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Tamara Carver (PhD)

Academic title(s): 
  • Associate Professor, Institute of Health Sciences Education (IHSE)
  • Associate Member, Department of Surgery, McGill University
  • Director, Office of Ed-TECH, FMHS 
  • Education Technology and E-learning Collaboration for Health 
Tamara Carver (PhD)
Contact Information
Email address: 
tamara.carver [at] mcgill.ca
Department: 
Health Sciences Education
Division: 
Surgical and Interventional Sciences
Degree(s): 

PhD

Area(s): 
Education
Graduate supervision: 

Currently supervising students

Group: 
Currently Recruiting
M.Sc. Students
M.Sc. Non-Thesis projects
Ph.D. Students
Research areas: 
Surgical Education and Simulation
Current research: 

Medical education; equity, diversity and inclusion in online learning; faculty development; education technology; distance learning; communities of learning 

Biography: 

TAMARA CARVER, PhD is the Director of the Office of Ed-TECH (Education Technology and E-learning Collaboration for Health) for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, located at the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning/medsimcentre/. She is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Sciences Education and an Associate Member of the Department of Surgery.   

Dr. Carver completed her Master’s degrees at Concordia University in the Department of Exercise Science, specializing in clinical exercise physiology, then earned her PhD from McGill’s Faculty of Education in 2014. During her post-doctoral training (2014-2017) in the Department of Family Medicine, she developed their first blended and online graduate courses, as well as the online Scholarly Activity Program for clinical teachers and residents. This experience, along with her key role in developing the original and highly successful International Blended Education Programs (China, Brazil, Switzerland, France) and Faculty Development Blended Education Program (McGill), led to the creation of Family Medicine Innovations in Learning (FMIL) in the Department of Family Medicine in 2017, where she was Assistant Professor and Education Lead. 

Selected publications: 

McGill IHSE

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