Description
Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) is seeking a visionary academic leader to serve as the Michael Garron Chair in Education, a prestigious appointment focused on advancing healthcare delivery in community hospital settings. This five-year term position, with a possibility of renewal, emphasizes excellence in patient safety, diagnostic error reduction, patient engagement, and simulation-based education, with a strong commitment to social justice and equity in healthcare. The anticipated start date is April 2026, or as mutually agreed.
Reporting to the Vice President, Academics at MGH, and aligned with the hospital’s strategic priorities, the Chair will foster a positive and inclusive learning environment that supports clinicians, patients, preceptors and learners across disciplines. The successful candidate will bridge the gap between research in patient safety and quality of care, and clinical practice, ensuring that healthcare trainees and professionals are equipped to apply cutting-edge scholarship to improve patient care and health system outcomes. The successful candidate will bring strategic vision and critical thinking to optimize health professional education in a community hospital context.
Key responsibilities include:
- Provide visionary leadership in education scholarship, advancing high-impact research that transforms community hospital care with a focus on diagnostic excellence, patient safety, and patient engagement.
- Design and implement transformative educational strategies that translate cutting-edge research and quality improvement work into measurable improvements in clinical practice, quality of care, and system-level outcomes.
- Lead the development of advanced experiential and simulation-based learning programs, enhancing diagnostic reasoning, communication, and interprofessional collaboration.
- Establish patient-centered education as a cornerstone of care, embedding patient and family voices into institutional learning and safety initiatives.
- Mentor and cultivate the next generation of education scholars, fostering a culture of evidence-based decision-making aimed to improving health outcomes in community-based healthcare.
- Drive a nationally/internationally recognized educational agenda that addresses health disparities and improves outcomes for vulnerable populations through rigorous, equity-informed educational inquiry.
- Champion the integration of social justice and health equity across all educational, research, and translational activities, setting a new standard for excellence in academic medicine.
- Spearhead interdisciplinary continuing education initiatives, aligning educational excellence with institutional priorities and fostering a learning health system.
- Forge strategic academic partnerships and advocate for system-wide educational reform, influencing curricula, training and policies, including in under-resourced communities.
A full job description is available at https://www.tehn.ca/sites/default/files/2025-07/job_posting_-_education_chair_advertisement_july_2025_final_mgh.pdf
