Dr. Amster is the Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine and a historian of the Islamic world, France, and medicine. She has been a Fulbright scholar, a Chateaubriand scholar of the French government (1998) and received her Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania (2003). She has been a simultaneous translator for an ORBIS ocular surgery mission in Morocco, a researcher at the Institut National d’Hygiène du Maroc, and created an interdisciplinary determinants of health field study program for students to travel to Morocco. At McMaster, she also developed the History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Research Portal for all students to use, with grants, libraries, archives, museums,digital exhibits, digital collections, conference information, and images collections.Her 2013 book, Medicine and the Saints: Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956 is an interdisciplinary study of health, healing, and the body in Morocco, based in fifteen years of research in Arabic manuscripts,French colonial and medical archives, and field interviews with Moroccan physicians, nurses, patients, midwives, and leaders of NGOs. She has served on the United States IIE Fulbright national screening committee for Morocco, Tunisia,and the Gulf States (2010-2013), and is currently on the Board of Directors for a Cambridge University Press book series.Currently she is researching maternal and infant health in Morocco and has received a SSHRC for a new project, “The Other is Me: Transvestism, Hybridity, and Cosmopolitanism in Colonial and Postcolonial North Africa.”She is jointly appointed in Religious Studies and the Department of Family Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences and supports students in both faculties.

Dr. Amster is the Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine and a historian of the Islamic world, France, and medicine. She has been a Fulbright scholar, a Chateaubriand scholar of the French government (1998) and received her Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania (2003). She has been a simultaneous translator for an ORBIS ocular surgery mission in Morocco, a researcher at the Institut National d’Hygiène du Maroc, and created an interdisciplinary determinants of health field study program for students to travel to Morocco. At McMaster, she also developed the History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Research Portal for all students to use, with grants, libraries, archives, museums,digital exhibits, digital collections, conference information, and images collections.Her 2013 book, Medicine and the Saints: Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956 is an interdisciplinary study of health, healing, and the body in Morocco, based in fifteen years of research in Arabic manuscripts,French colonial and medical archives, and field interviews with Moroccan physicians, nurses, patients, midwives, and leaders of NGOs. She has served on the United States IIE Fulbright national screening committee for Morocco, Tunisia,and the Gulf States (2010-2013), and is currently on the Board of Directors for a Cambridge University Press book series.Currently she is researching maternal and infant health in Morocco and has received a SSHRC for a new project, “The Other is Me: Transvestism, Hybridity, and Cosmopolitanism in Colonial and Postcolonial North Africa.”She is jointly appointed in Religious Studies and the Department of Family Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences and supports students in both faculties.

Dr. Ilana Bayer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine and the Director of the Learning Technologies Lab (LTL) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Her primary teaching areas include use of technology in education, human-centred design and anatomy & physiology. She teaches in several undergraduate and graduate programs and in a variety of learning environments (face-to-face, blended, online). She is a core faculty member in the MSc Health Science Education program. In her LTL Director role, Dr. Bayer acts as the education scholarship lead for education technology-related activities and research. She has led and worked on numerous development and research projects as well as curricula that have involved the use of technology. Her research interests include education technologies, education design, program evaluation, user experience and anatomy education.

Dr. Ilana Bayer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine and the Director of the Learning Technologies Lab (LTL) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Her primary teaching areas include use of technology in education, human-centred design and anatomy & physiology. She teaches in several undergraduate and graduate programs and in a variety of learning environments (face-to-face, blended, online). She is a core faculty member in the MSc Health Science Education program. In her LTL Director role, Dr. Bayer acts as the education scholarship lead for education technology-related activities and research. She has led and worked on numerous development and research projects as well as curricula that have involved the use of technology. Her research interests include education technologies, education design, program evaluation, user experience and anatomy education.

Daniel Brandt Vegas is a Clinician Educator in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. He received his MHPE from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is currently focused on developing a novel program evaluation strategy for post-graduate medical education programs to increase the amount and quality of data gathered and enable advanced analyses to inform goal focused, achievable program specific strategic plans. He is the deputy program director for the Clinician Educator AFC diploma program at McMaster University.

His other interests are systems improvement, end of life care, and clinical reasoning. Daniel is mainly focused on the interface between clinical practice and medical education scholarship, and the tension that exists between the pressing urgency of the clinical world and the growing body of science in different areas of medical education.
Daniel’s role as a Clinician Educator, and world view in general, are largely informed by his erratic background in life, making his way from his native Venezuela, eventually zig-zagging up to McMaster.

Daniel strongly believes in language, in a broad sense. This is often the source of arguments, but also many interesting conversations.

Daniel Brandt Vegas is a Clinician Educator in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. He received his MHPE from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is currently focused on developing a novel program evaluation strategy for post-graduate medical education programs to increase the amount and quality of data gathered and enable advanced analyses to inform goal focused, achievable program specific strategic plans. He is the deputy program director for the Clinician Educator AFC diploma program at McMaster University.

His other interests are systems improvement, end of life care, and clinical reasoning. Daniel is mainly focused on the interface between clinical practice and medical education scholarship, and the tension that exists between the pressing urgency of the clinical world and the growing body of science in different areas of medical education.
Daniel’s role as a Clinician Educator, and world view in general, are largely informed by his erratic background in life, making his way from his native Venezuela, eventually zig-zagging up to McMaster.

Daniel strongly believes in language, in a broad sense. This is often the source of arguments, but also many interesting conversations.

Dr Deepak Dath is a professor of surgery at McMaster University. His current educational projects include research on validating a simple tool to measure the quality of educational materials and understanding how medical students decide to choose a career in general surgery. His main focus is in leadership in education. Dr. Dath is co-founder of the TISLEP leadership summit and the sanokondu (www.sanokondu.com) group of educators who aim to make leadership education accessible to physician trainees and training programs worldwide. He is a faculty of the CLIME (Canadian Leadership in Medical Education) course and the cochair of developing CLIME II. Dr. Dath is working to develop value based o rcharacter based leadership training.

