Claire Acton MD MPH

Biography

Dr. Claire Acton is an Emergency Physician at the University Health Network and a Lecturer in the Department of Medicine at University of Toronto. She completed medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2012, and completed her FRCPC residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto in 2018. Dr. Acton is a co-lead of the Equity, Diversity, Advocacy and Cultural Safety curriculum for the University of Toronto FRCP Emergency Medicine residency program. In addition to her work in Toronto, she is also the point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) Director for the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration, Emergency Medicine group (TAAAC-EM), where she developed the foundational POCUS curriculum for emergency medicine residents at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa.

About the Award

Dr. David Fear exemplified the role that may be played by active clinicians and educators in the development, coordination and promotion of CPD at the level of departments, hospitals, communities and across the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Fear was an anesthetist at the Hospital for Sick Children, active in the University´s Department of Anaesthesia, where he served as Director of Continuing Education, and the Chair of the Faculty Council Committee on Continuing Education. Until his untimely death in June 1997, his leadership in clinical, educational and administrative roles was instrumental in raising awareness of, and competence in, CPD.

The David Fear Fellowship is intended to support faculty members who wish to develop or enhance their competence or skills in CPD, their scholarship or their professional development.