Parisa Rezaiefar
MD, CFCP, FCFPC, BSc. GP-Focused Practice Designation in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Affiliate Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of Ottawa
Cross Appointed
Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa
Clinician Researcher
l'Institut du Savoir Montfort
Family Physician
Ottawa Newcomer Health Centre
About:
Dr. Parisa Rezaiefar is a Family Physician with a focused practice designation in reproductive and sexual health and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. She is the lead physician for the Specialized Clinical Transition Team for Refugees with Complex Needs at Ottawa Newcomers Health Clinic and a reproductive and sexual health consultant at Ottawa Obstetrics Reproductive Integrated Gynecological Services (Origyns) Medical Clinic in Ottawa. She is interested in promoting health equity and the inclusion of equity-deserving populations in health professions education and research.
Dr. Rezaiefar teaches refugee health and reproductive and sexual health at undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing professional development levels and in her clinical practice. She has developed and published tools for teaching and evaluating Family Medicine trainees' competence in office-based gynecologic procedures. Dr. Rezaiefar’s website, hosted by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa, uses e-learning technology and simulation to teach and evaluate competence in gynecologic procedures for trainees in primary care. Her YouTube channel hosts educational videos on how to perform office-based gynecologic procedures for primary care providers.
Her leadership and advocacy roles include generating critical knowledge about the experience of underrepresented women trainees in Family Medicine and refugees in Canada.
Research Interests:
Medical education, reproductive and sexual health, health equity and inclusion.
Select Publications:
Rezaiefar P, Archibald D, Kabir M, Humphrey-Murto S. (2025). Challenges in Providing Gynecological Procedures in Primary Care: A Survey of Canadian Academic Family Physicians. Women’s Health Reports.
Rezaiefar P, Waqas N MD, Archibald D, Humphrey-Murto S. (2024). Novel Performance Rating Instruments for Gynecological Procedures in Primary Care: A Pilot Study. Family Medicine.
Yan H, Rahgozar A, Sethuram C, Karunananthan S, Archibald D, Bradley L, Hakimjavadi R, Helmer-Smith M, Jolin-Dahel K, McCutcheon T, Puncher J, Rezaiefar P, Shoppoff L, Liddy C. (2022). Natural Language Processing to Identify Digital Learning Tools in Postgraduate Family Medicine: Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR Research Protocols.
Rezaiefar P, Abou-Hamde Y, Naz F, Alborhamy YS, LaDonna KA. (2022). "Walking on eggshells": experiences of underrepresented women in medical training. Perspectives on Medical Education.
Rezaiefar P, Forse K, Burns JK, Johnston S, Muggah E, Kendall C, Archibald D. (2019). Does general experience affect self-assessment?. The Clinical Teacher.
Contact:
prezaief@uottawa.ca