Publications

PUBLICATIONS

With our academic partners, stakeholders in AHS, and our national and international network of experts, W21C aims to encourage innovative health research.

PUBLICATIONS

With our academic partners, stakeholders in AHS, and our national and international network of experts, W21C aims to encourage innovative health research.

Peer Reviewed Publications

2024

Ambasta, A., Holroyd-Leduc, J.M., Pokharel, S. et al. Re-Purposing the Ordering of Routine Laboratory Tests in Hospitalized Medical Patients (RePORT): protocol for a multicenter stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact of a multicomponent intervention bundle to reduce laboratory test over-utilization. Implementation Sci 19, 45 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01376-6

2023

Pokharel, S, Khawaja, Z, Williams, J, et al. Patient perceptions of in-hospital laboratory blood testing: a patient-oriented and patient co-designed qualitative study. Health Expect. 2023; 1–11. doi:10.1111/hex.13880
Ho C, Ocampo W, Southern DA, Sola D, Baylis B, Conly JM, Hogan DB, Kaufman J, Stelfox HT, Ghali WA. Effect of a Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping System for Reducing Interface Pressures: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2316480. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.16480. PMID: 37266939; PMCID: PMC10238950.
Leal, J., O’Grady, H.M., Armstrong, L. et al. Patient and ward related risk factors in a multi-ward nosocomial outbreak of COVID-19: Outbreak investigation and matched case–control study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 12, 21 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01215-1
Nurmambetova E, Pan J, Zhang Z, Wu G, Lee S, Southern DA, Martin EA, Ho C, Xu Y, Eastwood CA. Developing an Inpatient Electronic Medical Record Phenotype for Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries: Case Study Using Natural Language Processing Models. JMIR AI 2023;2:e41264
doi: 10.2196/41264
Peng, M., Southern, D.A., Ocampo, W. et al. Exploring data reduction strategies in the analysis of continuous pressure imaging technology. BMC Med Res Methodol 23, 56 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-01875-y

2022

Saunders C, Currie D, Virani S, De Grood J. Navigating the Systemic Conditions of a Digital Health Ecosystem in Alberta, Canada: Embedded Case Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Dec 21;6(12):e36265. doi: 10.2196/36265. PMID: 36542428; PMCID: PMC9813809.
White, Deborah & Norris, Jill & Southern, Danielle & Wasylak, Tracy & Ghali, William. (2022). Strategic Clinical Network Teams Improve Effectiveness, Team and Leadership Processes and Inputs: Theory-Based Longitudinal Survey. Healthcare Quarterly. 25. 2022. 10.12927/hcq.2022.26888.
Ludlow N C, Grood J de, Yang C, Murphy S, Berg S, Leischner R, McBrien K A, Santana M J, Leslie M, Clement F, Cepoiu-Martin M, Ghali W A and McCaughey D 2022 A multi-step approach to developing a health system evaluation framework for community-based health care BMC Health Services Research 22 889
Flemons, K, MA, Baylis, B, MD, Khan, A, MEng, RN, BN, Kirkpatrick. A, MD, MHSc, et al. The use of drones for the delivery of diagnostic test kits and medical supplies to remote First Nations communities during Covid-19. American Journal of Infection Control. August 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.03.004.
Flemons K, McGhan G, McCaughey D. Family Caregiving for People Living With Dementia During COVID-19: A Thematic Analysis. Journal of Family Nursing. June 2022. doi:10.1177/10748407221100553
Flemons, K., Bosch, M., Marcil, G., Kachra, R., Zarnke, K., Skeith, L., & Ruzycki, S. M. (2022). Barriers to Implementing Internist Recommendations for Perioperative Anticoagulation Management by Surgical Teams: A Qualitative Study. Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17(1), 14–28. https://doi.org/10.22374/cjgim.v17i1.525
McDonald EG, Wu PE, Rashidi B, et al. The MedSafer Study—Electronic Decision Support for Deprescribing in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. Published online January 18, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7429
Flemons, K., Bosch, M., Coakeley, S. et al. Barriers and facilitators of following perioperative internal medicine recommendations by surgical teams: a sequential, explanatory mixed-methods study. Perioper Med 11, 2 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-021-00236-x

2021

Sarah M. Simmons, Ken Page, Jan M. Davies, Rebecca J. Malott, John M. Conly, Decontamination and Reuse of Personal Protective Masks and Respirators in Healthcare: Human-Centered Investigation and Implementation Considerations, Human Factors in Healthcare, 2021, 100003,
ISSN 2772-5014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hfh.2021.100003.
Hindmarch, W., McGhan , G., Flemons, K., & McCaughey, D. (2021). COVID-19 and Long-Term Care: the Essential Role of Family Caregivers. Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 24(3), 195-199. https://doi.org/10.5770/cgj.24.508
Kirkpatrick, A.W., McKee, J.L., Moeini, S. et al. Pioneering Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (Drone) Delivery of a Remotely Telementored Ultrasound Capability for Self Diagnosis and Assessment of Vulnerable Populations—the Sky Is the Limit. J Digit Imaging (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-021-00475-w
Lendvay, T., Chen, J., Harcourt, B., Scholte, F., Lin, Y., Kilinc-Balci, F., . . . Chu, M. (2021). Addressing personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination: Methylene blue and light inactivates severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on N95 respirators and medical masks with maintenance of integrity and fit. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-10. doi:10.1017/ice.2021.230
Blaak MJ, Fadaak R, Davies JM, et al. Virtual tabletop simulations for primary care pandemic preparedness and response. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning. Published Online First: 13 April 2021. doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000854
Ruzycki SM, Brown A, Bharwani A, et al. Gender-based disparities in medicine: a theoretical framework for understanding opposition to equity and equality. BMJ Leader Published Online First: 04 January 2021. doi: 10.1136/leader-2020-000231
Fadaak R, Davies JM, Blaak MJ, Conly J, Haslock J, Kenny A, et al. (2021) Rapid conversion of an in-patient hospital unit to accommodate COVID-19: An interdisciplinary human factors, ethnography, and infection prevention and control approach. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0245212. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245212

2020

Jennifer Corrigan, Imhokhai Ogah, Ada Ip-Buting, Heather Sharpe, Cheryl R. Laratta, Peter Peller, Willis H. Tsai, Sachin R. Pendharkar. An evaluation of rural–urban disparities in treatment outcomes for obstructive sleep apnoea: study protocol for a prospective cohort study. ERJ Open Research Oct 2020, 6 (4) 00141-2020; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00141-2020.
Krusina, A., Chen, O., Otero Varela, L., Doktorchik, C., Avati, V., Knudsen, S., Southern, D., Eastwood, C., Sharma, N. and Williamson, T. (2020) “Developing a Data Integrated COVID-19 Tracking System for Decision-Making and Public Use”, International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(4). doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1389.
Pendharkar SR, Blades K, Kelly JE, Tsai WH, Lien DC, Clement F, Woiceshyn J, McBrien KA. Perspectives on primary care management of obstructive sleep apnea: a qualitative study of patients and health care providers. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 Sep 25. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8814. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32975193.
Josh Ng-Kamstra, Henry T. Stelfox, Kirsten Fiest, John Conly, Jeanna Parsons Leigh. Perspectives on personal protective equipment in acute care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. CMAJ Jul 2020, 192 (28) E805-E809; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.200575
Jean-Yin Tan, Irene W.Y. Ma, Julie A. Hunt, Grace P.S. Kwong, Robin Farrell, Catriona Bell, and Emma K Read. Video Recording in Veterinary Medicine OSCEs: Feasibility and Inter-rater Agreement between Live Performance Examiners and Video Recording Reviewing Examiners. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 2020
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Jessica L. McKee, Giovanni Volpicelli, and Irene W.Y. Ma. Telemedicine and e-Health. ahead of print http://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2020.0078
Leslie M, Fadaak R, Davies J, et al. Integrating the social sciences into the COVID-19 response in Alberta, Canada. BMJ Global Health 2020;5:e002672.
Rosemary Adamson, Amy E. Morris, Jessica Sun Woan, Irene W. Y. Ma, Daniel Schnobrich, and Nilam J. Soni. Development of a Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Image Acquisition Assessment Tool. American Thoracic Society. DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0002OC
Jacqueline M. McMillan, Michael John Gill, Christopher Power, Esther Fujiwara, David B. Hogan, and Leah H. Rubin. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. Jul 2020.284-294.http://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2020.0051
Babione JN, Ocampo W, Haubrich S, Yang C, Zuk T, Kaufman J,Carpendale S, Ghali W, Altabbaa G, Human-centred design processes for clinical decision support: a pulmonary embolism case study, International Journal of Medical Informatics(2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104196
Osho OA, Harbidge C, Hogan DB, Manns PJ, Jones CA. Evaluation of a balance and mobility program for older adults at risk of falling: a mixed methods study. J Eval Clin Pract. 2020;e13413. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13413
Veronica Guadagni, Lauren L. Drogos, Amanda V. Tyndall, Margie H. Davenport, Todd J. Anderson, Gail A. Eskes, R. Stewart Longman, Michael D. Hill, David B. Hogan, Marc J. Poulin. Aerobic exercise improves cognition and cerebrovascular regulation in older adults. Neurology May 2020, 94 (21) e2245-e2257; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009478
Montero-Odasso, M., Hogan, D. B., Lam, R., Madden, K., MacKnight, C., Molnar, F., & Rockwood, K. (2020). Age Alone is not Adequate to Determine Healthcare Resource Allocation during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 23(1), 152-154. https://doi.org/10.5770/cgj.23.452
Bourque J., Skinner H., Dupré J., Bacchus M., Ainslie M., Ma I.W.Y., & Cole, G. Performance of the Ebel standard-setting method for the spring 2019 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada internal medicine certification examination consisting of multiple-choice questions. J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2020;17:12 Published online April 20, 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2020.17.12
Guadagni V, Byles H, Tyndall AV, et al. Association of sleep spindle characteristics with executive functioning in healthy sedentary middle-aged and older adults. J Sleep Res. 2020;00:e13037. https://doi.org/10.1111/
Thornton CS, Tsai WH, Santana MJ, et al. Effects of Wait Times on Treatment Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Severe Sleep-Disordered Breathing: A Secondary Analysis of a Noninferiority Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(4):e203088. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3088
Wong, J., Montague, S., Wallace, P. et al. Barriers to learning and using point-of-care ultrasound: a survey of practicing internists in six North American institutions. Ultrasound J 12, 19 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-020-00167-6
Ma, I. W., Somayaji, R., Rennert-May, E., Minardi, J., Walsh, M. H., Wiskar, K., Smyth, L. M., Burgoyne, S., Chan, B., Haroon, B. A., & Desy, J. (2020). Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Recommendations Regarding Internal Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) use during Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine, 15(2), 8-11. https://doi.org/10.22374/cjgim.v15i2.438
Ambasta A, Ma IWY, Woo S, et al. Impact of an education and multilevel social comparison–based intervention bundle on use of routine blood tests in hospitalised patients at an academic tertiary care hospital: a controlled pre-intervention post-intervention study. BMJ Quality & Safety Published Online First: 10 February 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010118

