Speaker Profile

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	Biography Dr. Burnett graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1981 with BSc(Med) and MD degrees. She obtained her CCFP and practiced family medicine in Winnipeg for seven years. She returned to the University of Manitoba to do her Obstetrics and Gynaecology Residency followed by the APGO/Solvay Scholarship in Medical Education. After eight years in private practice she was invited to join the geographic full-time teaching faculty at the University of Manitoba. As the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology she focused on defining and valuing the role of the medical student as an integral member of the health care team. She completed the Advanced Instructor Course in Medical Simulation in Boston in 2010 and used her newly acquired skills to implement a popular high-fidelity simulation curriculum in her department. She served as Obstetrics and Gynaecology Residency Program Director for ten years, during which time she championed the implementation of simulation in medical education, competency-based learner assessment and transition to practice through effective clinical mentorship. She is currently Professor and Associate Head, Academic in her Department and Section Head of Gynecology at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. Her clinical and administrative roles focus on knowledge translation and the practical application of evidence-based medicine. Disclosure I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose. I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).

Biography
Dr. Burnett graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1981 with BSc(Med) and MD degrees. She obtained her CCFP and practiced family medicine in Winnipeg for seven years. She returned to the University of Manitoba to do her Obstetrics and Gynaecology Residency followed by the APGO/Solvay Scholarship in Medical Education. After eight years in private practice she was invited to join the geographic full-time teaching faculty at the University of Manitoba. As the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology she focused on defining and valuing the role of the medical student as an integral member of the health care team. She completed the Advanced Instructor Course in Medical Simulation in Boston in 2010 and used her newly acquired skills to implement a popular high-fidelity simulation curriculum in her department. She served as Obstetrics and Gynaecology Residency Program Director for ten years, during which time she championed the implementation of simulation in medical education, competency-based learner assessment and transition to practice through effective clinical mentorship. She is currently Professor and Associate Head, Academic in her Department and Section Head of Gynecology at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. Her clinical and administrative roles focus on knowledge translation and the practical application of evidence-based medicine.
Disclosure
I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose. I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).