Alireza Jalali M.D., DESMS, LMCC

Biographie

Le Dr Jalali est le chef de la Division d’anatomie et Doyen associé, Relations extérieures à la Faculté de médecine de l’Université d’Ottawa. Il est titulaire d’un doctorat médical et d’un diplôme spécialisé en médecine sportive de l’Université de Liège en Belgique. Depuis son arrivée à la Faculté de médecine en 2003, il enseigne passionnément l’anatomie. Il a développé un programme de recherche actif sur l’utilisation et l’utilité des innovations éducatives : podcasts, YouTube, TBL, médias sociaux et impression 3D. Le Dr Jalali a également une expérience établie en leadership : chef d’unité de l’EMPC, directeur des examens pratiques et conseiller en médias sociaux au Collège royal. Il a reçu de nombreux prix, dont le Prix d’excellence en enseignement de l’Université d’Ottawa 2020 (Professeur de l’année)

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Diplômes et certificats

• 2013: PhD Equivalency, Faculty of Medicine, uOttawa 
• 2010: Canadian Leadership Institute for Medical Education Certificate 
• 2008: Ottawa Academic Health Sciences Leadership Program Certificate 
• 2005: Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (L.M.C.C.) 
• 2002: Specialist Diploma in Sport Medicine, Liège University (Belgium)
• 2001: University Diploma in Sport and Nutrition, Paris 13 University (France)
• 1998: Medical Doctorate, Liège University (Belgium)

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Honneurs académiques

• 2020: University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Teaching (Teacher of the Year)
• 2019: MEDS 2019 Honorary Class President (Francophone stream)
• 2018: Prix d’Excellence en Éducation - « Compétence Professionnel»
• 2015: Prix d’Excellence en Éducation - « Compétence Professionnel»
• 2013: Prix d’Excellence en Éducation- « Compétence Leadership»
• 2013: Teaching Chair of Faculty of Medicine
• 2013: Distinguished Teacher of Faculty of Medicine
• 2013: MEDS 2013 Honorary Class President (Francophone stream)
• 2013: Faculty of Medicine Aesculapian Society Honorary President
• 2011: Prix d’Excellence en Éducation - « Competence Collaborateur »
• 2010: uOttawa Excellence in Education Prize
• 2010: AIME Senior Researcher Oral Presentation Award
• 2010: Teaching Skills Attainment Award with Merit.
• 2010: Iranian Association of Anatomical Sciences Honorary Membership
• 2009: MEDS 2009 Honorary Class President (Francophone stream)
• 2008: Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit Award
• 2007: Prix d’Excellence en Leadership
• 2004: Excellence Achievement Award