2019

Ambasta A, Pancic S, Wong BM, Lee T, McCaughey D, Ma IWY. Expert Recommendations on Frequency of Utilization of Common Laboratory Tests in Medical Inpatients: a Canadian Consensus Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Dec;34(12):2786-2795. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05196-z. Epub 2019 Aug 5.
Sauro KM, Brundin-Mather R, Parsons Leigh J, Niven DJ, Kushner B, Soo A, Cook DJ, Straus S, Doig CJ, Bagshaw S, Stelfox HT. Improving the adoption of optimal venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in critically ill patients: A process evaluation of a complex quality improvement initiative. J Crit Care. 2019 Apr;50:111-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.11.023. Epub 2018 Nov 29.
Shultz J, Borkenhagen D, Rose E, Gribbons B, Rusak-Gillrie H, Fleck S, Muniak A, Filer J. Simulation-Based Mock-Up Evaluation of a Universal Operating Room. HERD. 2020 Jan;13(1):68-80. doi: 10.1177/1937586719855777. Epub 2019 Jun 16.
Graham AJ, Ocampo W, Southern DA, Falvi A, Sotiropoulos D, Wang B, Lonergan K, Vito B, Ghali WA, McFadden SDP. Evaluation of an electronic health record structured discharge summary to provide real time adverse event reporting in thoracic surgery. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 Apr;28(4):310-316. https://doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008090.
Ruzycki SM, Freeman G, Bharwani A, Brown A. Association of Physician Characteristics With Perceptions and Experiences of Gender Equity in an Academic Internal Medicine Department. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Nov 1;2(11):e1915165. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.15165
Hallihan G, Caird JK, Blanchard I, Wiley I, Martel J, Wilkins M, Thorkelson B, Plato M, Lazarenko G. The evaluation of an ambulance rear compartment using patient simulation: Issues of safety and efficiency during the delivery of patient care. Applied Ergonomics. 2019 November; 102872, ISSN 0003-6870; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2019.06.003.
Lee J, Freeman G, Cheng M, Brown L. Clinical Relevance of Home Monitoring of Vital Signs and Blood Glucose Levels: A Narrative Review. Cambridge University Press. 2019 July; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462319000527.
Tang KL, Caffrey NP, Nóbrega DB, Cork SC, Ronksley PE, Barkema HW, Polachek AJ, Ganshorn H, Sharma N, Kellner JD, Checkley SL and Ghali WA. Examination of unintended consequences of antibiotic use restrictions in food-producing animals: Sub-analysis of a systematic review, One Health. 2019 June; 100095, ISSN 2352-7714; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2019.100095.
Lemaire JB, Shannon DW, Goelz E, Linzer M. Chaos in Medical Practice: An Important and Remediable Contributer to Physician Burnout. SGIM Forum. May 2019. V42, No.5.
Woiceshyn J, Huq JL, Blades K, Pendharkar SR. Microdynamics of Implementing Planned Change on Organizations’ Front Line, Journal of Change Management, DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2019.1602553
Ruzycki SM, Fletcher S, Earp M, Bharwani A, Lithgow KC. Trends in the Proportion of Female Speakers at Medical Conferences in the United States and in Canada, 2007 to 2017. JAMA Netw Open. April 5;2(4):e192103. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.2103.
Lemaire JB, Miller EN, Polachek AJ, Wong H. Stakeholder Groups’ Unique Perspectives About the Attending Physician Preceptor Role: A Qualitative Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Apr 1. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-04950-7
Brundin-Mather R, Stelfox HT, Soo A, Parsons Leigh J, Niven DJ, Fiest KM, Doig CJ, Zuege DJ, Kushner B, Clement F, Straus SE, Cook DJ, Bagshaw SM, Sauro KM. ‘A multicentre controlled pre–post trial of an implementation science intervention to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in critically ill patients‘. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Feb;45(2):211-222. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05532-1

2018

Ruzycki SM and Lemaire JB. Physician burnout. CMAJ. 2018 Jan 15; 190 (2) E53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170827.
McBrien KA, Ivers N, Barnieh L, Bailey JJ, Lorenzetti D, Tonelli M, Hemmelgarn B, Lewanczuk R, Edwards A, Braun T, Manns B. Patient navigators for people with chronic disease: A systematic review. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 20; 13(2)e0191980.
Rodriguez-Arguello J, Lienhard K, Patel P, Geransar R, Somayaji R, Parsons L, Conly JM, and Ho CH. A Scoping Review of the Use of Silver-impregnated Dressings for the Treatment of Chronic Wounds. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2018 Mar; 64(3): 14-31.
Lemaire JB, Ewashina D, Polachek AJ, Dixit J, Yiu V. Understanding how patients perceive physician wellness and its links to patient care: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE. 2018 May 15; 13(5): e0196888. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196888.
Dahdolwala M, Geransar R, Babione J, de Grood J, Sargious P. The impact of the use of video-based educational interventions on patient outcomes in hospital settings: A scoping review. Patient Education and Counseling. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2018.06.018.
Toman I, Rye P, Desy J, Ma IWY. Point-of-care ultrasound for the assessment of digital clubbing. The American Journal of Medicine. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.07.021.
Khan OF, Walzak A, Kachra R, Kline TJB, Clement FM, Quan H, Bharwani AM. Investing in the Future: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Mentorship Networks for Residents. Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2018; 13 (2): http://dx.doi.org/10.22374/cjgim.v13i2.228.
Damji, O, Lee-Nobbee, P, Borkenhagen, D, & Cheng, A. Analysis of eye-tracking behaviours in a pediatric trauma simulation. CJEM, 1-3. doi:10.1017/cem.2018.450
Brundin-Mather R, Soo A, Zuege DJ, Niven DJ, Fiest K, Doig CJ, Zygun D, Boyd JM, Parsons Leigh J, Bagshaw SM, Stelfox HT. Secondary EMR data for quality improvement and research: A comparison of manual and electronic data collection from an integrated critical care electronic medical record system. Journal of Critical Care. 2018; 47 (295-301). doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.07.021.
Earp, M., A. Sinnarajah, M. Kerba, P. A. Tang, J. Rodriquez-Arguello, S. King, S. M. Watanabe, & J. E. Simon. Opportunity is the greatest barrier to providing palliative care to advanced colorectal cancer patients: a survey of oncology clinicians. Current Oncology, 25.5 (2018). 10.3747/co.25.4021.
Sauro KM, Brundin-Mather R, Parsons Leigh J, Niven DJ, Kushner B, Soo A, Cook DJ, Straus S, Doig CJ, Bagshaw S, Stelfox HT. Improving the adoption of optimal venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in critically ill patients: A process evaluation of a complex quality improvement initiative. J Crit Care. 2018 Nov 29;50:111-117.