Dr Deepak Dath is a professor of surgery at McMaster University. His current educational projects include research on validating a simple tool to measure the quality of educational materials and understanding how medical students decide to choose a career in general surgery. His main focus is in leadership in education. Dr. Dath is co-founder of the TISLEP leadership summit and the sanokondu (www.sanokondu.com) group of educators who aim to make leadership education accessible to physician trainees and training programs worldwide. He is a faculty of the CLIME (Canadian Leadership in Medical Education) course and the cochair of developing CLIME II. Dr. Dath is working to develop value based o rcharacter based leadership training.

Dr. Lee de Bie is the Ethics Program Lead and a Clinical Ethicist for the St. Joseph’s Health System, an affiliate of The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, and a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in McMaster’s Office of the Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning). Dr. de Bie’s health professions education research has primarily contributed to the disciplines of Mad and Critical Disability Studies, bioethics, and social work, and drawn on critical social science, qualitative, archival, arts-informed, community-based, pedagogical partnership, coproduction, and service user-led research methods. Dr. de Bie’s work seeks to encourage approaches to teaching and learning that advance equity, accessibility, social justice, and the integration of lived experience of disability and health service use. Current projects include a SSHRC Connections Grant to develop ethics education for peer support practitioners, as well as work focused on enhancing equity in clinical ethics fellowship programs, concept analysis of “ethics debriefs” and the impact of this method on health professional wellbeing and reflection, development and diffusion of an ethics framework to support ethical decision-making in healthcare, implementation of the proposed Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) healthcare and post-secondary education standards, and supporting staff and faculty in evaluating and disseminating accessible education interventions.

Dr. Lee de Bie is the Ethics Program Lead and a Clinical Ethicist for the St. Joseph’s Health System, an affiliate of The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, and a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in McMaster’s Office of the Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning). Dr. de Bie’s health professions education research has primarily contributed to the disciplines of Mad and Critical Disability Studies, bioethics, and social work, and drawn on critical social science, qualitative, archival, arts-informed, community-based, pedagogical partnership, coproduction, and service user-led research methods. Dr. de Bie’s work seeks to encourage approaches to teaching and learning that advance equity, accessibility, social justice, and the integration of lived experience of disability and health service use. Current projects include a SSHRC Connections Grant to develop ethics education for peer support practitioners, as well as work focused on enhancing equity in clinical ethics fellowship programs, concept analysis of “ethics debriefs” and the impact of this method on health professional wellbeing and reflection, development and diffusion of an ethics framework to support ethical decision-making in healthcare, implementation of the proposed Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) healthcare and post-secondary education standards, and supporting staff and faculty in evaluating and disseminating accessible education interventions.

Jasmin is a graduate of the Honours Life Sciences program at McMaster University. A significant part of Jasmin’s undergraduate education has included teaching and learning through teaching assistantships, peer tutoring, and working as an educational research assistant at the MacPherson Institute. During her final year in undergrad, Jasmin investigated equitable access to learning opportunities in large enrollment programs and facilitated the Institutional Quality Assurance Process (IQAP) for the Life Science program. As a recipient of the MERIT-HSED graduate fellowship award, Jasmin will be pursuing a Master’s Degree in the Health Science Education program with an interest in researching expertise in procedural medical skills.

Jasmin is a graduate of the Honours Life Sciences program at McMaster University. A significant part of Jasmin’s undergraduate education has included teaching and learning through teaching assistantships, peer tutoring, and working as an educational research assistant at the MacPherson Institute. During her final year in undergrad, Jasmin investigated equitable access to learning opportunities in large enrollment programs and facilitated the Institutional Quality Assurance Process (IQAP) for the Life Science program. As a recipient of the MERIT-HSED graduate fellowship award, Jasmin will be pursuing a Master’s Degree in the Health Science Education program with an interest in researching expertise in procedural medical skills.

Dr. Gousia Dhhar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. She completed her Internal Medicine residency, fellowships in General Internal Medicine (GIM) and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology(CPT) at the University of Toronto. Her clinical interests lie in applying the principles of CPT such as drug-drug interactions, adverse drug reactions and deprescribing to the GIM patient population. She has completed a higher education teaching course from Harvard University and a Quality Improvement certificate course from Center of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. She is completing a Masters in Health Professions Education at Maastricht University. Her scholarly interests lie in the exploring and optimizing assessment and feedback systems in Competency Based Medical Education (CBME). She is exploring the use of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) framework for formative assessment in CBME.

Dr. Gousia Dhhar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. She completed her Internal Medicine residency, fellowships in General Internal Medicine (GIM) and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology(CPT) at the University of Toronto. Her clinical interests lie in applying the principles of CPT such as drug-drug interactions, adverse drug reactions and deprescribing to the GIM patient population. She has completed a higher education teaching course from Harvard University and a Quality Improvement certificate course from Center of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. She is completing a Masters in Health Professions Education at Maastricht University. Her scholarly interests lie in the exploring and optimizing assessment and feedback systems in Competency Based Medical Education (CBME). She is exploring the use of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) framework for formative assessment in CBME.

Farah Hasan is a Sleep Education Specialist at Project Sleep – a non-profit organization focused on raising awareness about sleep health, sleep disorders, and sleep equity. In her role, Farah coordinates online webinars, develops resources and educational materials, and implements new strategies to support the organization’s sleep education and narcolepsy awareness programming. Farah previously sat on Project Sleep’s Expert Advisory Board and is also a speaker with the Rising Voices program where she works to improve public understanding of sleep disorders, and shares insights from her own experience as a patient and advocate. She recently completed her MSc at McMaster University in the Health Science Education program. For her graduate thesis, she evaluated the efficacy of a clinical virtual reality module for anatomy education under the supervision of Dr. Ranil Sonnadara and in collaboration with Dr. Bruce Wainman. Farah is also currently a Learning Specialist, working with Dr. Yasmeen Mezil and her students on an open-access, digital, interactive laboratory resource for students at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University.

