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Anna MacLeod

ResearcherHigher EducationDalhousie University

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Anna MacLeod

Researcher

Higher Education

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
33 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 11 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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medical education critical discourse analysis ethnography undergraduate medical education death dying mental health distributed learning

Latest papers

"A lot of it is about feel": The promise of sensory ethnography for anatomical education research.
Anatomical sciences education · 2026 · senior author
Mixed-methods research in medical education: Lessons from a meta-study of methodological practice.
Medical education · 2026
Labour upon labour: A best evidence medical education (BEME) meta-ethnography of underrepresented students' experiences of medical school.
Medical teacher · 2026 · senior author

All 59 publications

Latest funding

Sacred Discourses: Exploring Medical Educators' Perspectives on Competence, Science, and Professionalism
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$77,512
Workplace Friendship and Wellbeing in the Helping Professions: A Narrative Inquiry
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$78,003
The Work of Stories in the World
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$49,269

All 16 grants and awards

59 publications.

"A lot of it is about feel": The promise of sensory ethnography for anatomical education research.

Cameron P, Kits O, MacLeod A

Anatomical sciences education2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/ase.70133 PMID: 41069065

Mixed-methods research in medical education: Lessons from a meta-study of methodological practice.

Cleland J, MacLeod A, van Schalkwyk S, Ellaway RH

Medical education2026

DOI: 10.1111/medu.70177 PMID: 41578712

Labour upon labour: A best evidence medical education (BEME) meta-ethnography of underrepresented students' experiences of medical school.

Cameron P, Fletcher J, Brown M, Parker R, Luong V, Kits O, Burm S, Ajjawi R, MacLeod A

Medical teacher2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2025.2540413 PMID: 40802180

Purpose-Driven Design: A Case Report of a Knowledge Mobilization Portal

Hamza DM, MacLeod A, Sherbino J, Artino AR, Dzara K, Maggio LA, Parker R, Varpio L

Tijdschrift voor Medisch Onderwijs2025

DOI: 10.5334/pme.1791

How to … Study Sensitive Topics.

MacLeod A, Cameron P, Geringer J, LaDonna K, Merkebu J

The clinical teacher2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/tct.70173 PMID: 40778696

(Dis)embodiment and medical education: How feminist organizational theories can help us think differently about gender.

MacLeod A, Cameron P

Medical education2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.15697 PMID: 40192947

Two-Dimensional Deaths? A Discourse Analysis of Patient Death in Preclinical Tutorial Cases at a Canadian Medical School.

Cameron P, Luong V, Kits O, Stewart WA, Burm S, Miller S, Field S, MacLeod A

Teaching and learning in medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2024.2409695 PMID: 39360817

The burden of grief: A scoping review of nurses' and physicians' experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Burm S, MacDonald S, Melro C, Kennedy E, Tran-Roop P, Kilbertus F, MacLeod A, Robinson S, Phinney J

Death studies2025

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2024.2306461 PMID: 38280182

Working Through Loss: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Physicians' Grief.

Burm S, Bierer T, Luong V, Dhara A, Hazelton L, Miller S, MacLeod A

Qualitative health research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/10497323251383834 PMID: 41170720

Sliding Doors: Pivotal Research Decisions and Their Influence on Exploring Sensitive Topics.

LaDonna KA, Cameron P, Geringer JL, MacLeod A, Merkebu J

The clinical teacher2025

DOI: 10.1111/tct.70124 PMID: 40530624

Sacred Discourses: Exploring Medical Educators' Perspectives on Competence, Science, and Professionalism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: MacLeod, Anna M.

Keywords: Medical education; professionalism; competence; ethnography; critical discourse analysis

$77,512

Workplace Friendship and Wellbeing in the Helping Professions: A Narrative Inquiry

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Burm, Sarah B.D.

Keywords: qualitative research; narrative inquiry; wellbeing; workplace friendship; social support

$78,003

The Work of Stories in the World

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rice, Carla M.

