Joanna Holland, MD

Education

• Pediatric Residency (University of Toronto)
• MD (University of Toronto)
• MSc (McGill University)
• BSc (McGill University)

Employment

• Assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics, Dalhousie University
• Director of Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education, Dalhousie University

Research interests

Dr. Holland’s research interests include undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, and patient safety in pediatrics.

Selected publications

• Martin, A. MacDonald, J and Holland, J.  Completeness of medication reconciliation by pediatric residents at hospital admission for asthma. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 2021. 74(1): 30-35
• Alexandra Hudson, Robyn McLaughlin, Stephen Miller, Joanna Holland, Kim Blake. Canadian medical schools’ pre-clerkship Pediatric clinical skills curricula: How can we improve? Paediatrics and Child Health 2020. 25(8): 505-510
• Christopher J. Parshuram et. al. for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the EPOCH Investigators. Effect of a Pediatric Early Warning System on All-Cause Mortality in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients. The EPOCH Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2018;319(10):1002-1012 (as part of EPOCH Investigator group)
• Delva D, Sargeant J, Miller S, Holland J, Alexiadis Brown P, Leblanc C, Lightfoot K, Mann K. Encouraging residents to seek feedback. Med Teach. 2013 December 35(12):e1625-31
• Beck CE, Choong K, Puligandla PS, Hartfield D, Holland J, Lacroix J, Friedman JN. Avoiding hypotonic solutions in paediatrics: keeping our patients safe. Paediatr Child Health 2013;18:94-95

Selected awards and hnours

• Silver Spoon Award 2014/2015 (teaching award, chosen by Pediatric residents)
• Certificate of Excellence in Pediatric Undergraduate Education 2013 - Undergraduate Pediatrics