Jason Matthew Harley (PhD)
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, 麻豆传媒网站
- Scientist, Research Institute of the 麻豆传媒网站 Health Centre (RI-MUHC)
- Director of Research, Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, 麻豆传媒网站
- Associate Member, Institute for Health Sciences Education, 麻豆传媒网站
- Associate Member, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, 麻豆传媒网站
BA, MA, PhD
Currently supervising students
Currently, they are听conducting听the following research projects in their听SAILS Lab:
- Developing and evaluating high-fidelity simulation scenarios for medical residents to practice听combatting harassment听and support psychological safety.
- Advancing scientific understanding and best practice concerning the individual and collaborative听regulation of emotions听补苍诲听cognitive processes听in team-based health professions simulation training.
- Implementing and evaluating听virtual simulation听补苍诲听haptic robotic听technology in dental students鈥� training at 麻豆传媒网站.
- Investigating connections between听补蝉迟谤辞苍补耻迟蝉鈥�听stress, coping听strategies,听meaningful听work, 补苍诲听transcendental听emotions on the International Space Station.听
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Prof. Harley鈥檚 research aims to enhance surgical and health professions education and support health care workers by reducing adverse events and inefficiencies, especially those associated with the incidence of undesirable and unregulated emotions, burnout, and harassment. We apply psychological and educational theories using interdisciplinary research methods and leverage a wide range of technologies, including virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI), to support the development of health professions competencies with novel technology-enhanced educational interventions and simulations. Our interdisciplinary research draws on mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) that include both objective (e.g., skin conductance, facial recognition software, eyetracking) and subjective (self-report instruments, semi-structured interviews) measures of emotion and cognition that help us assess a variety of surgical and medical competencies.
Surgical education, simulations, emotion regulation, burnout, medical technology, team training (e.g., communication, collaboration, leadership).
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Professor Jason M. Harley, Ph.D., is an听Associate Professor听(tenured) in the鈥疍epartment of Surgery,听Director听of the鈥疭imulation, Affect, Innovation, Learning, and Surgery (SAILS) Lab,听Director of Research听of the鈥疭teinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, Associate Member of the Institute of Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Associate Member of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, 麻豆传媒网站, and Scientist at the鈥疪esearch Institute of the 麻豆传媒网站 Health Centre.
Prof. Harley鈥檚 research has been internationally and nationally recognized by several awards and honors, including induction into听The Society for Simulation in Healthcare鈥檚 (SSH)听ASCEND Leadership Network, The Canadian Association of Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit Award, and The Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award from the听Technology, Instruction, Cognition, and Learning (TICL) SIG of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).听Professor Harley is an Associate Editor for the British Journal of Educational Psychology and a member of the editorial boards of other leading education, psychology, and health professions journals, including Learning & Instruction and Simulation in Healthcare. They are a member of the听SSH鈥檚听Research Committee.
They completed their FRQSC and SSHRC CGS-funded Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at 麻豆传媒网站 in 2014 补苍诲听held an FRQSC-funded postdoctoral position in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Montr茅al from 2014-2015. Prior to moving into health professionals鈥� education, they were an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta from 2016-2019.
Prof. Harley鈥檚 research critically advances knowledge of emotional and cognitive processes听and their individual and team-based regulation, especially in healthcare simulation, technology-rich learning environments, and most recently the International Space Station. Prof. Harley is an international expert in the use of physiological sensors and video coding in ecological learning environments and amongst the first in the world to leverage healthcare simulation to equip trainees with tools to de-escalate simulated harassment. As Principal Investigator (PI), their research has been consistently听supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada since 2016. Their current research is also funded by The Montreal General Hospital Foundation, The Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and The Canadian Space Agency, amongst others.听Prof. Harley's research has led to dozens of broadcast and print interviews in venues such as The Guardian and CBC News.