A5092793080- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
Western University
2023-2025
Lawson Health Research Institute
2023
London Health Sciences Centre
2023
Background: Medical professionals experienced high rates of burnout and moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Canada, has been linked to a growing number family physicians (FPs) leaving workforce, increasing patients without access regular doctor. This study explores different factors that impacted FPs’ experience with pandemic, goal identifying systembased interventions aimed at supporting FP well-being improving retention. Methods: We conducted semi-structured qualitative...
Nurses in primary care play critical roles during public health crises; however, nursing leadership was underutilized the COVID-19 response. This study explores nurses' pandemic and their perspectives on value of care. We conducted qualitative interviews with 76 nurses across four Canadian regions. Participants described barriers facilitators encountered pandemic. used thematic analysis examined themes relevant to leadership. Three emerged: actualizing leadership, leveraging experience...
Abstract Background Family physicians (FPs) fill an essential role in public health emergencies yet have frequently been neglected pandemic response plans. This exclusion harms FPs their clinical roles and has unintended consequences the management of concurrent personal responsibilities, many which were amplified by pandemic. The objective our study was to explore experiences during first year COVID-19 better understand how they managed competing professional priorities. Methods We...
Abstract Background Person-centred planning refers to a model of care in which programs and services are developed collaboration with persons receiving (i.e., persons-supported) tailored their unique needs goals. In recent decades, governments around the world have enacted policies requiring community-care agencies adopt an individualized or person-centred approach service delivery. Although regional mandates provide framework for directing care, it is unclear how this guidance implemented...
Pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (POHCA) is associated with significant mortality and poor neurological outcomes. We aimed to describe the association between sociodemographic factors POHCA risk in Ontario, Canada.
Background: Paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (POHCA) is associated with significant mortality and severe neurological sequelae. Previous literature indicates that there are sociodemographic disparities in POHCA survival the provision of upstream interventions. However, it’s unclear if populations impacted by these also have an elevated risk experiencing POHCA. We sought to describe relationship between factors Ontario, Canada. Methods: conducted a province-wide case-control study...