Ari Shali

, MBChB

Assistant Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Division: Anatomy

Chair, Professional Skills MD Program

McMaster University
1R1E Health Sciences Centre
905-525-9140 ext 22274
shalia@mcmaster.ca

Assistant: Sharon Ralph & Gayle MacDonell

Education and Professional Standing

MBChB, University of Salahaddin, 1984

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Interests

Academic

Dr. Shali is very much involved in teaching within the Faculty of Health Sciences. His current academic involvement includes:

Postgraduate Studies

• Radiology Residency Training Program
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training Program
• Anesthesia Residency Training Program
• Surgery Residency Training Program
• Cardiology Residency Training Program

Undergraduate Studies

• Education Program in Anatomy
• Undergraduate Medical Program, Medical Foundation (1-5) & Clerkship
• Physician Assistant Program

Sits on committees for McMaster’s MD Program including:

• Member of the Evaluation Committee, MD Program
• Member of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Committee, MD Program
• Executive Committee, MD Program
• Preclerkship Coordinator Committee, MD Program
• Member of the Standardized Patient (SP) Program Advisory Group, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Clinical Skills Coordinator for Medical Foundation (1-5), MD Program
• Clinical Skills Coordinator for Medical Foundation (1-4) Planning Committees,  MD Program
• Facilitator, Visitor’s Workshop Program for Faculty Development, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Member, International Interdisciplinary Summer Institute (IISI), Faculty of Health Sciences

Dr. Shali is a member of the National Clinical Skills Working Group. This group has been working to develop a guide for clinical skills teaching across the country that outlines the expected competencies for undergraduate medical students at entry to clerckship and then at the time of graduation. Having decided what skills should be expected of our students, the National Clinical Skills Working Group will move forward to consider how best these skills can be taught, how faculty in the academic health science centers and in the community can be taught to be better clinical teachers and how clinical skills can be best evaluated.

Dr. Shali is a member of the Medical Acupuncture Program Faculty and Planning Committee.

Member of the following professional organizations:

• The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)
• Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology, and Cell Biology (CAANCB)

Dr. Shali is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including:

• The Annual David Carr Teaching Award for Outstanding Dedication and Commitment to Undergraduate Medical Student Education (1997, 2000, 2003-2008).  This award has recently been renamed to:
• The Annual Ari Shali Teaching Award for Outstanding Dedication and Commitment to Undergraduate Medical Student Education (2009)
• Teaching Excellence Award in the Art of Anatomy (Undergraduate Medical Class of 2002)
• McMaster Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award (2001-2003)

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Selected Publications

• Davis, D., Shannon, S, and Shali, A. (1993) Research and development resource base in CME: The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, Orlando, Florida
• Alward, L. , Shali, A. and Chouinard, E. (1994) Breast cancer. Medical Practice Education: Practice-Based Small Group Learning Project, Vol 1.
• Williams, J., Shali, A. and Oczkowski, W. (1994) Transient ischemic attack. Medical Practice Education: Practice-Based Small Group Learning Project, Vol. 3
• Evidence-Based Clinical Skills Document: A consensus document from the Undergraduate Medical Schools in Canada, 2007