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  • Bernard, J., Sonnadara, R., Saraco, A. N., Mitchell, J. P., Bak, A. B., Bayer, I., & Wainman, B. C. (2024). Automated grading of anatomical objective structured practical examinations using decision trees: An artificial intelligence approach. Anatomical Sciences Education, 17(5), 967-978. 

  • McQueen, S. A., Mobilio, M. H., McParland, A., Sonnadara, R., & Moulton, C. (2024). P. 111 The surgeon experience of flow. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 51(s1), S46-S46. 

  • McNeill, K., Vaillancourt, S., Choe, S., Yang, I., & Sonnadara, R. (2024). “I don’t know if I can keep doing this”: a qualitative investigation of surgeon burnout and opportunities for organization-level improvement. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1379280. 

  • Thabane, A., McKechnie, T., Arora, V., Calic, G., Busse, J. W., Sonnadara, R., & Bhandari, M. (2024). Investigation of divergent thinking among surgeons and surgeon trainees in Canada (IDEAS): a mixed-methods study. BMJ open, 14(3), e081367. 

  • Cui, S.*, Lin, L.*, Shah, D., Reid, S. R., Sonnadara, R. R., & Acai, A. (2024). Survey of perspectives on parental leave policies in Canadian surgical training programs. Global Surgical Education.*Equal contribution 

  • McGuire, N., Acai, A., Sonnadara, RR. (2023). The McMaster Narrative Comment Rating Tool: Development and Initial Validity Evidence, Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2023.2276799 

  • Kyröläinen, A. J., Gillett, J., Karabin, M., Sonnadara, R., & Kuperman, V. (2023). Cognitive and social well-being in older adulthood: The CoSoWELL corpus of written life stories. Behavior Research Methods, 55(6), 2885-2909. 

  • McNeill, K., Reyes, N., Choe, S., Peterson, D., Bryant, D., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2023). A History of Musculoskeletal Medicine and Its Place and Progress in Undergraduate Medical Education. Medical Science Educator, 33(3), 777-790. 

  • Thabane, A., Busse, J. W., Sonnadara, R., & Bhandari, M. (2023). Investigating divergent thinking and creative ability in surgeons (IDEAS): a survey protocol. BMJ open, 13(4), e069873. 

  • Brodeur, J., Burns, M., Dallaire, T., Di Nello, A., McNeill, K., Sharma, R., Sonier, K. and Sonnadara, R., 2023. McMaster’s Evolving Digital Research Support Landscape. 

  • Jaggers, K., Gillett, J., Kuperman, V., Kyröläinen, A. J., & Sonnadara, R. (2022). Personhood and aging: Exploring the written narratives of older adults as articulations of personhood in later life. Journal of Aging Studies, 62, 101040. 

  • Roshan, A., Wagner, N., Acai, A., Emmerton-Coughlin, H., Sonnadara, R. R., Scott, T. M., & Karimuddin, A. A. (2021). Comparing the Quality of Narrative Comments by Rotation Setting. Journal of surgical education, 72(6), 2070-2077. 

  • Roshan, A., Farooq, A., Acai, A., Wagner, N., Sonnadara, R. R., Scott, T. M., & Karimuddin, A. A. (2021). The effect of gender dyads on the quality of narrative assessments of general surgery trainees. The American Journal of Surgery, 224(1), 179-184. 

  • Acai A., Cupido, N., Weavers, A., Saperson, K., Ladhani, M., Cameron, S., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2021). Competence committees: The steep climb from concept to implementation. Medical Education, 55(9), 1067-1077. 

  • Kalun, P., Dunn, K., Wagner, N., Pulakunta, T., & Sonnadara, R. (2020). Recent evidence on visual-spatial ability in surgical education: A scoping review. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 11(6), e111. 

  • Jiang, S., McQueen, S., McParland, A., Hammond Mobilio, M., Sonnadara, R.R., & Moulton, C.A. (2021) A Look at the Flipside: Positive Experiences in Surgical Practice. The McGill Journal of Medicine.  

