Roetka Gradstein

Family Physician in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a passion for collaborative primary care, medical teaching, and medical regulation.

• Abstract reviewer: International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) 2026
• AMEE 2025: International Association for Health Professions Education Co-author of published abstract Title: Embracing Imperfection: Teaching and Learning Without the Mask in Health Professions Education.
• Living Lab Grant application. Co-author of submission: ‘Expanding Family Medicine Residents’ Scope of Practice: Introducing POCUS’. 2023
• Collaborator for: ‘Papercuts in Primary Care’ research project, Dalhousie University 2023
• Collaborator for: ‘Defining successful transition of care for adolescent and young adult hematological cancer survivors’ in process 2021-present
• Scientific committee member, Enhancing Access in Primary Health Care, NSHA 2020
• Family practice participant, Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research (SPIDER) Study, Dalhousie University, NS 2020
• Family practice participant in Maritime Family Practice Research Network (MarNET), Dalhousie University, NS 2012-2021
• ‘Mothering in Medicine’ published in Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal, Spring 2008 Presented at the Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education 6th Biannual Institute, 2006, York University, Ontario
• ‘Sex, AIDS, and Ads’ Visual display presented at Gender Inequality and HIV/AIDS: Lessons for International Development and the New Millennium Robert Pope Student Summership, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, NS 2005
• ‘A Leadership of Possibility: three female leaders in education’ Masters thesis, Mount Saint Vincent University 1999

• Academic teaching: undergraduate and postgraduate medical education sessions, Dalhousie University 2021-current
• Critical Thinking: Med 2 and 4
• MSK clinical skills: Med 2
• Gynecology, Breastfeeding and Pregnancy Care Lectures: Med 3
• Residents as Teachers: Family Medicine R2
• CFPC exam preparation: Family Medicine R2
• Dec 6, 2021 Virtual Community Hospital Program Building an Effective Collaborative Family Practice Team with Family Practice Nurses Collaborated with Jeannie Martin RN, Carla Pearcey RN and Dr Joanna Zed
• Nov 17, 2021 ER Grand Rounds, IWK Heath Centre Breastfeeding: tongue tie and other tips
• 2025- CWIM- Leaders Conference, Newfoundland
• 2024- CWIM-Leaders Conference, Ontario
• 2024- Health-Law Certificate Program, Dalhousie University
• 2024- EDE2 POCUS training (modified for family medicine)
• Pending
• 2024- Medical Abortion Summit
• 2024- Fetal Health Surveillance Certification
• 2024- Fire Inside Peer Community for Physicians
• 2023- IP POCUS certification, CPoCUS
• 2022- Doctors Nova Scotia Physician Leadership Development Program, Health System Science Action Project
• 2022- Neonatal Resuscitation Program
• 2022- Mindful Practice Core Workshop, University of Rochester Medical Centre
• 2021- ALARM certification
• 2021- Annual Assessor training, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
• 2021- Prescribing Assessment training, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia