Dr. Sue Dojeiji
Email: sdojeiji@toh.ca
Positions
- Physiatrist-in-Chief TOHRC, Chief Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Bruyere Continuing Care, and Chair University of Ottawa PM&R
- Clinician-Educator, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Clinical Areas
- Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- General MSK and Sports Medicine
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
Education
Undergraduate
University of Ottawa – Human Kinetics, 1986-89
Medical school
University of Western Ontario, 1989-1993
Other
- University of Ottawa PMR residency program, 1993-98
- University of Toronto/OISE, Masters of Education – Higher Education, 1998-2000
- CSCN Electromyography Exam, 2003
Academic Activities
Dr. Dojeiji has a strong interest and expertise in communication skills teaching and evaluation. She has conducted workshops on how to teach and evaluate communication skills locally, provincially and nationally. She acts as a consultant with the RCPSC and the University of Ottawa as a Clinician-Educator promoting, developing, implementing and evaluating verbal, written and team-based communication skills programs for postgraduate trainees and faculty. Dr Dojeiji is the Chief Examiner for the RCPSC PM&R Fellowship Examination.
Peer-reviewed workshops and education innovations presented at medical education meetings
- Family Conference Rating Scale
(55 KB) - How to write consultation letters
- How to conduct family conferences
- In-training evaluation
- How to break bad news
- Making it Stick – how to help our patients remember and understand
- Communication skills training for international medical graduates
- Orientation to learning in the Canadian healthcare environment
- In-the-moment teaching – bringing Communicator to the bedside
- Collaboration between family physicians and other specialists
- Evaluation 101
- Enhancing the evaluation toolbox – the daily encounter card
Selected Publications
Dojeiji S. Can you tell the difference? Effect of a consultation letter workshop on letter quality. RCPSC 2001.
Dojeiji S. Are they as good as they say? Effect of a communication skills workshop on breaking bad news. RCPSC 2001.
Keely E, Dojeiji S, Myers K. 12 tips to Consultation Letter Writing. Medical Teacher, Nov. 2002, vol 24, no 6, pp 581-585.
Hall P, Keely E, Dojeiji S, Marks M. Communication skills, cultural challenges and individual support: challenges of international medical graduates in Canadian healthcare environment. Medical Teacher, 2004, vol. 26, number 2, pp 120-125.
Keely E, Dojeiji S, Faught W. Pre-pregnancy counselling: what do residents write in their consultations letters. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. March 2004.
Keely, E, Myers K, Dojeiji S, Campbell, C. Peer assessment of outpatient consultation letters – feasibility and satisfaction. BMC Medical Education 2007, 7:13 doi:10.1186/1472-6920/7/13.
Pending book publication Dec 2011; CanMEDS Curriculum Design Resource for Medical Educators. Prime author in two chapters: Instructional Methods and Program Evaluation.
Sherbino J, Snell L, Dojeiji S, Dath D, Abbott C, Frank J. A National Clinician-Educator Program: A Model of an Effective Community of Practice. Medical Education Online 2010; 15:10.3402/meo:v15i0.5356
P. Hall , J. O'Reilly, S. Dojeiji, R. Blair, A. Harley. From cure to care: assessing the ethical and professional learning needs of medical learners in a care-based facility. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2009; 30 (4):351-66.
Keely, E, Myers K, Dojeiji, S, Campbell, C. Peer assessment of outpatient consultation letters - feasibility and satisfaction. BMC Medical Education 2007, 7:13 doi:10.1186/1472-6920/7/13
Hall P, Keely E, Dojeiji S, Marks M. Communication skills, cultural challenges and individual support: challenges of international medical graduates in Canadian healthcare environment. Medical Teacher, 2004, vol. 26, number 2, pp 120-125.
Keely E, Dojeiji S, Faught W. Pre-pregnancy counseling: what do residents write in their consultation letters. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. March 2004. Ref Fiona Hendry (editor).
Keely E, Dojeiji S, Myers K. 12 tips to Consultation Letter Writing. Medical Teacher, Nov. 2002, vol 24, no 6, pp 581-585.
Keely E, Myers K, Dojeiji S, Can Written Communication Skills be Tested in an Objective Structured Clinical Examination Format? Academic Medicine, January 2002, number 1, pp 82-86.
Myers K, Keely E, Dojeiji S, Norman G. Development of a Rating Scale to Evaluate Written Communication Skills of Residents. Academic Medicine, October supplement 1999, vol. 74 no. 10, pp S111-S113
Education Innovation: 2008 Developed a clinical teaching tool to enhance bedside (in-the-moment) teaching of CanMEDS Roles. START Card (available at RCPSC CanMEDS Store)