  • Kalun, P., Dunn, K., Wagner, N., Pulakunta, T., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2020). Recent evidence on visual-spatial ability in surgical education: A scoping review: Des preuves récentes sur les habiletés visuo-spatiales pour la formation en chirurgie: revue exploratoire. Canadian Medical Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.69051 

  • Fahim, C., Acai, A., McConnell, M.M., Wright, F.C., Sonnadara, R.R., & Simunovic, M. (2020). Use of the theoretical domains framework and behaviour change wheel to develop a novel intervention to improve the quality of multidisciplinary cancer conference decision-making. BMC Health Services Research, 20(578). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05255-w 

  • Dhindsa, K., Cook, O., Mudway, T., Khawaja, A., Harwood, R., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2020). LFSpy: A Python Implementation of Local Feature Selection for Data Classification with scikit-learn Compatibility. Journal of Open Source Software, 5(49), 1958. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01958 

  • Fahim, C., McConnell, M.M., Wright, F.C., Sonnadara, R.R., & Simunovic, M. (2020). Use of the KT-MCC Strategy to Improve the Quality of Decision Making for Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences: A Pilot Study. BMC Health Services Research, 20(579). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05143-3 

  • Acai, A., Mahetaji, K., Reid, S.E., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2020). The role of gender in the decision to pursue a surgical career: A qualitative, interview-based study. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 11(4), e51-e61. https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.69292 

  • Smail, L.C., Dhindsa, K., Braga, L.H., Becker, S., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2020). Using Deep Learning Algorithms to Grade Hydronephrosis Severity: Towards a Clinical Adjunct. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8(1). 

  • Dhindsa, K., Acai, A., Wagner, N., Bosnyak, D., Kelly, S., Bhandari, M., Petrisor, B., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2019). Individualized pattern recognition for detecting mind wandering from EEG during live lectures. PLOS ONE, 14(9), e0222276. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222276  

  • Mueller, V., Ellis, S., Murray-Davis, B., Sonnadara, R.R., & Grierson, L.E.M. (2019). A Multiple Trainee, Multiple Level, Multiple Competency (MULTI-TLC) Simulation-based Approach to Training Obstetrical Emergencies. Perspectives on Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-019-00534-7 

  • Connolly, J.F., Reilly, J.P., Fox-Robichaud, A., Britz, P., Blain-Moraes, S., Sonnadara, R.R., Hamielec, C., Herrera-Diaz, A., & Boshra, R. (2019). Development of a Point of Care System for Automated Coma Prognosis – A Prospective Cohort Study Protocol. BMJ Open, 9(7), e029621. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029621 

  • Orr, C.J. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2019). Coaching by design: exploring a new approach to faculty development in a competency-based medical education curriculum. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 10, 229-244. https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S191470 

  • Boshra, R., Dhindsa, K., Boursalie, O., Ruiter, K.I., Sonnadara, R.R., Samavi, R., Doyle, T.E., Reilly, J.P., & Connolly, J.F. (2019). From group-level statistics to single-subject prediction: Machine learning detection of concussion in retired athletes. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 27(7), 1492-1501. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2019.2922553 

  • McQueen, S., VanderBeek, L., McKinnon, V., McCarthy, C., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2019). Video-based Assessment in Surgical Education: A Scoping Review. Journal of Surgical Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.05.013 

  • Acai, A., Reid, S.E., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2019). Author response to “The road to gender equity in surgery is long.” Canadian Journal of Surgery, 62(3), E4-E5. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.1962302 

  • Kheterpal, S., Busse, J.W., Baxter, P., Sonnadara, R.R., & Bhandari, M. (2019). Daily versus weekly evidence reports for orthopaedic surgeons in India: A mixed-methods study. Orthopaedic Trauma Association International. https://doi.org/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000029 

  • Wagner, N., Acai, A., McQueen, S.A., McCarthy, C., McGuire, A., Petrisor, B., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2019). Enhancing Formative Feedback in Orthopaedic Training: Development and Implementation of a Competency-Based Assessment Framework. Journal of Surgical Education, 76(5), 1376-1401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.03.015 

  • Dhindsa, K., Bhandari, M., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2018). What’s holding up the big data revolution in healthcare? BMJ, 363, k5357. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k5357 

  • Britten, J., Guan, W., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2018). Visualization of 3D diffraction: MAX3D update. Acta Crystallographica Foundations and Advances, A74, a399. 

  • Zhu, H., Wagner, N., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2018). Developing effective recruitment strategies for young infants. Meducator, 1(34), 13-16. 

  • McKinnon, V.E., Kalun, P., McRae, M.H., Sonnadara, R.R., & Fahim, C. (2019). A shift on the horizon: A systematic review of assessment tools for plastic surgery trainees [Letter reply to Frendø]. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 143(5), 1129e-1131e.  

  • McKinnon, V.E., Kalun, P., McRae, M.H., Sonnadara, R.R., & Fahim, C. (2018). A shift on the horizon: A systematic review of assessment tools for plastic surgery trainees. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 142(2), 217e-231e. 

