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The Curiosity Habit The Curiosity Habit
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The Curiosity Habit gets to know the researcher behind the research. In medical education, we often learn people’s motivations and understandings of themselves in healthcare, but we don’t know very much about the people who do research in this field. On The Curiosity Habit, we ask: What caught your curiosity about that topic? How did you start? Who propelled you to get going? What bumps in the road or lucky charms have you encountered? What is your next curiosity? All in all, we want to hear the stories that many people might not know about to inspire and enlighten them about what it means to be a researcher.
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Jon Ilgen, Professor, Vice Chair for Faculty Development & Education (Department of Emergency Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine); Potential Art Historian’
Between soccer, track and field, marching band, attending his dad’s seminars in the living room, and pouring gels in his mom’s lab, Jon Ilgen had a busy childhood full of friends and activities that allowed him to pursue his interests. One of these interests was science, and after a winter program of following a small town paediatrician, his journey to medicine and medical education began. Listen in as Jon and Sayra discuss the ever-changing nature of his interests and research program!
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Terese Stenfors, Professor of Medical Education, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Teaching and Learning (Karolinska Institutet; Aspiring Baker
Happy Summer! In our newest episode of The Curiosity Habit, Sayra sits down with Terese Stenfors, lover of fresh baking and coffee smells, and Professor at the Centre for Teaching and Learning and the Karolinska Institutet. Listen in as Terese outlines her journey from wanting to be a baker, to getting a degree in computer and systems science, and eventually finding her way into educational development and medical education.
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Ian Scott, Director and Scientist (CHES), Associate Professor (Dept. of Family Practice, UBC); Lifelong Generalist
Ian Scott has always been a generalist - by trade and by interests! From taking apart and fixing his mom’s radio or fixing up old cars, to going into family practice and dipping his toes into a multitude of research methods and topics, one thing has always been much more specific – that Ian is always on a journey of learning
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Tim Dubé, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Emergency Medicine (Université de Sherbrooke); Community Builder
Community has always been a focus of Tim Dubé, whose interests were originally sparked at the local hockey rink in his Northern Ontario community. Listen in and Tim and Sayra discuss the power of community - in educating, learning, and growing.
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Dorene Balmer, Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director of Research in Pediatric Education, Endowed Chair (Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania); Voracious Reader
How did the woman who grew up on a farm and had never known what research is end up conducting (and loving) medical education research? In this week's episode, Sayra has this conversation with Dorene Balmer, whose love of reading brought her out of her small childhood bubble, giving her the opportunity to see the connections between people, structures, and communities, and how these all intertwine in our living and learning.
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Geoff Norman, Professor Emeritus, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University), Builder and Maker
We have a very special episode out this week, featuring one of the founders of medical education himself - Geoff Norman! In this episode, Sayra and Geoff explore how a nuclear physicist ends up in this field. Listen in as they discuss his passion for making and building things, testing the negative, and his newfound hobby - golf!