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Publications

1. Fundraising 101 for Medical Educators
   Alireza Jalali, Jacline Nyman
   Canadian Medical Education Journal 2020, 11(2),e 24
2. Twitter metrics complement traditional conference evaluations to evaluate knowledge translation at a National Emergency Medicine Conference.
   Yiu, S., Dewhirst, S., Jalali, A., Lee, A., & Frank, J. (2020).
   CJEM, 22(3), 379-385. DOI: 10.1017/cem.2020.15
3. Social media usage among university students during exams: distraction or academic support?
   Le Gall C, Le Gall I, Jalali A.
   Education in Medicine Journal. 2020;12(3):49–53.
   https://doi.org/10.21315/eimj2020.12.3.6
4. Preclerkship Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Image Acquisition and Clinical Transferability
   M Khoury, S Fotsing, A Jalali, N Chagnon, S Malherbe, N Youssef
   Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development (July 23 2020)
   https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2382120520943615
5. Implementing a Competency-Based Approach to Anatomy Teaching
   Alireza Jalali
   HAPS Educator Journal of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society, Special Conference Edition, August 2020, P 111, P138
6. Use of Team-Based Learning to Promote Collaborative Learning In Your Classrooms
   Robert Bell, Alireza Jalali, Christopher J Ramnanan
   HAPS Educator Journal of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society, Special Conference Edition, August 2020, P 29
7. Educators and Social Media
   Alireza Jalali, Jacline Nyman
   Canadian Medical Education Journal 2020, 11(2),e 24
8. Implementing a Competency-Based Approach to Anatomy Teaching: Beginning With the End in Mind.
   Jalali, A., Jeong, D., & Sutherland, S.
   Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development (18/2/2020)
   https://doi.org/10.1177/2382120520907899
9. Putting the focus on POCUS in cadaveric anatomy teaching
   Michel Khoury, Nermine Youssef, Christopher J Ramnanan, Alireza Jalali
   Med Educ, 53: 1134-1134. doi:10.1111/medu.13974
10. Evaluation of eMentalHealth.ca, a Canadian Mental Health Website Portal: Mixed Methods Assessment.
    Jeong D, Cheng M, St-Jean M, Jalali A.
    JMIR Ment Health. 2019 Sep 6;6(9):e13639. doi: 10.2196/13639.
11. Podcasting 101: Top Tips on Educational Podcasting.
    Jalali, Alireza & El bialy, Safaa
    Education in Medicine Journal. 11. 43-47. 10.21315/eimj2019.11.2.5.
12. Who tweets in academia? An overview of Twitter use in higher education
    Dahn Jeong; Alireza Jalali
    Advances in Medical Education and Practice. Volume 2019:10 Pages
    171—174 DOI:https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S189963
13. Development of a 3D Printed Neuroanatomy Teaching Model
    Safaa El Bialy, Robin Weng, Alireza Jalali
    UOJM, v.9, n.1, May 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v9i1.4057
14. Increasing access to medical training with 3D printing: The endotracheal intubation model
    Lily Park; Steven Price-Williams; Alireza Jalali; Kashif Pirzada
    JMIR Med Educ 2019;5(1):e12626 DOI: 10.2196/12626
15. A quality assurance template for revision of case based learning modules. Education in Medicine Journal
    Kohlert S, Brulotte M, Bell R, Roy J, Jalali A
    2018;10(3):47-56. https://doi.org/10.21315/eimj2018.10.3.5
16. Validation of a Formaldehyde-Free Embalming Method for Preparing High Fidelity Cadavers for Teaching Surgical and Procedural Skills
    Shannon J Goodwin, Richard Kibbee, Christopher J Ramnanan, Alireza Jalali
    The FASEB Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1-supplement, April 2019
17. Development and Assessment of a 3DNeuroanatomy Teaching Model
    Safaa El Bialy, Robin Wang, Alireza Jalali
    Medical education 2018; 52 (Suppl. 1): 107
18. Social media as an open-learning resource in medical education: current perspectives
    Stephanie Sutherland, Alireza Jalali
    Advances in Medical Education and Practice 2017:8 1–7
19. 3D Printing for 21st Century Medical Learners: Opportunities for Innovative Research and Collaboration
    A. Wang, T. Chung, H. Anis, A. Jalali
    UOJM, [S.l.], v. 7, n. 1, jan. 2017. ISSN 2292-6518.
20. A rare bilateral neurovascular variation of the upper limb: A case report of a 97-year-old Caucasian male
    Shannon Goodwin, Alireza Jalali
    Int J Anat Var (IJAV). 2016; 9: 46–49.
21. Do real-time Twitter metrics correlate with traditional emergency medicine post-conference speaker evaluations?
    Yiu, S., Dewhirst, S., Lee, C., Jalali, A., Frank, J.
    CJEM, 2016, 18(S1), S73. doi:10.1017/cem.2016.161
22. Go Where the Students Are: A Comparison of the Use of Social Networking Sites Between Medical Students and Medical Educators
    Safaa El Bialy, Alireza Jalali
    JMIR Medical Education 2015;1(2):e7 DOI: 10.2196/mededu.4908
     
23. The Implementation of a Case-based Session to Teach Medical Students About Social Media Tools
    Alireza Jalali, Timothy Wood
    Medical Education 2015; 49 (Suppl. 1): 143
     
