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ASME Annual Scientific Meeting 2009 Medical Education: in Pursuit of Excellence
15 - 17 JULY 2009 The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh  9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, UK

Lorelei Lingard is Associate Professor in Dept of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto, lead education scientist in the SickKids Learning Institute and Scientist in the Wilson Centre for Research in Education. She is the inaugural holder of the BMO Financial Group Professorship in Health Professions Education Research at the University Health Network. She received her PhD in Rhetoric from Simon Fraser University in 1998.

Dr. Lingard's research program investigates the nature of communication on interprofessional healthcare teams in a variety of clinical settings, including the operating room, the intensive care unit, the internal medicine ward, the adult rehabilitation ward, and the family health centre. She is particularly interested in how communication patterns influence novice socialization and patient safety.

Her collaborative research team includes PhD and Masters students from rhetoric and education, as well as clinical collaborators from a variety of healthcare disciplines. Lorelei has been the recipient of numerous awards for her research, including a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator award (2003-2008).

• ASM 2009