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Educational Initiatives

Undergraduate Program Visit Program Page

We have established a significant level of participation in undergraduate teaching. The anesthesia clerkship rotation has undergone significant alteration over the past five years, including the use of medium-fidelity clinical simulation, and has received consistently positive evaluations from students and faculty. This has occurred in the face of a dramatically-increasing number of undergraduate students at McMaster.

Critical Care Medicine Program Visit Program Page

The Department has also recently assumed responsibility for the Critical Care Medicine Residency Training Program, which had previously not been overseen by any departmental administrative structure.

Simulation & Crisis Management Fellowship Visit Fellowship Page

We are proud of our leadership role in simulation. The use of simulation to support our clerkship rotation provided a demonstration platform for other disciplines. We have a long history of a close working relationship with the Centre for Simulation Based Learning (CSBL), and the staff of the CSBL have provided tremendous support to the Department in the delivery of the simulation program.

Education Leadership Roles

We have been fortunate to have leadership roles within the Department filled by a series of committed and effective individuals, some of whom have also gone onto other leadership positions.

International Forum

In the international forum, Professor Robert Lee has been invited to act as an “ambassador” for Problem Based Learning (PBL) in medical education to Taiwan and Malaysian universities: both requested assistance in establishing PBL in their medical schools. Dr. Janet Farrell is clinical chief at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton is the deputy chair of the Canadian Anesthesia Society International Education Foundation (CASIEF). For many years, Dr. Dauphin has contributed to anesthesia education in Haiti, Uganda and Guyana. The department also supports Dr. Stephen Ttendo as an associate faculty member in our department and the chair and chief of anesthesia at Mbarara University, Uganda. Each year, one McMaster anesthesia resident is eligible for an elective in Uganda under his supervision. The Department trains residents from Guyana, Haiti and Uganda at McMaster University at a minimal cost. Most importantly, the rate of return of these residents to their country of origin is 100%. This type of return is essential if the quality of care in those countries is to be positively affected.

Dr. Alexandra Harvey

MD, FRCPC

Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)

harvea8@mcmaster.ca
Georgetown Public Hospital - Guyana
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Dr. Janet Farrell

SJHH Chief of Anesthesia and Associate Clinical Professor

jfarrell@stjoes.ca
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Dr. Alezandre Dauphin

MD, CCFP, FRCPC

Clinical Professor

dauphina@mcmaster.ca
St. Joseph's Healthcare - Hamilton, ON
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Dr. Stephen Ttendo

MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

1 (905) 525-9140 sttendo@dr.com
Mbarara University of Science and Technology Kampala, Uganda
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Research Methodology

Dr. Lehana Thabane and Dr. Lawrence Mbuagbaw, methodologists from the Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact Department (previously known as Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics), are associate members of our department providing advice to our clinical faculty on research study design, with Dr. Mbaugbaw taking a lead on this role now that Dr. Thabane has become the Vice President Research at SJHH. We also support our statisticians to assist in design and analysis of research studies. Faculty members are being supported for the pursuit of further education, whether Master’s or PhD degrees, or other development, including training in echocardiography.

Dr. Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Associate Member (HEI)

mbuagblc@mcmaster.ca
H325 SJH Biostatistics/MDCL 2110
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Dr. Lehana Thabane

PhD, MSc

Professor (Associate Member Anesthesia)

Vice President Research, SJHH
Biostatistician, Research Methodologist

thabanl@mcmaster.ca
St. Joseph's Healthcare - Hamilton, ON
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Leadership in Continuing Education

We are proud of our faculty who have taken up leadership roles in continuing education at the provincial, national, and international levels. Under the leadership of Dr. Chris Ricci, a small group of McMaster clinical faculty working with the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) executive and other Ontario academic departments, has expanded the annual anesthesia section meeting of the OMA from fewer than 80 registrants at inception to a meeting of nearly 400 registrants, with a full three-day academic program. This is now the second-largest meeting for anesthesia in Canada.

Dr. Christopher Ricci

MD, FRCPC

Associate Clinical Professor

riccic@mcmaster.ca
HHS, Hamilton General Hospital Site - Hamilton, ON
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More Highlights

Rounds Visit Rounds Page

We sponsor regular city-wide rounds on a monthly basis, through unrestricted educational grants from pharmaceutical and equipment sponsors.

Peri-operative medicine rounds, held jointly with the Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, have attracted several hundred attendees.

Monthly pain rounds occur at the Pain Management Centre attracting an interdisciplinary group and with speakers from Canada and the United States. Regular journal clubs continue to be well attended.

Research Initiatives

The Associate Chair of Research has instituted research interest group evenings several times throughout the year at which research protocols are discussed and reviewed prior to submission. An annual “research retreat” updates members regarding activities within the Department.

Growth

In addition to anesthesia service, the department continues to have a large number of members providing chronic pain care – the largest university affiliated pain management centre in Canada. This in turn attracts a large number of applicants for fellowship training positions.