Vladimir Sistek, M.D., Ph.D.
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Emeritus Professor Email: vsistek@uottawa.ca |
Graduate of Charles' University in Prague, former Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic
M.D. 1956, Ph.D. 1967
Certified in General Surgery
Recipient of :
- Teacher of the Year, University of Ottawa, 1981
- Bristol-Myers-Squibb School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Medical Teaching 1985 and 1993
- 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Teaching Fellowship 1986
- Award of Excellence, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa 1992
Expertise:
- Gross Anatomy and Surgery
- Clinical and applied Anatomy, especially in Surgery and Gyn.-Obst. in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, undergraduate and postgraduate nursing education (specialized in long distance teleconference education, Continuing Education Service of the University of Ottawa)
- Education - pedagogy, methodology, organization and administration, especially in the problem-based, student-centered undergraduate curricular system
- Student guidance and counselling
- Student evaluation of teaching, courses and professors
- Peer evaluation of teaching
Selected Papers:
- Sistek, V. (1967) Present Opinions on the Mechanisms of Competency of Cardia. Czechoslovak Journal of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 21/4, Part I: 268-272, Part II: 273-276.
- Sistek, V. and Harrison, J. (1977) Medical Education - New Initiatives? Canadian Medical Association Journal 117:1362.
- Sistek, V. and Harrison, J. (1978) Anatomical Instruction: Curriculum Development and the Efficient Use of Audio-Visual Aids. The British Journal of Educational Technology, 91:17-26.
- Sistek, V. (1984) The System of the Student Evaluation of Teaching at the University of Ottawa. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Improving University Teaching, University of Maryland, Vol. III. Contributed Papers: 886-895.
- Sistek, V. (1995) Three Years Experience With Problem-Based Cooperative Learning. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania: 135-136.