Dr. Jon Davine

Affiliated With: McMaster University

Practice Model: Royal College Specialist

OH Region: West Region (ESC/SW/WW/HNHB)

Biography

Jon Davine is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, with a cross appointment in the Department of Family Medicine. His outpatient psychiatry practice focuses on liaising with primary care physicians in a shared care model.

For a number of years, Dr. Davine has taught courses in behavioural sciences to family medicine residents and to family doctors in the community. He has lectured nationally and internationally on this topic, and co-edited a book, Psychiatry in Primary Care, a Concise Canadian Pocket Guide in 2011 (second edition in 2019).

His main career interest has been in working with and teaching family doctors about mental health issues in primary care and supporting their role in the delivery of mental health care.

He won the Association of Chairs of Psychiatry in Canada Award for Excellence in Education, in 2018.