24. Does Twitter Enable Participants at Medical Education Conferences to Engage in Higher Order Thinking Skills?
    Nathan Bugden, Alireza Jalali, Jerry Maniate
    Medical Education 2015; 49 (Suppl. 1): 150
     
25. Thou shalt not tweet unprofessionally: an appreciative inquiry into the professional use of social media
    I. Pereira, A-M Cunningham, K. Moreau, J. Sherbino, A. Jalali
    Postgrad Med J; published online August 2015
     
26. Learning theory and its application to the use of social media in medical education
    Leslie Flynn, Alireza Jalali, Katherine A Moreau
    Postgrad Med J; published online August 2015
     
27. A Medical Educator's Guide To #MedEd.
    Micieli, Andrew; Frank, Jason; Jalali, Alireza
    Academic Medicine; 2015 Aug;90(8):1176.
     
28. Social media and medical education: Exploring the potential of Twitter as a learning tool
    A. Jalali, J. Sherbino, J. Frank, S. Sutherland
    International Review of Psychiatry, 2015; Early Online: 1–7
     
29. Facebook, Twitter and #MedEd: Investigating Social Networking Usage among Medical
    J. Gill, B. Harrison, C. J. Ramnanan, T.J. Wood, A. Jalali
    Education In Medicine Journal, 5(3), 6 (4), Dec. 2014 DOI:10.5959/eimj.v6i4.277
     
30. Teaching medical students social media: must or bust
    Alireza Jalali, Timothy Wood 
    Medical Education; 48: 11, P: 1128-1129, 2014 DOI: 10.1111/medu.12585
     
31. To quiz or not to quiz: Formative tests help detect students at risk of failing the clinical anatomy course
    Azzi AJ, Ramnanan CJ, Smith J, Dionne E, Jalali A
    Anat Sci Educ. 2014 Sep 16. doi: 10.1002/ase.1488
     
32. Integrating Facebook into Basic Sciences Education: A Comparison of a Faculty-Administered Facebook Page and Group
    Bialy SE, Jalali A, Jaffar AA.
    Austin J Anat. 2014;1(3): 7.
     
33. Twitter’s usefulness for medical students: the role of one social media platform in medical education
    Andrew Micieli, Brittany Harrison, Alireza Jalali
    Scrub-In, Vol. 9, Issue 3: 12-15, Sept. 2014
     
34. Social Media Etiquette for the Modern Medical Student: A Narrative Review
    Brittany Harrison, Jeewanjit Gill, Alireza Jalali
    Int J Med Students. 2014 Mar- Jun; 2(2):61-4, jun. 2014. ISSN 2076-6327.
     
35. Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Repurposing Open Education Resources for Custom Lesson Plans (Workshop)
    N. Mehta, A-M Cunningham, N. Lafferty, A. Jalali 
    Medical Education 2014; 48 (Suppl. 1): 144
     
36. L’utilisation de mini-tests en anatomie pour favoriser et prédire une meilleure performance des étudiants en médecine (Podium Presentation)
    Alain Azzi, Jennifer Smith, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2014; 48 (Suppl. 1): 110
     
37. Investigating Twitter and Medical Education Conference: Educational Tool or a White Noise Background Channel? (Podium Presentation)
    Alireza Jalali, Timothy Wood
    Medical Education 2014; 48 (Suppl. 1): 10
     
38. Social Networking and Clinician Educators
    Alireza Jalali
    Le Spécialiste, Vol. 16, No HS-1, P. 45, Janvier 2014
     
39. Tweeting during conferences: educational or just another distraction?
    Alireza Jalali, Timothy Wood
    Medical Education; 47: 1129-1130, 2013 DOI: 10.1111/medu.12337
     
40. Analyzing Online Impact of Canadian Conference of Medical Education through Tweets
    Alireza Jalali, Timothy Wood
    Education In Medicine Journal, 5(3), Sept. 2013 doi:10.5959/eimj.v5i3.162
     
41. Team-Based Learning From Theory to Practice: Faculty Reactions to the Innovation
    Stephanie Sutherland, Nasim Bahramifarid, Alireza Jalali 
    Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Volume 25, Issue 3, 2013, pages 231- 236
     
