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Kathleen Rice, PhD, Selected as Delegate for Science Meets Parliament 2025
The Family Medicine Education Research Group (FMER) is proud to celebrate Kathleen Rice, PhD’s selection as a delegate to Science Meets Parliament 2025, an initiative of the Canadian Science Policy Centre in partnership with Canada’s Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Mona Nemer.
How do you speak to different audiences about your research ideas? | Ask 5
This month on Ask 5, our aspiring researchers discuss How do I work with people who think differently than I do?
Enhancing Diagnostic Confidence in Family Medicine: The Clinical Applications of the Prevalence Threshold as an Educational Tool
Enhancing Diagnostic Confidence in Family Medicine: The Clinical Applications of the Prevalence Threshold as an Educational Tool
Past News Articles
Evaluating Usability in Blended Learning Programs
Congratulations Anish Arora!! Congratulations to Anish Arora, former MSc student affiliated with the FMER and current PhD student in Family Medicine and Health Sciences, who has published the first article stemming from his MSc thesis entitled ‘Evaluating Usability in...
How Clinical Teachers Reconcile Their Multiple Professional Identities
Congratulations David Felipe Ortiz-Paredes!! Congratulations to David Felipe Ortiz-Paredes, former MSc student affiliated with the FMER, and his thesis Advisory Committee for the publication of the article entitled ‘Embedding Identity and How Clinical Teachers...
Family Medicine Supervisors’ Preferences for Improving Their Teaching Skills in Senior Care
Congratulations to Charo Rodriguez who, as a member of a research team led by Dr. Annick Giguere (Laval University), has published the article entitled ‘Family Medicine Supervisors’ Preferences for Improving Their Teaching Skills in Senior Care’ in the April 2021...
Continuing professional education of Iranian healthcare professionals
Congratulations!! Congratulations to Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi who, in collaboration with Iranian and Canadian scholars, has published the article entitled ‘Continuing professional education of Iranian healthcare professionals in shared decision-making: lessons...
2021 recipient of the Doctoral Teaching Award
Congratulations to Pierre Pluye, Full Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, for being the 2021 recipient of the Doctoral Teaching Award by the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS). The NAGS recognizes excellence and creativity in the teaching...
Does Spaced Education Improve Clinical Knowledge among Family Medicine Residents?
FMER Advanced Research Seminars: Does Spaced Education Improve Clinical Knowledge among Family Medicine Residents? Thank you so much, Dr. Roland Grad! On behalf of all the e-attendees, we extend our sincere gratitude for your inspiring webinar.Date: February 19,...