Farah Hasan is a Sleep Education Specialist at Project Sleep – a non-profit organization focused on raising awareness about sleep health, sleep disorders, and sleep equity. In her role, Farah coordinates online webinars, develops resources and educational materials, and implements new strategies to support the organization’s sleep education and narcolepsy awareness programming. Farah previously sat on Project Sleep’s Expert Advisory Board and is also a speaker with the Rising Voices program where she works to improve public understanding of sleep disorders, and shares insights from her own experience as a patient and advocate. She recently completed her MSc at McMaster University in the Health Science Education program. For her graduate thesis, she evaluated the efficacy of a clinical virtual reality module for anatomy education under the supervision of Dr. Ranil Sonnadara and in collaboration with Dr. Bruce Wainman. Farah is also currently a Learning Specialist, working with Dr. Yasmeen Mezil and her students on an open-access, digital, interactive laboratory resource for students at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University.

Rebecca Madan is a Thesis student in the McMaster Health Science Education Program and a recent graduate of McMaster Arts and Science. She is interested in the relationship between health science education and health equity. In her final year of undergraduate studies, Rebecca completed a thesis exploring how undergraduate prospective medial students make clinical decisions about 2SLGBTQIA+ patients. As a MERIT Scholar and Health Science Education student, she aims to expand her undergraduate thesis and create educational interventions to reduce implicit bias.

Rebecca Madan is a Thesis student in the McMaster Health Science Education Program and a recent graduate of McMaster Arts and Science. She is interested in the relationship between health science education and health equity. In her final year of undergraduate studies, Rebecca completed a thesis exploring how undergraduate prospective medial students make clinical decisions about 2SLGBTQIA+ patients. As a MERIT Scholar and Health Science Education student, she aims to expand her undergraduate thesis and create educational interventions to reduce implicit bias.

Dr. Leslie Martin is an Associate Professor with the Department of Medicine, within the Division of General Internal Medicine.She completed a Masters in Health Professions Education at Maastricht University. Dr. Martin is the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. She has been involved in the  implementation, evaluation and continuous improvement of CBME for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at McMaster University. She also contributes to educational innovation in simulation, point-of-care ultrasound and social medicine curricula in the Internal Medicine context. Lastly, she has a clinical focus on caring for people who use drugs, and is a past inaugural co-lead and current clinician with the Inpatient Substance Use Service at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences. In this space, she engages in education, continuous quality improvement and policy development to optimize patient care.

Dr. Leslie Martin is an Associate Professor with the Department of Medicine, within the Division of General Internal Medicine.She completed a Masters in Health Professions Education at Maastricht University. Dr. Martin is the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. She has been involved in the  implementation, evaluation and continuous improvement of CBME for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at McMaster University. She also contributes to educational innovation in simulation, point-of-care ultrasound and social medicine curricula in the Internal Medicine context. Lastly, she has a clinical focus on caring for people who use drugs, and is a past inaugural co-lead and current clinician with the Inpatient Substance Use Service at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences. In this space, she engages in education, continuous quality improvement and policy development to optimize patient care.

Dr. Anjali Menezes is a community family physician based in Hamilton. With special interests in trauma-informed care, medical education, and racism in medical training, her career is an eclectic mix of clinical work, teaching, mentoring, scholarly work, and community activism. Born and raised in Scarborough, she studied medicine and obtained her master’s in clinical education in the UK before returning to Canada for residency. She co-founded and chaired Racialized Residents at McMaster during her residency training at McMaster. She then completed an enhanced skills PGY3 year at Western University in Academic Family Medicine, where she focussed on deepening her understanding of racial identity formation and how medical training racializes learners. In September 2024 she finished her term as Director of Racialized Medical Learner Mentorship.

In 2021, she created and led the DARe Group Collaborative: exclusively Racialized academics studying and addressing the racial attainment gap in medical training. The group rapidly expanded, reaching a peak of just under 50 within 3 years, until she put a pause on her work to escape the colonial grind and prioritize herself, her family and her community.

Her prior scholarly focus on how race-based data is collected and used eventually led her to be appointed to the Hamilton Police Service Board where she serves as the Citizen Appointee.

Dr. Anjali Menezes is a community family physician based in Hamilton. With special interests in trauma-informed care, medical education, and racism in medical training, her career is an eclectic mix of clinical work, teaching, mentoring, scholarly work, and community activism. Born and raised in Scarborough, she studied medicine and obtained her master’s in clinical education in the UK before returning to Canada for residency. She co-founded and chaired Racialized Residents at McMaster during her residency training at McMaster. She then completed an enhanced skills PGY3 year at Western University in Academic Family Medicine, where she focussed on deepening her understanding of racial identity formation and how medical training racializes learners. In September 2024 she finished her term as Director of Racialized Medical Learner Mentorship.

In 2021, she created and led the DARe Group Collaborative: exclusively Racialized academics studying and addressing the racial attainment gap in medical training. The group rapidly expanded, reaching a peak of just under 50 within 3 years, until she put a pause on her work to escape the colonial grind and prioritize herself, her family and her community.

Her prior scholarly focus on how race-based data is collected and used eventually led her to be appointed to the Hamilton Police Service Board where she serves as the Citizen Appointee.

Monica Molinaro, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Sciences Education at McGill University. Previously, Professor Molinaro was a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, where she was also an instructor in the Bachelor of Health Sciences Undergraduate program. She completed her PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, where she conducted a critical narrative analysis on pediatric oncology nurses’ stories of moral distress, and worked as a research associate at the Centre for Education Research and Innovation (CERI).

