Our Team

Dr. Robert (Bob) Connelly is a neonatologist and medical educator at Queen's University. He completed his MD degree at the University of Toronto in 1990, and his Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine training at Dalhousie University/IWK Health Centre from 1991 to 1998. He subsequently completed his MBA at Queen’s University in 2012. From 2013 to 2023, Bob served as the Head of Pediatrics at Queen’s University and Pediatrics Program Medical Director at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre. He was the President of the Pediatric Chairs of Canada from 2019 to 2021 and held the inaugural Queen’s Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research and Education from 2019 to 2023.

Over his career, Bob has held many educational leadership roles, including Program Director of the Queen’s Pediatrics residency training program. He has served on several Royal College specialty education committees and chaired both the Royal College MCQ Examination Committee in Pediatrics and the Specialty Committee for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. His passion for education is infectious, and he has received multiple awards including the Canadian Association of Medical Education (CAME) Award of Merit and the Queen’s Aesculapian Society Lectureship Award for eleven consecutive years.

Complementing his leadership training and experience, design-thinking fuels Bob’s development and implementation of new strategies, whether in delivering a more compelling presentation or improving patient care. He is a self-described “typography nerd” and “geek wannabe” who is on the lookout for a better font for his presentations and new technologies to improve his productivity.

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Dr. Denise Stockley is a Professor and Scholar in Higher Education with the Office of the Provost (Teaching and Learning Portfolio) and the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University. She is the President of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and represents Canada on the Council for the International Consortium for Educational Development. She has led curricular development and innovation at the systems level and has facilitated hundreds of workshops in the area of educational development. Her current research focuses on how we create and study environments that promote learning such as the impact of national teaching awards, research ethics training, and system-wide curricular change. She is the Principal Investigator on several research grants including those from the Tri-Council (SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR) and the Networks of Centre of Excellence (NCE).

Of interest to this program, Dr. Stockley was part of the TeleLearning NCE in the 1990s that created one of the first learning management systems and has since used this background to work with all sectors on developing, implementing and evaluating online learning. When Dr. Stockley joined Queen’s in 2001, there were only 3 courses that used technology enhanced learning and she was instrumental in enabling Queen’s to become a leader in this area and was part of the team that instituted Quality Assurance and curriculum mapping across the institution.

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Jennifer is the Graduate Assistant for MHPE, and a member of the Office of Professional Development & Educational Scholarship. She is happy to assist with questions about the program or admissions process.

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Meet Rhonda, our Master of Health Profession Education (MHPE) Learning Experience Advisor and the buzzing mastermind behind The Buzz Newsletter. Rhonda ensures our hive of learners stays as busy as bees, blending humour and wisdom into every update. With a knack for turning even the most complex topics into honey-sweet insights, Rhonda keeps our MHPE community buzzing with excitement and knowledge.

Before joining Queen’s, Rhonda taught adult learners in Ottawa for over 10 years and was a curriculum developer for Ottawa Public Health. Currently she is also an Educational Developer and Instructional Designer with the Course Development team in the Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship, Queen’s Health Sciences.

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Jennie is thrilled to return to her alma mater and work alongside her MHPE family! She is embedded within the Office of Professional Development & Educational Scholarship on the Curriculum Renewal team for the Master of Health Professions Education program and currently serves as the interim MHPE Learning Experience Advisor.

With a decade of experience as a frontline paramedic and paramedic educator, Jennie was eager to further her passion for teaching by pursuing her education at Queen’s. She holds both a Bachelor of Health Sciences and a Master of Health Professions Education from Queen’s University. For her master’s capstone, she developed a tactical first aid program, which she has since implemented with local law enforcement agencies.

Her professional interests include simulation-based learning, paramedic research, course and program development, and interprofessional training that fosters collaboration across emergency services. Jennie also works with Algonquin College as an Instructor and Paramedic Lab Technologist and supports research with the Paramedic Research Lab.

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Kate is Associate Director of Operations of MHPE and the Office of Professional Development & Educational Scholarship (OPDES). The MHPE program is offered by OPDES, which is also responsible for Continuing Professional Development, Educational Scholarship, Faculty Development, and Course Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Learn more about OPDES.

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Dr. Robert Connelly

Dr. Denise Stockley

Jennifer Fowler

Rhonda Newhook

Jennie Candow

Courtney Svab

Kate Kittner