Virtual Research Roundtable January 2026

Virtual Research Roundtable
CPD Meets QI: Opportunities for Research
Alignments and Synergies

Thursday, January 22, 2026

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time

Free registration for SACME Members / $30 for Non-Members

Event Overview

The Virtual Research Roundtable (VRR) is a unique opportunity for individuals to deepen their research knowledge and connect with peers. This casual 1-hour webinar will feature:

• How CE and CPD could fit within a QI research framework
• How to do CPD/QI system research
• What kinds of research questions can be asking within this positioning

Following the short presentation, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, explore how the presented concepts can enhance their own research, and discuss potential collaborative opportunities with the presenter and other colleagues.

Join us for this engaging event designed to grow our research capacity, exchange ideas, and foster collaborative work. We look forward to your participation and the vibrant discussion that will follow.

This event is eligible for SACME’s Certificate of Recognition Program in CPD/CE Scholarship.

Speakers

Joanne Goldman, PhD

Scientist, The Wilson Centre

Research Scientist, The Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto 

Joanne’s research program involves the use of social science theories and qualitative research methodologies to study quality improvement, patient safety, and interprofessional education and workplace practices. When she began to study interprofessional education, she was struck by misalignments between interprofessional education programs and everyday clinical practices. She therefore was inspired to study interprofessional interactions in internal medicine and intensive care clinical contexts using sociology of professions theory, the findings of which could inform education approaches that reflect the complexity of real life practice. In recent years, Joanne’s research program has expanded to focus on quality improvement and patient safety, again bringing the same interest to study education and workplace practices. In her research on clinical and organizational safety programs, she examines how socio-cultural factors characterize and shape individuals’ and groups’ understandings, behaviours, and interactions in relation to patient safety. This work informs Joanne’s research in quality and safety education as she aims to promote the use of social science and education theory and research in studying and implementing quality and safety education.

Sharisse Arnold-Rehring, MD, FAAP

Director of Medical Education, Colorado Permanente Medical Group

Director of Kaiser Permanente University of Colorado School of Medicine

Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship

Sharisse received her medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and is a practicing pediatrician for the Colorado Permanente Medical Group (CPMG). She is the Director of Medical Education and the Director of Pediatric Education for CPMG. She is the Director of the Kaiser Permanente Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship with the University of Colorado School of Medicine (KP LIC). She is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and has served on the Medical Board of Directors, and the Clinical Faculty Affairs Committee at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She is currently Director of Continuing Education for the CO Chapter of the AAP, is on the AAP Committee on CME, the Board of Directors for ACCME, the Council of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the Academy of Medical Educators at CUSOM and the National CME Committee for KP.  Her passion is integrating educational interventions at point of care to create efficiencies, eliminate unnecessary practice variation and improve the value and quality of care delivered to patients across the organization. Studying educational outcomes in collaboration with the Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research is an integral component to her work.