A5103090042- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Chemical Safety and Risk Management
- Social Media in Health Education
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
2016-2025
University of Ottawa
2016-2024
Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario
2020-2024
Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health
2022
Saint Francis University
2011
Western University
1984
Background Understanding adverse events among children treated in the emergency department (ED) offers an opportunity to improve patient safety by providing evidence of where focus efforts a resource-restricted environment. Objective To estimate risk events, their type, preventability and severity, for seen paediatric ED. Methods This prospective cohort study examined outcomes patients presenting ED over 1-year period. The primary outcome was proportion with event (harm related healthcare...
Residents must strive for excellence in their nontechnical skills (NTS). However, NTS have not traditionally been well-assessed pediatric emergency departments (EDs). One underutilized assessment strategy is to parents assess the residents caring children. Prior involving resident assessment, it essential identify which EDs can assess.To explore assess.An exploratory qualitative study design was used. It included interviews with faculty members involved supervision and of a ED who had...
Despite the high number of children treated in emergency departments, patient safety risks this setting are not well quantified. Our objective was to estimate risk and type adverse events, as their preventability severity, for a paediatric department. prospective, multicentre cohort study enrolled presenting care during one 168 8-hour shifts across nine departments. primary outcome an event within 21 days enrolment which related provided at visit. We identified 'flagged outcomes' (such...
Objective The aim of this study was to understand parents’ awareness and reactions a slide presentation based waiting-room educational initiative. Methods This prospective observational at Canadian tertiary-care pediatric emergency department (ED) with an annual census 68,000 visits. An anonymous parental survey developed de novo, parents were asked complete the during their low-acuity ED visit over 2-week period. Descriptive statistics used describe responses themes. Results Parents...
Simulation-based medical education (SBME) is widely used to teach bedside procedural skills. Feedback crucial SBME but research on optimal timing support novice learners' skill development has produced conflicting results.
Fractures of the fifth metacarpal are a common injury. In children, they often stable and heal uneventfully, including after closed reduction. diaphysis, conversely, tend to be unstable may require surgical intervention. It is unclear at what point fractures fracture should considered unstable. We identify location which risk for
Increased mental health (MH) needs during the COVID-19 pandemic led to implementation of a novel pediatric Emergency Department Virtual Care (EDVC) service. Our study aimed describe MH patient population that used EDVC by comparing patient-specific factors those who obtained services virtually seen in-person.
Educators need to ensure trainees have access the rotation orientation information they in most effective way possible. We wanted find best method distribute this information.We provided post-graduate medical rotating through Pediatric Emergency Medicine program at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Ottawa, Canada, regular package three ways: email, online, and paper. surveyed them out which method(s) used found useful.All were able electronic via email useful. Most also paper...
Ankle radiographs are among the most commonly obtained trauma images in pediatric population, with standard 3 views (AP/mortise [M]/lateral [L]) routinely ordered emergency department. The purpose of this study was to compare diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity sets 2 (AP/L or M/L) views.One hundred twenty ankle skeletally immature patients department a level 1 center were used. These included without fractures. Sets reviewed by pairs pediatric-trained orthopedic surgeons,...
Abstract Background Implicit bias and structural racism in healthcare create significant social health inequities that can lead to poorer care outcomes. Canadian medical training programs have created curricula addressing these issues, but there remains a lack of education targeting faculty members multidisciplinary teams. Perdomo et al. longitudinal case-based curriculum called Health Equity Rounds (HER) engage teams discussions about the effects implicit on patient care. Curriculum pilot...
Abstract Background Fatigue is inevitable in healthcare professions, given that patient care provided 24 hours a day, 7 days week. Due to the potential for fatigue decrease both physiological and cognitive performance, professionals comes with an elevated risk patients providers. Residents particular are at high demands of post-graduate training. negatively impacts resident physician's own health wellbeing and, importantly, increases serious medical errors affecting safety. Given aspect...