  • Acai, A., Sonnadara, R.R., & O'Neill, T.A. (2018). Getting with the times: A narrative review of the literature on group decision making in virtual environments and implications for promotions committees. Perspectives on Medical Education, 7(3), 147-155. 

  • Acai, A., Steyn, C., Reid, S.E., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2018). The solution to gender inequity in surgery? Better caregiving policies. Canadian Journal of Surgery, 61(1), 6-7. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.010717     

  • Kalun, P., Wagner, N., Yan, J., Nousiainen, M.T., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2018). Surgical simulation training in orthopedics: current insights. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 9, 125-131.   

  • Fahim, C., Wagner, N., Nousiainen, M.T., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2018). Assessment of technical skills competence in the operating room: A systematic and scoping review. Academic Medicine, 93(5), 794-808. 

  • Wong, S.E., Maida, E., Harvey, D., Wagner, N., Sonnadara, R. R., & Amin, N. (2017). Evaluation of a physiatrist-directed prehabilitation intervention in frail colorectal cancer patients: A randomised pilot study protocol. BMJ Open, 7(6):e015565. Doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015565.   

  • Wagner, N., Fahim, C., Dunn, K., Reid, D. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2017). Otolaryngology residency education: A scoping review on the shift towards competency based medical education. Clinical Otolaryngology, 42, 564–572.   

  • Acai, A., McQueen, S.A., McKinnon, V. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2017). Using art for the development of teamwork and communication skills among healthcare professionals: A literature review. Arts & Health, 9(1), 60-72.   

  • Kheterpal, S., Bhandari, M., Baxter, P., Busse, J., & Sonnadara, R.R. (2016). Daily targeted evidence reports for orthopaedic surgeons - a mixed methods study in India. Global Health: Annual Review, 1(2), 1-4.  

  • Nousiainen, M.T., McQueen, S.A., Hall, J., Kraemer, W., Ferguson, P., Marsh, L., Reznick, R., Reed, M.R. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2016). Resident education in orthopaedic trauma: The future role of competency based medical education. The Bone and Joint Journal, 98-B(10), 1320-1325.   

  • Eskicioglu, C., Forbes, S., Tsai, S., Francescutti, V., Coates, A., Grubac, V., Sonnadara, R.R., & Simunovic, M. (2016). Collaborative case conferences in rectal cancer: case series in a tertiary care centre. Current Oncology, 23(2), 138-143.   

  • Nousiainen, M.T., McQueen, S. A., Ferguson, P., Alman, B., Kraemer, W., Safir, O., Reznick, R. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2016). Simulation for teaching orthopaedic residents in a competency-based curriculum: Do the benefits justify the increased costs? Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 474(4), 935-944.   

  • Acai, A., McQueen, S. A., Fahim, C., Wagner, N., McKinnon, V., Boston, J. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2016). “It’s not the form; it’s the process”: A phenomenological study on the use of creative professional development workshops to improve teamwork and communication skills. Medical Humanities, 42(3), 173-180.    

  • Fahim, C., Bhandari, M., Yang, I. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2016). Development and early piloting of a CanMEDS competency-based feedback tool for surgical grand rounds. Journal of Surgical Education, 73(3), 409-415.    

  • McQueen, S. A., Petrisor, B., Bhandari, M., Fahim, C., McKinnon, V. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2016). Examining the barriers to meaningful assessment and feedback in medical training. The American Journal of Surgery, 1(2), 464-475.  

  • Hoogenes, J., Mironova, P., Safir, O., McQueen, S.A., Abdelbary, H., Drexler, M., Nousiainen, M., Ferguson, P., Kraemer, W., Alman, B., Reznick, R. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2015). Student-led learning: A new teaching paradigm for surgical skills. The American Journal of Surgery, 209(1), 107-114.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Satterthwaite, L. & MacRae, H.M. (2014). The University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre: An accredited educational institute. Journal of Surgical Education, 71(2), 275-277.   

  • Rittenhouse, N., Sharma, B., Sonnadara, R.R., Mihailidis, A. & Grantcharov, T. (2014). Design and validation of an assessment tool for open surgical procedures. Surgical Endoscopy, 28(3), 918-924.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Mui, C., McQueen, S.A., Mironova, P., Nousiainen, M., Safir, O., Kraemer, W., Ferguson, P., Alman, B. & Reznick, R. (2014). Response to: Reflections on competency-based education and training for surgical residents. Journal of Surgical Education, 71(5), 652-653.   

  • Hodgins, J.L., Veillette, C., Biau, D. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2014). The knee arthroscopy learning curve: Quantitative assessment of surgical skills. Arthroscopy, 30(5), 613-621.  