Building upon her expertise in using narrative methodologies to examine experiences of moral distress, Professor Molinaro uses a variety of qualitative critical and interpretive methodologies to provide understandings of how moral distress, as a result of institutional and provincial policy, has bearing on health outcomes, future health care delivery, and staff well-being. Additionally, her work aims to draw attention to how the sharing of narratives may act as a form of collective support and resistance for health care workers, reduce the distance between other health care providers, their management, and policy makers, and catalyze changes in medical education about how to best prepare learners for the realities of practice and future events that strain the healthcare system.

Monica Molinaro, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Sciences Education at McGill University. Previously, Professor Molinaro was a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, where she was also an instructor in the Bachelor of Health Sciences Undergraduate program. She completed her PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, where she conducted a critical narrative analysis on pediatric oncology nurses’ stories of moral distress, and worked as a research associate at the Centre for Education Research and Innovation (CERI).

Building upon her expertise in using narrative methodologies to examine experiences of moral distress, Professor Molinaro uses a variety of qualitative critical and interpretive methodologies to provide understandings of how moral distress, as a result of institutional and provincial policy, has bearing on health outcomes, future health care delivery, and staff well-being. Additionally, her work aims to draw attention to how the sharing of narratives may act as a form of collective support and resistance for health care workers, reduce the distance between other health care providers, their management, and policy makers, and catalyze changes in medical education about how to best prepare learners for the realities of practice and future events that strain the healthcare system.

Dr. Som Mukherjee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology, Division of Medical Oncology at McMaster University. He completed a two year oncology research fellowship combined with a Masters in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University. He currently serves as program director for the McMaster medical oncology residency training program as well as the national program director subcommittee chair for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Specialty Committee. His research interests in education include evaluation of resident wellness programs, assessment of teaching using electronic modules for resident education, integration of entrustable professional activity(EPA) assessments within objective structure clinical skills examination(OSCE) and evaluating various aspects of new competency based medical education (CBME) programs within existing residency training programs. His clinical areas of interest include the management of patients with breast and genitourinary malignancies.

Dr. Som Mukherjee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology, Division of Medical Oncology at McMaster University. He completed a two year oncology research fellowship combined with a Masters in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University. He currently serves as program director for the McMaster medical oncology residency training program as well as the national program director subcommittee chair for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Specialty Committee. His research interests in education include evaluation of resident wellness programs, assessment of teaching using electronic modules for resident education, integration of entrustable professional activity(EPA) assessments within objective structure clinical skills examination(OSCE) and evaluating various aspects of new competency based medical education (CBME) programs within existing residency training programs. His clinical areas of interest include the management of patients with breast and genitourinary malignancies.

Dr. Quang Ngo is an Associate Professor and clinician educator in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and a practicing pediatric emergency medicine physician at McMaster Children’s Hospital.

He is the founding program director for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine subspecialty residency program at McMaster University and chair of assessment with the DeGroote School of Medicine.  He has previously has served as the associate and interim program director for the core Pediatrics program at McMaster University and is core faculty in the Clinician Educator Area of Focussed Competence at McMaster University.

He is currently completing his Masters of Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His educational and scholarly interests are in simulation based assessment, teaching and feedback, and has given talks and workshops nationally and internationally on these topics.

Dr. Quang Ngo is an Associate Professor and clinician educator in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and a practicing pediatric emergency medicine physician at McMaster Children’s Hospital.

He is the founding program director for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine subspecialty residency program at McMaster University and chair of assessment with the DeGroote School of Medicine.  He has previously has served as the associate and interim program director for the core Pediatrics program at McMaster University and is core faculty in the Clinician Educator Area of Focussed Competence at McMaster University.

He is currently completing his Masters of Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His educational and scholarly interests are in simulation based assessment, teaching and feedback, and has given talks and workshops nationally and internationally on these topics.

Dr. Desigen Reddy is a pediatric anesthesiologist based at McMaster University Medical Centre, and an associate clinical professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. He has also the current Program Director for the department and has been in this role for the past 7 years.  He did his medical training at the Nelson Mandela Medical School in South Africa, a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at Erasmus University in the Netherlands and has been attached to Hamilton and McMaster University now for the past 23 years. Whilst at McMaster Desi completed his Master’s degrees in Health Research Methodology and Health Science Education. He has a strong interest in Global Health, and is the current Canadian representative for pediatric anesthesia at the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiology, as well as the past examiner in anesthesia for the University of Guyana.

Dr. Desigen Reddy is a pediatric anesthesiologist based at McMaster University Medical Centre, and an associate clinical professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. He has also the current Program Director for the department and has been in this role for the past 7 years.  He did his medical training at the Nelson Mandela Medical School in South Africa, a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at Erasmus University in the Netherlands and has been attached to Hamilton and McMaster University now for the past 23 years. Whilst at McMaster Desi completed his Master’s degrees in Health Research Methodology and Health Science Education. He has a strong interest in Global Health, and is the current Canadian representative for pediatric anesthesia at the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiology, as well as the past examiner in anesthesia for the University of Guyana.

Alison is a research assistant in McMaster’s Department of Family Medicine, where she is currently investigating the indirect patient care activities of Canadian primary care physicians. With a Master of Science from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University, Alison’s interests include ethical decision-making, medical education, and providing humanized end-of-life care. Alison was the recipient of the MERIT-HSED fellowship award in 2022-2024 to support her thesis work investigating how trainees can be better prepared for the ethical dilemmas they will face in clinical practice through an analysis of resource allocation decisions within Intensive Care Units during the pandemic.

Alison is a research assistant in McMaster’s Department of Family Medicine, where she is currently investigating the indirect patient care activities of Canadian primary care physicians. With a Master of Science from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University, Alison’s interests include ethical decision-making, medical education, and providing humanized end-of-life care. Alison was the recipient of the MERIT-HSED fellowship award in 2022-2024 to support her thesis work investigating how trainees can be better prepared for the ethical dilemmas they will face in clinical practice through an analysis of resource allocation decisions within Intensive Care Units during the pandemic.

