Publications
In addition to the list below, you can view a full listing of my publications on Google Scholar, ORCID, or ResearchGate. If you are unable to access an article you are interested in, please get in touch with me here for a copy.
Books (N=1)
1. Ahmad, A., Fenton, N., Graystone, L., Acai, A., Matthews, K. E., & Chalmers, D. (2018). Investigating impact in higher education. Hammondville, Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
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2. Harms, S., & Acai, A. (2020). Steps towards building a culture of humanistic teaching and medical practice. In A. Hategan, K. Saperson, S. Harms, & H. Waters (Eds.), Humanism and resilience in residency training: A guide to physician wellness (pp. 527-554). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
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1. Guitman, R., Acai, A., & Mercer-Mapstone, L. (2020). Unlearning hierarchies and striving for relational diversity. In L. Mercer-Mapstone & S. Abbot (Eds)., The power of partnership: Students, staff, and faculty revolutionizing higher education (pp. 61-72). Elon, NC: Elon University Center for Engaged Learning.
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Journal Articles (N=49)
49. Owais, S., Acai, A., Duarte, D., Levinson, A. J., & Saperson, K. (2025). Development of an electroconvulsive therapy blended learning curriculum for psychiatry residents. Academic Psychiatry, 48(1), 36-40. Advance online publication.
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48. Acai, A.*, Frake-Mistak, M.*, Hamilton, M.*, Maher, P. T.*, Verwoord, R.*, & Woolmer, C.* (2024). Seven guiding principles for building fellowship in SoTL. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 15(3), Article 21. *Equal contributions.
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47. Greenway, M., & Acai, A. (2024). Academic leadership in nursing: A concept analysis. Nurse Education Today, 141, Article 106338.
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46. Monteiro, S., Acai, A., Kahlke, R., Chan, T. M., & Sukhera, J. (2024). Shifting paradigms: A collective and structural strategy for addressing healthcare inequity. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 30(6), 887-893.
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45. Simon, T. A., Owais, S., Duarte, D., & Acai, A. (2024). Chronicling the transition to competency-based medical education in a small subspeciality program. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 16(3), 312-317.
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44. Cui, S.*, Lin, L.*, Shah, D., Reid, S. R., Sonnadara, R. R., & Acai, A. (2024). Survey of perspectives on parental leave policies in Canadian surgical training programs. Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education, 3, Article 32. *Equal contributions.
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43. Ene, I. C., Kocaqi, E., & Acai, A. (2024). Learner experiences of preceptor self-disclosure of personal illness in medical education. Academic Medicine, 99(3), 296-303.
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42. Owais, S., Saperson, K., Levinson, A. J., Payne, S., Lamont, R., Brown, M. V., & Acai, A. (2024). Evaluation of the online component of a blended learning electroconvulsive therapy curriculum for psychiatry residents to treat depression in older adults. Academic Psychiatry, 48(1), 36-40.
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41. Wigfield, D., & Acai, A. (2024). A cross-sectional, survey-based study of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the Canadian indoor climbing community. Journal of Emerging Sport Studies, 10, 1-25.
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40. McGuire, N., Acai, A., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2023). The McMaster Narrative Comment Rating Tool: Development and initial validity evidence. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Advance online publication.
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39. Acai, A. (2023). Future possibilities. In A. Cook-Sather & S. Slates (Eds)., How can students-as-partners work inform assessment? (pp. 218-234). International Journal for Students as Partners, 7(1).
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38. Acai, A. (2023). The role of groups in assessing learners with specific learning difficulties. Medical Education, 57(6), 498-501. *Invited commentary.
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37. Serrano, H., Andrea, S., Lopes, J., Harms, S., Saperson, K., & Acai, A. (2023). A qualitative investigation of burnout, well-being, and resilience among faculty and residents in a Canadian psychiatry department. Academic Psychiatry, 47(2), 159-163.
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36. Allice, I., Acai, A., Ferdossifard, A., Wekerle, C., & Kimber M. (2022). Indigenous cultural safety in recognizing and responding to family violence: A systematic scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), Article 16967.
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35. Acai, A. (2022). Commentary on Barradell and Bell (2021)—Applying a critical lens to the role of students as partners in health professions education: Challenges, risks, and potential. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 28(3), 967-972.
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34. Wekerle, C., McQueen, K. C. D., Barker. B., Acai, A., Smith, S., Allice, I., & Kimber, M. (2022). Indigenous servicer provider perspectives of an online education module to support safe clinical encounters about family violence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), Article 16061.
