About Me

I’m Sharilyn Rennie, ND — an educator, curriculum designer, and clinically trained healthcare professional with almost two decades of clinical experience and more than a decade of teaching anatomy, physiology, and the medical sciences. Over the years, I’ve taught across multiple California community colleges and collaborated with faculty in undergraduate and graduate health-science programs who want to build clearer, more engaging, clinically grounded learning experiences.

My background includes extensive work in integrative and physiological medicine, critical care, cardiac procedures, and military medical leadership. That clinical foundation shapes everything I do in education today. I’m passionate about recreating real-world clinical thinking in the classroom and designing the kinds of learning experiences that help students finally understand the “why” behind the science.

At the heart of my work is a simple belief: students do not need to begin their healthcare journey with everything perfectly figured out. Most of the learners I support start out feeling unsure, behind, or questioning whether they belong in medicine at all. I love helping them build confidence, develop strong clinical reasoning, and start to truly see themselves in the roles they’re working toward.

And I also believe that student success starts with faculty. When instructors have the right structure, tools, and support, students thrive. That’s the mission behind MedMasters Collaborative — partnering with educators at every level of medical and health-science training to create sustainable, high-impact learning tools rooted in clarity, engagement, and authentic clinical thinking.

Whether you’re teaching your very first anatomy course or leading an advanced physiology sequence, my goal is to help you build learning experiences where students think more deeply, stay engaged longer, and genuinely see themselves as future healthcare professionals.