Dr. Aliki Thomas (PhD, Learning Sciences, 2011) is the recipient of the 2018 Maude Abbot Prize

SPOT Professor and Education alumna Dr. Aliki Thomas (PhD (Learning Sciences) 2011) has been selected as the 2018 winner of the McGill Faculty of Medicine Maude Abbot Prize. The award recognizes an outstanding female faculty member who excels in education, research, or administration with a focus on the early career stage.

Dr. Thomas was honored for her extraordinary productivity and passion for research in the development and assessment of advanced clinical competencies including evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, decision-making, and the development of professional expertise.

Dr. Thomas is Assistant Professor and research scientist at the Center for Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University. Dr. Thomas' research is on education and knowledge translation. She is interested in the development and assessment of advanced clinical competencies including evidence-based practice, clincal reasoning, decision-making and the development of professional expertise. Her work spans three major areas of occupational therapy education and practice, from admissions, to professional education (including curriculum design and assessment), and clinical practice. In addition to her research in education, she is involved in research on how to bridge the evidence-to-practice gap where she uses an educational psychology perspective to examine the use of theory in the design and delivery of effective KT interventions. She is also interested in the concept of scholarship of practice and the outcomes of clinical-researcher partnership on clinical practice.