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33. Kihumuro, R. B., Kaggwa, M. M., Nakandi, R. M., Kintu, T. M., Muwanga, D. R., Muganzi, D. J., Atwau, P., Ayesiga, I., Acai, A., . . . Harms, S. (2022). Perspectives on mental health services for medical students at a Ugandan medical school. BMC Medical Education, 22, Article 734.
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32. Roshan, A., Farooq, A., Acai, A., Wagner, N., Sonnadara, R. R., Scott, T. M., & Karimuddin, A. A. (2022). The effect of gender dyads on the quality of narrative assessments of general surgery trainees. The American Journal of Surgery, 224(1 Pt A), 174-184.
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31. Laupacis, M., Acai, A., MacMillan, H., Vanstone, M., Stewart, D., Dimitropoulos, G., & Kimber, M. (2022). A qualitative description of resident physicians’ understanding of child maltreatment: Impacts, recognition, and response. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), Article 3319.
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30. Acai, A., Mercer-Mapstone, L., & Guitman, R. (2022). Mind the (gender) gap: Engaging students as partners to promote gender equity in higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, 27(1), 18-38.
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29. Acai, A., Gonzalez, A., & Saperson, K., on behalf of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences COVID-19 Wellness Working Group (2022). An iterative approach to promoting departmental wellbeing during COVID-19. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 28(1), 57-62.
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28. Roshan, A., Wagner, N., Acai, A., Emmerton-Coughlin, H., Sonnadara, R. R., Scott, T. M., & Karimuddin, A. A. (2021). Comparing the quality of narrative comments by rotation setting. Journal of Surgical Education, 78(6), 2070-2077.
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27. Acai A., Cupido, N., Weavers, A., Saperson, K., Ladhani, M., Cameron, S., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2021). Competence committees: The steep climb from concept to implementation. Medical Education, 55(9), 1067-1077.
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26. Kaggwa, M. M., Acai, A., Rukundo, G. Z., Harms, S., & Ashaba, S. (2021). Patients’ perspectives on the experiences of absconding from a psychiatric hospital: A qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry, 21, Article 371.
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25. Harms, S., Acai, A., Bogie, B. J. M., McConnell, M. M., Fallen, R., McCutchen, B., . . . Snelgrove, N. (2021). One Room Schoolhouse: A novel intervention for inspired academic half-day learning in distributed campus settings. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 8, 1-9.
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24. Acai, A. (2021). Language and power. In A. Cook-Sather & S. Slates (Eds)., Diversifying students-as-partners participants and practices (pp. 151-152). International Journal for Students as Partners, 5(1).
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23. Li, S.-A., Acai, A., Sherbino, J., & Chan, T. M. (2021). The teacher, the assessor, and the patient protector: A conceptual model describing how context interfaces with the supervisory roles of academic emergency physicians. AEM Education and Training, 5(1), 52-62. *Selected as a feature article.
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22. Acai, A., Mahetaji, K., Reid, S. E., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2020). The role of gender in the decision to pursue a surgical career: A qualitative, interview-based study. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 11(4), e51-e61.
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21. Fahim, C., Acai, A., McConnell, M., Wright, F. C., Sonnadara, R. R., & Simunovic, M. (2020). Use of the theoretical domains framework and behaviour change wheel to develop a novel intervention to improve the quality of multidisciplinary cancer conference decision making. BMC Health Services Research, 20, Article 578.
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20. Dhindsa, K., Acai, A., Wagner, N., Bosnyak, D., Kelly, S., Bhandari, M., . . . Sonnadara, R. R. (2019). Individualized pattern recognition for detecting mind wandering from EEG during live lectures. PLOS ONE, 14(9), Article e0222276.
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19. Matthews, K. E., Mercer-Mapstone, L., Dvorakova, S. L., Acai, A., Cook-Sather, A., Felten, P., . . . Marquis, E. (2019). Enhancing outcomes and reducing inhibitors to the engagement of students and staff in learning and teaching partnerships: Implications for academic development. International Journal for Academic Development, 24(3), 246-259.
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18. Mercer-Mapstone, L., Guitman, R., & Acai, A. (2019). Reflecting gendered experiences of student-staff partnership: A student standpoint using poetic transcription. Teaching in Higher Education, 24(6), 809-818.
