Christina St-Onge, Université de Sherbrooke

Research

assessment assessment for learning feedback test enhanced learning competency-based education

Latest papers

Assessment fairness at the nexus of validity: Linking fairness threats to score meaning.
Medical education · 2026 · first author
Patients' Voices and the Assessment of Medical Trainees: A Discourse Analysis.
Perspectives on medical education · 2026 · first author
Reprioritising consultation in scoping reviews: Clarifying purposes and practices.
Medical education · 2026

All 72 publications

Latest funding

How does experience with the task impact assessors' evaluative judgment?
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$45,578
Évaluation des apprentissages : Réduire l'écart entre les pratiques de validation recommandées et celles utilisées par les professeurs dans les programmes en sciences de la santé
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$27,202
Assessment as a driver for student learning: Evidence-informed recommendations for the implementation of Assessment for Learning
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$93,462

All 6 grants and awards

72 publications.

01

Assessment fairness at the nexus of validity: Linking fairness threats to score meaning.

St-Onge C, Marceau M, Zumbo BD

Medical education2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.70311 PMID: 42720507

02

Patients' Voices and the Assessment of Medical Trainees: A Discourse Analysis.

St-Onge C, Boulais I, Bergeron L, Dion V, Le Sieur I, Marceau M, Poitras ME, Dubé T, Schumacher DJ

Perspectives on medical education2026First author

DOI: 10.5334/pme.2588 PMID: 42434430

03

Reprioritising consultation in scoping reviews: Clarifying purposes and practices.

Zaccagnini M, Maggio LA, St-Onge C, Dubé TV

Medical education2026

DOI: 10.1111/medu.70211 PMID: 41866732

04

Let's talk about change as the only constant in life and science: parlons de changements.

St-Onge C

Canadian medical education journal2026First author

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.83537 PMID: 42051479

05

Development of a pain management competency assessment for physiotherapy students: Integrating simulation and written assessments

Augeard N, Miller J, Bostick G, St-Onge C, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Hudon A, Walton D, Singer L, Cooper L, Bussières A

Canadian Journal of Pain20254 citations

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2025.2512728

06

Fulfilling a social mission: examining practice locations of residency graduates over two decades.

Dubé T, Touchette M, Bergeron L, Fourati M, Barber C, St-Onge C

Canadian medical education journal2025Senior author

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.81307 PMID: 41017986

07

Documenting medical students' use of self-explanations: tool development and initial validity evidence.

Lachiver EV, Chamberland M, Bergeron L, Setrakian J, Chebbihi H, St-Onge C

Canadian medical education journal2025Senior author

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.78199 PMID: 41017991

08

Multi-source feedback in undergraduate medical education: a pilot study.

Bartman I, St-Onge C, Roy M, Gingerich A, Katsoulas E, Chahine S, Gagnon N

Canadian medical education journal2025

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.79283 PMID: 40365596

09

Are we optimizing medical students' preparation for clerkship? A content analysis of narrative comments on clinical skills during preclinical training.

Bergeron L, Blanchette P, Chakroun M, Boileau É, Boulais I, Chamberland M, St-Onge C

Canadian medical education journal2025Senior author

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.78569 PMID: 40365584

10

Embracing the next frontier in assessment.

St-Onge C

Canadian medical education journal2025First author

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.81477 PMID: 40365581

How does experience with the task impact assessors' evaluative judgment?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gauthier, Geneviève

Keywords: Evaluative judgment; Assessors' cognition; Assessment; feedback; competency-based education

$45,578

Évaluation des apprentissages : Réduire l'écart entre les pratiques de validation recommandées et celles utilisées par les professeurs dans les programmes en sciences de la santé

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Marceau, Mélanie

Keywords: Évaluation des apprentissages; Pratiques de validation; Enseignement universitaire; Professeurs; Pédagogie des sciences de la santé

$27,202

Assessment as a driver for student learning: Evidence-informed recommendations for the implementation of Assessment for Learning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: St-Onge, Christina

Keywords: assessment; assessment for learning; feedback; test enhanced learning; competency-based education

$93,462

Identifying how contextual factors in the workplace influence how Canadian health care professionals enact, maintain and develop their core professional competencies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Thomas, Aliki

Keywords: professional competencies; workforce; contextual factors; health professions education; knowledge mobilization; professional roles

$148,579

Comparing and combining two instructional techniques : Impact on learning at different levels of higher education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Chamberland, Martine

Keywords: (1) Instructional techniques; (2) Self-explanation; (3) Analogical comparison; (4) Structured reflexion; (5) Problem solving; (6) Clinical reasoning; (7) Knowledge building

$69,100

From theory to practice: quantification and consequences of different validity conceptualizations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: St-Onge, Christina

Keywords: validity; validation; assessment; evaluation; measurement; education; tests; structured review; multiple case study; quality control

