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MASTER'S PROGRAM

Master of Medical Sciences in Medical Education

Program Begins: Fall 2023

Program Format: Live Virtual

Application Opens: Fall 2022

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Who Should Apply

The MMSc-Medical Education is open to those who already possess or are in the process of completing a terminal academic or professional credential, such as MD, MBBS, PhD, or other doctoral degree in the nursing, pharmacy, public health or health professions-related fields.

Health professionals without a doctoral degree, for whom education is a central part of their professional mission, may still be eligible and should contact program leadership to learn more.

Student Research Projects

Student Research

Residents as Research Subjects:

Balancing Resident Education and Contribution to Advancing Educational Innovations

Thibault L. et al. | Journal of Graduate Medical Education

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Student Research

Effectively Planning a Journal Club in Academic Medicine

Zagury-Orly I et al. | Academic Medicine

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Student Research

Video Creation for Specialty Career Exposure

in Undergraduate Medical Education

Cadieux M et al. | The Clinical Teacher’s Toolbox

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  • 2022

    • Thibault L et al. Residents as Research Subjects: Balancing Resident Education and Contribution to Advancing Educational Innovations. 2022.
    • Zagury-Orly I et al. Effectively Planning a Journal Club in Academic Medicine. Academic Medicine. 2022.
  • 2021

    • Cadieux M et al. Video creation for specialty career exposure in undergraduate medical education. Clin Teach. 2021.
    • Liu TH et al. A story half told: a qualitative study of medical students' self-directed learning in the clinical setting. BMC Med Educ 2021.
    • Zagury-Orly I et al. The Student-Generated Reasoning Tool (SGRT): Linking medical knowledge and clinical reasoning in preclinical education. Med Teach. 2021.
  • 2020

    • Areemit RS et al. Hierarchy, "Kreng Jai" and Feedback: A Grounded Theory Study Exploring Perspectives of Clinical Faculty and Medical Students in Thailand. Teach Learn Med. 2021.
    • Axelsson CGS et al. Applying a novel cost-evaluation framework to assess video-based neurosurgery education. Am J Surg. 2020.
    • Cadieux M et al. Journal Club Using Virtual Breakout Rooms: Interactive Continuing Education with No Learner Preparation During COVID-19. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2020.
    • Dzara K et al. A Guide to Educational Pyramids Commonly Used in Medical Education Programs. Acad Med. 2020.
    • Huth K et al. Establishing trust within interprofessional teams with a novel simulation activity in the pediatric clerkship. J Interprof Care. 2020.
    • Musunur S et al. When Bad Things Happen: Training Medical Students to Anticipate the Aftermath of Medical Errors. Acad Psychiatry. 2020.
    • Zagury-Orly I et al. Covid-19 - A Reminder to Reason. N Engl J Med. 2020.
  • 2016-2019

    • Fischer K et al. Assessing the Effectiveness of Using Mechanistic Concept Maps in Case-Based Collaborative Learning. Acad Med. 2019.
    • Dzara K, Huth K, Kesselheim JC, Schumacher DJ. Rising to the Challenge: Residency Programs' Experience With Implementing Milestones-Based Assessment. J Grad Med Educ. 2019.
    • Piza F et al. Awareness and usage of evidence-based learning strategies among health professions students and faculty. Med Teach. 2019.
    • Piza F et al. The power of nonverbal communication in medical education. Med Teach. 2019.
    • Simpkin AL et al. Assessment of Job Satisfaction and Feeling Valued in Academic Medicine. JAMA Intern Med. 2019.
    • Rana J et al. Defining curricular priorities for student-as-teacher programs: A National Delphi Study. Med Teach. 2018.
    • Simpkin AL et al. Tolerating Uncertainty - The Next Medical Revolution? N Engl J Med. 2016.
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