2017

Boyd JM, Moore L, Atenafu EG, Hamid JS, Nathens A, Stelfox HT. A retrospective cohort study of the relationship between quality indicator measurement and patient outcomes in adult trauma centers in the United States. Injury. 2017 Jan;48(1):13-19. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.10.040.
Woiceshyn J, Blades K, Pendharkar SR. Integrated versus fragmented implementation of complex innovations in acute healthcare. Health Care Manage Rev. 2017 Jan/Mar;42(1):76-86.
Jones J, Wilkins M, Caird J, Kaba A, Cheng A, MA IWY. An experimental study on the impact of clinical interruptions on simulated trainee performances of central venous catheterization. Advances in Simulation. 2017 Feb 14;2(5). doi: 10.1186/s41077-017-0038-1
Ip-Buting A, Kelly J, Santana MJ, Penz ED, Flemons WW, Tsai WH, Fraser KL, Hanly PJ, Pendharkar SR. Evaluation of an alternative care provider clinic for severe sleep-disordered breathing: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2017 Mar 29;7(3):e014012. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014012.
Jamniczky HA, Cotton D, Paget M, Ramji Q, Lenz R, McLaughlin K, Coderre S, Ma IW. Cognitive load imposed by ultrasound-facilitated teaching does not adversely affect gross anatomy learning outcomes. Anat Sci Educ. 2017 Mar;10(2):144-151. doi: 10.1002/ase.1642.
Pendharkar SR, Clement FM. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Important to Find, but How Hard Should We Look? JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Apr 1;177(4):463-464. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9538.
Pugh D, Cavalcanti RB, Halman S, Ma IWY, Mylopoulos M, Shanks D, Stroud L. Using the Entrustable Professional Activities Framework in the Assessment of Procedural Skills. J Grad Med Educ. 2017 Apr;9(2):209-214. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-16-00282.1.
Cheung A, Clayden N, Ocampo W, Kiplagat L, Kaufman J, Baylis B, Conly JM, Ghali WA, Ho CH, Stelfox HT, Hogan DB. Documentation and investigation of missing health care equipment: The need to safeguard high priced devices in health care institutions. Journal of Hospital Administration. 2017 Apr;6(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/jha.v6n2p10
Shrum J, Hallihan G, Jones J, Tesorero L, Gregson G, Kaba A, Holroyd-Leduc JM, Borkenhagen D, Lambert LA, Ma IWY. Impact of a Procedural Cart on Procedural Efficiency. Am J Med Qual. 2017 May/Jun;32(3):342-343. doi: 10.1177/1062860617691355.
Ma IWY, Arishenkoff S, Wiseman J, Desy J, Ailon J, Martin L, Otremba M, Halman S, Willemot P, Blouw M; Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Group. Internal Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum: Consensus Recommendations from the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Group. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 May 11. doi: 10.1007/s11606-017-4071-5.
Dyrbye LN, Trockel M, Frank E, Olson K, Linzer M, Lemaire J, Swensen S, Shanafelt T, Sinsky CA. Development of a Research Agenda to Identify Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Physician Wellness and Reduce Burnout. Ann Intern Med. 2017 May 16;166(10):743-744. doi: 10.7326/M16-2956.
McKenzie E, Potestio ML, Boyd JM, Niven DJ, Brundin-Mather R, Bagshaw SM, Stelfox HT; Improving Daily Care in the ICU Panel. Reconciling patient and provider priorities for improving the care of critically ill patients: A consensus method and qualitative analysis of decision making. Health Expect. 2017 May 31. doi: 10.1111/hex.12576.
Bacchus M, Ward DR, de Grood J, Lemaire JB. How evidence from observing attending physicians links to a competency-based framework. Med Educ. 2017 Jun;51(6):633-644. doi: 10.1111/medu.13265.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Sargious PM, Bacchus M, Zarnke K, Ward DR, Ghali WA. How Attending Physician Preceptors Negotiate Their Complex Work Environment: A Collective Ethnography. Acad Med. 2017 Jun 20. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001770.
Ocampo W, Cheung A, Baylis B, Clayden N, Conly JM, Ghali WA, Ho CH, Kaufman J, Stelfox HT, Hogan DB. Economic Evaluations of Strategies to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2017 Jul;30(7):319-333. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000520289.89090.b0.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. Burnout among doctors. BMJ. 2017 Jul 14;358:j3360. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3360.
Ocampo W, Geransar R, Clayden N, Jones J, de Grood J, Joffe M, Taylor G, Missaghi B, Pearce C, Ghali WA, Conly J. Environmental scan of infection prevention and control practices for containment of hospital-acquired infectious disease outbreaks in acute care hospital settings across Canada. Am J Infect Control. 2017 Jul 18. pii: S0196-6553(17)30758-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.05.014.
Carr EC, Babione JN, Marshall D. Translating research into practice through user-centered design: An application for osteoarthritis healthcare planning. Int J Med Inform. 2017 Aug;104:31-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.05.007.
Santana MJ, Holroyd-Leduc J, Southern DA, Flemons WW, O’Beirne M, Hill MD, Forster AJ, White DE, Ghali WA; e-DCT Team. A randomised controlled trial assessing the efficacy of an electronic discharge communication tool for preventing death or hospital readmission. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Aug 18. pii: bmjqs-2017-006635. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006635.
Baers JH, Wiley KJ, Davies JM, Caird JK, Hallihan G, Conly J. A Health System’s Preparedness for the “Next Ebola.” Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications. 2017 Dec 1. https://doi.org/10.1177/1064804617744694.

