Credentials:

• MD, 1979, University of Toronto
• CCFP (Certificant, College of Family Physicians of Canada), 1981, University of Toronto
• FRCPC (Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada), 1984, University of Toronto

Current Appointments:

• Director, simulation research, Canadian Simulation Centre for Human Performance and Crisis Management Training, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Associate scientist, evaluative clinical sciences - Women and Babies Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Active staff, obstetrical anesthesia, women and babies program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Clinical researcher, Women's College Research Institute
• Active staff, department of anesthesia, Women's College Hospital
• Professor, anesthesia, University of Toronto
• Clinician educator/researcher, The Wilson Centre, University of Toronto

Invited Lectures and Visiting Professorships:

2008–2009

• Visiting Professorship: University of Saskatchewan. Healthcare Simulation: The Past, The Present, The Future. Keynote Lecture, Local Audience, Zadvorny Memorial Lecture. October 2008.
• Visiting Professorship: University of Saskatchewan. From Flight Deck to Delivery Room; is Simulation the Answer? Keynote Lecture, Provincial Audience. October 2008.
• Keynote lecture: Who to save: mother or baby? Obstetric Anesthesia Conference, Anesthetic Practice, Provincial audience, Toronto. November 2008.
• Combined Rounds: The World Health Organization and the Safe Surgery Saves Lives Campaign. Anesthesia and Operating Room Nurses and Administration, Large Group Format. Women's College Hospital. February 6 2009.
• Keynote lecture: Simulation: does it improve patient safety? McGill Anesthesia update. May 2009.
• Moderator, Patient Safety Symposium, “Patient Safety: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society Annual meeting. Vancouver, BC, June 2009.
• Keynote lecture: The Case of the Missing Epidural Catheter, Now What? Obstetric Anesthesia Conference, Toronto, ON, November 2009
• The Surgical Safety Checklist: Implications and Implementation. Operating Room Nurses, Women’s College Hospital. November 2009
• Keynote lecture: From Flight Deck to Delivery Room. CME lecture to North York General Hospital Anesthestists. North York ON, December 2009.

2007–2008

• Department Rounds: Safer Healthcare Now: An Update. Women's College Hospital, Toronto. October 2007.
• Keynote Lecture, International Audience: Innovations in Undergraduate Education: Canada. World Congress of Anesthesiologists, Cape Town, South Africa. March 2008.
• Keynote Lecture, International Audience: Postgraduate Education: Assessment of Competency Needs Radical Change. Pro-con Debate, Cape Town, South Africa. March 2008.

2006–2007

• Department Rounds: Medication Safety. Women's College Hospital, Toronto. January 2007.
• Visiting Professor: McMaster University. Keynote lecture, local audience: Turning a team of OB experts into an expert OB team. April 2007.
• Lecture: What's new in obstetric anesthesia? Small group session, anesthesia residents, McMaster University. April 2007.
• Simulation based education: what it can and can't do. Canadian Anesthesiologists Society Annual Meeting, Calgary, Canada. June 2007.
• CME lecture: Anesthesia for Caesarean Section. Department of Anesthesia, William Osler Health Centre, Brampton Civic Hospital, Brampton, Ontario, Canada. June 2007.
• Rounds: Turning a team of OB experts into an expert OB team. Combined Obstetrics/Anesthesia/Nursing Rounds, Women's College Hospital, Toronto. June 2007.

Committees:

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, executive member, Canadian Simulation Centre
• Women's College Hospital, alternate funding plan board
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute, member, non-technical skills working group, Canadian Network for Simulation in Healthcare
• Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
  • Chair, patient safety committee
  • Past chair, obstetrics section
  • Member, standards committee
  • Invited member, board of executives
• University of Toronto
  • Member, promotions committee, department of anesthesia
  • Member, research committee, Network for Excellence in Simulation Clinical Teaching and Learning (NESCTL)

Honours and Awards:

• 1992–1993 and 1993–1994, Mount Sinai Hospital Teaching Award, Mount Sinai Hospital
• 1993–1994 and 1995–1996, Department of Anesthesia Undergraduate Teaching Award, Mount Sinai Hospital
• 1995, John Desmond Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, department of anesthesia, University of Toronto
• 1997, Peters Academy Distinguished Teaching Award for Individual Teaching Excellence, faculty of medicine, University of Toronto
• 2001, Clinical Teacher Award, Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
• 2002, Award for Excellence in Teaching with Technology, Office for Partnerships for Advanced Skills (OPAS) - an affiliate of the Ontario Council of Universities
• 2007, Best Paper in Anesthesia Education and Simulation, Teaching Award, Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
• 2009, Inaugural Interprofessional Teaching Award, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto

Administrative Assistant: Mary Li
Phone: 416-323-6400, ext. 4087
Email: mary.li@wchospital.ca

Education:

• MD, 1979, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
• CCFP, 1981, College of Family Physicians, Canada
• FRCPC, 1984, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canada

Appointments and Affiliations:

• Associate scientist, evaluative clinical sciences, Women & Babies Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Director, simulation research, Canadian Simulation Centre for Human Performance and Crisis Management Training, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Active staff, obstetrical anesthesia, Women & Babies Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Clinical researcher, Women's College Research Institute
• Active staff, department of anesthesia, Women's College Hospital
• Professor, anesthesia, University of Toronto
• Clinician educator/researcher, The Wilson Centre, University of Toronto

Research Foci:

• Patient safety and human factors in medicine
• High-fidelity simulation for interdisciplinary team training
• Performance assessment using high-fidelity simulation

Research Summary:

Dr. Morgan's main area of interest is in educational research using simulation technology. Her earlier research focused on the use of simulation for undergraduate education and evaluation. Specifically, her studies examined the validity and reliability of simulation-based assessments and the efficacy of high-fidelity simulation as an educational tool.

Most recently, she has been involved as primary investigator in research examining the uses of the following:

• simulation-based education to decrease human error in the perioperative period
• high-fidelity simulation to determine human factors involving medical teams which may affect patient safety
• effects on safety attitudes and patient outcomes following implementation of the surgical safety checklist into an academic ambulatory surgical care facility.

Dr. Morgan's work in simulation not only is relevant for the undergraduate medical education program, but it also provides the foundation for the development of assessment protocols and learning strategies at every educational level. The importance of standardized, valid and reliable methods of testing medical competence cannot be overstated. The issue of patient safety and the need to improve and maintain related skills make high-fidelity patient simulation an essential technological tool for education and assessment in every discipline.

Selected Publications:

See current publications list at PubMed.

1. Tregunno D, Pittini R, Haley MF, Morgan PJ. Development of a behavioral marking system for obstetrical teams. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009 Oct; 18(5):393–396.
2. Morgan PJ, Tarshis J, LeBlanc V, Cleave-Hogg D, DeSousa S, Haley MF et al. The efficacy of high-fidelity simulation debriefing on the performance of practicing anaesthetists in simulated scenarios. Br J Anaesth. 2009; 103:531–537. First published August 24, 2009, doi: 10.1093/bja/AEP222.
3. Morgan PJ, Pittini R, Regehr G. The use of simulation education in competency assessment: more questions than answers. Reply to letter to the editor from Edler AA. Anesthesiology. 2008; 108:168.
4. Morgan PJ, Lam-McCulloch J, Herold-McIroy J, Tarshis J. Simulation performance checklist generation using the delphi technique. Can J Anesth. 2007 Dec; 54: 992–997.
5. Morgan PJ, Pittini R, Regehr G, Marrs C, Haley MF. Evaluating teamwork in a simulated obstetrical environment. Anesthesiology. 2007; 106(5): 907–15. Editorial accompanies article: Murray D, Enarson C. Communication and teamwork: essential to learn but difficult to measure. Anesthesiology. 2007 May; 106: 895-896.

Related Links:

• Obstetrical Anesthesia Research Unit
• U of T profile, department of anesthesia