Course reflection
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The entirety of this course was spent working with the same group members. This course really brought into light the importance of interdisciplinary skills and working in a diverse group. Throughout the course, we applied our feedback from one assignment to improve the next. We worked on a final presentation taking into consideration all the notes received from the previous assignments. I really enjoyed working with the same group and seeing all our different ideas combine together. I also enjoyed learning about the different federal government departments, Health Canada mandates and the different jobs that are available in the government sector. Hearing the career paths of the different guest speakers that attended some of our lectures was also very insightful.
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Assignments
Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
Interdisciplinary Skills Acquired: communication,
leadership, complex problem solving, working in
diverse teams, evidence based decision making
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We worked in our policy group to come up with the stakeholders for the project to implement EDI into the different stages of drug development. We also came up with engagement goals and plans.
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Developing a Solution
Interdisciplinary Skills Acquired: communication,
complex problem solving, critical reflection and
evidence base decision making
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In our science policy teams, we developed a solution to address the challenges and barriers that exist for EDI inclusion in the drug life-cycle.
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Mini Strategies Presentation:
Interdisciplinary Skills Acquired: communication,
complex problem solving, critical reflection and
evidence base decision making
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We presented our solution to our class and went over the risks, change management plan and performance indicators for this solution.
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