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Jason Matthew Harley (PhD)

Academic title(s): 
  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine,鈥�
  • Scientist, Research Institute of the 海角社区 Health Centre (RI-MUHC);鈥�
  • Director of Research, Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning;鈥�
Jason Matthew Harley (PhD)
Contact Information
Email address: 
jason.harley [at] mcgill.ca
Department: 
Surgery
Division: 
Surgical and Interventional Sciences
Degree(s): 

BA, MA, PhD

Area(s): 
Education
Location: 
Montreal General Hospital
Graduate supervision: 

Currently supervising students

Group: 
Currently Recruiting
M.Sc. Students
M.Sc. Non-Thesis projects
Ph.D. Students
Research areas: 
Surgical Education and Simulation
Data Science
Medical Technology
Current research: 

Currently, they are directing the following research projects in their SAILS Lab, many funded by the :

  1. Developing and evaluating high-fidelity simulation scenarios for medical residents to practice combatting harassment and support psychological safety.
  2. Advancing scientific understanding and best practice concerning the individual and collaborative regulation of emotions and cognitive processes in team-based health professions simulation training.
  3. Implementing and evaluating virtual simulation and haptic robotic technology in dental students鈥� training at 海角社区.
  4. Implementing and evaluating virtual simulation technology within medical and nursing students鈥� training at 海角社区.

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Clinical Interests: 

Prof. Harley鈥檚 research鈥痑ims to enhance surgical and health professions education and support health care workers by reducing adverse events and inefficiencies, especially those associated with the incidence of undesirable and unregulated鈥痚motions,鈥痓urnout, and鈥痟arassment. They apply psychological and educational theories using interdisciplinary research methods and leverage a wide range of technologies, including鈥痸irtual reality (VR)鈥痑nd鈥痑rtificial intelligence (AI), to support the development of health professions competencies with novel technology-enhanced educational interventions and simulations. Their interdisciplinary research draws on mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) that include both objective (e.g., skin conductance, facial recognition software, eyetracking) and subjective (self-report instruments, semi-structured interviews) measures of emotion and cognition that help them assess a variety of surgical and medical competencies.听

Areas of interest: 

Surgical education, simulations, emotion regulation, burnout, medical technology, team training (e.g., communication, collaboration, leadership).听听

Courses: 

EXSU 603听

Biography: 

Jason M. Harley, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the鈥�Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at 海角社区, Scientist at the鈥�� (RI-MUHC), Director of Research of the鈥�Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning鈥�(SCSIL) and Director of the鈥�Simulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery (SAILS) Lab.鈥�

They specialize in supporting emotions and training using biometrics, AI, VR, and simulation to advance healthcare on earth and in space. See below picture of Jason and the SCSIL team visiting the Canadian Space Agency they are currently working with. See a recent 海角社区 article鈥�here鈥痜or more.听

Jason is also a fiction writer and avid reader of science fiction and fantasy.听

Link(s): 
Sails Lab
Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning
Selected publications: 

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