Dr. Meghan McConnell

Dr. Meghan McConnell
Dr. Meghan McConnell
Associate Professor, Department of Innovation in Medical Education

PhD

Room
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, 850 Peter Morand Crescent, 102D, Ottawa, ON, K1G 5Z3
Phone
613-562-5800 ext. 8295


Biography

Credentials and qualifications

  • PhD, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON MD-Granting Institution
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Assessment & Evaluation, Medical Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Professions Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Appointments

2016 – present

Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa

Department of Innovations in Medical Education

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

2016 – present

Adjunct Professor, McMaster University

Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

2015 – present

Instructor, University of Bern, Institut für Medizinische Lehre

Research Methodology of Clinical Educators

2013 – present

Senior Scientist, McMaster University

Program for Continuing Health Science Education

2013 – 2016

Assistant Professor, McMaster University

Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience

Academic and clinical interests

  • Emotion research, where Dr. McConnell examines the role of emotions and moods in the training, assessment, and performance of healthcare professionals
  • Pedagogical research, where Dr. McConnell investigates factors that modulate learning and knowledge transfer
  • Assessment and evaluation research, where Dr. McConnell examines the psychometrics of various types of assessments and evaluations of competency, with a special interest in constructs such as communication, compassion, and professionalism. 

Selected publications

McConnell, M.M. The importance of sociocultural factors in moderating the applicability of test-enhanced learning to continuing professional development.  Journal of Continuing Education in Health Professions.  42(3): 190-196, 2022

Mausz, J., Donnelly, E. A., Moll, S., Harms, S., Tavares, W., & McConnell, M.M. Mental disorder symptoms among paramedics in a single Canadian site. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(8): 4879, 2022

Mausz, J., Donnelly, E. A., Moll, S., Harms, S., Tavares, W., & McConnell, M.M. Role identify, dissonance, and distress among paramedics. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19 (4): 2115, 2022.

Voduc, N., Adamson, R., Kashgari, A., Fenton, M., Porhownik, N., Wojnar, M., Sharma, K., Gilson, A., Chung, C., McConnell, M.M. Development of learning curves for bronchoscopy: Results from a multicentre study of pulmonary trainees.  CHEST. 55(8): 2485-92, 2020

McConnell MM, Eva KW (2021). Chapter 16: Emotions and learning: Cognitive theoretical and methodological approaches to studying the influence of emotions on leaning (pp 181 – 192). In: Cleland J, Durning SJ (editors). Researching Medical Education, 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: West Sussex.

McConnell MM, Kulasegaram K, Monteiro SD, Pottruff M, Neville A, Norman GR, Eva K. The impact of emotion of learners’ application of basic science principles to novel problems.  Academic Medicine. 2016; 91(11):58-63, 2016. 

McConnell MM, Azzam K, Xenodemetropoulos T, Panju A. Effectiveness of test-enhanced learning in continuing health sciences education: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 2015; 35(2): 119-122

McConnell MM, St-Onge C, Young ME.  The benefits of testing for learning on later performance.  Advances in Health Science Education. 2014; 20(2): 305 – 320.

McConnell MM, Eva KW.  The importance of emotion in the acquisition and transfer of clinical skills and knowledge. Academic Medicine.  2012; 87:1316–1322.