Nancy McNaughton, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Building excellence in simulation programs: Experiences and examples from ASPIRE Award recipients and panellists.
Medical teacher · 2026
Call to Action: Honoring Simulated Participants and Collaborating With Simulated Participant Educators.
Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare · 2025
Power to the people? A co-produced critical review of service user involvement in mental health professions education.
Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2024

All 32 publications

Latest funding

Involving People Living with HIV/AIDS in Training Medical Students in HIV Counselling and Testing
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
$299,920

All 1 grants and awards

32 publications.

01

Building excellence in simulation programs: Experiences and examples from ASPIRE Award recipients and panellists.

Nestel D, Smith CM, McNaughton N, O'Connor P, Nayahangan LJ, Devine LA, Krogh K, Scalese R

Medical teacher2026

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2026.2628958 PMID: 41736381

02

Call to Action: Honoring Simulated Participants and Collaborating With Simulated Participant Educators.

Clark L, Doyle A, Elcin M, McNaughton N, Nicholas C, Owens T, Smith C, Szauter K, Xing K, Nestel D

Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare2025

DOI: 10.1097/sih.0000000000000840 PMID: 39715454

03

Power to the people? A co-produced critical review of service user involvement in mental health professions education.

Kalocsai C, Agrawal S, de Bie L, Beder M, Bellissimo G, Berkhout S, Johnson A, McNaughton N, Rodak T, McCullough K, Soklaridis S

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2024

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-023-10240-z PMID: 37247126

04

Training simulated participants for role portrayal and feedback practices in communication skills training: A BEME scoping review: BEME Guide No. 86.

Doyle AJ, Sullivan C, O'Toole M, Tjin A, Simiceva A, Collins N, Murphy P, Anderson MJ, Mulhall C, Condron C, Nestel D, MacAulay R, McNaughton N, Coffey F, Eppich W

Medical teacher2024

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2023.2241621 PMID: 37552799

05

'How can we help the students learn?' A grounded theory study of simulated participants as educators.

Sullivan C, Doyle AJ, O'Toole M, Mulhall C, McNaughton N, Eppich W

Medical teacher2023

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2023.2171857 PMID: 36726233

06

Emotion as reflexive practice: A new discourse for feedback practice and research.

Ajjawi R, Olson RE, McNaughton N

Medical education2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.14700 PMID: 34806217

07

Transformative learning in an interprofessional student-run clinic: a qualitative study.

Ng E, Hu T, McNaughton N, Martimianakis MAT

Journal of interprofessional care2021

DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2020.1807480 PMID: 32965136

08

Who do I think you are? The guessing game ice breaker: Building community.

Knickle K, McNaughton N

Medical teacher2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2021.1959025 PMID: 34344276

09

Nothing about me without me: a scoping review of how illness experiences inform simulated participants' encounters in health profession education.

Ní Chianáin L, Fallis R, Johnston J, McNaughton N, Gormley G

BMJ simulation & technology enhanced learning2021

DOI: 10.1136/bmjstel-2021-000886 PMID: 35520981

10

From manifestos to praxis: developing criticality in healthcare simulation.

McNaughton N, Gormley G

BMJ simulation & technology enhanced learning2021First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000821 PMID: 35518555

Involving People Living with HIV/AIDS in Training Medical Students in HIV Counselling and Testing

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant - HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General

Principal investigators: Rachlis, Anita R; Jaworsky, Denise W

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Gipa; Hiv Counselling And Testing; Hiv/Aids; Medical Education; Simulated Clinical Encounters

$299,920

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

Frequent collaborators

Michelle Servais

School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

2 shared papers, latest 2017

Gillian King

Rehabilitation Science

2 shared papers, latest 2017

Ari Zaretsky

Department of Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Dominique Piquette

Critical Care Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Fiona Campbell

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2011

Maria Mylopoulos

Department of Paediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Ayelet Kuper

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2010

Paula Rowland

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Mohammad Zubairi

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2014

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor McNaughton, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Building excellence in simulation programs: Experiences and examples from ASPIRE Award recipients and panellists." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Building excellence in simulation programs: Experiences and examples from ASPIRE Award recipients and panellists.

Call to Action: Honoring Simulated Participants and Collaborating With Simulated Participant Educators.

Power to the people? A co-produced critical review of service user involvement in mental health professions education.

Training simulated participants for role portrayal and feedback practices in communication skills training: A BEME scoping review: BEME Guide No. 86.

'How can we help the students learn?' A grounded theory study of simulated participants as educators.

Emotion as reflexive practice: A new discourse for feedback practice and research.

Transformative learning in an interprofessional student-run clinic: a qualitative study.

Who do I think you are? The guessing game ice breaker: Building community.

Nothing about me without me: a scoping review of how illness experiences inform simulated participants' encounters in health profession education.

From manifestos to praxis: developing criticality in healthcare simulation.

Involving People Living with HIV/AIDS in Training Medical Students in HIV Counselling and Testing

Frequent collaborators

Csilla Kalocsai

Sophie Soklaridis

Michelle Servais

David Wiljer

Alise de Bie

Gillian King

Gillian King

Sean Kidd

Sioban Nelson

Ari Zaretsky

Lianne Jeffs

Anne Wagner

Dominique Piquette

Fiona Campbell

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Lisa Richardson

Denise Jaworsky

Maria Mylopoulos

Ayelet Kuper

Paula Rowland

Michael McGillion

Zubin Austin

Mohammad Zubairi