Shirley Schipper, MD, CCFP, FCFP, MClSc

Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Office of Education

Pronouns: she/her

Contact

Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Office of Education
Email
sschippe@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-1950

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

medical education


About

Dr. Shirley Schipper graduated from medical school and completed the Family Medicine Residency Program at the University of Alberta. She is a Professor with the Department of Family Medicine. Shirley's clinical practice is based at the Grey Nuns Family Medicine Academic Teaching Clinic, where she was also medical and academic director for 15 years. She was the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education from 2008-2012.

Currently, Dr. Schipper is the Vice Dean, Education for the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Nationally, Dr. Schipper was a board member and past President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). She has worked with both the CFPC and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada on topics of education, assessment, certification and accreditation. She was an Accreditation Survey Chair and a member of the Residency Accreditation committee for the CFPC.

Dr. Schipper’s areas of interest and expertise include national and international curriculum and program development, competency-based education and assessment, teaching and learning strategies and faculty coaching.


Research

AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INTERESTS


National and International curriculum and program development

Competency based education and assessment

Teaching and learning strategies

Faculty coaching

International medical graduate education and performance

Accreditation of medical education programs

Critical thinking

Featured Publications

Canadian Family Physician. 2020 January;


Canadian Family Physician. 2020 January;


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Canadian Family Physician. 2020 January;


Canadian Family Physician. 2020 January;


Canadian Family Physician. 2020 January;


Canadian Family Physician. 2020 January;


Canadian Family Physician. 2020 January;


Canadian Family Physician. 2019 January;


Education for Primary Care. 2019 January; 10.1080/14739879.2019.1573108


Canadian Family Physician. 2019 January;


Family Medicine. 2018 January; 10.22454/FamMed.2018.912108


Rural and Remote Health. 2018 January; 10.22605/RRH4514


Canadian Family Physician. 2018 January;


Family Medicine. 2017 January;


Family Medicine. 2016 January;


Evidence-Based Medicine. 2016 January; 10.1136/ebmed-2016-110381


Academic Medicine. 2013 January; 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828b0823


Canadian Family Physician. 2012 January;


Canadian Family Physician. 2011 January;


Canadian Family Physician. 2010 January;


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