McMaster University’s Teresa Chan is winner of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)’s Outstanding Contribution to Faculty Development Award for innovations in medical education.

Roughly 120 clinicians, patient advocates, students and research managers will attend the ReThink Clinical Reasoning Conference hosted by McMaster University.

The free workshops are designed to support faculty in developing their qualitative research knowledge and skills while preparing an application for any relevant grant competition.

A McMaster University doctor is receiving $300,000 in funding to research improvements to clinical practice and enhance the health-care experience for patients and clinicians alike.

People who use cannabis during pregnancy and lactation do so to manage pregnancy-related symptoms and pre-existing conditions, including nausea and vomiting, mental health and insomnia, says a study led by McMaster University researchers.

Teresa Chan, MD, FRCPC, MHPE, DRCPSC, is the recipient of the 2021 Royal College Award for Early-Career Leadership in Medical Education / Continuing Professional Development.

A warm welcome to Dr. Renate Kahlke as she recently joined the Division of Education and Innovation.

Healthcare professionals seeking to upgrade their skills mid-career have a formidable ally in Teresa Chan, incoming associate dean of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Three Faculty of Health Sciences professors have been named 2021 University Scholars by McMaster University. Teresa Chan, Andrea Gonzalez and Richard Whitlock are three of seven who have been given the university’s top award for mid-career researchers who are considered global leaders.

Jonathan Sherbino has been awarded a 3M National Teaching Fellowship, Canada’s most prestigious recognition of excellence in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level.

Cardiologist Matt Sibbald is the new associate dean of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine’s undergraduate program, pending final university approvals. Sibbald, who begins his five-year appointment May 1, is keen to build on the program’s innovative tradition using educational research, and to create new ways for students to engage in their training.

The Faculty of Health Sciences is a community of faculty, staff, and learners. Like many we are shocked, saddened and gravely concerned about the anti-Black racism and violence at the hands of police, and the ensuing tragic events, occurring in the United States. We recognize these deaths and events as a part of systemic injustices and inequities that are made more evident with the current pandemic, are also present within Canada and within many institutions, including our own.

A study from McMaster University has shown that traditional ways of learning anatomy remain superior to those that rely on digital media. The research suggests that virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) are inferior to traditional physical models of learning, and have major disadvantages in cost and functionality.

New McMaster research has found a program that honours dying patients by fulfilling end of life wishes can be powerful, affordable and sustainable in many settings.

Physicians, medical residents and students, nurses and educators received hands-on patient care experiences last Wednesday during a simulation open house at the St. Catharines site of Niagara Health. The use of medical simulation for education to improve patient safety using shared resources and expertise is behind a new partnership between Niagara Health and the Niagara Regional Campus of McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.

It is considered one of the biggest changes to Canada's medical education in more than a century. Competency based medical education (CBME) is being rolled out at McMaster University and in residency programs across the country.

Patricia (Pat) Ford, an assistant clinical professor of McMaster University's School of Nursing, is the 2018 recipient of the John C. Sibley Award for excellence in education. The award is presented annually to a part-time faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to the education of health professionals. It is named in honour of the former associate dean at McMaster known locally and internationally for his interdisciplinary approach to community health.

GridlockED, is an educational tool to help future doctors and doctors training to be specialists in emergency medicine learn system approaches to multi-patient management in a safe, low-stakes environment.

The Program for Research and Development (PERD) has been renamed the McMaster FHS program for Education Research, Innovation and Theory (MERIT).