Marghalara Rashid, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Health professions education Qualitative Research knowledge synthesis Knowledge translation

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About

Marghalara Rashid is currently appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

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Research

I am  an interdisciplinary scholar with a PhD in Medical Sciences and Post-PhD in Health Professions Education (HPE) from the University of Alberta. My research program engages a multi-method approach (e.g., knowledge synthesis, qualitative inquiry including ethnography, constructive grounded theory, and narrative Inquiry etc) to establish evidence-based solutions to improve equity in health professions scholarship. My developing research program focuses on examining biases, barriers, and obstacles that hinder equity in health professions education.  Further, my focus is on cultural competency inclusion specifically exploring the experiences of health professionals and trainees from marginalized groups such as indigenous communities, visible minorities, and people with disabilities. We also focus on developing educational interventions that will assist educators and learners in gaining the cultural competencies required to provide appropriate care to patients from diverse groups. In particular, a philosophical approach to critical theory, intersectionality and decolonizing framework has played a significant role in informing study design, research questions, and the ensuing trajectory of our research projects. This work has produced more than 45 publications to date and is currently funded by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) foundation.

Additionally, my program provides a centralized home for health professions education within the Department of Pediatrics where all faculty members (i.e., junior, and clinical) and trainees (students, residents, MSc, Ph.D., and postdoctoral fellows) can come together for learning, mentorship, and collaboration. Currently, I am leading interrelated activities to establish this program of research, for which we will applied to Tri-Council funding agencies.

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Teaching

I am Teaching/ co-teach following courses: 

1. PEADS- 601

2. EDHS 597 - Special Seminars

3. REHAB 601 SEM B1 -  Research Design 

Marghalara Rashid, Julie Nguyen, Wayne Clark, Jessica L. Foulds, Ida John, Ming-Ka Chan, Molly Whalen-Browne, Pamela Roach, Melanie Morris & Sarah Forgie

BMC Medical Education . 2025 January; 25 (132):1-14 10.1186/s12909-025-06722-w

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Rashid M, Arseneau N, Kemble T, Lightning M. P, Forbes, K. L.

Medical Education Online. 2024 May; 29 (1) 10.1080/10872981.2024.2350251

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Marghalara Rashid, Mark Goldszmidt

Medical Education. 2024 May; 10.1111/medu.15401

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Julie Nguyen, Marghalara Rashid, Sarah Forgie

Medical Teacher . 2023 October; 46 (6):763–768. 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2289852

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Abdinasir Ali, Julie Nguyen , Liz Dennett, Helly Goez, Marghalara Rashid

Can Med Educ J. 2023 June; 14 (3):75-86

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Marghalara Rashid, Julie Nguyen, Jessica L. Foulds, Liz Dennett, Nicole Cardinal, Sarah E. Forgie

Journal of Graduate Medical Education . 2023 April; 15 (1):24–36. 10.4300/JGME-D-22-00180.1

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Rashid Marghalara, Nguyen Julie, Foulds Jessica, Forgie, Sarah E.

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions . 2023 January; 43 (1):12-20 10.1097/CEH.0000000000000449

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Marghalara Rashid, Sarah Forgie

Canadian Medical Education Journal . 2022 October; 13 (6) 10.36834/cmej.75214

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Erin Boschee,Zoya Zaeem,Aditi Amin,Karen Moniz, Marghalara Rashid

Medical Education Online. 2022 May; 27 (1) 10.1080/10872981.2022.2079395

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Davila-Cervantes Andrea, Foulds Jessica L, Gomaa Nahla A, Rashid Marghalara

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions . 2021 January; 41 (1): 24-30 10.1097/CEH.0000000000000322

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Marghalara Rashid, Vera Caine, Helly R Goez

International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 2015 April; 14 ( 5) 10.1177/1609406915621421

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