7th GRD - Meet the Speakers

7th

Meet the Speakers

25 - 26 APRIL 2023

Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical Foundations, Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) Dr Hedda G. Dyer MB CHB Ed, MRCS Ed, MBA

Dr. Hedda Dyer is a surgeon, medical educator and researcher. She is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical Foundations at the Ross University School of Medicine. Her role involves leading a team of Faculty and skilled administrative professionals to consistently deliver excellence in clinical skills training for future physicians and their future patients. Dr. Dyer is also active in clinical community participatory research, focusing on the early detection, diagnosis of breast cancer in limited resource countries since 2008, along with breast and ovarian cancer health disparities since 2012. In medical education research, since 2019, her focus has been on the role of critical consciousness and self-reflection in cultural humility in achieving cultural competency in medical education. More recently, she has published on the use of Standardized Patients to Improve Trauma Informed Care in the era of the Covid-19 Pandemic. She was instrumental in transitioning an in-person clinical experience into an immersive telemedicine model, which serves as a sustainable teaching tool in the medical curriculum.

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