Jeff Myers

2012 Feb - present: Head - Division of Palliative Care, Palliative Care, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

2012 Feb - present:    W. Gifford-Jones Professor in Pain Control and Palliative Care, Palliative Care, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

2011 - present: Associate Professor, Palliative Care, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

2015 Jul - 2016 Mar: Acting Provincial Clinical Lead, Ontario Palliative Care Network

2015 Jan - 2016 Aug: Chair, Last Year of Life Capacity Building Task Force, Faculty of Medicine, Dept of Family & Community Medicine

2010 - 2015: Chair, National Collaborative in Palliative Medicine Residency Training - Working Group on Learner Assessment 

Research Synopsis

Postgraduate Medical Learner Assessment: for competency based curricula, “entrustable professional activities” (EPAs) are a particularly promising method of learner assessment. Areas of research include the development and validation of a set of palliative medicine EPAs, proof of concept and implementation with a focus on faculty development.

Honours and Awards

Name:
Description:

2014 Award of Excellence, Ontario Medical Association.

2012 Carmelita Lawlor Lectureship (Faculty of Medicine), University of Toronto.

2011 Teacher of the Year, Palliative Medicine Residency Program, Division of Palliative Care, Dept of Family & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

2010 Excellence in Faculty Development, Professional Development Awards, Dept of Family & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Grants

Education development fund. University of Toronto. 2013 May - 2014 Oct Principal Investigator. Developing and validating a set of entrustable professional activities for palliative medicine: Phase One in designing a summative postgraduate learner assessment. $13,228