BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251127T024632EST-8365vradW8@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251127T074632Z DESCRIPTION:\nIHSE Thursday Morning Meeting\n\nAliki Thomas \n Title: Beyond the Academy: Can Epistemic Communities Shape Health Professions Education and Societal Change \n\nLearning Objectives \n\n\n \n Define the concept of epistemic communities and explain their relevance to health professions e ducation. \n \n\n\n\n \n Reflect on how different ways of knowing can shape H PE for global impact  \n \n\n\n\n \n Critically reflect on participants’ own positionality within epistemic communities and explore implications for co llaboration\, innovation\, and change in HPE. \n \n\n\n\nLearning Objective s\n\n\n Define the concept of epistemic communities and explain their relev ance to health professions education.\n\n\n\n Reflect on how different ways of knowing can shape HPE for global impact\n\n\n\n Critically reflect on p articipants’ own positionality within epistemic communities and explore im plications for collaboration\, innovation\, and change in HPE.\n\n\nBreakd own of 2-hour session\n\n\n For the first hour\, Aliki will deliver a lectu re she gave in May 2025 as part of her Muriel Drive Memorial Lectureship t o the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists titled “The Knowledg e We Hold: Exploring Occupational Therapy's Epistemic Identity and the Bal ance Between Evidence and Practice.”*\n\n\n\n During the second hour\, we w ill engage in discussion on the following points: \n\n\n\n In your own HPE context\, whose ways of knowing tend to dominate decision-making\, curricu lum design\, or assessment and whose are missing? What are the consequence s of that imbalance for learners\, patients\, or communities?\n\n\n\n Think of a moment when alternative forms of knowledge (experiential\, relationa l\, community-based\, Indigenous\, affective) reshaped or could reshape yo ur educational practice. What barriers keep these knowledge systems from i nfluencing HPE more fully?\n\n\n\n Given your positionality\, what responsi bilities do you hold for amplifying marginalized ways of knowing within HP E? What practical actions feel possible in your specific sphere of influen ce?\n  \n\n\n* Thomas A. The Knowledge We Hold: Exploring Occupational Ther apy’s Epistemic Identity and the Balance Between Evidence and Practice. Ca nadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2025\;92(4):258-281. doi:10.1177/0 0084174251383259\n DTSTART:20251127T140000Z DTEND:20251127T160000Z SUMMARY:IHSE MEETING URL:/ihse/channels/event/ihse-meeting-365900 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR