Eileen Hanna

Bio

Eileen Hanna is a retired faculty member. When ​she graduated from the McMaster BScN program in 1990, she was fortunate to first work with Alba DiCenso, Liz Rideout, Ann Mohide and Jackie Roberts. This wonderful group solidified her love of teaching Problem-Based Learning at McMaster, but also encouraged her to seek a variety of opportunities in life. As a result, Eileen has worked with the CPSO, the Faculty of Medicine, McMaster Continuing Medical Education program and was head hunted to become vice president of an international education company situated in Toronto.  Concurrently, while working on these various projects, she was a part time tutor and in 2010 accepted a full-time CLA position in the school of nursing.

Select Publications

• Carter, T., Hanna, E., & Swinton, M. (2014). Technology-Enhanced Large Group Undergraduate Interprofessional Teaching in Child Development. Submitted to: The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
• (Award winning article) Tipping, J., Donahue, J., & Hanna, E. (2001). Value of unstructured time during formal continuing education events. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 21(2), pages 90 – 96.
• Hanna, E., Premi, J., & Turnbull, J. (2000). Results of remedial CME in dyscompetent physicians.   Academic Medicine. 75(2), pages 174 – 176.
• Hanna, E., Premi, J., & Turnbull, J. (1996). Can you teach an old doc new tricks? in Advances in Medical Education.  Kluwer Publishers. The Netherlands. Paper presented at the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Maastricht.
• Norman, G.R., Davis, D., Lamb, S., Hanna, E., Caulford, P. & Kaigas, T. (1993). Competency assessment of primary care physicians as part of a peer review program. Journal of the American Medical Association. 270(9), pages 1046 - 1051.

Honours

• April 2002     Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (JCHEP) Award, Most Innovative Journal Article, Decker Publishing
• July 1999      Society of Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) Endowment Award, Excellence in Continuing Education
• March 1997   Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (ACME), William Campbell Felch Award, Most Innovative Continuing Education Activity
• June 1990     Dean's Honour List, McMaster School of Nursing, BScN Program

Grants

• Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. Technology-Enhanced Large Group Undergraduate Interprofessional Process for Child Development.  2012 - 2014, $40,283.50.
• McMaster Centre for Leadership in Learning.  Early Years Childhood Assessment Study.  2007, $7,400.
• Gender & Health Education Initiative McMaster University.  Development and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Module on Gender and Poverty. 2007, $5,000.
• Ministry of Health & Long Term Care/Ministry of Colleges, Training and Universities. Enhancing Collaborative Decision-Making and Team Reflection in Health Professional Students.  2007 - 2009, $592,041.
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Interprofessional Palliative Care.  2004,  $101,168.
• Primary Health Care Transition Fund, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Quality in Family Practice Settings.  2003, $514,000.
• Primary Health Care Transition Fund, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Actively Building Capacity in Long Term Care.  2002, $315,000.

Research

Eileen Hanna has been fortunate to be involved in a variety of research projects. Most focus on quality of patient care and optimal teaching & learning for students; others address interprofessional issues and succession planning in the health care field.