Allison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Faculty of Health Sciences.  Her full-time teaching role is within the Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care (CLPCC) graduate program.  Within the program, Allison has held the position of Clinical Education Coordinator for the past 12 years.  This role helps facilitate the child life clinical internship matching program, maintains relationships with child life internship programs and preceptors across Canada, teachers clinical education related courses and most importantly, provides support and mentorship to child life interns.  In addition to her clinical education role, Allison teaches a number of courses within the CLPPC program and was one of three faculty who developed this unique graduate program.  Allison’s current research interests involve understanding the impact of ePortfolios in child life internship applications and exploring decision-making processes within the child life clinical internship matching process.

Allison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Faculty of Health Sciences.  Her full-time teaching role is within the Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care (CLPCC) graduate program.  Within the program, Allison has held the position of Clinical Education Coordinator for the past 12 years.  This role helps facilitate the child life clinical internship matching program, maintains relationships with child life internship programs and preceptors across Canada, teachers clinical education related courses and most importantly, provides support and mentorship to child life interns.  In addition to her clinical education role, Allison teaches a number of courses within the CLPPC program and was one of three faculty who developed this unique graduate program.  Allison’s current research interests involve understanding the impact of ePortfolios in child life internship applications and exploring decision-making processes within the child life clinical internship matching process.

Greg is a full-time Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science (SRS), Physiotherapy, McMaster University, engaged in a teaching role. He is currently the Chair of the physiotherapy program’s Admissions Committee. In 2023 he was awarded the MERIT Faculty Fellowship at McMaster to support his education scholarship. Greg is a physiotherapist with expertise in musculoskeletal health and has attained the designation of Clinical Specialist Musculoskeletal from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA). This designation certifies physiotherapists who have focused their careers and demonstrated advanced clinical competence, leadership, continuing professional development and research in a specific area of practice. In 2021, his collective career accomplishments were acknowledged and highlighted as a recipient of the CPA’s Medal of Distinction, and in 2023 he was presented with the Lifetime Membership Award from the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapy.

Greg is a full-time Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science (SRS), Physiotherapy, McMaster University, engaged in a teaching role. He is currently the Chair of the physiotherapy program’s Admissions Committee. In 2023 he was awarded the MERIT Faculty Fellowship at McMaster to support his education scholarship. Greg is a physiotherapist with expertise in musculoskeletal health and has attained the designation of Clinical Specialist Musculoskeletal from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA). This designation certifies physiotherapists who have focused their careers and demonstrated advanced clinical competence, leadership, continuing professional development and research in a specific area of practice. In 2021, his collective career accomplishments were acknowledged and highlighted as a recipient of the CPA’s Medal of Distinction, and in 2023 he was presented with the Lifetime Membership Award from the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapy.

Dr. Tong is a family physician with a practice in emergency medicine and prison health in Kitchener-Waterloo and Associate Professor at the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University. She is the Program Director of the Royal College Clinician Educator Area of Focused Competence Diploma program at McMaster University, the first of its kind in Canada. She also serves as the Faculty Development Director at the Dept of Family Medicine. As a graduate of the MERIT Fellowship (2022-2023) and supported by the Gender and Health Grant, she continues to lead the interprofessional health educators’ team, Creating Brave Spaces, in designing and delivering simulation-based faculty development workshops addressing objectives in equity, diversity, inclusivity and indigenous reconciliation.

Dr. Tong is a family physician with a practice in emergency medicine and prison health in Kitchener-Waterloo and Associate Professor at the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University. She is the Program Director of the Royal College Clinician Educator Area of Focused Competence Diploma program at McMaster University, the first of its kind in Canada. She also serves as the Faculty Development Director at the Dept of Family Medicine. As a graduate of the MERIT Fellowship (2022-2023) and supported by the Gender and Health Grant, she continues to lead the interprofessional health educators’ team, Creating Brave Spaces, in designing and delivering simulation-based faculty development workshops addressing objectives in equity, diversity, inclusivity and indigenous reconciliation.

Dr. Mary Zachos is an Associate Professor and clinician educator in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and a practicing pediatric gastroenterology physician at McMaster Children’s Hospital. Her clinical and research interests include pediatric IBD, point of care intestinal ultrasound and endoscopy procedural training.

Dr. Zachos is the training program director for the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Program and is completing a Royal College Clinician Educator Area of Focused Competence Diploma program at McMaster University.  Currently she serves as the CBME rep on the Pediatric Education Advisory Committee and is a member of the Department of Pediatrics mentorship committee. She has served on the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Examination Committee and is on the Specialty Committee in Gastroenterology. Medical educational interests include the role of simulation and education technology in procedural training as well as coaching and mentorship.

Dr. Mary Zachos is an Associate Professor and clinician educator in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and a practicing pediatric gastroenterology physician at McMaster Children’s Hospital. Her clinical and research interests include pediatric IBD, point of care intestinal ultrasound and endoscopy procedural training.

Dr. Zachos is the training program director for the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Program and is completing a Royal College Clinician Educator Area of Focused Competence Diploma program at McMaster University.  Currently she serves as the CBME rep on the Pediatric Education Advisory Committee and is a member of the Department of Pediatrics mentorship committee. She has served on the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Examination Committee and is on the Specialty Committee in Gastroenterology. Medical educational interests include the role of simulation and education technology in procedural training as well as coaching and mentorship.

Dr. Zubairi is a Developmental Pediatrician at Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre & Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University. He is currently program director for the McMaster Core Pediatrics Residency Program and has led the roll out of the Royal College’s Competence-By-Design for Core Pediatrics at McMaster since December 2021. He is also Medical Director with the McMaster Children’s Hospital Autism Program, leading training workshops on culturally responsive diagnostic approaches . He has previously co-led the Equity Advocate and Allyship Program through Faculty Affairs. As a MERIT Scholar, Dr. Zubairi is involved with several studies in health professions education including an understanding of the knowledge-to-practice continuum in the emergency room care of children and youth with autism spectrum disorder, and how to enhance reflection on culture among undergraduate and graduate health professions students.