Keywords: Storywork; Multimedia/Digital Storytelling; Critical Arts-based Methods; Post-Philosophies; Indigenous Thought; Indigenous Research Methods; Research Creation; Critical Digital Research; Affective Impacts; Social Change; Transformational Change

$49,269

Understanding Camouflaging Behaviour in Autistic Youth Using Photo-Based Participatory Action Research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Howe, Stephanie

Keywords: camouflaging; social masking; photovoice; qualitative research; autism; interview; participatory action research

$99,314

Underrepresented in medicine: A meta-ethnography of underrepresented students' experiences of medical school

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Shifting Dynamics of Privilege and Marginalization

Principal investigators: MacLeod, Anna M.

Keywords: medical education; qualitative synthesis; meta-ethnography; underrepresented in medicine

$29,935

The promotion process as an act of power: An institutional ethnography of faculties of medicine in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Soklaridis, Sophie

Keywords: institutional ethnography; equity; promotion; framework development; academic medicine

$69,376

Unravelling grief: A scoping review of physicians' and nurses' experiences of grief during COVID-19

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Emerging Asocial Society

Principal investigators: Burm, Sarah B.D.

Keywords: grief; loss; physicians; nurses; COVID-19; knowledge synthesis

$29,961

Educating future physicians in the time of COVID: A scoping review of online medical education

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Knowledge Synthesis Grants

Principal investigators: MacLeod, Anna M.

Keywords: online learning; distributed medical education; COVID-19; medical education; knowledge synthesis

$26,988

Death and dying in Undergraduate Medical Education: An ethnographic critical discourse analysis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: MacLeod, Anna M.

Keywords: undergraduate medical education; death; dying; mental health; critical discourse analysis; ethnography

$62,125

Death and dying in Undergraduate Medical Education: An ethnographic critical discourse analysis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: MacLeod, Anna M.

Keywords: undergraduate medical education; death; dying; mental health; critical discourse analysis; ethnography

$170,804

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Anna MacLeod

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

"A lot of it is about feel": The promise of sensory ethnography for anatomical education research.

Mixed-methods research in medical education: Lessons from a meta-study of methodological practice.

Labour upon labour: A best evidence medical education (BEME) meta-ethnography of underrepresented students' experiences of medical school.

Purpose-Driven Design: A Case Report of a Knowledge Mobilization Portal

How to &#x2026; Study Sensitive Topics.

(Dis)embodiment and medical education: How feminist organizational theories can help us think differently about gender.

Two-Dimensional Deaths? A Discourse Analysis of Patient Death in Preclinical Tutorial Cases at a Canadian Medical School.

The burden of grief: A scoping review of nurses' and physicians' experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Working Through Loss: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Physicians' Grief.

Sliding Doors: Pivotal Research Decisions and Their Influence on Exploring Sensitive Topics.

Sacred Discourses: Exploring Medical Educators' Perspectives on Competence, Science, and Professionalism

Workplace Friendship and Wellbeing in the Helping Professions: A Narrative Inquiry

The Work of Stories in the World

Understanding Camouflaging Behaviour in Autistic Youth Using Photo-Based Participatory Action Research

Underrepresented in medicine: A meta-ethnography of underrepresented students' experiences of medical school

The promotion process as an act of power: An institutional ethnography of faculties of medicine in Canada

Unravelling grief: A scoping review of physicians' and nurses' experiences of grief during COVID-19

Educating future physicians in the time of COVID: A scoping review of online medical education

Death and dying in Undergraduate Medical Education: An ethnographic critical discourse analysis

Death and dying in Undergraduate Medical Education: An ethnographic critical discourse analysis

Frequent collaborators

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Sheri Price

Megan Aston

Britney Benoit

Phillip Joy

Kori LaDonna

Lenora Marcellus

Susan Jack

Elise Paradis

Meredith Young

Sean Christie

Douglas Sinclair

Ayelet Kuper

Gaynor Watson-Creed

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Rachel Ollivier

Jonathan Sherbino

Elizabeth Lin

Sophie Soklaridis

Sandrine De Ribaupierre

Matthew Numer

How to … Study Sensitive Topics.