Medical Skills Centre Team
Arriving at Medskills
The Medical Skills Centre includes the Booking Services office right at the front. Although there appears to be a reception area, we don't actually have a dedicated greeter. One of the training staff will, however, usually be near by to offer assistance.- look for one of these folks ....
Rainer Kahl - Manager, Medical Skills Centre
Rainer is a really nice guy - he's thoughtful, friendly, intelligent. He's well educated. He's a great listener. He always brings a balanced point of view and calm equanimity.
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Dennis Corrie
Dennis started as a Radio DJ in Winnipeg (where he was born) at CKY. Discovered the Guess Who, Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman. Made the top ten disc jockey’s in Canada list several times. First DJ in North America to play the Beatles, Rolling Stones and other Brit acts. Had a weekly radio program in Adelaide, Australia. Headhunted to Calgary where he worked radio and TV. Again made the top ten list, was Quizmaster on Reach For The Top (CBC-TV) for 16 seasons. Was a writer and editor for Phyllis Diller. Started as an SP in the 90’s, and later became an SP trainer and casting guy. Loves to travel with his wife and daughters, has a dog named Jack and is a very lazy stamp collector. Also: Dennis is the only actor to have been killed twice on Fargo the TV series.
Chris Enright
Chris Enright is an actor and improvisor who has worked in theatre, film and television. A founding member and co-producer of the improvised soap opera Dirty Laundry (now in its twentieth season) Chris also improvises with The Kinkonauts. He was born in Calgary and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Calgary. He's been working in the field of simulation and Standardized Patient training for over twenty years. Chris is also an avid gardener.
Hal Kerbes
Armed with a B.Mus in Vocal Performance and an offer from a contemporary dance company, Hal naturally became a technical assistant for the music department of the Calgary Board of Education .. and then a band instructor for the Air Force, then hawked musical instruments & pianos before finally returning to the cultural sector. Self employed since 1982, he's worked in theatre, film & TV as a performer, writer, director and designer. He's curated a folk festival, facilitated certifying exams for Chiropractors. He and his wife Kathryn ran a theatre company for over 25 years, and received the Harry & Martha Cohen Award for sustained and significant contribution to Calgary theatre. An SP since the 1990s, Hal was also the lead for the Well Man program for the last several years of its existence. In January of 2016 he became a trainer with the Medical Skills Centre.
Jamie LaRue Matchuliss
Jamie is a Calgary based actor, singer, puppeteer, aspiring writer and arts educator. She has had the privilege of working as a Standardized Patient with the University of Calgary since 2013 and is now excited to move into the role of Trainer. Jamie is married, has two cats (Rorschach & Apollo), her own Gluten Free baking business and is aspiring to play the guitar! She holds a Diploma in Theatre Arts from Playhouse North School of Theatre as well as a BA in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Calgary.
David LeRigny
In addition to his 12 years as a standardized patient trainer, David Lerigny’s career as a professional actor spans 40 years and over 350 stage and media productions. He is a recipient of the 1993 Best Actor and 2007 Best Narrator AMPIAS, the 2000 COHEN AWARD (for sustained and significant contribution to Calgary theatre) and the 2010 Supporting Actor BETTY MITCHELL AWARD for SHAKESPEARE’S DOG at ATP. He is also a dialect and acting coach, most notably FARGO seasons 2 and 3. Film and TV roles include TIN STAR, FARGO (TV), RAT RACE, PASSCHENDAELE, HELL ON WHEELS, APTN’s BLACKSTONE. MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS LAKE, WYNONNA EARP and many more. David is known as an actor under the moniker David LeReaney – that’s how you’ll find him on IMDB - and you can also visit www.davidlereaney.com
Kathryn Waters
With a small town upbringing and a big city education, Kathryn has made Calgary her home since 2005. Throughout her 20s in the theatre biz she wore all the hats: performer, director, producer, administrator... but her penchant for play also proved its value as she advanced a career in childcare. Now, ten years and ten tiny humans later, Kathryn is excited to leave the diapers behind and spend more time with the grown-ups at Medskills!
When she's not working with learners big and small, you can often find Kathryn in the bar playing chess, in the saddle on her horse, or in the mountains skiing, hiking, and scrambling. That is unless of course she's at home doing her favourite things: avoiding her laundry and keeping her couch from flying away.
Christopher Youngren
Born and Raised in Calgary, Christopher attended the University of Calgary Drama program for 2 years before moving to Montreal to study at the National Theatre School where he graduated in 1976. He returned to Calgary in the early 80s and has been based here ever since. He began doing Standardised Patient work around 1981 and began working as a Trainer in 1990. He has been the Standardised Patient Co-ordinator for the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) Clinical Qualifying Exams in Calgary since 2002.
Christopher was nominated for a Betty award in the category of Best Supporting Actor in 2009. He was beat out by some guy named David Lereaney… Christopher has become quite philosophical.