Dr. Zubairi is a Developmental Pediatrician at Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre & Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University. He is currently program director for the McMaster Core Pediatrics Residency Program and has led the roll out of the Royal College’s Competence-By-Design for Core Pediatrics at McMaster since December 2021. He is also Medical Director with the McMaster Children’s Hospital Autism Program, leading training workshops on culturally responsive diagnostic approaches . He has previously co-led the Equity Advocate and Allyship Program through Faculty Affairs. As a MERIT Scholar, Dr. Zubairi is involved with several studies in health professions education including an understanding of the knowledge-to-practice continuum in the emergency room care of children and youth with autism spectrum disorder, and how to enhance reflection on culture among undergraduate and graduate health professions students.

Dr. Anita Acai is an Education Scientist at St. Joseph’s Education & Research Centre (SERC) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She holds a faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at McMaster University and is a Scientist with the McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory (MERIT) Program. She is also an Associate Member of the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University.

As an interdisciplinary, PhD-trained researcher with expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, Dr. Acai’s research program involves using education as a tool to address pressing health challenges. Her focus is currently on understanding and improving equity and wellbeing in our health systems. She also conducts research in the areas of competency-based medical education, including assessment; learner-centred pedagogies; and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

For more information about Dr. Acai, please visit her website at https://anitaacai.com.

Dr. Anita Acai is an Education Scientist at St. Joseph’s Education & Research Centre (SERC) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She holds a faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at McMaster University and is a Scientist with the McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory (MERIT) Program. She is also an Associate Member of the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University.

As an interdisciplinary, PhD-trained researcher with expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, Dr. Acai’s research program involves using education as a tool to address pressing health challenges. Her focus is currently on understanding and improving equity and wellbeing in our health systems. She also conducts research in the areas of competency-based medical education, including assessment; learner-centred pedagogies; and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

For more information about Dr. Acai, please visit her website at https://anitaacai.com.

Dr Elif Bilgic is an Assistant Professor and Education Scientist in the Department of Pediatrics and MERIT program. She received her PhD from McGill University in Surgical Education, and completed 2 postdoctoral fellowships at McGill; one at the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, and second at the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Lab, second fellowship as a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) awarded fellow. Additionally, she was previously awarded a Royal College Medical Education Research Grant for her research in developing a curriculum to teach and assess advanced laparoscopic suturing skills, taking first steps in the development of an advanced laparoscopic surgery program.

Currently, Dr Bilgic’s program of research is in the field of performance assessment in the simulation and clinical settings, focusing on technology, innovation, and collaboration, ensuring that trainees are gaining the necessary skills to provide the best patient care possible.

Area of Expertise: Performance Assessment; Technical Skills Training; Workplace-based Assessment; Simulation-based Assessment

Dr Elif Bilgic is an Assistant Professor and Education Scientist in the Department of Pediatrics and MERIT program. She received her PhD from McGill University in Surgical Education, and completed 2 postdoctoral fellowships at McGill; one at the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, and second at the Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery Lab, second fellowship as a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) awarded fellow. Additionally, she was previously awarded a Royal College Medical Education Research Grant for her research in developing a curriculum to teach and assess advanced laparoscopic suturing skills, taking first steps in the development of an advanced laparoscopic surgery program.

Currently, Dr Bilgic’s program of research is in the field of performance assessment in the simulation and clinical settings, focusing on technology, innovation, and collaboration, ensuring that trainees are gaining the necessary skills to provide the best patient care possible.

Area of Expertise: Performance Assessment; Technical Skills Training; Workplace-based Assessment; Simulation-based Assessment

Dr. Teresa Chan is an associate clinical professor (part time) at McMaster University. In July 2023, she became the founding dean of the Toronto Metropolitan University. At McMaster, she has previously been the Associate Dean, Continuing Professional Development and the Assistant Dean, Program for Faculty Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster from 2019-2021. She was the founding Competency Committee director for the RCPSC emergency medicine residency program. She has also recently completed her term as the Director of the McMaster Area of Focused Competency for Clinician Educators (2018-2021).

She is a nationally-recognized researcher & educator. She has received the 2021 Early Career Medical Educator’s Champion award, the 2019 Canadian Association of Medical Education Meridith Marks New Educator Award, the 2020 Ian Stiell Researcher of the Year award from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, 2017 Young Educator’s Award from the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, and 2021 Royal College Award for Early-Career Leadership in Medical Education. In 2021, she was also selected as one of McMaster’s University Scholars for a four-year term, an award given to only a handful mid-career researchers within the entire university.

She is the national RCPSC’s Specialty Committee Chair of the Clinician Educator Area of Focused Competency program. She serves on the editorial boards of six journals including: Academic Medicine, Journal of Graduate Medical Education, Perspectives in Medical Education, AEM Education & Training, and the Journal of Education and Training in Emergency Medicine (JETem). Dr. Chan completed her medical school at Western University (Go Meds2008!), and then completed her residency in the RCPSC emergency medicine training at McMaster University. In 2016, she completed a Masters of Health Profession Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2023, she completed her Masters of Business Administration, from the University of the People.

Dr. Chan is very well known for her scholarship in faculty development and online education research. She is one of the founding members of the METRIQ Study group. She is the Chief Strategic Officer for the CanadiEM digital community of practice. She is a Senior Advisor of the international Faculty Incubator program for the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) group. For ALiEM, she has also served on their Editorial Board and was a lead of the Medical Education in Cases Series (www.aliem.com/medic). Dr. Chan is also interested in developing medical education innovations (and evaluating them!). For instance, she has co-developed and led the evaluation serious game about emergency department flow called GridlockED (www.gridlockedgame.com)!