42. Human Anatomy
    Sarah Wassmer, Alireza Jalali
    Academic Medicine, 88(6), June 2013, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828fa212
     
43. Investigating the Use of Social Networking Tools Among Medical Students
    Jeewanjit Gill, Timothy Wood, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2013; 47 (Suppl. 1): 30
     
44. Analyzing Online Impact of Medical Education Conferences Through Tweets
    Alireza Jalali, Timothy Wood
    Medical Education 2013; 47 (Suppl. 1): 26
     
45. Apprentissage en Equipe (A.E.E): Peut-il Remplacer les Cours ou l’Apprentissage par Problème (A.P.P.)?
    Karl-Andre Lalonde, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2013; 47 (Suppl. 1): 127
     
46. iPad et Tablettes Intelligentes: de l'Éducation Médicale à la Pratique Clinique
    Jean A. Roy, Jean François Marquis, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2013; 47 (Suppl. 1): 117
     
47. Learning Anatomy: Can Dissection and Peer-Mediated Teaching Offer Added Benefits over Prosection Alone?
    Lynn Ashdown, Evan Lewis, Maxwell Hincke, Alireza Jalali
    ISRN Anatomy,Volume 2013, Article ID 873825, DOI :10.5402/2013/873825
     
48. Investigating the applications of team-based learning in medical education
    Nasim Bahramifarid, Stephanie Sutherland, Alireza Jalali 
    Education in Medicine Journal, 2012, 4(2). DOI:10.5959/eimj.v4i2.3
     
49. The Virtual Anatomy Lab: an eDemonstrator pedagogical agent can simulate student-faculty interaction and promote student engagement
    J. Weber, M. Hincke, B. Patasi, A. Jalali, N. Wiper-Bergeron 
    Medical Education Development 2012; 2:e5 DOI: 10.4081/med.2012.e5
     
50. Curricular mapping: an anti-stress tool for new medical students
    Weinstangel, H., Iafolla, M., Sutherland, S., Jalali, A.
    Education In Medicine Journal, 4(1). DOI:10.5959/eimj.v4i1.5, 2012
     
51. Use of Team Based Learning to Promote Inter- and Intra-Professional Team Education
    Gary Hollingworth, Robert Bell, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2012; 46 (Suppl. 1): 7-8
     
52. Podcasting as a goal oriented toy in education
    Alireza Jalali, Timothy Wood
    Advances in Health Sciences Education, DOI 10.1007/s10459-012-9362-3, March 2012
     
53. Use of Podcasting as an Innovative Asynchronous E-Learning Tool for Students
    A. Jalali, J. Leddy, M. Gauthier, R. Sun, M. Hincke, J. Carnegie 
    Journal of US-China Education Review A 11 (2011) 741-748
     
54. Helping Dyslexic Medical Students Pass Their OSCE Exams
    Guylaine Renaud, Alireza Jalali
    eLearn Magazine: Education and Technology in Perspective; 2011-9,(Featured Article: Sept. 2011)
     
55. Is transferring an educational innovation actually a process of transformation?
    Varpio L, Bell R, Hollingworth G, Jalali A, Haidet P, Levine R, Regehr G
    Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2011 Jul 3.
     
56. Use of Podcasts as a Teaching Resource in Medical Education
    Anasse Benslimane, Daniel Trottier, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2011; 45 (Suppl. 1): 1
     
57. Use of Team Based Learning in Implementing FMEC MD Program Recommendation  VIII in Medical Education
    Alireza Jalali, Robert Bell, Gary Hollingworth
    Medical Education 2011; 45 (Suppl. 1): 8
     
58. VodCast, WebCast, PodCast, VideoConference: What Are they and How They Can Help Us in Implementing FMEC MD Enabling Recommendation D
    Daniel Trottier, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2011; 45 (Suppl. 1): 12
     
59. Use of Wikis in Medical Education and Educational Administration
    Greg Malin, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2011; 45 (Suppl. 1): 16
     
