
Athena McConnell MSc, MD, FRCPC
Unit Supervisor, Teaching & Learning
Dr. Athena McConnell completed her medical school training at Queens University, pediatric residency at the University of Alberta, fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Alberta Children's Hospital and Masters of Medical Education through the University of Calgary. She is an Associate Professor in the department of Pediatrics and is the Director, Quality and Accreditation for the College of Medicine. Prior to taking on the work of undergraduate accreditation, she held several UGME leadership roles including being the Chair of the clerkship subcommittee. She has served on several undergraduate accreditation survey teams, and is a present member of the Faculty Undergraduate Accreditation Leads group as well as the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools.