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Research Areas:

Educational policy and practice in the health professions; interprofessional education and collaborative practice; student and faculty well-being and resilience in higher education

Teaching Areas:

Communications, behavioural sciences, clinician resilience, professionalism, interprofessional collaborative practice, academic scholarship and research

Education  
EdD (Educational Leadership and Policy) University of British Columbia (UBC) (in progress); BSc (Dental Hygiene) UBC; MEd (Educational Curriculum & Leadership) Simon Fraser University; DipDH from College of New Caledonia;  
 
Educational Leadership  
Practice Education Manager, Office of the Vice President Health - UBC Health  
 
Teaching  
Carrie Krekoski teaches in year 1, 2 and 4 of the Dental Hygiene Degree Program and year 1, 2 and 3 in the DMD program. She teaches in content areas related to communications, professionalism, behavioural sciences, trauma-informed practice, academic scholarship, and research methods. She has been the recipient of a UBC Dentistry teaching award, the CDHA Gold Medal (2010), and the Hu-Friedy Golden Scaler Award (1990). 
 
Research  
Community-engaged learning; interprofessional education and collaborative practice; student well-being and resilience.  
 
Service  
Carrie Krekoski serves on a number of UBC committees related to practice education, interprofessional team-based care; teaching and learning in the health professions, resilience and well-being, and student affairs. She has served on several CDAC accreditation teams. She is also a CDHBC Quality Assurance Assessor and PLAR Assessor. She is an invited Elsevier peer reviewer for health and higher education journal submissions and a UBC Well-being Liaison. 
 
Publications  
 
Krekoski, C and Wood, V. Resilience and intelligent kindness in practice (chapter) for inclusion in the Work, edited by Anna Frain, Sue Murphy and John Frain (the “Editor(s)”), to be published by WILEY (in progress-submitted Aug 15, 2020) 
 
Naismith L, Wood V, Krekoski C. Shedding More Light on the State of Interprofessional Education. Academic Medicine. December 2018, 93:12. 1750-1751 
 
Krekoski, C. Appendix C: Technology to Support Learning and Oral Health Services in CDHA Canadian Oral Health Practitioner: Combining Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy Education Curriculum Resource. Eds. Sunell S, Gerrow JD, Ross D. September 2018 
 
Kanji Z, Lin D, Krekoski C. Interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene 2017; 51:42–8 
 
Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation’s (CWGHR) Online Module Facilitators’ Guide, 2013, 
authored by CWGHR, College of Health Disciplines: University of British Columbia, University of Manitoba, 
University of Toronto and Dalhousie University. Edited by Victoria Wood, UBC. http://www.realizecanada.org/wp-content/uploads/CWGHRFacilitatorGuide_March-2015.pdf 
 
Rickards, C., De Palma (nee Krekoski), C. Dental Fracture: A Case Report. Journal of Oral Health 1998; May 21-4 
 
Conference Presentations, Posters and White Papers 
 
2018 EdD Cohort, Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education. Off to a strong start: How EdD students create a cohesive and supportive cohort experience. Poster at the Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Vancouver, UBC 2019. 
(Raged Anwar; Aimee Begalka; Tamara Chandon; Carrie Krekoski; Erin Egeland; Michael LeBlanc; Henry Lee; Sharmen Lee; Shirley Lew; Rob Purewall; Kathy Siedlaczek; Victoria Wood) 
 
Wood, V., Krekoski, C. Cultivating a Team-Based Approach to Wellness. Post-Conference Workshop. First Nations Primary Care + Mental Health & Wellness Summit: Weaving Wholistic Wellness into the Health Care System. Vancouver, May 24, 2019  
 
Thejoe M, Krekoski C, Newton, C. A Health Professional (HP) Student-Led Approach to Building Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP) Skills. Poster at the CCME 2019 – Niagara Fall, Canada, May 2019  
 
Student-led appreciative inquiry in health professional practice education (Mini Oral Presentation & Poster 39). 7th International Nurse Education Conference, Banff, Canada, May 2018  
 
Thejoe M, Krekoski C, Sakakibara T. Designing and implementing a novel approach to chronic pain management and primary care in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside. UBC Faculty of Medicine FLEX Research Conference. Vancouver, BC. January 22nd, 2018 
 
How to Enhance Online Interprofessional Learning: A unique inter-university collaboration to develop an interprofessional facilitator guide, Oral Poster 4R - 1, ATBH VII, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, June 2014 http://www.atbh7.pitt.edu/files/FinalProgram.pdf 
 
What's in it for me? Interprofessional Collaboration across Academic Institutions, Oral Presentation, CAB V, Roanoke, Virginia, 2015 
 
Interprofessional Education: Ensuring quality teaching through engagement, Oral Presentation C10iii, CAB IV Conference, Vancouver, BC, Jun 2013  
 
Interprofessional Education and Impact Evaluation: A Brief Report Round Table Discussion, ATBH VI Conference, Japan, Oct 2012  
 
Launching students on their interprofessional journey: An event for all first-year students. Oral Presentation, ATBH VI, Japan, Oct 2012  
 
A Brief Report: A preliminary course impact evaluation presented to the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV Prevention and Care, Feb 2012  
http://www.academia.edu/9414747/Brief_Report_Preliminary_Course_Impact_Evaluation