Dr. Teresa Chan is an associate clinical professor (part time) at McMaster University. In July 2023, she became the founding dean of the Toronto Metropolitan University. At McMaster, she has previously been the Associate Dean, Continuing Professional Development and the Assistant Dean, Program for Faculty Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster from 2019-2021. She was the founding Competency Committee director for the RCPSC emergency medicine residency program. She has also recently completed her term as the Director of the McMaster Area of Focused Competency for Clinician Educators (2018-2021).

She is a nationally-recognized researcher & educator. She has received the 2021 Early Career Medical Educator’s Champion award, the 2019 Canadian Association of Medical Education Meridith Marks New Educator Award, the 2020 Ian Stiell Researcher of the Year award from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, 2017 Young Educator’s Award from the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, and 2021 Royal College Award for Early-Career Leadership in Medical Education. In 2021, she was also selected as one of McMaster’s University Scholars for a four-year term, an award given to only a handful mid-career researchers within the entire university.

She is the national RCPSC’s Specialty Committee Chair of the Clinician Educator Area of Focused Competency program. She serves on the editorial boards of six journals including: Academic Medicine, Journal of Graduate Medical Education, Perspectives in Medical Education, AEM Education & Training, and the Journal of Education and Training in Emergency Medicine (JETem). Dr. Chan completed her medical school at Western University (Go Meds2008!), and then completed her residency in the RCPSC emergency medicine training at McMaster University. In 2016, she completed a Masters of Health Profession Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2023, she completed her Masters of Business Administration, from the University of the People.

Dr. Chan is very well known for her scholarship in faculty development and online education research. She is one of the founding members of the METRIQ Study group. She is the Chief Strategic Officer for the CanadiEM digital community of practice. She is a Senior Advisor of the international Faculty Incubator program for the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) group. For ALiEM, she has also served on their Editorial Board and was a lead of the Medical Education in Cases Series (www.aliem.com/medic). Dr. Chan is also interested in developing medical education innovations (and evaluating them!). For instance, she has co-developed and led the evaluation serious game about emergency department flow called GridlockED (www.gridlockedgame.com)!

Dr. Lawrence Grierson is Associate Professor with the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and an Education Scientist with the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences’ Program for Educational Research, Innovation, and Theory (MERIT), the Program for Community and Rural Education (Mac-CARE), and the Undergraduate MD Program at McMaster University; appointments through which he leads a variety of research pertaining to Health Professions Education. He obtained his PhD in Kinesiology at McMaster University before completing concurrent postdoctoral fellowships with the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Sick Kids Learning Institute, Lawrence S. Bloomberg School of Nursing, and The Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science at the University of Toronto. Lawrence serves as Assistant Dean of McMaster’s Health Sciences Education Graduate Program and on the CFPC’s Program Evaluation Advisory Group for the Triple-C Curriculum.

Area of Expertise: Health Research Methods; Simulation-Based Education

Dr. Lawrence Grierson is Associate Professor with the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and an Education Scientist with the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences’ Program for Educational Research, Innovation, and Theory (MERIT), the Program for Community and Rural Education (Mac-CARE), and the Undergraduate MD Program at McMaster University; appointments through which he leads a variety of research pertaining to Health Professions Education. He obtained his PhD in Kinesiology at McMaster University before completing concurrent postdoctoral fellowships with the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Sick Kids Learning Institute, Lawrence S. Bloomberg School of Nursing, and The Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science at the University of Toronto. Lawrence serves as Assistant Dean of McMaster’s Health Sciences Education Graduate Program and on the CFPC’s Program Evaluation Advisory Group for the Triple-C Curriculum.

Area of Expertise: Health Research Methods; Simulation-Based Education

Dr. Kahlke earned a PhD in Education Policy Studies at the University of Alberta and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES), University of British Columbia. She has continued to build her research program as a Research Associate at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Kahlke has 12 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. Since completing her PhD, she has published 7 papers in major peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Kahlke earned a PhD in Education Policy Studies at the University of Alberta and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES), University of British Columbia. She has continued to build her research program as a Research Associate at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Kahlke has 12 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. Since completing her PhD, she has published 7 papers in major peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Sandra Monteiro is a Faculty of Health Sciences MERIT Scientist appointed to the Department of Medicine, Division of Education and Innovation. She has a second appointment to the Centre for Simulation Based Learning as the Director of Simulation Scholarship. Sandra’s program of research incorporates innovations in simulation based education to improve clinical reasoning. In 2021, she was awarded the McMaster Health Sciences Graduate Student Federation Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision Award and in 2021, she was awarded the Meridith Marks New Educator Award by the Canadian Association of Medical Educators.

Sandra has established a successful international collaboration investigating theoretical models of cognitive processes behind clinical reasoning with application for education and assessment. In 2023 she was awarded a KIPRIME fellowship as recognition of her contribution to medical education. Sandra is currently expanding her research focus to translate evidence into strategies that address inequity in healthcare and medical education. Her dedication to equity is clear through her advocacy for fair and equitable evaluations of junior faculty and learners.

Dr. Sandra Monteiro is a Faculty of Health Sciences MERIT Scientist appointed to the Department of Medicine, Division of Education and Innovation. She has a second appointment to the Centre for Simulation Based Learning as the Director of Simulation Scholarship. Sandra’s program of research incorporates innovations in simulation based education to improve clinical reasoning. In 2021, she was awarded the McMaster Health Sciences Graduate Student Federation Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision Award and in 2021, she was awarded the Meridith Marks New Educator Award by the Canadian Association of Medical Educators.

Sandra has established a successful international collaboration investigating theoretical models of cognitive processes behind clinical reasoning with application for education and assessment. In 2023 she was awarded a KIPRIME fellowship as recognition of her contribution to medical education. Sandra is currently expanding her research focus to translate evidence into strategies that address inequity in healthcare and medical education. Her dedication to equity is clear through her advocacy for fair and equitable evaluations of junior faculty and learners.

