Virtual Care in CanMEDS 2025

Rebecca G Stovel; Daniel Dubois; Teresa M Chan; Brent Thoma; Kendall Ho

doi:10.36834/cmej.75439

Authors

Rebecca G Stovel University of Toronto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6223-6364
Daniel Dubois University of Ottawa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7088-5110
Teresa M Chan McMaster University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6104-462X
Brent Thoma University of Saskatchewan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-5786
Kendall Ho University of British Columbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4936-9031

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.75439

Author Biographies

Rebecca G Stovel , University of Toronto

Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto

Staff Physician, Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Daniel Dubois , University of Ottawa

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa

Consultant Anesthesiologist, The Ottawa Hospital

Clinician Educator, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Teresa M Chan, McMaster University

Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Associate Dean, Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.

Clinician Scientist, McMaster Education Research, Innovation, and Theory (MERIT) program, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University Hamilton, Canada.

Kendall Ho , University of British Columbia

Professor & Lead Digital Emergency Medicine Unit, Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC Faculty of Medicine

Medical Director, BC Ministry of Health HealthlinkBC 8-1-1 virtual medical program (HEiDi)

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