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Heather MacNeill

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Associate ProfessorClinical Public Health DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Heather MacNeill

Associate Professor

Clinical Public Health Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Twelve tips for teaching research skills in the age of agentic AI: A guide for health professions educators.
Medical teacher · 2026
Addressing educational overload with generative AI through dual coding and cognitive load theories.
Medical teacher · 2026 · senior author
Using locally-hosted Small Language Models (SLMs) to protect student, patient and research subject data in Health Professions Education.
Medical teacher · 2026 · senior author

All 18 publications

18 publications.

Twelve tips for teaching research skills in the age of agentic AI: A guide for health professions educators.

Mehta N, Benjamin J, Mehta S, Valanci S, MacNeill H, Masters K

Medical teacher2026

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2026.2681971 PMID: 42412521

Addressing educational overload with generative AI through dual coding and cognitive load theories.

Mehta N, Benjamin J, Agrawal A, Valanci S, Masters K, MacNeill H

Medical teacher2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2025.2543548 PMID: 40779508

Using locally-hosted Small Language Models (SLMs) to protect student, patient and research subject data in Health Professions Education.

Masters K, Valanci-Aroesty S, Benjamin J, Mehta N, MacNeill H

Medical teacher2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2026.2667293 PMID: 42108660

PEPCAL: A Heuristic Framework for Teaching Generative AI to Continuing Professional Education Providers and Faculty Developers.

MacNeill H, Masters K, Benjamin J, Mehta N, Agrawal A, Valanci-Aroesty S

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions2026First author

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000671 PMID: 42467960

Between Incremental Change and Transformation: The Emerging Role of Generative AI in Continuing Professional Development Within Health Care Systems.

Valanci-Aroesty S, Hlede V, MacNeill H, Margolis Á, Masters K

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions2026

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000648 PMID: 42267773

Twelve tips on applying AI tools in HPE scholarship using Boyer's model.

Benjamin J, Masters K, Agrawal A, MacNeill H, Mehta N

Medical teacher2025

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2024.2445058 PMID: 39791860

Pedagogy and generative artificial intelligence: Applying the PICRAT model to Google NotebookLM.

Mehta N, Agrawal A, Benjamin J, Mehta S, MacNeill H, Masters K

Medical teacher2025

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2024.2418937 PMID: 39460933

Reflections From the Pandemic: Is Connectivism the Panacea for Clinicians?

Benjamin J, Pillow T, MacNeill H, Masters K, Agrawal A, Mehta N

Journal of medical Internet research2024

DOI: 10.2196/53344 PMID: 39625749

Assessing Educator Burnout in Online Synchronous Teaching in Surgical Disciplines.

Desai V, Lee DJ, Lin RJ, Alvinia M, MacNeill H, Chan Y

Journal of surgical education2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.06.017 PMID: 38997834

Advancing equity, diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility in primary care: The development of an integrated educational experience model.

Barber C, Beselt LJ, Alcantara J, Jaffer B, Bute-Seaton K, Chong W, Carver T, MacNeill H, Salami B, Sonnenberg LK, Rangel JC, LeBlanc C, Osei-Tutu K, Bouka A, Radhakrishnan A, Maniate JM

Healthcare management forum2024

DOI: 10.1177/08404704241264236 PMID: 39047148

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Heather MacNeill

Latest papers

Twelve tips for teaching research skills in the age of agentic AI: A guide for health professions educators.

Addressing educational overload with generative AI through dual coding and cognitive load theories.

Using locally-hosted Small Language Models (SLMs) to protect student, patient and research subject data in Health Professions Education.

PEPCAL: A Heuristic Framework for Teaching Generative AI to Continuing Professional Education Providers and Faculty Developers.

Between Incremental Change and Transformation: The Emerging Role of Generative AI in Continuing Professional Development Within Health Care Systems.

Twelve tips on applying AI tools in HPE scholarship using Boyer's model.

Pedagogy and generative artificial intelligence: Applying the PICRAT model to Google NotebookLM.

Reflections From the Pandemic: Is Connectivism the Panacea for Clinicians?

Assessing Educator Burnout in Online Synchronous Teaching in Surgical Disciplines.

Advancing equity, diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility in primary care: The development of an integrated educational experience model.

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