
Karen Leslie
Hospital Positions
Co-Lead, Literacy Implementation, Mental Health Strategy
Associate Program Director, Adolescent Medicine
Research Positions
Project Investigator, Research Institute, SickKids
Scholar, Wilson Centre, Faculty of Medicine
Learning Positions
Associate Program Director, Adolescent Medicine
Biography
Dr. Karen Leslie is a clinician-educator, involved in teaching and learning activities across many different contexts and learner groups. In her clinical role, she oversees the Adolescent Substance Use Program at SickKids and also works in several other clinical programs in the Division of Adolescent Medicine.
She is passionate about working with adolescents, their families, communities, and other colleagues who have shared interests in advocating for and with for adolescents for safe, respectful, collaborative and evidence informed care.
Research
Dr. Leslie's scholarly interests are in the areas of faculty development, career development and mentoring, as well as systems of care and outcomes for adolescents with substance use.
Education and experience
- 2009 – 2020: Director, Centre for Faculty Development at St. Michael’s Hospital Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2008: M.Ed., Theory and Policy; Health Professional Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1990–1992: Adolescent Medicine Fellowship, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1990: FRCPC, Paediatrics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
- 1986: MD, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- 1983: Honours B.Sc., Human Kinetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
Achievements
- 2022: Dept of Paediatrics Continuing Education Award for Excellence in Program Development and Coordination Department of Paediatrics Continuing Education Award for Excellence in Program Development and Coordination of Toronto. Award presented at the AMEE conference in Helsinki August
- 2018: Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada (AFMC) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Faculty Development in Canada
- 2017-18: University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineExcellence in Interprofessional CPD Award
- 2017: Association for Medical Education Europe (AMEE) ASPIRE Award of Excellence in Faculty Development, University of Toronto
- 2017: Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada (AFMC) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Faculty Development in Canada Association for Medical Education Europe (AMEE) ASPIRE Award of Excellence in Faculty Development Led the successful application for this award on behalf of the University of Toronto. Award presented at the AMEE conference in Helsinki August
- 2017: Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada (AFMC) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Faculty Development in Canada Medicine Professional Development, Department of Family and Community Medicine
- 2012: Jamie Meuser Award for Excellence in Leadership and Innovation in Professional Development, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
- 2010: Founder, Adolescent Medicine, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
- 2008: Helen Batty Award in Individual Teaching in Faculty Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
- 2005: Certificate of Merit in Medical Education, Canadian Association for Medical Education
- 2004: Continuing Education Award for Continuing Medical Education and Development, Department of Paediatrics
- 1998: Robert Haslam Pre-clerkship Teaching Award, Department of Paediatrics
Publications
- Leslie K. Late-Career Faculty: Individual and Institutional Perspectives (Invited Commentary), Academic Medicine 2020 95(2): 176-179 February 2020.
- Kolomitro K, Hamilton J, Leslie K, Hazelton L, Veerapen K, Kelly-Turner K, Keegan D (2021) Viewing faculty development through an organizational lens: Sharing lessons learned, Medical Teacher, 43:8, 894-899, DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1931078
- Dijk S, Findyartini A, Cantillon P, Cilliers F, Caramori U, O’Sullivan P, Leslie K (2023) Developing a programmatic approach to faculty development and scholarship using the ASPIRE criteria: AMEE Guide No. 165, Medical Teacher, DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2259062
- Van Schalkwyk, S., Amaral, E., Anakin, M., Chen, R., Dolmans, D., Findyartini, A.,Fobian N, Leslie K, Muller J, O’Sullivan P, Ramani S, Sorinola O, Vakani F, Yang D, Steinert, Y. (2024). Disentangling faculty development: A scoping review towards a rich description of the concept and its practice. Medical Teacher, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2024.2429612
- Leslie K. Faculty Development for Academic and Career Development. In: Faculty Development in the Health Professions: A Focus on Research and Practice , Steinert Y (Ed) Springer, April 2025