$151,992

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

Kadija Perreault and Anne Hudon: 21 shared papers
Aliki Thomas and Annie Rochette: 21 shared papers
Lorelei Lingard and Sayra Cristancho: 20 shared papers
Meredith Young and Christina St-Onge: 14 shared papers
Annie Rochette and Brigitte Vachon: 12 shared papers
Aliki Thomas and Brigitte Vachon: 11 shared papers
Isabelle Gaboury and Marie-Eve Poitras: 8 shared papers
Isabelle Gaboury and Brigitte Vachon: 8 shared papers
Aliki Thomas and Christina St-Onge: 7 shared papers
Kadija Perreault and Jordan Miller: 6 shared papers
Anne Hudon and Peter Stilwell: 6 shared papers
Aliki Thomas and Jordan Miller: 5 shared papers
Aliki Thomas and Meredith Young: 4 shared papers
Jordan Miller and Anne Hudon: 4 shared papers
Lisa Carlesso and Kadija Perreault: 3 shared papers
Lisa Carlesso and Aliki Thomas: 3 shared papers
Lisa Carlesso and Jordan Miller: 3 shared papers
David Walton and Aliki Thomas: 3 shared papers
David Walton and Jordan Miller: 3 shared papers
David Walton and Anne Hudon: 3 shared papers
Kadija Perreault and Isabelle Gaboury: 3 shared papers
Marie-Eve Poitras and Christina St-Onge: 3 shared papers
Walter Tavares and Christina St-Onge: 3 shared papers
Lisa Carlesso and Peter Stilwell: 2 shared papers
Lorelei Lingard and Christina St-Onge: 2 shared papers
David Walton and Peter Stilwell: 2 shared papers
Aliki Thomas and Marie-Eve Poitras: 2 shared papers
Annie Rochette and Christina St-Onge: 2 shared papers
Marco Zaccagnini and Christina St-Onge: 2 shared papers
Sawsen Lakhal and Christina St-Onge: 2 shared papers
Lisa Carlesso and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Sayra Cristancho and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Sayra Cristancho and Saad Chahine: 1 shared paper
Marie-France Langlois and Aliki Thomas: 1 shared paper
Marie-France Langlois and Meghan McConnell: 1 shared paper
Marie-France Langlois and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
David Walton and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Johane Patenaude and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Kadija Perreault and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Aliki Thomas and Meghan McConnell: 1 shared paper
Aliki Thomas and Isabelle Ledoux: 1 shared paper
Annie Rochette and Isabelle Ledoux: 1 shared paper
Meredith Young and Walter Tavares: 1 shared paper
Isabelle Gaboury and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Jordan Miller and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Meghan McConnell and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Anne Hudon and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Annabelle Cumyn and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Brigitte Vachon and Christina St-Onge: 1 shared paper
Brigitte Vachon and Isabelle Ledoux: 1 shared paper
Christina St-Onge and Isabelle Ledoux: 1 shared paper
Christina St-Onge and Peter Stilwell: 1 shared paper
Christina St-Onge and Saad Chahine: 1 shared paper
Christina St-Onge and THIRUSHA NAIDU: 1 shared paper

Health Sciences Education
Higher Education
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Sciences infirmières
Health and Society
Occupational Therapy
Medicine
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Co-authors at Université de Sherbrooke, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Meredith Young

Higher Education

14 shared papers, latest 2024

Aliki Thomas

School of Physical and Occupational Therapy

7 shared papers, latest 2025

Walter Tavares

Health and Society

3 shared papers, latest 2022

Marie-Eve Poitras

Sciences infirmières

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Annie Rochette

Occupational Therapy

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Peter Stilwell

Interdisciplinary Studies

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Isabelle Ledoux

Health Sciences Education

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Saad Chahine

Measurement and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Meghan McConnell

Anesthesiology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Isabelle Gaboury

Ecole de réadaptation

1 shared papers, latest 2018

David Walton

School of Physical Therapy

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Lisa Carlesso

Rehabilitation Science

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Jordan Miller

Rehabilitation Therapy

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: assessment Dear Professor St-Onge, 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 "Assessment fairness at the nexus of validity: Linking fairness threats to score meaning." (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.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Assessment as a driver for student learning: Evidence-informed recommendations for the implementation of Assessment for Learning" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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

Assessment fairness at the nexus of validity: Linking fairness threats to score meaning.

Patients' Voices and the Assessment of Medical Trainees: A Discourse Analysis.

Reprioritising consultation in scoping reviews: Clarifying purposes and practices.

Let's talk about change as the only constant in life and science: parlons de changements.

Development of a pain management competency assessment for physiotherapy students: Integrating simulation and written assessments

Fulfilling a social mission: examining practice locations of residency graduates over two decades.

Documenting medical students' use of self-explanations: tool development and initial validity evidence.

Multi-source feedback in undergraduate medical education: a pilot study.

Are we optimizing medical students' preparation for clerkship? A content analysis of narrative comments on clinical skills during preclinical training.

Embracing the next frontier in assessment.

How does experience with the task impact assessors' evaluative judgment?

Évaluation des apprentissages : Réduire l'écart entre les pratiques de validation recommandées et celles utilisées par les professeurs dans les programmes en sciences de la santé

Assessment as a driver for student learning: Evidence-informed recommendations for the implementation of Assessment for Learning

Identifying how contextual factors in the workplace influence how Canadian health care professionals enact, maintain and develop their core professional competencies

Comparing and combining two instructional techniques : Impact on learning at different levels of higher education

From theory to practice: quantification and consequences of different validity conceptualizations

Frequent collaborators

Meredith Young

Aliki Thomas

Walter Tavares

Marie-Eve Poitras

Sawsen Lakhal

Lorelei Lingard

Marco Zaccagnini

Annie Rochette

Peter Stilwell

Isabelle Ledoux

Saad Chahine

THIRUSHA NAIDU

Meghan McConnell

Anne Hudon

Annabelle Cumyn

Brigitte Vachon

Isabelle Gaboury

Sayra Cristancho

Marie-France Langlois

David Walton

Johane Patenaude

Kadija Perreault

Lisa Carlesso

Jordan Miller