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Cassandra Barber

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Assistant ProfessorSurgeryMcMaster University

Research

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8 publications.

01

Standardized visual overlays enhance laparoscopic instruction: A mixed-methods evaluation

Barber C, Hoogenes J, Otiono K, Kim K, Shayegan B, Piercey K, Matsumoto ED

American Journal of Surgery2026First author
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2026.117107
02

Can all roads lead to competency? School levels effects in Licensing examinations scores

Kulasegaram K, Archibald D, Bartman I, Chahine S, Kirpalani A, Wilson C, Ross B, Cameron E, Hogenbirk J, Barber C

Advances in Health Sciences Education20254 citationsSenior author
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-024-10398-0
03

Correction to: Can all roads lead to competency? School levels effects in licensing examinations scores

Kulasegaram K, Archibald D, Bartman I, Chahine S, Kirpalani A, Wilson C, Ross B, Cameron E, Hogenbirk J, Barber C

Advances in Health Sciences Education2025Senior author
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-025-10419-6
04

Data sharing and big data in health professions education: Ottawa consensus statement and recommendations for scholarship

Kulasegaram K, Grierson L, Barber C, Chahine S, Chou FC, Cleland J, Ellis R, Holmboe ES, Pusic M, Schumacher D

Medical Teacher202412 citations
DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2023.2298762
05

From admissions to licensure: education data associations from a multi-centre undergraduate medical education collaboration

Chahine S, Bartman I, Kulasegaram K, Archibald D, Wang P, Wilson C, Ross B, Cameron E, Hogenbirk J, Barber C

Advances in Health Sciences Education20244 citationsSenior author
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-024-10326-2
06

The Certificate of Added Competence credentialling program in family medicine: a descriptive survey of the family physician perspective of enhanced skill practices in Canada

Elma A, Vanstone M, Allice I, Barber C, Howard M, Mountjoy M, Siu H, Baker A, Guscott J, Tong XC

Canadian Medical Education Journal20233 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.36834/cmej.77114PMID: W4387700471
07

Associations between admissions factors and the need for remediation

Barber C, Burgess R, Mountjoy M, Whyte R, Vanstone M, Grierson L

Advances in Health Sciences Education20225 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-022-10097-8
08

A Call to Investigate the Relationship Between Education and Health Outcomes Using Big Data

Chahine S, Kulasegaram K, Wright S, Monteiro S, Grierson LEM, Barber C, Sebok-Syer SS, McConnell M, Yen W, De Champlain A

Academic Medicine201853 citations
DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000002217

Frequent collaborators

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Cassandra BarberLawrence GriersonMargo MountjoyMeredith VanstoneAlison BakerBobby ShayeganEdward MatsumotoHenry SiuKevin KimKevin PierceyMichelle HowardSandra Monteiro
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Lawrence Grierson

Family Medicine

7 shared papers, latest 2025

Margo Mountjoy

Family Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Meredith Vanstone

Family Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Bobby Shayegan

Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Sandra Monteiro

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Alison Baker

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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