2016

Bobrovitz N, Santana MJ, Kline T, Kortbeek J, Widder S, Martin K, Stelfox HT. Multicenter validation of the Quality of Trauma Care Patient-Reported Experience Measure (QTAC-PREM). J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Jan;80(1):111-8. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000879.
Brown GM, Otremba M, Devine LA, Gray C, Millington SJ, Ma IW. Defining Competencies for Ultrasound-Guided Bedside Procedures: Consensus Opinions From Canadian Physicians. J Ultrasound Med. 2016 Jan;35(1):129-41. doi: 10.7863/ultra.15.01063.
Pendharkar SR, Woiceshyn J, da Silveira GJ, Bischak D, Flemons W, McAlister F, Ghali WA. What happens when healthcare innovations collide? BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Jan;25(1):9-13. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004441.
Pendharkar SR, Dechant A, Bischak DP, Tsai WH, Stevenson AM, Hanly PJ. An observational study of the effectiveness of alternative care providers in the management of obstructive sleep apnea. J Sleep Res. 2016 Apr;25(2):234-40. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12358.
Ip A, Asamoah-Barnieh R, Bischak DP, Davidson WJ, Flemons WW, Pendharkar SR. Using Operational Analysis to Improve Access to Pulmonary Function Testing. Can Respir J. 2016;2016:5269374. doi: 10.1155/2016/5269374.
Parsons Leigh J, Brown K, Buchner D, Stelfox HT. Protocol to describe the analysis of text-based communication in medical records for patients discharged from intensive care to hospital ward. BMJ Open. 2016 Jul 8;6(7):e012200. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012200.
Okoniewska B, Santana MJ, Holroyd-Leduc J, Flemons WW, O’Beirne M, White D, Ocampo W, Ghali WA, Forster AJ. A framework to assess patient-reported adverse outcomes arising during hospitalization. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Aug 5;16(a):357. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1526-z.
de Grood C, Raissi A, Kwon Y, Santana MJ. Adoption of e-health technology by physicians: a scoping review. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2016 Aug 1;9:335-44. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S103881. eCollection 2016.
Brown GE, Bharwani A, Patel KD, Lemaire JB. An orientation to wellness for new faculty of medicine members: meeting a need in faculty development. Int J Med Educ. 2016 Aug 4;7:255-60. doi: 10.5116/ijme.578a.2064.
Urban D, Dehaeck R, Lorenzetti D, Guilfoyle J, Poon MC, Steele M, Lardner D, Ma IW, Brindle ME. Safety and efficacy of tranexamic acid in bleeding paediatric trauma patients: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 2016 Sep 22;6(9):e012947. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012947.
Ponton-Carss A, Kortbeek JB, Ma IW. Assessment of technical and nontechnical skills in surgical residents. Am J Surg. 2016 Nov;212(5):1011-1019. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.03.005.
Ho CH, Cheung A, Southern D, Ocampo W, Kaufman J, Hogan DB, Baylis B, Conly JM, Stelfox HT, Ghali WA. A Mixed-methods Study to Assess Interrater Reliability and Nurse Perception of the Braden Scale in a Tertiary Acute Care Setting. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2016 Dec;62(12):30-38.

