Catherine Patocka, MD, MHPE, PhD

Doctor of Medicine, McGill University, Canada
Masters of Health Professions Education, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Doctorate in Community Health Sciences (Medical Education), University of Calgary, Canada

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Areas of Research

Realist inquiry
I'm interested in applying realist methods to the field of health professions education and health services research.
Feedback in medical education
My doctoral studies focused on developing a pattern system of feedback in medical education and I am not doing further work to provide validity evidence and demonstrate the utility of this pattern system in health professions education, in particular in PGME and post-certification education.
Pattern inquiry
I have collaborated with Dr. Rachel Ellaway to develop a concrete example of pattern inquiry in medical education by creating a pattern system for feedback. I look forward to continuing this collaboration in the future, potentially extending it to other areas of health professions education research.

Supervising degrees

Community Health Sciences - Masters: Accepting Inquiries