Dagnone | Department of Emergency Medicine | School of Medicine

Dr. Damon Dagnone MD, FRCPC, MSc, MMEd

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Associate Professor

Director, Standards and Accreditation, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada

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Dr. J Damon Dagnone is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Queen’s University and Director, Standards and Accreditation at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

At Queen’s University, he is the lead of the EM junior resuscitation rounds and EM transition to practice (TTP) curriculums and works with PGME leaders on educational and research initiatives related to competency based medical education (CBME).

As Director of Standards and Accreditation at the Royal College, Damon is immersed in the training standards and accreditation oversight for over 100 national specialty disciplines across >20 institutions within Canada and internationally. He is also the lead for the Competence by Design initiative and chairs the national Steering committee for the updated CanMEDS framework launching at ICRE in 2026.

In 2018, Damon published his first book “Finding Our Way Home: A Family’s story of life, love, and loss” about losing his son to cancer during his last year of EM residency training. https://www.amazon.ca/Finding-Our-Way-Home-familys/dp/172387616X

When not in the ER, on ZOOM meetings, or exercising outdoors, Damon can be found enjoying his family at home & at his cottage.

Please see Dr. Dagnone's Google Scholar profile for publications.

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