2015

de Grood C, Eso K, Santana MJ. Physicians’ experience adopting the electronic transfer of care communication tool: barriers and opportunities. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2015 Jan 14;8:21-31. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S72953. eCollection 2015.
Kramer CE, Wilkins MS, Davies JM, Caird JK, Hallihan GM. Does the sex of a simulated patient affect CPR?. Resuscitation. 2015 Jan; 86: 82-87. DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.10.016
Okoniewska B, Santana MJ, Groshaus H, Stajkovic S, Cowles J, Chakrovorty D, Ghali WA. Barriers to discharge in an acute care medical teaching unit: a qualitative analysis of health providers’ perceptions. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2015 Feb 12;8:83-9. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S72633.
Stelfox HT, Lane D, Boyd JM, Taylor S, Perrier L, Straus S, Zygun D, Zuege DJ. A scoping review of patient discharge from intensive care: opportunities and tools to improve care. Chest. 2015 Feb;147(2):317-27. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-2965.
Chan A, Singh S, Dubrowski A, Pratt DD, Zalunardo N, Nair P, McLaughlin K, Ma IW. Part versus whole: a randomized trial of central venous catheterization education. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2015 Feb 1.
You JJ, Downar J, Fowler RA, Lamontagne F, Ma IW, Jayaraman D, Kryworuchko J, Strachan PH, Ilan R, Nijjar AP, Neary J, Shik J, Brazil K, Patel A, Wiebe K, Albert M, Palepu A, Nouvet E, des Ordons AR, Sharma N, Abdul-Razzak A, Jiang X, Day A, Heyland DK; Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network. Barriers to goals of care discussions with seriously ill hospitalized patients and their families: a multicenter survey of clinicians. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr;175(4):549-56. DOI:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7732.
Walzak A, Bacchus M, Schaefer JP, Zarnke K, Glow J, Brass C, McLaughlin K, Ma IW. Diagnosing Technical Competence in Six Bedside Procedures: Comparing Checklists and a Global Rating Scale in the Assessment of Resident Performance. Acad Med. 2015 Apr 15.
Jamniczky HA, McLaughlin K, Kaminska ME, Raman M, Somayaji R, Wright B, Ma IW. Cognitive load imposed by knobology may adversely affect learners’ perception of utility in using ultrasonography to learn physical examination skills, but not anatomy. Anat Sci Educ. 2015 May-Jun;8(3):197-204. DOI: 10.1002/ase.1467.
VanSteelandt A, Conly J, Ghali W, Mather C. Implications of design on infection prevention and control practice in a novel hospital unit: the Medical Ward of the 21st Century. Anthropol Med. 2015 Jun 19:1-13.
Santana MJ, Haverman L, Absolom K, Takeuchi E, Feeny D, Grootenhuis M, Velikova G. Training clinicians in how to use patient-reported outcome measures in routine clinical practice. Qual Life Res. 2015 Jul;24(7):1707-18. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0903-5.
Buchner DL, Bagshaw SM, Dodek P, Forster AJ, Fowler RA, Lamontagne F, Turgeon AF, Potestio M, Stelfox HT. Prospective cohort study protocol to describe the transfer of patients from intensive care units to hospital wards. BMJ Open. 2015 Jul 8;5(6):e007913. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007913.
Bobrovitz N, Santana MJ, Kline T, Kortbeek J, Stelfox HT. The use of cognitive interviews to revise the Quality of Trauma Care Patient-Reported Experience Measure (QTAC-PREM). Qual Life Res. 2015 Aug;24(8):1911-9. doi: 10.1007/s11136-015-0919-5.
Roze des Ordons AL, Sharma N, Heyland DK, You JJ. Strategies for effective goals of care discussions and decision-making: perspectives from a multi-centre survey of Canadian hospital-based healthcare providers. BMC Palliat Care. 2015 Aug 19;14:38. doi: 10.1186/s12904-015-0035-x.
Wong H, Kaufman J, Baylis B, Conly JM, Hogan DB, Stelfox HT, Southern DA, Ghali WA, Ho CH. Efficacy of a pressure-sensing mattress cover system for reducing interface pressure: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Sep 29;16:434. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0949-x.
Ma IW, Pugh D, Mema B, Brindle ME, Cooke L, Stromer JN. Use of an error-focused checklist to identify incompetence in lumbar puncture performances. Med Educ. 2015 Oct; 49(10):1004-15. doi: 10.1111/medu.12809.
Wong H, Eso K, Ip A, Jones J, Kwon Y, Powelson S, de Grood J, Geransar R, Santana M, Joffe AM, Taylor G, Missaghi B, Pearce C, Ghali WA, Conly J. Use of ward closure to control outbreaks among hospitalized patients in acute care settings: a systematic review. Syst Rev. 2015 Nov 7;4:152. doi: 10.1186/s13643-015-0131-2.
Potestio ML, Boyd JM, Bagshaw SM, Heyland D, Oxland P, Doig CJ, Zygun D, Stelfox HT.
Engaging the Public to Identify Opportunities to Improve Critical Care: A Qualitative Analysis of an Open Community Forum. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 18;10(11):e0143088. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143088. eCollection 2015.
Mintz M, Southern DA, Ghali WA, Ma IW. Validation of the 25-Item Stanford Faculty Development Program Tool on Clinical Teaching Effectiveness. Teach Learn Med. 2015;27(2):174-81. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2015.1011645.

2014

Li P, Boyd JM, Ghali WA, Stelfox HT. Stakeholder views regarding patient discharge from intensive care: Suboptimal quality and opportunities for improvement. Can Respir J. 2015 Mar-Apr;22(2):115-4.
Hosein FS, Roberts DJ, Turin TC, Zygun D, Ghali WA, Stelfox HT. A meta-analysis to derive literature-based benchmarks for readmission and hospital mortality after patient discharge from intensive care. Crit Care. 2014 Dec 31;18(6):715. doi: 10.1186/s13054-014-0715-6.
Beran TN, Kaba A, Caird J, McLaughlin K. The good and bad of group conformity: a call for a new programme of research in medical education. Med Educ. 2014 Sep;48(9):851-9. DOI:10.1111/medu.12510.
Kwon Y, Powelson SE, Wong H, Ghali WA, Conly JM. An assessment of the efficacy of searching in biomedical databases beyond MEDLINE in identifying studies for a systematic review on ward closures as an infection control intervention to control outbreaks. Syst Rev. 2014 Nov 11;3:135. DOI:10.1186/2046-4053-3-135.
Seabrook HJ, Stromer JN, Shevkenek C, Bharwani A, de Grood J, Ghali WA. Medical applications: a database and characterization of apps in Apple iOS and Android platforms. BMC Res Notes. 2014 Aug 27;7:573. DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-573.
Ellison J, Southern D, Holton D, Henderson E, Wallace J, Faris P, Ghali WA, Conly J. Hospital ward design and prevention of hospital-acquired infections: A prospective clinical trial. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2014 Sep;25(5):265-70.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. How physicians identify with predetermined personalitiesand links to perceived performance and wellness outcomes: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Nov 29; 14: 616. DOI:10.1186/s12913-014-0616-z.
Ma I, Sharma N, Nagassar S, Wishart I, Holroyd-Leduc J, Novak K. Ultrasound-Guided Paracentesis. MedEdPORTAL; 2014. Available from: www.mededportal.org/publication/9774
Santana MJ, Stelfox Ht. Development and evaluation of evidence-informed quality indicators for adult injury care. Ann Surg. 2014 Jan;259(1):186-92 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31828df98e.
Ma IW, Zalunardo N, Brindle ME, Hatala R, McLaughlin K. Notes from the Field: Direct Observation Versus Rating by Videos for the Assessment of Central Venous Catheterization Skills. Eval Health Prof. 2014 Jan 12 [Epub ahead of print].
Ma IW, Sharma N, Brindle ME, Caird J, McLaughlin K. Measuring competence in central venous catheterization: a systematic review. Springerplus. 2014 Jan 17;3:33. Doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-33. eCollection 2014.

2013

O’Beirne M, Zwicker K, Sterling PD, Lait J, Lee Robertson H, Oelke ND. The status of accreditation in primary care. Qual Prim Care. 2013;21(1):23-31.
Santana MJ, Feeny D. Framework to assess the effects of using patient-reported outcome measures in chronic care management. Qual Life Res. 2013 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print].
Santana MJ, Holroyd-Leduc J, Flemons WW, O’Beirne M, White D, Clayden N, Forster AJ, Ghali WA. The Seamless Transfer of Care: A Pilot Study Assessing the Usability of an Electronic Transfer of Care Communication Tool. Am J Med Qual. 2013 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print].
Santana M, Stelfox HT on behalf of the Trauma Quality Indicator Consensus Panel. Development and evaluation of evidence-informed quality indicators for adult injury care. Ann Surg. 2013 May 7. [Epub ahead of print]
O’Beirne M, Reid R, Zwicker K, Sterling P, Sokol E, Flemons W, Baker R, Clement F. The costs of developing, implementing, and operating a safety learning system in community practice. J Patient Saf. 2013 Dec;9(4):211-8 doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000052.
Ma IW, Chapelsky S, Bhavsar S, Connors W, Fisher M, Schaefer J, Bacchus M. Procedural certification program: enhancing resident procedural teaching skills. Med Teach. 2013 Jun;35(6):524 doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.772966. Epub 2013 Mar 6.
Li P, Ali S, Tang C, Ghali WA, Stelfox HT. Review of computerized physician handoff tools for improving the quality of patient care. J Hosp Med 2013 Aug 8(8):456-63.
Lane D, Ferri M, Lemaire J, McLaughlin K, Stelfox HT. A Systematic Review of Evidence-Informed Practices for Patient Care Rounds in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2013 Aug;41(8):2015-29. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a435f. Review.
*Hosein FS, Bobrovitz N, Berthelot S, Zygun D, Ghali WA, Stelfox HT. A systematic review of tools for predicting severe adverse events following patient discharge from intensive care units. Crit Care. 2013 Jun 29;17(3):R102. [Epub ahead of print]
Stelfox HT, Boyd JM, Straus SE, Gagliardi AR. Developing a patient and family-centred approach for measuring the quality of injury care: a study protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 Jan 27;13:31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-31.
Fabreau G, Elliott M, Khanna S, Minty E, Wallace JE, de Grood J, Lewin A, Brown G, Bharwani A, Gilmour J, Lemaire JB. Shifting perceptions: a pre-post study to assess the impact of senior resident rotation bundle. BMC Med Educ. 2013 Aug 29;13:115. Doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-115.
Bobrovitz N, Santana-Parilla J, Santana M, Straus S, Stelfox HT. A qualitative analysis of a consensus process to develop quality indicators of injury care. Implement Sci. 2013 April 18;8:45. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-45.
Bobrovitz N, Santana M, Kline T, Kortbeek J, Stelfox HT. Prospective cohort study protocol to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Quality of Trauma Care Patient-Reported Experience Measure (QTAC-PREM). BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 Mar 14;13:98. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-98.
Bagshaw SM, Stelfox HT, McDermid RC, Rolfson DB, Tsuyuki RT, Baig N, Artiuch B, Ibrahim Q, Stollery DE, Rokosh E, Majumdar SR. Association between frailty and short- and long-term outcomes among critically ill patients: a multicentre prospective cohort study. CMAJ. 2013 Nov 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Au S, Khandwala F, Stelfox H. Physician attire in the intensive care unit and patient family perceptions of physician professional characteristics. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2013 Mar 25; 173(6):465-7. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2732. Epub 2013 Feb 18.
Santana MJ, S-Parrilla J, Loadman M, Lien DC, Feeny D. An assessment of the effects of Iyengar yoga practice on the health-related quality of life of patients with chronic respiratory dieases: A pilot study. Can Resp J. 2013 Mar/Apr; 20 (2): 17-23.

