College of Medicine

About

Dr. Woods has been working in Saskatoon since 2008. He works clinically in the Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments, as well as being a Transport Physician for STARS. He serves as the Program Director for the Clinician Educator Diploma Program, an Area of Focussed Competence (AFC) through the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada. He has previously served as the inaugural Program Director for the Royal College Emergency Medicine Training Program from 2011 until 2023. He is actively involved in medical education research and serves as a Decision Editor for education scholarship for the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Education

  • BSc Anatomy - University of Saskatchewan (2000)
  • MD - University of Saskatchewan (2002)
  • FRCPC - University of Alberta (2007)
  • MMEd - Centre for Medical Education, Dundee Scotland (2011)
  • DRCPSC- Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada - Clinician Educator (2019)

Awards

  • 2024 Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (CJEM), Decision Editor of the Year
  • 2024 Faculty Development Deirdre Bonnycastle Champion of Change Award, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine
  • 2023 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Program Director of the Year
  • 2019 University of Saskatchewan Provost Award for Outstanding Teaching
  • 2019 PGME Program Director of the Year
  • 2016 CBC Top 40 Under 40
  • 2015 Canadian Association of Medical Education Certificate of Merit
  • 2011 Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Teacher of the Year
  • 2009, 2010 & 2011 University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine Clinical Teacher of the Year (Saskatoon)

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Selected Publications

Full a full list of publications, please see Rob Woods' Google Scholar page listed above.