Dr. Susan Humphrey-Murto

Dr. Susan Humphrey-Murto
Dr. Susan Humphrey-Murto
Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine

MD, MEd, FRCPC

Phone
613-737-8899 ext. 81571


Biography

Dr. Humphrey-Murto is the Associate Director – Education Scholarship with the Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (CiMED). As a clinician educator she maintains an active clinical practice in General Rheumatology, with special expertise in osteoporosis. She has held several leadership roles in education including  Deputy Registrar for the Medical Council of Canada, Co-Chair for the Education Research and Development Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Program Director for Rheumatology, and Director of the Fellowship in Medical Education at the University of Ottawa.  She presently is the Research Director Education – Department of Medicine and Competence Committee Chair, Rheumatology.

She has been active in medical education research and currently holds a Tier 2 Research Chair for medical education research from the University of Ottawa. She is an international leader in the areas of learner education handover and the use of consensus group methods in education research. She provides research mentorship to students and junior faculty. She is cross-appointed to the Department of Innovation in Medical Education. 

Recent Publications (mentee name underlined)

  • Madrazo L, Choo-Foo J, Yu W, LaDonna KA, Domecq M, Humphrey-Murto S. Going to Work Sick: A Scoping Review of Illness Presenteeism Among Physicians and Medical Trainees. Med Educ. 2024 Oct 2. doi: 10.1111/medu.15538. Online ahead of print.
  • Romanova A, Touchie C, Ruller S, Cole V, Humphrey-Murto S. Protocol for a Scoping Review on Learning Plan Use in Undergraduate Medical Education. Systematic Reviews. 2024; 13:131. 
  • Lee SH, ten Cate O, Gottlieb M, Horsley T, Shea B, Fournier K, Tran C, Chan T, Wood TJ, Humphrey-Murto S. The Use of Virtual Nominal Groups in Research: An Extended Scoping Review. PLoS One. 2024 Jun 12;19(6):e0302437.
  • Romanova A, Touchie C, Ruller S, Cole V, Humphrey-Murto S. Learning plan use in undergraduate medical education: a scoping review. Acad Med. 2024 Sep 1;99(9):1038-1045.
  • Madrazo L, Choo-Foo J, Domecq MC, LaDonna KA, Humphrey-Murto S. Illness presenteeism among physicians and trainees: Study protocol of a scoping review. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 29;19(2):e0297447.
  • Rangel C, Humphrey-Murto S. Social Studies of Science and Technology: New ways to illuminate challenges in training for health information technologies utilization. Med Educ. 2024 Jan;58(1):27-35. 
  • Sahi N, Humphrey-Murto S, Brennan E, O’Brien M, Hall A. Current Use of Simulation for EPA Assessment in Canadian Emergency Medicine FRCP Programs. CJEM. 2024 Mar;26(3):179-187
  • Rezaiefar P, Waqas N, Archibald D, Humphrey-Murto S. Novel Performance Rating Instruments for Gynecological Procedures in Primary Care: A Pilot Study. Fam Med. 2024 Apr;56(4):234-241.
  • Wood TJ, Daniels VJ, Pugh D, Touchie C, Halman S, Humphrey-Murto S. Implicit versus explicit first impressions in performance-based assessment: Will raters overcome their first impressions when learner performance changes? Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2024 Sep;29(4):1155-1168.

Research interests

  • Learner Education Handover
  • Consensus Methods (Delphi and Nominal Group Technique)
  • Rater Bias
  • Research Methods