A Call to Investigate the Relationship Between Education and Health Outcomes Using Big Data

Saad Chahine1, Kulamakan Mahan Kulasegaram, Sarah Wright

  • 1S. Chahine is research scientist, Centre for Education Research & Innovation, and assistant professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0488-773X. K. Kulasegaram is scientist and assistant professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Wilson Centre, University Health Network and Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. S. Wright is assistant professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, and scientist, Wilson Centre, University Health Network and Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto East Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6636-4822. S. Monteiro is assistant professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, and education scientist, McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory, Faculty of Health Sciences Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8723-5942. L.E.M. Grierson is scientist, McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences Program for Education Research, Innovation, and Theory, and associate professor, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. C. Barber is assessment and data analyst, Undergraduate Medical Education, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. S.S. Sebok-Syer is a postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Education Research & Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-5971. M. McConnell is assistant professor, Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8721-2107. W. Yen is senior researcher, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A. De Champlain is director, Psychometrics and Assessment Services, Medical Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2472-798X. C. Touchie is chief medical education officer, Medical Council of Canada, and associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7926-9720.

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