Briseida Mema

Title: Staff Physician, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Department of Critical Care Medicine

Designations: MD, FRCPC

Pronouns: she/her

Email: briseida.mema@sickkids.ca

Fax: 416-813-7299

Alternate Contact Name: Samantha Morin

Alternate Phone: 416-813-4918

Alternate Email: samantha.morin@sickkids.ca

U of T Positions: Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Research Positions

Project Investigator, SickKids Research Institute

Learning Positions

Program Director, Department of Critical Care Medicine

Biography

Dr. Briseida Mema's research questions have originated from her education work, and has used the research findings to inform her subsequent work, while sharing the insight gained through research to the larger medical education community through faculty development workshops in conferences. Her focuses include design of simulation curricula to maximize learning, assessment in competency based medical education, and medical humanities and their impact in supporting the wellness and resilience in clinicians.

Experience

2019–Present: Fellowship and Residency Program Director, Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2018–Present: Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2010–Present: Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2010–Present: Project Investigator, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2011–2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2010–2011: Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Education

2013–2018: MHPE, Masters of Health Professions Education, Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2010–2012: Education Scholars Program – Centre for Faculty Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2008–2010: Postgraduate medical trainee, Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children & University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2005–2008: Postgraduate medical trainee, Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children & University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2004–2005: International Medical Graduate, Ontario International Medical Graduate Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1998–1999: Postgraduate medical trainee, Dermatology, University of Tiranë, Tiranë, Albania
1991–1997: MD, Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tiranë, Tirana, Albania

Achievements

2017–2018: SickKids Site Teaching Award, Art Slutsky Day, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care (IDCCM), Toronto, ON
2012–2014: POWER Teaching Award, Postgraduate Medical Education, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
2011–2012: Harry Bain Award, Postgraduate Medical Education, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
2009–2010: The John F. Edmonds Critical Care Medicine Teaching Award, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
2007–2008: Christopher Ondaatje Award, Paediatric Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

Publications

See a full list of Dr. Briseida Mema's publications on PubMed.

2021: Principal Applicant. Our own History: Reviewing the Past, Understanding the Present, Shaping the Future. Post MD Education, University of Toronto. Medical Humanities Education Grant. Co-applicants: A Helmers, K Min. $5,000 CAD award plus matching $5,000 CAD from Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children.
2020: Principal Applicant. TACTICS. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Continuous professional development grant. $2,000 CAD.
2020: Principal Applicant. Art Evenings as a Window to the Clinicians Psyche. Post MD Education, University of Toronto. Medical Humanities Education Grant. Co-applicants: A Helmers, K Min. $5,000 CAD award plus matching $5,000 CAD from Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children.
2019: Principal Applicant. Literary Arts in Critical Care. Post MD Education, University of Toronto. Medical Humanities Education Grant. Co-applicants: A Helmers, K Min. $5,000 CAD award plus matching $5,000 CAD from Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children.
2018–2022: Collaborator. Intensive Care Units Residents Scheduling Study (InCURS) trial: A cluster RCT of 16 and 24 hour schedules in Canadian ICUs. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Project Grant). PI: CS Parshuram. $3,048,525 CAD.
2017–2020: Co-Investigator. Programmatic Assessment in the Workplace: A Realist Exploration of Contexts, Mechanisms, and Outcomes in Critical Care Medicine. Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada. PI: D Piquette. $55,000 CAD.
2016–2017: Collaborator. InCURS: Intensive Care Units Residents Scheduling Study. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Project Grant). PI: CS Parshuram. $100,000 CAD.
2016–2017: Co-Investigator. Organ and Tissue Donation Competency Based Medical Educational Program for Ontario Critical Care Medical Residents. Trillium Gift of Life Network. PI: A Sarthee. $99,000 CAD.
2015–2017: Principal Investigator. In search of the optimal bronchoscopy training platform: Evaluating the use of a novel, low cost, virtual tool for pre-training novice learners. Perioperative Services Innovation Projects, The Hospital for Sick Children. $9,000 CAD.
2014–2015: Principal Investigator. Rehearsal vs. Premiere: Chest tube skills from simulation to bedside. Pediatric Consultant’s Education Research Grant, The Hospital for Sick Children. $5,000 CAD.
2013–2014: Principal Investigator. U/S guided central lines: transfer of skills from simulation to bedside. Pediatric Consultant’s Innovation Development Grant, The Hospital for Sick Children. $2,900 CAD.
2013–2014: Co-Investigator. RESPECT: a tool to improve patient care quality and safety and facilitate team learning. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Catalyst Grant). PI: C Parshuram. $92,205 CAD.
2012–2014: Principal Investigator. Fellowship for Studies in Medical Education. Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada. $45,000 CAD