Biography
Medical school
- University of Toronto, 2014
Residency
- University of Ottawa - RCPSC, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, 2014
- University of Ottawa - DIME Medical Education Research Fellowship, 2015
Formal roles in the department
- Associate Director Education Innovation
- Director of Assessment
- Chair, Clinical Competency Committee (FRCPC Program)
Personal interests
- Spending time with family
- Keeping up with the latest in mobile technology
- Hiking, ultimate frisbee, volleyball
Publications
- DeBiasio C, Pageau P, Shefrin A, Woo MY, Cheung WJ (2023). Point-of-Care-Ultrasound in undergraduate medical education: a scoping review of assessment methods. The Ultrasound Journal. 2023; 15:30.
- McColl T, Paterson Q, Yiu S, Velji A, Woods R, Frank J, Magee K, Nath A, Russell M, Thurgur L, Ting DK, Zaver F, Cheung WJ (2023). Ready for practice? National Recommendations for emergency medicine transition to practice curriculum. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. [Published online June 2023].
- Dewhirst S, Wood TJ, Cheung WJ, Frank JR (2023). Assessing the utility of a novel entrustment-supervision assessment tool. Medical Education. [Published online June 2023].
- Ingratta J, Dudek N, Lacroix L, Cortel-LeBlanc, McConnell M, Cheung WJ (2023). Exploring Gender Influences in the Quality of Workplace-based Assessments. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. [Published online May 2023].
- Singh S, Cheung WJ, Dewhirst S, Wood TJ, Landreville J (2023). The Influence of Clinical Coaching Teams on Quality of Entrustable Professional Activity Assessments. Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training. 2023;7(3):e10879.
- Paterson QS, Alrimawi H, Sample S, Bouwsema M, Anjum O, Vincent M, Cheung WJ, Hall AK, Woods R, Martin LJ, Chan T (2023). Examining enablers and barriers to entrustable professional activity acquisition using the theoretical domains framework: A qualitative framework analysis study. Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training. 2023; 7(2):e10849.
- Yiu S, Yeung M, Cheung WJ, Frank JR (2022). Stress and conflict from tacit culture forges professional identify in newly graduated independent physicians. Advances in Health Sciences Education. [Published online December 2022].
- Menchetti I, Eagles D, Ghanem D, Leppard J, Fournier K, Cheung WJ (2022). Gender differences in emergency medicine resident assessment: a scoping review. Academic Emergency Medicine Education & Training 2022; 6(5):e10808.
- Thoma B, Paprica PA, Kaul P, Cheung WJ, Hall AK, Affleck E (2023). Data-informed medicine in CanMEDS 2025. Canadian Medical Education Journal. 14(1):54-57.
- Woods RA, Singh S, Thoma B, Patocka C, Cheung WJ, Monteiro S, Chan TM, for the QUAL validation collaborator (2022). Validity evidence for the QuAL (Quality of Assessment for Learning) score: A quality metric for supervisor comments in Competency Based Medical Education. Canadian Medical Education Journal 2022; 13(6):19-35
- Landreville J, Wood T, Frank JR, Cheung WJ (2022). Does direct observation influence the quality of workplace-based assessment documentation? Academic Emergency Medicine Education & Training 2022; 6(4):e10781
- Rich JV, Cheung WJ, Cooke L, Oswald A, Gauthier S, Hall AK (2022). Do resident archetypes influence the functioning of programs of assessment? Education Sciences 2022; 12(5):293.
- Chen KJ, Wilson S, Cheung WJ (2022). Five ways to get a grip on designing medical student clerkship clinical rotations during a pandemic. Canadian Medical Education Journal 2022; 14(2):4.
- Nath A, Yadav K, Chagnon N, Cheung WJ (2022). Competency based medical education (CBME) in CCFP(EM) programs. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022; 24:599-605.
- Leppard J, Nath A, Cheung WJ. (2022). Experiences, perspectives and advice for using virtual interviews in post-graduate trainee selection – a national survey of CCFP(EM) Program Directors. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 24:498-502.
- Khamisa K, Fellus IA, Fellus OO, Cheung WJ, Rousseau M. (2022). Developing the next generation of medical educations: assessing the impact of a clinical teaching elective offered to senior medical students. International Journal of Medical Education.2022;13:64-65.
- Maniuk T, Cheung WJ, Fischer L, Nemnom MJ, Eagles D. (2022). The relationship between empathy and the quality of the educational environment in Canadian emergency medicine residents. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 24, 493-497.
- Prager R, Pageau P, Hodges T, Yan C, Woo M, Nemnom MJ, Millington S, Holden M, St-Gelais R, Cheung WJ. (2022). Characterizing the biomechanical differences between novice and expert point-of-care ultrasound practitioners using a low-cost gyroscope and accelerometer integrated sensor: a pilot study. Academic Emergency Medicine Education & Training. 6(2):e10733.
- Cheung WJ, Hall AK, Skutovich A, Brzezina S, Dalseg TR, Oswald A, Cooke LJ, Van Melle E, Hamstra SJ, Frank JR. (2022). Ready, set, go! Evaluating readiness to implement competency based medical education. Medical Teacher. 44(8): 886-892.
- Cheung WJ, Wagner N, Frank JR, Oswald A, Van Melle E, Skutovich A, Dalseg TR, Cooke LJ, Hall AK. (2022). Implementation of competence committees during the transition to CBME in Canada: A national fidelity-focused evaluation. Medical Teacher. 44(7):781-789.
Awards
- Early Career Researcher of the Year – Innovation, Education and Medical Humanities Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa (2022)
- Dr. Ian Stiell Excellence in Emergency Medicine Scholarship Award, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa (2020)
- Mikhael Award for Medical Education, Resident Doctors of Canada (RDoC) (2019)
- Top Education Innovation Award, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (2019)
- Junior Clinical Research Chair in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, 2016-2019