John

I believe that clinical supervision is a parallel process to therapy. It involves fostering growth by helping learners to set their goals and to discover the strength and resources they possess that will allow them to achieve them.

I am a family physician with a special interest in counselling. I was born in Halifax, and graduated in 1979 with a degree of MD CM from the faculty of medicine at McGill University in Montreal. My four year post-graduate residency training was in family medicine. I obtained a Master's degree in family medicine Western University in London, in 1990. A sabbatical year at the University of Oxford in England in 1999 was devoted to research on teaching and learning medicine through patients' stories.

My career included rural general practice for 27 years and on-line counselling for 18 years. My publications include a textbook on counselling, chapters in other textbooks, and over 100 peer-reviewed articles.

My teaching experience includes supervising the clinical work of medical students, family medicine residents, graduate student research, and on-line counsellors. I am currently Associate Professor in the School of Medicine of the University of Minho.

Online counselling
Text-based counselling
Primary care educational research
How physician empathy affects patient care
Stress and burnout in health professionals
Counselling for patients facing chronic disease

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Diploma of Collegial Studies, D.C.S., McGill University
Doctorate in Medicine, M.D. C.M., McGill University
Internship, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Montreal
Residency in Family Medicine, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem
Diploma in Family Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Specialist Certification in Family Medicine in Israel, with Distinction
Master of Clinical Science (Family Medicine), MClSc Western University, London Ontario