MINA ZEROUAL, MD, M.Ed is an Assistant Professor of Anatomical Sciences within the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health sciences and a Course Director, Physician Apprenticeship (I, II, III, & IV) at Campus Outaouais. She is a French leader in anatomy/histology and embryology at McGill University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. She brings nearly 24 years of clinical experience as a medical doctor (1994) specialized in general surgery ( 2000) at the Faculty of Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco. Her academic training, including a master鈥檚 degree in education for Health Professionals from the University of Ottawa, and her work in a Canadian university setting for over twelve years, has given her strong skills in medical education. she is deeply engaged in the success of the MDCM Program at Outaouais Campus. Furthermore, she actively collaborates with her counterparts who are based in Montreal. Dr. Zeroual is also an attentive teacher who tirelessly attends to the quality of her teaching, the teaching materials used and resources available to the students鈥攁ll with the goal of assuring their thorough comprehension of anatomy and histology. She has been honored by McGill University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences on several occasions (Ex. Word Teaching Day 2021: . She has a particular interest in the advancement of educational research. In February 2024, she received a Faculty Awards for Teaching Innovation - Medicine and Health Sciences Education (/ihse/article/meet-winners-years-learner-and-facult...).
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Current research interests:
- Developing conceptual frameworks for medical education.
- Developing new Anatomy strategies teaching.
- Students' engagement in the anatomy laboratory and the development of CanMEDS competencies.
- Resilience and coping strategies among Canadian students
- Neer peer anatomy teaching to reduce students' anxiety and improve their anatomy learning.
- Exploring new dissection strategies using different embalming techniques to provide the best anatomy teaching. (Ex. Recurrent laryngeal nerve education).
Selected Publications
- Zeroual, M., Lu, D., D鈥橝nna, F., Venne, G., & Balta, J. (2023). Evidence-based anatomy education: a novel socio-constructivist approach.
- Mossa, A. H., Th茅riault, G., Balta, J. Y., & Zeroual, M. (2023). Lessons from the Pandemic: A Scoping Review on Online Student Assessment in Anatomy Education. HAPS Educator, 27(2).
- . Mina Zeroual, David El-Adem, Peter Tai, Gabriel Venne, Joy Balta & Noel Geoffry. Anatomy Connected 2024.
- Lao, J., Gonzalez, S., Burbidge, D., Dombou, C., Salama, M., Zeroual, M., ... & Fallavollita, P. (2019). A mixed reality technology as a supplemental learning tool of the cardiovascular system. CMBES Proceedings, 42.
- Wu, A., Maddula, V., Singh, J., Sagoo, M. G., Chien, C.-L., Wingate, R., Kielstein, H., Traxler, H., Brassett, C., Waschke, J., Vielmuth, F., Sakurai, T., Zeroual, M., Olsen, J., El-Batti, S., Viranta-Kovanen, S., Kitahara, S., Keay, K., Kunzel, C., et al. (2021). Alternatives to Student Outbound Mobility-Improving Students鈥� Cultural Competency Skills Online to Improve Global Health Without Travel. Medical Science Educator, 31(4), 1441鈥�1451.