Aviv Shachak

Professor Shachak’s research and teaching is mainly in the area of health informatics. He seeks to improve usage and help realize the potential benefits of information systems, especially in health care and biomedicine. Recently, this work focuses mostly on health professions education in, and for, the digital era.

Professor Shachak’s current work is in three major areas. First, “Improving use of electronic medical records in primary care through education.” This work includes the design and evaluation of simulation-based training interventions to help physicians better integrate the use of electronic medical records into the primary care consultation and communication with patients.

Second, “Patient engagement (and health information literacy).” The first research in this area, led by Professor Raisa Deber, examines the inter-relationships between patients’ preferred role in health decision making and their trust in the health care provider and perceived health information literacy (doctoral research of Vidhi Thakaar with Drs. Raisa Deber and Nav Persaud).

Professor Shachak’s last research interest is, “Digital professionalism.” In this research, he seeks to develop and evaluate educational intervention(s) to facilitate professional digital behaviour by future health care professionals.