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17. Acai, A., Reid, S. E., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2019). Author response to “The road to gender equity in surgery is long.” Canadian Journal of Surgery, 62(3), E4-E5.
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16. Wagner, N., Acai, A., McQueen, S. A., McCarthy, C., McGuire, A., Petrisor, B., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2019). Enhancing formative feedback in orthopaedic training: Development and implementation of a competency-based assessment framework. Journal of Surgical Education, 76(5), 1376-1401.
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15. Acai, A., Li, S.-A., Sherbino, J., & Chan, T. M. (2019). Attending emergency physicians’ perceptions of a programmatic workplace-based assessment system: The McMaster Modular Assessment Program (McMAP). Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 31(4), 434-444.
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14. Matthews, K. E., Cook-Sather, A., Acai, A., Dvorakova, S. L., Felten, P., Marquis, B., & Mercer-Mapstone, L. (2019). Towards theories of partnership praxis: An analysis of interpretive framing in literature on students as partners in teaching and learning. Higher Education Research & Development, 38(2), 280-293.
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13. van Rhijn, T. M., Acai, A., & Lero, D. S. (2018). Measuring school-family conflict and enrichment in university student parents: A measurement validation study. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 48(3), 98-124.
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12. Acai, A., Ahmad, A., Fenton, N., Graystone, L., Phillips, K., Smith, R., & Stockley, D. (2018). The 3M National Teaching Fellowship: A high impact community of practice in higher education. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 6(2), 50-66.
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11. Acai, A., Sonnadara, R. R., & O’Neill, T. A. (2018). Getting with the times: A narrative review of the literature on group decision making in virtual environments and implications for promotions committees. Perspectives on Medical Education, 7(3), 147-155.
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10. Acai, A., Steyn, C., Reid, S. E., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2018). A solution to gender inequity in surgery? Better caregiving policies. Canadian Journal of Surgery, 61(1), 6-7.
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9. Acai, A.*, Akesson, B.*, Allen, M.*, Chen, V.*, Mathany, C.*, McCollum, B.*, . . . Verwoord, R. E. M.* (2017). Conceptualizations of success in student-faculty/staff SoTL partnerships: Motivations, challenges, power, and definitions. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 8(2), Article 8. *Equal contributions.
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8. Acai, A.*, Kirby, S.*, & Shammas, R.* (2017). Reflections on an international “Change Institute” for students as partners: A student perspective. International Journal for Students as Partners, 1(1). *Equal contributions.
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7. Acai, A., McQueen, S. A., McKinnon, V., & Sonnadara, R. R. (2017). Using art for the development of teamwork and communication skills among health professionals: A literature review. Arts & Health, 9(1), 60-72.
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6. Pachai, A. A., Acai, A., LoGiudice, A. B., & Kim, J. A. (2016). The mind that wanders: Challenges and potential benefits of mind wandering in education. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 2(2), 134-146.
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5. Acai, A., McQueen, S. A., Fahim, C., Wagner, N., McKinnon, V., Boston, J., . . . Sonnadara, R. R. (2016). ‘It’s not the form; it’s the process’: A phenomenological study on the use of creative professional development workshops to improve teamwork and communication skills. Medical Humanities, 42(3), 173-180.
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4. Acai, A.*, & Thevathasan, N.* (2015). Genetic screening: A cautionary tale for the public and a need for greater public education. Health Science Inquiry, 6(1), 27-28. *Equal contributions.
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3. Acai, A., & Newton, G. (2015). A comparison of factors related to university students’ learning: College-transfer and direct-entry from high school students. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 45(2), 168-192.
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2. Acai, A.*, Cowan, V.*, Doherty, S.*, Sharma, G.*, & Thevathasan, N.* (2014). 2013 3M National Student Fellows feature article - Exploring the role of the university student as an experiential learner: Thoughts and reflections from the 2013 cohort of 3M National Student Fellows. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 7(2), 83-93. *Equal contributions.
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1. Teri, S., Acai, A., Griffith, D., Mahmood, Q., Ma, D. W. L., & Newton, G. (2014). Student use and pedagogical impact of a mobile learning application in biochemistry education. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 42(2), 121-135.
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Published Protocols (N=1)
1. Kimber, M., Harms, S., Soreni, N., Inrig, M., Acai, A., Lipman, E. L., . . . MacMillan, H. L. (2021). LIVES for families psychological first aid programme to address COVID-19 psychological distress: A mixed methods acceptability and feasibility protocol. BMJ Open, 11, Article e049995.
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