Dr. Dale Dauphinee is the former Chair and Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University who also served as the founding Director of the Division of Clinical Epidemiology at the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Associate Dean of Medicine (Medical Education) and the Director of the McGill Center for Medical Education Research. From 1993-2006 he was the Executive Director of the Medical Council of Canada where he established its first in-house research program, an external research grants program, directed their pioneering move adaptive on-line assessment methods, and created the national physician identifier and physician credential verification services. During that time he received many awards for distinguished service, including the John Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners for excellence in contributions to medical assessment and evaluation. He sits on several editorial and international advisory boards. He continues to conduct research into workforce production, developing informatics infrastructure and assessment outcomes strategies, as well as consulting and advising universities, national professional bodies, governments, and health sciences educational programs internationally.