Jason Waechter

Dr. Jason Waechter

MD

Positions

Clinical Associate Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine

Member

Libin Cardiovascular Institute

Clinical Associate Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Intensivist

Alberta Health Services

Contact information

Background

Educational Background

B.S. Biology, University of British Columbia, 1993

Doctor of Medicine Medicine, University of British Columbia, 1997

Biography

Dr. Waechter enjoys a clinical practice that combines main ICU, post cardiac surgery ICU, and cardiac anesthesia. He is passionate about medical education and is the founder of teachingmedicine.com.

Dr. Jason Waechter is an intensivist and cardiac anesthesiologist. He has an interest in medical education and is founder of teachingmedicine.com which is a medical education website used at many medical schools in Canada and the US. He was the cardiovascular course director for 4 years at UBC and currently is very involved with curriculum design and teaching at the University of Calgary. His research interest is competency within medical education.

Research

Areas of Research

Clinical reasoning, Medical education, Misdiagnosis

Publications