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Keyna Bracken

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Professor EmeritusFamily MedicineMcMaster University

Keyna Bracken

Professor Emeritus

Family Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2025

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Supervision signals

Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No graduate courses on record.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 CIHR grant, most recently in 2012.

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Contact

bracken@mcmaster.ca (905) 525-9140 ext. 28066

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine
Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedicine

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23 publications.

Can Large Language Models Generate High-Quality Short-Answer Assessments? A Comparative Study in Undergraduate Medical Education

Morjaria L, Burns L, Gandhi B, Bracken K, Farooq MS, Levinson AJ, Ngo Q, Sibbald M

Applied Sciences20261 citations

DOI: 10.3390/app16052535

Physician-Led Synchronous Telemedicine Compared to Face-To-Face Care in Primary Care: A Systematic Review

Bracken K, Salerno J, Yang L

Evaluation and the Health Professions20258 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1177/01632787241273911

Integrating large language models into medical education: A commentary on opportunities, challenges, and future directions

Morjaria L, Burns L, Bracken K, Levinson A, Ngo Q, Lee M, Sibbald M

2025

DOI: 10.15173/mumj.v21i1.3674

The Predictive Power of Short Answer Questions in Undergraduate Medical Education Progress Difficulty

Bracken K, Saleh A, Sandor J, Sibbald M, Lee-Poy M, Ngo Q

Medical Science Educator2025First author

DOI: 10.1007/s40670-024-02197-4

Examining the Efficacy of ChatGPT in Marking Short-Answer Assessments in an Undergraduate Medical Program

Morjaria L, Burns L, Bracken K, Levinson AJ, Ngo QN, Lee M, Sibbald M

International Medical Education202437 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/ime3010004 PMID: W4391026420

Reflecting on Peer Feedback in Problem-Based Learning: Implementing a Group Function Tool

Mellon M, Van Dierdonck H, Morjaria L, Bracken K, Sibbald M

Cureus20243 citations

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.75027

Examining the Threat of ChatGPT to the Validity of Short Answer Assessments in an Undergraduate Medical Program

Morjaria L, Burns L, Bracken K, Ngo QN, Lee M, Levinson AJ, Smith J, Thompson P, Sibbald M

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development202345 citations

DOI: 10.1177/23821205231204178

Early generalist placements are associated with family medicine career choice: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Shah A, Gasner A, Bracken K, Scott I, Kelly MA, Palombo A

Medical Education202126 citations

DOI: 10.1111/medu.14578

Spiralling Pre-clerkship Concepts into the Clinical Phase: Augmenting Knowledge Transfer Using Innovative Technology-Enhanced Curriculum Activities

Bracken K, Levinson AJ, Mahmud M, Allice I, Vanstone M, Grierson L

Medical Science Educator20218 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s40670-021-01348-1 PMID: W3175387376

Structured diet and exercise guidance in pregnancy to improve health in women and their offspring: study protocol for the Be Healthy in Pregnancy (BHIP) randomized controlled trial

Perreault M, Atkinson SA, Mottola MF, Phillips SM, Bracken K, Hutton EK, Xie F, Meyre D, Morassut RE, Prapavessis H

Trials201824 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-3065-x