Nicole Ventura

Faculty & School/Dept.

Faculty of Health - School of Kinesiology & Health Science

Degrees

BSc.(H) - Biomedical Sciences - 2010
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

MSc - Anatomical Sciences - 2011
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

PhD - Anatomy and Cell Biology - 2015
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Selected Publications

Claveria A., Bachour D, Balta JY, Antonacci R, Ventura NM, Noël GPJC. 2024. A comparison of student perspectives on body donation across healthcare professional programs: From prosection-to-dissection-based curricula. Anatomical Sciences Education. 17: 558-570. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2383. (PMID: 38299426)

McBain K, Chen L, Lee A, O'Brien J, Ventura NM, Noël GPJC. 2023. Evaluating the integration of body donor imaging into anatomical dissection using augmented reality. Anatomical Sciences Education. 00: 1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2157. (PMID: 34850590)

McBain KA, Habib R, Laggis G, Quaiattini A, Ventura NM, Noel GPJC. 2022. Scoping review: The use of augmented reality in clinical anatomical education and its assessment tools. Anatomical Sciences Education. 00: 1– 32. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2155. (PMID: 34800073).

Merati N, Murphy-Buske A, Alfaro P, Larouche SS, Noël GPC. and Ventura, NM. (2021), Professional attitudes in health professions' education: the effects of an anatomy near-peer learning activity. Anatomical Sciences Education., 14: 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1964. (PMID: 32282126)

Antonacci R, Curiale LM, Ventura NM, MacMillan KE, Tsmicalis A. Exploring student nurses’ experiences in the anatomy laboratory to optimize their learning. (2021). Journal of Nursing Education. 60(4):221–224. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20210322-07. (PMID: 34038284)

McBain KA, Azimov B, O’Bien J, Noël GPJC, Ventura NM. Evaluating the integration of pre-mortem body donor imaging into a dissection-based medical anatomy course. BMC Medical Education. 2020 Oct; 20, article number: 384. doi.org/10.1186/s12909-02002300-4. (PMID:33097041)

Alfaro P, Larouche SS, Ventura NM, Hudon J. Noel GPJC. Nursing and medical students near-peer activity in the anatomy laboratory: format for success. Advances in Medical Education and Practise. 2019; 10: 769-780. doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S209412. (PMID: 31565014)

Affiliations

Institute of Health Sciences Education - McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Affiliated Member

American Association for Anatomy
Member

American Association for Clinical Anatomists
Member

Awards

Principal's Prize for Teaching Excellence: Associate Professor (McGill University) - 2022

Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University) - 2022

Faculty Award for Teaching Innovation (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University) - 2021

Osler Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Faculty of Medicine (McGill University) - 2019

Supervision

Currently available to supervise graduate students: No

Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: No

Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Yes