Sharon Card MSc, MD, FRCPC
Unit Supervisor, Curriculum
Dr Sharon Card joined the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in 1996 where she has practiced General Internal Medicine since then. Since 1996 she has been extensively involved in medical education both Undergraduate and Postgraduate. Undergraduate roles include teaching in multiple capacity and leading the Professional Skills course. Her main medical education focus has been in the postgraduate realm and in particular developing consistent, robust training for those entering practice in General Internal Medicine. During her career in Saskatoon she has been both GIM Program Director and GIM Division Head. She has also been involved with the Internal Medicine Program as Assistant Program Director. Over the past 20 years she has been extensively involved with both the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (GIM Program Director’s Committee, Education Committee, Council) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Chair GIM Working Group; current Chair GIM Specialty Committee; Accreditation Committee; Internal Medicine Specialty Committee; Internal Medicine Examiner). Her main medical education focus until 2017 was developing General Internal Medicine (GIM) into an acknowledged discipline at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. As the Chair of the RCPSC Chair of the Specialty Committee in GIM she led the development of the Competence by Design project for GIM. After transitioning from the GIM Specialty Committee lead role she has been appointed CBD Lead for PGME at the University of Saskatchewan. This role involves facilitated the readiness to implement and the fidelity of implementation of Competence by Design within the Royal College disciplines at the U of S. This role has many medical education components.