How does TAAAC work?

For each new educational partnership a point person is identified who works to gain an in-depth understanding of the needs of the sister AAU Department. The point person recruits and briefs appropriate volunteer UofT faculty for each program who collaborate on curriculum development and implementation with colleagues at AAU. Small teams of specialists with a senior student travel to AAU to block teach most usually for one month, three times per year, over a period of 3-5 years to complete the training of a cohort of residents or graduate students at AAU. As these students become fully qualified they are able to join the AAU faculty, making it possible to continue training more specialists and reducing the dependence on visiting faculty from western universities. As well, there are opportunities for the AAU and U of T scientists to collaborate on research projects, to the benefit of both institutions.

The following Faculties have Departments and Divisions which are developing TAAAC programs: 

• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Information
• Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering