Dr Alim Nagji: Leadership in the Spotlight at McMaster University (Canada)

Faculty of Health Sciences, Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Dr. Alim Nagji is a Family and Emergency Medicine physician, an Assistant Clinical Professor, and the Director for Emergency Medicine Clerkship at McMaster University. He is the Director of Simulation Learning, Mac-Care Sim Lead and the inaugural Director of the ED Clinical Teaching Unit at Joseph Brant Hospital. He was the founding Chair of the TriDivisional EM Global Health Committee. His passion for global and public health have led him to work in several countries including: Afghanistan, India, France, Malta, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda and rural Canada.

Dr. Nagji completed the Royal College Clinician Educator Diploma with a focus in simulation and teaching and the Harvard Sim Essentials Course and is studying for an Executive Healthcare Leadership Diploma from Cornell. He is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator. Under Dr. Nagji’s leadership, the EM Clerkship at McMaster has undergone extensive redevelopment by integrating novel advances such as virtual simulation, case based asynchronous learning, and learning through a virtual community of practice.

Source: UGME Newsletter