Glenn Regehr, Professor in the Department of Surgery, received the 2013 Ian Hart Award for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Education from the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME). This award recognizes senior faculty who have made an exceptional contribution to medical education throughout their academic career.
Since joining the UBC Faculty of Medicine in July 2009, Dr. Regehr has been a Senior Scientist and Associate Director of Research at the Centre for Health Education Scholarship. He also holds a cross appointment with the UBC Faculty of Education, is associate faculty in the Department of Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is an affiliated scholar at the Wilson Centre for Research in Health Professional Education at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Regehr has co‐authored over 60 peer reviewed grants, 150 peer reviewed journal articles, 200 peer reviewed presentations at national conferences and 80 invited presentations around the world. He has chaired several national and international scientific committees related to education research and currently sits on the editorial boards of Academic Medicine, Medical Education and Advances in Health Sciences Education (where he serves as an associate editor).
Dr. Regehr has been awarded both the National Board of Medical Examiners Hubbard Award (2007) and the Medical Council of Canada Outstanding Achievement Award (2008) for his contributions to the evaluation of clinical competence.