Dr. Geoffry Norman is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (formerly the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics). He has been involved with MERIT since 1971, first as a research associate (1971-1976) and then as a professor/scientist (1977-present). Geoff received a BSc in physics from the University of Manitoba in 1965, a PhD in nuclear physics from McMaster University in 1971, and a Masters in educational psychology from Michigan State University in 1977. Geoff has held an appointment at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education since 1992 and has been an associate member of McMaster’s Department of Psychology, Neurosciences and Behaviour since 1994.

Dr. Norman has received many honours and awards over the course of his career, including an Induction into Community of Excellence (McMaster, 2017), the President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision (McMaster, 2013), the John Ready Award for Innovation (Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada,  2012), Querido Visiting Professorship from Erasumus University, Rotterdam (2012), an honorary degree from Erasmus University (2010), the Karolinska Award for Research in Medical Education (2008), and the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Assessment of Clinical Competence (Medical Council of Canada, 2001). In addition, he also held a Canada Research Chair from 2001 to 2014.

Dr. Geoffry Norman is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (formerly the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics). He has been involved with MERIT since 1971, first as a research associate (1971-1976) and then as a professor/scientist (1977-present). Geoff received a BSc in physics from the University of Manitoba in 1965, a PhD in nuclear physics from McMaster University in 1971, and a Masters in educational psychology from Michigan State University in 1977. Geoff has held an appointment at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education since 1992 and has been an associate member of McMaster’s Department of Psychology, Neurosciences and Behaviour since 1994.

Dr. Norman has received many honours and awards over the course of his career, including an Induction into Community of Excellence (McMaster, 2017), the President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision (McMaster, 2013), the John Ready Award for Innovation (Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada,  2012), Querido Visiting Professorship from Erasumus University, Rotterdam (2012), an honorary degree from Erasmus University (2010), the Karolinska Award for Research in Medical Education (2008), and the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Assessment of Clinical Competence (Medical Council of Canada, 2001). In addition, he also held a Canada Research Chair from 2001 to 2014.

Dr. Sherbino is the assistant dean of MERIT.  An emergency physician, he is a professor in the Department of Medicine.  Jonathan is the past chair of the Royal College Emergency Medicine Specialty Committee, the co-editor of CanMEDS 2015 Framework, and co-founder of the Royal College Area of Focused Competence – Clinician Educator program.  Jonathan is an award-winning teacher and educator, including recognition from the Society for Teaching & Learning in Higher Education as a 3M Fellow and via fellowship in the Academy of Medical Educators (United Kingdom). As an education scholar Dr. Sherbino has more than 180 publications and nearly 13,000 citations. Jonathan has presented his work more than 250 times, including a number of plenaries at international conferences.

Dr. Sherbino is the assistant dean of MERIT.  An emergency physician, he is a professor in the Department of Medicine.  Jonathan is the past chair of the Royal College Emergency Medicine Specialty Committee, the co-editor of CanMEDS 2015 Framework, and co-founder of the Royal College Area of Focused Competence – Clinician Educator program.  Jonathan is an award-winning teacher and educator, including recognition from the Society for Teaching & Learning in Higher Education as a 3M Fellow and via fellowship in the Academy of Medical Educators (United Kingdom). As an education scholar Dr. Sherbino has more than 180 publications and nearly 13,000 citations. Jonathan has presented his work more than 250 times, including a number of plenaries at international conferences.

Dr. Matt Sibbald is a clinician scientist at McMaster Education, Research, Innovation and Theory program with interests in simulation-based education, competency-based education, and clinical reasoning. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine, McMaster University and Interventional cardiologist at Hamilton Health Sciences and Niagara Health System. Matt graduated from the University of Toronto with an MD in 2004, completing residencies in internal medicine (2008), cardiology (2011) and fellowship in Interventional Cardiology (2013). Matt holds a Master in Health Professions Education in 2011 and a PhD in 2013 – both from Maastricht University, Netherlands. He is currently the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education, Cardiology Residency Program Director, and Chair of the AFC Committee for Intervention Cardiology at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Matt Sibbald is a clinician scientist at McMaster Education, Research, Innovation and Theory program with interests in simulation-based education, competency-based education, and clinical reasoning. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine, McMaster University and Interventional cardiologist at Hamilton Health Sciences and Niagara Health System. Matt graduated from the University of Toronto with an MD in 2004, completing residencies in internal medicine (2008), cardiology (2011) and fellowship in Interventional Cardiology (2013). Matt holds a Master in Health Professions Education in 2011 and a PhD in 2013 – both from Maastricht University, Netherlands. He is currently the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education, Cardiology Residency Program Director, and Chair of the AFC Committee for Intervention Cardiology at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

As Director of the Office of Education Science for the Department of Surgery, Ranil’s mandate is to integrate recent advances and best practices in education science into surgical curricula whilst training the next generation of surgical educators. This includes overseeing the transition to the new Competence By Design Curriculum for all surgical programs. Ranil is also a Faculty Affiliate with the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a member of the Schools of Computational Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, and is an Adjunct Scientist with MERIT. Ranil also serves as the Creative Director for McMaster’s LIVELab, and is currently appointed as the President, Chief Research Officer and CEO for Compute Ontario.

As Director of the Office of Education Science for the Department of Surgery, Ranil’s mandate is to integrate recent advances and best practices in education science into surgical curricula whilst training the next generation of surgical educators. This includes overseeing the transition to the new Competence By Design Curriculum for all surgical programs. Ranil is also a Faculty Affiliate with the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a member of the Schools of Computational Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, and is an Adjunct Scientist with MERIT. Ranil also serves as the Creative Director for McMaster’s LIVELab, and is currently appointed as the President, Chief Research Officer and CEO for Compute Ontario.