In our newest episode of the Curiosity Habit, Sayra chats with Will Bynum, whose story weaves through his medical schooling to his military service, and how both of these experiences led him to study shame, guilt, and other emotions in medical education. His story is rooted by his role as an “enabler” - someone who acts in service of others to help execute missions. The mission? Addressing and forging solutions to injustice and inequity in primary care.
Jul 19, 2022
38 min
Coming from a big family (with 41 first cousins!) in rural Nova Scotia, Anna grew up feeling like she was a part of something important. After a big move to New Brunswick, and then on to study in Australia, Anna tells us about how her graduate education changed her perspective and interests, and how now she’s helping tell stories within medical education.
Jun 7, 2022
39 min
In our newest episode, Sayra sits down with Renee Stalmeijer, and her path (walking and academic!) to her current role as an assistant professor at Maastricht University. In their conversation Renee chats about her childhood full of music, her love of teaching, listening, and mentoring, and how the way we approach education should not be like an ‘animal school’.
May 3, 2022
40 min
Sharing a love of reading biographies of inspiring people, Sayra and Christina St-Onge spend our newest episode discussing how Christina’s childhood of reading these books led her to her career in medical education today. In fact, working in medical education was such a big decision for Christina, she remembers the exact moment she decided she would go into the field - and highlights it in our episode!
Apr 12, 2022
37 min
In this week’s episode, Sayra is joined by Kevin Eva, Senior Scientist at the Centre of Health Education Scholarship (CHES) and Editor in Chief of Medical Education. Starting from a young age, Kevin has never stuck to one particular interest, hobby, or curiosity. Listen in as he discusses his path into medical education research, and the many hobbies (including racquetball, running, and woodworking) that he’s acquired along the way.
Mar 29, 2022
33 min
In this episode, Sayra sits down with Jacqueline Torti (CERI’s newest Scientist!) to discuss her path from a small Ontario town interested in physical activity and education, to the big city of Edmonton interested in public health, back home to Ontario again to pursue a career in medical education, combining all of her research expertise and interests. Their conversation spans the different curiosities in Jacqueline’s life, including inspirations from her mother and family members, as well as the curiosities of her two newest family members - Grayson and Bo.
Mar 15, 2022
37 min
In this week’s episode, Sayra sits down with Maria Mylopoulos to discuss how her love of reading and goal to get her PhD at a young age became realized over time. Their conversation spans across different topics that include the difference between good rejections and bad rejections, scholarly debate with collaborators, and how your ideas can be good ideas that also fit in the world around you.
Feb 15, 2022
32 min
We’re back! In our newest season of the Curiosity Habit, Sayra sits down with the ever-curious Gerry Gormley to discuss his path from a child full of questions to a physician and researcher who finds the answers. Navigating and narrating the synergy of science and art, Gerry tells us how his appreciation for human connection has progressed his career, his research, and his mentoring, and how he’s able to answer his current questions on how to make medical education better.
Feb 1, 2022
35 min
In our final episode of 2021, Sayra sits down with the ever-curious Erik Driessen, whose love of reading catapulted his career in medical education. In their conversation, Erik discusses his love of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse comic books, how culture influences education, but education also influences culture, and his aspirations to become a professional chef.
Dec 14, 2021
35 min
Mahan has always been someone who just wanted to know things. What he didn’t realize growing up was that those “things” - like what it means to learn, how we learn effectively, and what it means to enhance knowledge - would eventually lead him to working in medical education. In his conversation with Sayra, Mahan discusses what it was like learning and moving between different countries, schools, and opportunities got him to where his now.
Nov 30, 2021
35 min
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