Ryan Brydges PhD

Scientist - The Wilson Centre
Director of Research, Allan Waters Family Simulation Centre
Professorship in Technology-Enabled Education, St. Michael’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Research

Ryan’s research program explores how health professionals engage in self-regulated learning, with a particular focus on the cognitive, behavioural, and social factors influencing their learning. He uses theories from educational psychology to understand how to conceptualize and measure how learners’ goals, strategies, and beliefs influence their learning processes and outcomes.

The ultimate goal of his research is to translate this understanding to design training environments that prepare clinicians to be effective in their future lifelong learning (especially using healthcare simulation and other technology-enabled education).

His additional research interests include: skill retention and transfer, translational simulation, validation and assessment, quality improvement, data-driven health professions education, and experimental research designs.

Affiliations

  • Allan Waters Family Simulation Centre, St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

  • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

To find out more about Ryan’s research visit: PubMed and https://aerotoronto.ca/

Current Fellows and HPER Doctoral Students: Stacie Carey, Jaimie Coleman, Emer Finan, Dean Lising

Current Fellows and HPER Doctoral Students

Jaimie Coleman is a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre. She is also an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Jaimie is the graduate coordinator for the Physical Therapy program and also teaches the cardiorespiratory content. Jaimie completed a BPHE and MScPT both at the University of Toronto and a Master of Health Management at McMaster University. Under the supervision of Dr. Ryan Brydges, her research aims to better understand mechanisms of effort regulation as students navigate digital learning environments.

Supervisor: Ryan Brydges