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.