Dr. Michelle Gibson obtained her medical degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1999, and then came to Queen’s University for Family Medicine and Care of the Elderly. She has worked in the Division of Geriatric Medicine since 2002, currently at the position of Associate Professor.
Clinically, Dr. Gibson primarily has outpatient responsibilities, most often in the Seniors Day Rehabilitation, which provides outpatient interdisciplinary geriatric assessment and rehabilitation. In addition, Dr. Gibson shares responsibility for the Geriatric Inpatient unit at Providence Care Hospital, in outpatient geriatric medicine clinics, and occasionally on consultations at KGH.
Dr. Gibson has held many educational leadership roles. She is former Assistant Dean, Curriculum for the MD Program at Queen’s University, and in this role, she was also the co-curricular lead for the development of the novel curriculum for the Queen’s-Lakeridge Health MD Family Medicine Program. In addition, she is the past Program Director for Care of the Elderly.
Her scholarly interests are in medical education. She completed her M.Ed. at Queen’s University in 2012 with a focus on assessment of medical students in clinical rotations. She has presented on varied topics including novel assessment practices, the use of social media in medical education, and curricular reform.