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Mui, C., McQueen, S.A., Mironova, P., Nousiainen, M., Safir, O., Kraemer, W., Ferguson, P., Alman, B., & Reznick, R. (2014). Reflections on competency-based education and training for surgical residents. Journal of Surgical Education, 71(1), 151-158.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., McQueen, S., Safir, O., Nousiainen, M., Ferguson, P., Alman, B., Kraemer, W. & Reznick, R. (2013). Reflections on current methods for evaluating skills during joint replacement surgery: A scoping review. The Bone and Joint Journal, 95(11), 1445-1449.   

  • Ferguson, P., Kraemer, W., Sonnadara, R.R., Safir, O., Nousiainen, M., Alman, B. & Reznick, R. (2013). Three-year experience with an innovative modular competency-based curriculum for orthopaedic training. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 95(21), e1661-1666.   

  • Morris, C., Hoogenes, J., Shayegan, B., Rehsia, S., Sonnadara, R.R., & Matsumoto, E. (2013). Toward development of an intraoperative assessment tool for evaluation of robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: Results of a Delphi study to create an inventory of procedural steps. Journal of Urology 4(Suppl), e641-e642.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Garbedian, S., Safir, O., Mui, C., Mironova, P., Nousiainen, M., Ferguson, P., Kraemer, W., Alman, B., & Reznick, R. (2013). Orthopaedic Boot Camp III: Examining the efficacy of self-regulated learning during an intensive laboratory-based surgical skills course. Surgery, 154(1), 29-33.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Rittenhouse, N., Khan, A., Mihailidis, A., Drozdzal, G., Safir, O., & Leung, S.O. (2012).  A novel multimodal platform for assessing surgical technical skills. American Journal of Surgery, 203(1), 32-36.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Garbedian, S., Safir, O., Nousiainen, M.T., Alman, B., Ferguson, P., Kraemer, W., & Reznick, R. (2012). Orthopaedic Boot Camp II: Examining the retention rates of an intensive surgical skills course. Surgery, 151(6), 803-807.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R. & Wei, D. (2011). Finding the appropriate balance between technical and outcome-based instruction. CoachesPLAN, 18(5), 39-42.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., van Vliet, A., Safir, O., Alman, B., Ferguson, P., Kraemer, W., & Reznick, R. (2011). Orthopaedic Boot Camp: Examining the effectiveness of an intensive surgical skills course. Surgery, 149(6), 745-749.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., van Vliet, A., Safir, O., Burkitt, J., & Reznick, R. (2010). Surgical Boot Camp: A novel approach to teaching basic technical skills to surgical trainees. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32, S130.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Gonzalez, D., Hansen, S., Elliot, D., & Lyons, J.L. (2009). Spatial properties of perceived pitch. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition: Casual Productions.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Gonzalez, D., Hansen, S., Elliott, D., & Lyons, J.L. (2009). Spatial properties of perceived pitch: influence on reaching movements. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1169, 503-507.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Alain, C. & Trainor, L.J. (2006). Occasional changes in sound location enhance middle latency evoked responses. Brain Research, 1076 (1), 187-192. 

  • Sonnadara, R.R., Alain, C., & Trainor, L.J. (2006). Effects of spatial separation and stimulus probability on the event-related potentials elicited by occasional changes in sound location. Brain Research, 1071, 175-185.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R. & Trainor, L.J. (2005). Intensity effects in “the octave illusion”. Perception and Psychophysics, 67(4), 648-658.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R. and Trainor, L.J. (2004). The octave illusion: What do listeners really hear? In S.D. Lipscomb, R. Ashley, R.O. Gjerdingen & P. Webster (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition: Casual Productions.   

  • Trainor, L.J., Sonnadara, R.R., Wiklund, K., Bondy, J., Gupta, S., Becker, S., Bruce, I.C. & Haykin, S. (2004). Development of a flexible, realistic hearing in noise test environment (R-HINT-E). Signal Processing, 84(2), 299-309.   

  • Wiklund, K., Sonnadara, R.R. & Trainor, L.J. (2004). R-HINT-E: A realistic hearing in noise test environment. Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing.   

  • Sonnadara, R.R. & Trainor, L.J. (2002). The octave illusion: How is information combined across the ears? In C. Stevens, D. Burnham, G. McPherson, E. Schubert & J. Renwick (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Adelaide: Casual.   

  • Trainor, L.J., Samuel, S.S., Desjardins, R. & Sonnadara, R.R. (2001). Measuring temporal resolution in infants using mismatch negativity. Neuroreport, 12(11), 2442-2448.