Papers & Publications NEW 2025
In 2022, the Department of Pediatrics (DoP) onboarded its first ever education scientist – Dr. Elif Bilgic. In her joint role as MERIT scientist and DoP member, she has collaboratively moved education scholarship to a higher level. Her engagement with faculty and learners has been instrumental in improving the calibre and volume of education research. Mentorship has led to many successes in education including one of our faculty members receiving the 2023 MERIT faculty fellowship. Beyond this partnership, many of our department members are MERIT members and enjoy being part of the education scholarship community of practice through attending events including NERD and Sibley Lecture, and consultation with the MERIT scientists.
– Ereny Bassilious, MERIT Member & Associate Chair Education, Department of Pediatrics
Names of MERIT membership bolded
- Abbas, M. Y., Haas, J., Huang, E., McKinnon, V., Coroneos, C., & Acai, A. (2025). Feedback and assessment methods in microsurgery education: A scoping review. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2616-4370
- Acai, A., Frake, M., Hamilton, M., Maher, P. T., Verwoord, R., & Woolmer, C. (2024). Seven guiding principles for building fellowship in SoTL. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 15(3), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotlrcacea.2024.3.16448
- Alade, O. T., Forough, F., Sprague, S. A., Acai, A., & Bhandari, M. (2025). Help seeking for intimate partner violence in a resource-constrained setting: A latent class analysis of the Nigerian demographic health survey dataset. PLOS ONE, 20(10), Article e0334905. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334905
- Alshammri F, Abdulshakour M, Chen L, Sheppard R, Kearney J, Bilgic E. Pediatric Endocrinology Education Amongst Trainees: A Scoping Review. Clin Teach, 22: e70011. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.70011. 2025
- Amiel JM, Chan TM, Roberts LW. Reporting on Innovations in Academic Medicine. Acad Med; 2025; 100(2);117-118.
- Barber C, Chahine Chapter 8: Assessing Medical School compliance with social accountability principles and values. In Elhassan MA, Taha MH, & Boloen C. (Eds). Social Accountability of Medical Schools: Empowering the Future of Medical Education and Healthcare. 2025. Springer, Nature.
- Barber C, Woollard Chapter 10: Appreciative Inquiry: Catalyzing Progress towards Social Accountability. In Elhassan MA, Taha MH, & Boloen C. (Eds). Social Accountability of Medical Schools: Empowering the Future of Medical Education and Healthcare. 2025. Springer, Nature.
- Bracken K, Saleh A, Sandor J, Sibbald M, Lee-Poy M, Ngo Q. The Predictice Power of Short Answer Questions in Undergraduate Medical Education Progress Difficulty. Medical Science Educator 35.1 (2025): 351-358. 2025
- Bukeyeneza J, Medha G, Bilgic E, MacKenzie K, Aziz MO, El Tobgy K, Goswami I. The development of an outreach educational workshop for pediatricians to manage newborns with birth-related neurological illness. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 31: e70112. 2025
- Burgess R., Srebotnjak T., Lin C., Grierson L., Esty D., Ransome Y., Freudenberg N. (2025). Toward Monitoring and Addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health: Where Can We Go From Here? The Milbank Quarterly, , 103(2), 254-315. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.70012.
- Cameron E, Fleming H, Mose R, Monteiro S. Exploring context and culture in clinical reasoning medical education: A qualitative exploratory study. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2025 Mar;31(2):e14126. Mar/2025
- Carstensen, S. M. D., Grierson, L., Konge, L., Just, S. A., Pfeiffer-Jensen, M., Ostergaard, M., Moller, I., Miguel, M., Coronel, L., Bong, D., Terslev, L. (2025). Expert learning in musculoskeletal ultrasound – an international observational study. European Journal of Ultrasound. http://doi.org/10.1055/a-2532-6860.
- Choi, J., Zhao, J.L., Ngo, T., Grierson, L. (2025). Investigating the threat of AI to undergraduate medical school admissions: A study of its potential impact on the rating of applicant essays. Canadian Medical Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.79690.
- Chow, J., Al-Duaij, L., Last, N., Sheth, U., Rehman, M., Azim, A., Khalid, F., Blissett, S., Sibbald, M. (2024). Transformational learning and professional identity formation in postgraduate competency-based medical education. Medical Education. doi:10.1111/medu.15553.
- Cleland, J., Grierson, L., Tolsgaard, M. (2025). Data science in health professions education: promises and challenges. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 30, 1-4.
