The Evolution of Manager to Leader by Ming-Ka Chan

• Ming-Ka Chan, BSc (Psych), MD, MHPE, FRCPC

  Dr. Ming-Ka Chan is a Clinician Educator and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. 
  

  Dr. Chan's current roles include:

  • Director, Education & Faculty Development, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health
    
  • Assistant Director, International Medical Graduate Program, University of Manitoba
    
  • Founder and Co-Facilitator, Annual Canadian Pediatric Resident Leadership Conference
    
  • Founding member, 'sanokondu' (an international community of practice dedicated to fostering health professional leadership education worldwide) www.sanokondu.com
    
  • Co-Chair, Toronto International Summit on Leadership Education for Physicians (TISLEP) Planning Committee tislep.pgme.utoronto.ca

  Dr. Chan's academic interests include leadership development in healthcare learners; feedback and assessment; transitions in the education continuum; competency based medical education; and program evaluation. She co-lead with Dr. Deepak Dath, the CanMEDS 2015 Manager Role Working Group who spearheaded the Role name change from Manager to Leader. 
  

  
  
• Learning Objectives:

  By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

  • Discuss why the Leader Role evolved from the Manager Role
    
  • Describe what changed in this evolutionary process
    
  • Describe how the change into Leader Role is being implemented