Education Coordinators

Our education coordinators are very familiar with healthcare programs in Uganda and Guyana, as they have visited these countries multiple times. They are integral to the success of the program. They are involved in early identification of potential learner candidates and via the Academic Advisory Committee will facilitate candidate selection.

Dr.
Rebecca
Kruisselbrink
Internal Medicine and Adult Critical Care Specialist, St. Marys Hospital and Grand River Hospital; Chief of Academic Affairs, St. Mary’s Hospital and Grand River Hospital Director of the Clinical Teaching Unit, Grand River Hospital; Waterloo Regional Education Lead Critical Care, Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton

Dr. Kruiselbrink is a critical care specialist in Kitchener and Cambridge Ontario. She spends at least one month per year in Uganda, providing advanced medical education to our colleagues in Kampala and Mbarara, Uganda. Dr. Kruisselbrink identifies and meets with potential physician trainees while in Uganda, and remotely when in Canada and assists with the trainee/learner selection and approval process.

Dr.
Zara
Khalid
Associate Professor, Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University General Internal Medicine Residency Program Director

Dr. Khalid is an internal medicine specialist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton. She visits Guyana at least four times per year, providing advanced medical education to our colleagues in Georgetown, Guyana. Dr. Khalid identifies and meets with potential physician trainees while in Guyana, and remotely when in Canada and assists with the trainee/learner selection and approval process.

Dr Khalid has worked in various international sites including Peru, Namibia, Cambodia , Uganda and Guyana advancing postgraduate medical education. In Guyana., she was program director for the internal medicine program and helped establish the program to graduate the first locally trained internists in the country . She has also established telemedicine for continuing medical education for physicians working in the remote regions of Guyana. In her role as mentor to the graduates of the program. we are working on sustainable models of care in resource limited settings

Dr. Kruiselbrink is a critical care specialist in Kitchener and Cambridge Ontario. She spends at least one month per year in Uganda, providing advanced medical education to our colleagues in Kampala and Mbarara, Uganda. Dr. Kruisselbrink identifies and meets with potential physician trainees while in Uganda, and remotely when in Canada and assists with the trainee/learner selection and approval process.

Dr. Khalid is an internal medicine specialist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton. She visits Guyana at least four times per year, providing advanced medical education to our colleagues in Georgetown, Guyana. Dr. Khalid identifies and meets with potential physician trainees while in Guyana, and remotely when in Canada and assists with the trainee/learner selection and approval process.

Dr Khalid has worked in various international sites including Peru, Namibia, Cambodia , Uganda and Guyana advancing postgraduate medical education. In Guyana., she was program director for the internal medicine program and helped establish the program to graduate the first locally trained internists in the country . She has also established telemedicine for continuing medical education for physicians working in the remote regions of Guyana. In her role as mentor to the graduates of the program. we are working on sustainable models of care in resource limited settings