- Coetzee K, Amirthalingam L, Eftekari T, Monteiro S. The equivalence of a high stakes objective structured clinical exam adapted to suit a virtual delivery format. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2025 Feb;31(1):e14167. Feb/2025
- Coetzee K, Monteiro S, Amirthalingam L. A many facet Rasch measurement model approach to investigating objective structured clinical examination item parameter drift. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2025 Feb;31(1):e14114. Feb/2025
- Constable, M., Zhang, F.X., Conner, T., Monk, D., Rajsic, J., Ford, C., Park, L.J., Platt, A., Porteous, D., Grierson, L., Shum, H.P.H. (2025) Advancing healthcare practice and education via data sharing: Demonstrating the utility of open data by training an artificial intelligence model to assess cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills. Advances in Health Science Education, 30, 15-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-024-10369-5
- Cordovani L, Jack SM, Wong A, Monteiro S. Motivation Strategies for Learning and Their Influences in Students’ Feedback Literacy During Undergraduate Medical School: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study. Medical Science Educator. 2025 Feb 25:1-5. Feb/2025
- Dehmoobad SA, Bellini J, Alabousi A, Monteiro S, Mensinkai A, Al-Arnawoot B. Investigating Canadian radiology residents’ personal financial literacy: A nation-wide assessment. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal. 2024 Nov;75(4):712-20. Nov/2024
- Edwards SL, Zarandi A, Cosimini M, Chan TM, Abudukebier M, Stiver ML. Analog serious games for medical education: a scoping review. Academic Medicine. 2025; 100(3); 375-387. DOI: 1097/ACM.0000000000005911
- Elma, A., Shah, A.Q., Boies, S., Leduc, J., Kulasegaram, K., Profetto, J., Latter, D., Bourdy, C., Hanson, M., Grierson, L. (2024). Understanding the characteristics and values underpinning the social innovations of medical school admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multiple case-study of medical school admissions members in Canada. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 15(3), 132-364. https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.79446
- Elma, A., Shah, A.Q., Shnitzer, H., Yang, L., Okoh, A., Howard, M., Francois, J., Katz, A., Price, D., Grierson, L. (2025). A qualitative study of the grassroots development of interprofessional primary care teams. British Journal of General Practice. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0756
- Fantaye AW, Alexanian J, Chen R, McCloy C, Lochnan H, Burnett M, Leslie K, Chan T, Danilovich N, Hendry P, Kitto S. Peer observation of teaching: multiple-site case study guided by diffusion of innovations theory. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2025; 10:1-26. Doi: 1007/s10459-025-10456-1
- Hamza, D.M., Archibald, D., Grierson, L. (2025) A Program Evaluation Plan for the Implementation, Monitoring, and Continuous Quality Improvement of the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s Education Action Plan. College of Family Physicians of Canada. Mississauga ON Canada. May 2025.
- He L, Kazi T, Mazzeo A, Khan H, Mithoowani S, Chan TM. The Intersection of Gender, Academic Leadership, and Continuing Professional Development. Canadian Medical Education Journal. Available online June 3, 2025. Available at: https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.79839
- Jiwa A, Irani T, Qu K, Kirshna A, Alkhaldi K, Chan TM. Five strategies for inclusion in academic publishing. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025 (27); 671-673. doi: 1007/s43678-025-01003-3
- Kalun, P., Sonnadara, R.R. (2025). Learning how to suture: Should learners observe a demonstration of someone who is experienced or inexperienced to improve their own performance? The American Journal of Surgery, 243, 116276.
- Karunaratne D, Sibbald M, Madawa C. Understanding cultural dynamics shaping clinical reasoning skills: A dialogical exploration. Medical Education 59.1 (2025): 75-82. 2025
- Kulasegaram, K., Archibald, D., Bartman, I., Chahine, S., Kirpalani, A., Wilson, C., Ross, B., Cameron, E., Hogenbirk, J., Barber, C., Burgess, R., Katsoulas, E., Touchie, C., Grierson, L. (2025). Can all roads lead to competency? School level effects in licensing examination scores. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 30, 37-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-024-10398-0.
