Clinical Skills Training and Assessment Room (CSTAR)

Club week video

About the club

CSTAR (Clinical Skills Training and Assessment Room) aims to provide opportunities for medical students to develop their clinical proficiency. To this end, CSTAR has designed an academic program inspired in structure by our block-based medical curriculum. The club runs peer-guided workshops to teach students interviewing and examining techniques, and test their clinical reasoning when interacting with patients. In addition, CSTAR has developed a clinical simulation room that can be used by all medical students. The room is modelled after a standard doctor’s office with all the basic medical equipment needed for students to practice physical examination skills, or standardized patient cases, in a stress-free and safe environment.

Contact information

RolePersonContact
Co-PresidentAdam Mouncef, class of 2028adam.mouncef@mail.mcgill.ca
Co-PresidentMarie Xinyi Sun, class of 2028marie-xinyi.sun@mail.mcgill.ca
Gatineau PresidentYves Roland Ngouadjeu Fouetio, class of 2028yves.ngouadjeufouetio@mail.mcgill.ca
Chief Clinical AdvisorOjasvi Sharma, class of 2027ojasvi.sharma@mail.mcgill.ca
Chief Clinical AdvisorSara Morel, class of 2027sara.morel@mail.mcgill.ca
VP LogisticsMatthew Jin, class of 2029matthew.jin@mail.mcgill.ca
VP LogisticsWalae Mehdaoui, class of 2029walae.mehdaoui@mail.mcgill.ca
VP CommunicationsTara Seirafi, class of 2027tara.seirafi@mail.mcgill.ca
VP EducationSolomon Karunga, class of 2028solomon.karunga@mail.mcgill.ca
VP ResearchCynthia Sedlezky, class of 2027cynthia.sedlezky@mail.mcgill.ca
VP InnovationRukun Dou, class of 2029rukun.dou@mail.mcgill.ca
Chief TutorSascha Azoulay, class of 2026sascha.azoulay@mail.mcgill.ca
Chief TutorPriya Sarwal, class of 2026priya.sarwal@mail.mcgill.ca
Chief Tutor, Foundational KnowledgeCristina Stanescu, class of 2028cristina.stanescu@mail.mcgill.ca
Clinical Skills AdvisorArianne Racine, class of 2026arianne.racine@mail.mcgill.ca
Clinical Skills AdvisorMagan Solomon, class of 2026magan.solomon@mail.mcgill.ca
Clinical Skills AdvisorVanessa Ezerzer, class of 2026vanessa.ezerzer@mail.mcgill.ca
Clinical Skills AdvisorAlexandra Yacovelli, class of 2026alexandra.yacovelli@mail.mcgill.ca
Clinical Skills AdvisorManon Brillouet, Class of 2028manon.brillouet@mail.mcgill.ca 
Clinical Skills AdvisorSarah Bensemana, class of 2026sarah.bensemana@mail.mcgill.ca
Clinical Skills AdvisorDavid Znaty, class of 2027david.znaty@mail.mcgill.ca
Med 2 Rep MtlPhilippe Vincent, class of 2028philippe.c.vincent@mail.mcgill.ca
Med 2 Rep MtlAhmed Yacine Bennaceur, class of 2028ahmed.bennaceur@mail.mcgill.ca
Med 1 Rep MtlHanna Allen, class of 2029hanna.allen@mail.mcgill.ca
Med 1 Rep MtlNicolas Demers, class of 2029nicolas.p.demers@mail.mcgill.ca
Med-1 Rep MtlLayla Gobeil, class of 2029layla.gobeil@mail.mcgill.ca