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Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada Canada

Associate Professor at Memorial University

Education

I obtained my PhD in Kinesiology in 2001 from the University of Waterloo. Subsequently I completed an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship in Neuroscience. Since joining the University of Toronto my research career has focused on studying how simulation techniques and learning-enabled technologies can accelerate the acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes in health care professionals. I commenced at the Surgical Skills Centre, Mt. Sinai Hospital by studying factors influencing the acquisition of technical skills for surgery and particularly methods of optimizing simulation-based practice, factors influencing retention, maintenance and transfer of skills and the validation of innovative...