- Lannon, M., Hart, S., Martyniuk, A., Sharma, S., Acai, A., & Singh, S. (2025). From hope to grief and back again: Loved ones’ experience with glioblastoma in the Spatial Heterogeneity Challenge. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2025.2569414
- Last N, Sheth U, Keuhl A, Geekie-Sousa A, Yilmaz DU, Monteiro S, Sibbald M. Engaging and supporting standardized patients involved in equity-seeking healthcare training: a qualitative study. Int J Med Educ. 2025 Mar 20;16:64-74. Mar/2025
- Lau J, Dunn N, Qu M, Preyra R, Chan TM. Metaverse Technologies in Acute Care Medical Education: A scoping review. AEM Education and Training. 2025; 9(1); e11058. Doi: 1002/aet2.11058
- Mannix A, Hegarty CB, Bord S, Beardsley T, Monteiro S, Alvarez A, Davis T, Gore K, Parsons M, Pandey A, Krzyzaniak SM. The standardized letter of evaluation (SLOE) in emergency medicine: The internal validity of the SLOE 2.0. AEM Education and Training. 2025 Feb;9(1):e70000. Feb/2025
- McGuire, N., Acai, A., Sonnadara, R.R. (2025). The McMaster Narrative Comment Rating Tool: Development and Initial Validity Evidence. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 37. 86-98.
- McQueen, S., Hammond, A., McParland, A., Sonnadara, R.R., Moulton, C. (2024). Reigniting the Flame: An Exploration of Flow in Surgery. Academic Medicine. 10.1097.
- Mellon M, Van Dierdonck H, Morjaria L, Bracken K, Sibbald M. Reflecting on Peer Feedback in Problem-Based Learning: Implementing a Group Function Tool. Cureus 16.12 (2024). 2025
- Molinaro ML, Shah AQ, Elma A, Scholes A, Pinto N, Leslie M, Brown A, Cook D, Niven D, Fiest K, Peter E, Grierson L, Vanstone M. (2025). Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Healthcare and Administrative Professionals during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. doi:10.1177/08850666251329828
- Monteiro S, Sibbald M, Beecroft J, Bhanji F, Caners K, Chen R, Dhir J, Kahlke R, Keuhl A, LeBlanc V, Nagji A, Petrosoniak A, Wang B, Wojkowski E, Yu YF. Choosing Wisely for Simulation-Based Learning in Health Professions Education. Med.Sci.Educ. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02471-z. 2025
- Morjaria L, Gandhi B, Haider N, Mellon M, Sibbald M. Applications of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Electronic Medical Records: A Scoping Review. Information 16.4 (2025): 284. 2025
- Morjaria L, Burns L, Bracken K, Levinson A, Ngo Q, Lee M, Sibbald M. Integrating large language models into medical education: A commentary on opportunities, challenges, and future directions. McMaster University Medical Journal 21.1 (2025): 78-83. 2025
- Novin S, Younas T, Xu J, Graef SE, Karimi N, Xu M, Petropoulos J-A, Ngo QN, Bilgic E. Simulation Platforms to Train and Assess Pediatric Procedural Skills: A Scoping Review. AEM Education and Training 9, no. 4 (2025): e70083, https://doi.org/10.1002/aet2.70083. 2025
- Okoh AC, Shahu A, Gu R, Siu H, Howard M, Badone E, Grierson L. (2025). Continuity of Care during Long-Term Care Transitions: A Scoping Review of the Canadian Literature. BMC Health Services Research, 25, 606 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12558-3
- Ortega P, Becker ML, Chan TM, Manning KD. Beyond Traditional: Clearing the Roadblocks to Advancement in Academic Medicine. Perspectives on Medical Education; 2025; 14(1); 286-895.
- Owais, S., Acai, A., Duarte, D., Levinson, A. J., & Saperson, K. (2025). Development of an electroconvulsive therapy blended learning curriculum for psychiatry residents. Academic Psychiatry, 49(3), 274–278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02135-5
- Patel, M., Parnian, P., Madden, K., Sprague, S., Acai, A., Kleinlugtenbelt, Y., . . . Busse, J. W. (2025). Perceptions of barriers and facilitators to opioid reduction after total joint arthroplasty among orthopedic surgeons practicing in Canada, Japan, and the Netherlands: A qualitative description study. PLOS ONE, 20(8), Article e0331335. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331335
- Pavalagantharajah S, Khan M, Moore C, Beattie K, Hunter A, Bilgic E, Babic B. An Innovative Approach to Patient and Family Involvement in Postgraduate Medical Education. Paediatrics & Child Health, Volume 30, Issue 5, August 2025, Pages 356–358, https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxaf022. 2025
- Pelaccia T, Sherbino J, Wyer P, Norman G. Diagnostic reasoning and cognitive error in emergency medicine: Implications for teaching and learning. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2025; 32(3), 320-326
- Pelaccia T, Sherbino J, Wyer P, Norman G. When I say … intuition. Medical Education. 2025; 59 (7), 679-681.
