Laurie Plotnick

Emergency Department

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I love working with children and their families because I can make a difference for them and they make a difference to me.

Hospital information

Academic appointments

  • Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Department, Montreal Children’s Hospital, MUHC
  • Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  • Associate Member, Institute of Health Sciences Education
  • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University

Education

University

BSc Psychology, McGill University

Medical Degree

McGill University

Residency

Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital

Fellowship(s)

Fun fact about me

I play classical guitar.

Emergency Department

Research

Research interests

Engaging retired physicians as teachers, clinical reasoning, learner assessment, innovative learning methods, mentorship, and gender-diverse leadership.

Selected publications

Plotnick LH, Sternszus R, Macdonald ME, Steinert Y. Engaging Retired Physicians as Teachers: Motivations and Experiences. Academic Medicine, September 20, 2022, 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004981

Dory, V., Danoff, D., Plotnick, L.H., Cummings, B.-A., Gomez-Garibello, C., Pal, N.E., Gumuchian, S.T., Young, M., 2021. Does Educational Handover Influence Subsequent Assessment? Academic Medicine 2021 96(1): 118-125

Pelaccia T, Plotnick LH, Audétat MC, Nendaz M, Lubarsky S, Torabi N, Thomas A, Young M, Dory V. A Scoping Review of Physicians’ Clinical Reasoning in Emergency Departments, Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2020 Feb;75(2):206-217. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.06.023. Epub 2019 Aug 29

Bank I, Plotnick LH. A call to action: attention to paediatric-specific disaster preparedness. Archives of Disease in Childhood Published Online First: 08 October 2018. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315461

Plotnick LH, Zavalkoff S, Liben S, Ortenberg J, Pickering J, Ryan A, Chadwick I. Increasing Women in Medical Leadership: Gender-Discrepant Perceptions about Barrier and Strategies. Can J of Phys Leadership 2018; 5 (1): 48-56.

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