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Faculty Member

Susan Glover Takahashi PhD, MA(Ed), BSc

Email Address(es)
sglover.takahashi(at)utoronto.ca
Office Phone
1416 902 9989
Office Address
c/o DFCM, Graduate Studies, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto 500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V7
Division(s)/Institute(s)
Clinical Public Health Division
Position
Adjunct Lecturer
SGS Status
Associate (Restricted) Member

Research Interests

  • Competency Models
  • Curriculum Design
  • Professionalism Behaviours in Practice
  • Postgraduate Medical Education
  • Assessment and evaluation

Education & Training History

2004 PhD, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1997 MA (Education), Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Professional Summary & Appointments

2022 -present, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

2022 – present, Cross-appointment Adjunct Faculty, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

2017 – present, Associate Member, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2017 -2021, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

2006-2017, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Honours & Awards

  • CAME Merit Award -2019
  • International Network of Physiotherapy Regulatory Authorities (INPTRA) -2019
  • Notable Alumni Recognition, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto -2017
  • Best Poster, Wilson Centre Research Day, Toronto, Canada -2016
  • Continuing Education and Graduate Studies Instructor Award, DFCM -2016

Current Research Projects

  • Online game to support professionals in competence development and maintenance
  • Best practices in systems to support regulated professionals in ongoing competence including remediation and coaching practices

Representative Publications

  1. Glover Takahashi, S., Nayer M., St. Amant, L. Epidemiology of competence: a scoping review to understand the risks and supports to competence of four health professions. BMJ Open. 2017;7(9): e014823. Available from: https://doi.org/1136/bmjopen-2016-014823. Principal Author.
  2. Sirianni, G., Walcott, S. & Glover Takahashi, S. Collective Wisdom in Faculty Development for Competency-Based Medical Education: A Needs Assessment and Survey. MedEdPublish. Canadian Family Physician. 2021;10, [1], 152, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2021.000152.1 Co-author.
  3. Glover Takahashi S, Nayer M, St. Amant L, Connecting Theory & Practice: Exploring the Risks & Supports to the Competence of Physiotherapists. College of Physiotherapists of Ontario. 2017; https://www.collegept.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/what-ontario-physiotherapist-data-says-about-risk-to-competence.pdf?sfvrsn=bb7cfa1_0 Principal Author.
  4. Lazor J., Glover Takahashi S., Leslie K. Who’s connected to whom and how: a model of evolving relationships and roles in faculty development and curriculum development during curriculum renewal and innovation. MedEdPublish. 2018;7,[2],51. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2018.0000119.1. Co-Principal Author.
  5. Pirie, J., St. Amant, L. & Glover Takahashi, S. Managing residents in difficulty within CBME residency educational systems: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education. 2020;235 (2020). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02150-0. Co-Author.