- Pelaccia T, Sherbino J, Wyer P. From bias to knowledge: A necessary shift to understand diagnostic errors. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2025.
- Preiksaitis C, Barber R, Caretta-Wyer H, Krzyzaniak S, Chan TM, Gisondi MA. Development and Initial Validity Evidence for the EvaLeR Tool: Assessing Quality of Emergency Medicine Educational Resources. AEM Education & Training. 2025; 9(3); e70063. Doi: 1002/aet2.70063
- Preiksaitis C, Wright K, Alvarez A, Chan T, Gottlieb M, Little A, Landry A. Measuring Burnout and Professional Fulfillment Among Emergency Medicine Residency Program Leaders in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Clinical Experimental Emergency Medicine. 2025; 12(1): 76-85. Doi: https://doi.org/10.15441/ceem.24.255
- Sherbino J, Snell L, Frank JR, Varpio L. From jungle to public garden: Refining the ecosystem for lifelong learning. The Clinical Teacher. 2024; 21 (S2).
- Sheth U, Lo M, McCarthy J, Baath N, Last N, Guo E, Monteiro S, Sibbald M. Understanding the Role of Large Language Model Virtual Patients in Developing Communication and Clinical Skills in Undergraduate Medical Education. International Medical Education. 2025; 4(4):39. https://doi.org/10.3390/ime4040039. 2025
- Sheth, U., Last, N., Keuhl, A., Azim, A., Chen, R., Dhir, J., Farrugia, P., Geekie-Sousa, A., McCarthy, J., Tong, X., Monteiro, S., Sibbald, M. (2024). Standardized Patient Education Focused on Equity Deserving Groups: Ten Tips for Educators and Programs—A Qualitative Study. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. doi:10.1097/SIH.0000000000000836.
- Shnitzer, H., Yang, L., Elma, A., Shah, A.Q., Zhao, J., Howard, M., Price, D., Francois, J., Katz, A., Grierson, L. (2024). A qualitative multiple case study on the development of the Patient’s Medical Home practices in Canada. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 15(3), 132-364. https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.79446
- Sibbald M, Sheth U, Last N, Keuhl A, McPherson I, Wojkowski S, Bakker D, Rowland P. Professionalism lapses in health professions training: Navigating the ‘Yellow Card’ moments for transformative learning. Medical Education 59.4 (2025): 418-427. 2025
- Sibbald M, Mitchell HR, Buccola J, Pinilla-Echeverri N. Impact of Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Optical Coherence Tomography Software on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Decisions. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (2025): 102438. 2025
- Sibbald, R., Parsa, R., Elma, A., Tong, X.C., Grierson, L. (2024). Switching tracks: Adapting previously developed professional identities in medical education. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 15(3), 132-364. https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.79446
- Sklar D, Chan TM, Illing J, Madhavpeddi A, Rayburn WF. Five Domains of a Conceptual Framework of Continuing Professional Development. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 2025; 45(1); 44-51. Available at: 1097/CEH.0000000000000536
- Thabane, A., Saleh, S., Pallapothu, S., McKechnie, T., Staibano, P., Busse, J., Calic, G., Sonnadara, R.R., Parpia, S., Bhandari, M. (2025). Creativity research in medicine and nursing: A scoping review. Plos One. 20. E0317209.
- Tong XC, Chopra S, Jordan H, Sibbald M, Geekie-Sousa A, Monteiro S. Did we create brave spaces? A realist evaluation report on simulation-based faculty development workshop in equity, diversity, inclusivity, and Indigenous reconciliation. Adv Simul (Lond). 2025 Apr 5;10(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s41077-025-00346-2. PMID: 40188327; PMCID: PMC11972530. Apr/2025
- van Mil S, Zubairi M, Bilgic E. Initiating a Holistic Quality Improvement Process for Resident Selection. To be submitted in the Medical Science Educator. 2025
- Varpio L, Snell L, Frank JR, Sherbino J. Everybody hurts: The Reviewer-Imposed Pain (RIP) matrix. Medical Education. 2025.
- Woods R, Bouwsema M, Cheung W, Hall A, Chan T, Paterson Q. Eight Ways to Support Faculty with Entrustable Professional Activities: Recommendations for Faculty Development. Can Med Ed J. 2024; 15(5): 137-141. Doi: 10.36834/cmej.78320