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VALENTINA AL HAMOUCHE MRT(R), MSc.; CEO VCA Education |
KRISTA DAWDY MRT(T), BSc. (Hons), MSc. |
| Valentina holds an M.Sc. Health Systems Management, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK and B.Sc. (Hons) in Radiography Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK Applied Health Sciences Department, Division of Radiography. She has also received a FAETC: Further Adult and Education Teacher’s Certificate from the College of North-East London, UK (1991), and a Diploma in Radiologic Technology American University of Beirut-Medical Centre Radiologic Technology Training Program, Lebanon. In 1994, she has pursued further education and training in radiation safety sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste Italy. She has over 25 years of radiography teaching experience at different Universities in Canada and abroad. She is a registration committee member at the College of Medical Radiation and Imaging Technologists of Ontario (CMRITO). She is certified with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT). In 2017 she founded VCA Education Solutions for Health Professionals, Inc. |
Working as the Clinical Educator for radiation therapy at the Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto Canada I engage in both staff and student education. As a practice based researcher with an appointment as instructor in the Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, I continue to be involved in strategic initiatives in education and research with my most recent participation as co-director of an accredited leadership workshop in cancer education through the University of Toronto, Continuing Professional Development. I am very passionate about learning and continuing professional development, with publications in both patient and staff education and was most recently awarded the Excellence in Clinical Education from the University of Toronto. I have worked as a frontline radiation therapist for over 20 years and within clinical education for over 10 years and continue to be engaged in both local, national and international education. |
