, Action! A Photovoice Study of the Impact of Co-Production in Recovery College Settings

26. Utilizing Adaptive Expertise to Elevate Peer Voices in ECHO

New Approaches to Teaching and Mentorship

27. Designed for Impact: Developing Medical Humanities Education Facilitation Guides to Name the Invisible and Contested in Lived Experience

28. Mentorship Reimagined: Integrating Parent and Youth Partners into Clinical Research Training

29. Competency-Based Medical Education in Brain Medicine: A Scoping Review

30. Development of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Subspecialty Residency Program Evaluation Framework

31. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Cognitive and Gait Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Middle Aged and Older Persons with Depression: A Systematic Review of Findings

32. Improving 2ⁿᵈ Year MD Student Transition to Clerkship – The Paired Rotation Experience for Transition to Clerkship (PreTTC) Program

Training for Improved Care

33. From Needs to Impact: Designing Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Courses that Change Practice 

34. Resident’s Perspectives on Restricted Registration “Moonlighting” in a Toronto Community Hospital

35. Integrating Climate Justice into Health Education: An Equity-Focused Tutorial on Climate Change, Health, and the Social Determinants of Health

36. Applying Kern's Model to Develop and Evaluate a Trauma-Informed Care Curriculum: Stakeholder Feedback from a Hospital-Based Education Initiative

37. Focused Training for Mental Health and Addictions Nurses in School Boards

38. Apologizing with H.E.A.R.T®: An Innovative Simulation to Increase Confidence in Disclosing a Patient Safety Incident

39. The Impact of Patient Suicide on Psychiatry Residents: A Qualitative Study

40. Facilitating Adaptive Expertise Through Targeted Faculty Development: Roles of Curriculum Design and Faculty Development