60. Team Based Learning: Convergence and Divergence in Faculty and Student Perceptions
    Alireza Jalali, Nasim Bahramifarid, Stephanie Sutherland
    Medical Education 2011; 45 (Suppl. 1): 43
     
61. Administering a Gross Anatomy Exam Using Mobile Technology: How one medical school made the switch from paper to paperless. 
    A. Jalali, D. Trottier, M. Tremblay, M. Hincke 
    eLearn Magazine: Education and Technology in Perspective; Top Story; February 1, 2011 
     
62. Generating multiple-choice questions from an existing short-answer examination 
    J. Sommerfeldt, A. Jalali 
    Journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators; 20-2, 107-109, 2010 
     
63. Introduction and assessment of the annual anatomy review course for the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program at the 
    Sana Tawati, Alireza Jalali, Hassan Shenassa
    Open Medicine 2010; 4(3 Suppl):75
     
64. Évaluation de l'utilisation de l'APE en enseignement des sciences fondamentales 
    Alireza Jalali, Nasim Bahramifarid, Stephanie Sutherland 
    Pédagogie Médicale, 2010; 10 (Suppl. 1): 31
     
65. Apprentissage par équipe en éducation 
    Alireza Jalali, Robert Bell, Gary Hollingworth, Pippa Hall
    Pédagogie Médicale, 2010; 10 (Suppl. 1): 18
     
66. L’utilisation de wikis pour favoriser l'apprentissage en éducation 
    Lara Varpio, Martin Gauthier, Tatiana Sotindjo, Alireza Jalali 
    Pédagogie Médicale, 2010; 10 (Suppl. 1): 23
     
67. WIKIS 102: Making the Read-Write Web Work for You. 
    Alireza Jalali, Kent Stobart, Nishan Sharma, Jonathan White
    Medical Education 2010; 44 (Suppl. 1): 62 
     
68. Evaluation of the Use of TBL in Basic Science Teaching 
    Alireza Jalali, Nasim Bahramifarid, Stephanie Sutherland
    Medical Education 2010; 44 (Suppl. 1): 42 
     
69. Is Importing an Educational Innovation a Transfer or a Transformation?: A Case Study of TBL for students 
    Lara Varpio, Robert Bell, Gary Hollingworth, Alireza Jalali, John Leddy, Paul Haidet, Ruth Levine, Glenn Regehr
    Medical Education 2010; 44 (Suppl. 1): 41 
     
70. Podcasting for Medical Education: How to Hook your audience 
    Beata Patasi, Andrew Boozary, Maxwell Hincke, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2010; 44 (Suppl. 1): 64 
     
71. Wiki use & challenges in undergraduate medical education. 
    A. Jalali, M. Gauthier, M. Mioduszewski, L. Varpio 
    Medical Education; 43: 1117, 2009 
     
72. The Utility of Podcasts in Web 2.0 Human Anatomy 
    B. Patasi, A. Boozary, M. Hincke, A. Jalali 
    Medical Education; 43: 1116, 2009 
     
73. Anatomical variation of the origin of the left vertebral artery 
    B. Patasi, A. Yeung, S. Goodwin, A. Jalali 
    International Journal of Anatomical Variations; 2: 83–85, 2009 
     
74. A brachial plexus variation characterized by the absence of the superior trunk.
    J. Villamere, S. Goodwin, M. Hincke, A. Jalali 
    Neuroanatomy; 8: 4-8, 2009 
     
75. Working with wikis: Using web 2.0 to enhance learning. 
    Alireza Jalali, Kent Stobart, Jonathan White
    Medical Education 2009; 43 (Suppl. 1): 37 
     
76. Podcast Practical Podcasting 101: from idea to iPod 
    Parveen Boora, Jonathan White, Alireza Jalali
    Medical Education 2009; 43 (Suppl. 1): 32 
     
77. Proximal fifth metatarsal diaphyseal stress fracture in football players. 
    N. Popovic, A. Jalali, P. Georis, P. Gillet 
    Foot and Ankle Surgery; 11-3: 135-141, 2005