2012

Bharwani AM, Harris GC, Southwick FS. Perspective: a business school view of medical interprofessional rounds: transforming rounding groups into rounding teams. Acad Med. 2012 Dec;87(12):1768-71. Doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318271f8da.
Santana MJ, Stelfox HT. Quality indicators used by trauma centers for performance measurement. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 May;72(5):1298-302.
Santana MJ, Straus S, Gruen R, Stelfox HT. A qualitative study to identify opportunities for improving trauma quality improvement. J Crit Care. 2012 Dec;27(6):738.e1-7. Epub 2012 Sep 19
Li P, Ali S, Tang C, Ghali WA, Stelfox HT. Review of computerized physician handoff tools for improving the quality of patient care. J Hosp Med. 2012 Nov 20; 000(000): 1-17
O’Beirne, M., Sterling, PD., Palacios-Derflingher, L., Hohman, S., Zwicker, K. Emotional impact of patient safety incidents on family physicians and their office staff. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. March-April 2012; 25(2):177-83.
Okoniewska B, Graham A, Gavrilova M, Wah D, Gilgen J, Coke J, Burden J, Nayyar S, Kaunda J, Yergens D, Baylis B, Ghali WA. Multidimensional evaluation of a radio frequency identification wi-fi location tracking system in an acute-care hospital setting. J Am Med Inform Ass. 2012 February; 19: 674-679.
de Good, J.E. Wallace, S.P. Friesen, D. White, J.G. Gilmour, J.B. Lemaire. Evaluation of a Hands Free Communication Device in an Acute Care Setting: A Study of Health Providers Perceptions of its Performance. CIN: Computers, Informatics Nursing. 2012, March;30(3):148-56.
Stelfox HT, Khandwala F, Kirkpatrick A, Santana MJ. Trauma Center Volume and Quality Improvement Programs. Journal of Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012, April; 72 (4): 962-967.
Fraser K, Ma I, Teteris E, Lee M, Wright B, McLaughlin K. Learning during simulation training is prone to retroactive interference. Medical Education. 2012 March; 46 (3): 299-305.
Bobrovitz N, Santana MJ, Ball CG, Stelfox HT. The Development and Testing of a Survey to Measure Patient and Family Experiences with Injury Care. Journal Trauma Acute Care Surg: DOI JT-D-12-00040R1 May 2012.
Percival, N., Pearson, A., Jones, J., Wilkins, M., & Caird, J.K. (2012). Ease of use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) by older adults. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (pp. 906–910). Boston.
Pearson, A., Caird, J.K., & Mayer, A. (2012). Crash cart drug drawer layout and design. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (pp. 792–796). Boston.
White J, Sharma N. Podcasting: A technology, not a toy. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2012, October; 17(4):601-3; Epub 2012 March 17.
Motamedi SM, de Grood J, Harman S, Sargious P, Baylis B, Flemons W, Ghali WA. The Effect of Continuous Pressure Monitoring on Strategic Shifting of Medical Inpatients at Risk for Pus. Journal of Wound Care. 2012 November 08; 21 (11): 517-527.
Okoniewska B, Santana MJ, Holroyd-Leduc J, Flemons W, O’Beirne M, White DE, Clement F, Forster A, Ghali WA. The Seamless Transfer-of-Care Protocol: a randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of an electronic transfer-of-care communication tool. BMC Health Services Research. 2012 November 21; 12: 414.

2011

Stelfox HT, Straus SE, Nathens A, Bobranska-Artiuch B. Evidence for quality indicators to evaluate adult trauma care: A Systematic Review. Crit Care Med. 2011 Apr;39(4):846-59. Epub 2011 Feb 10.
Li P, Stelfox HT, Ghali WA. A prospective observational study of physician handoff for intensive care unit to ward patient transfers. Am J Med. 2011 Sep;124(9):860-7.
O’Beirne, M., Sterling, PD., Zwicker, K., Hebert, P., Norton, P. (2011). Safety Incidents in Family Medicine. Quality & Safety, 2011;20:1005-1010. Doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000105.
Bichel A, Bacchus M, Meddings J, Conly J. Academic Alternate Relationship Plans for internal medicine: a lever for health care transformation. Open Med 2011; 5 (1):28–32.
Percival, N., & Caird, J.K. (2011). Layperson and nurse performance using two automated external defibrillators. Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety 2011 (p. 281–284). London: Taylor and Francis Group
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Dinsmore K, Roberts D. Food for thought: an exploratory study of how physicians experience poor workplace nutrition. Nutr J. 2011;10:18.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Lewin AM, de Grood J, Schaefer JP. The effect of a biofeedback-based stress management tool on physician stress: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Open Med. 2011;5(4):e154–e163.
Ma IW, Zalunardo N, Pachev G, Beran T, Brown M, Hatala R, McLaughlin K. Comparing the use of global rating scale with checklists for the assessment of central venous catheterization skills using simulation. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2012, Oct;17(4):457-70. Epub 2011, Aug 30.
Ma IW, Brindle M, Ronksley P, Lorenzetti D, Sauve R, Ghali W. Use of simulation-based education to improved outcomes of central venous catheterization: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acad Med. 2011;86(9):1137-1147.
White, S. Straus, H.T. Stelfox, J.M, Holroyd-Leduc, C. Bell, K. Jackson, J.M. Norris, W. Flemons, M.E. Moffatt, A. J. Forster, What is the value and impact of quality and safety teams? A scoping review. The Journal Implementation Science. 2011,6:97.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Lewin AM, de Grood J, Schaefer JP. The effect of a portable biofeedback-based stress management tool on physician stress: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Open Med. 2011;5(4):e154-63. Epub 2011 Oct 4.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Finlay JL, MacNairen I, Dunphy H. Hands-Free Communication Technology: A Benefit to Nursing? The Journal of Nursing Administration. 41(9): 365-368.
Flemons WW, Davies JM. Patients are harmed (again), fingers point. What’s wrong? CMAJ. 2011 Mar 8; 183(4): 520.
Motamedi M, Posadas-Calleja J, Straus S, Bates DW, Lorenzetti DL, Baylis B, Gilmour J, Kimpton S, Ghali WA. The efficacy of computer-enabled discharge communication interventions: a systematic review. BMJ Quality and Safety. 2011 May; 20(5): 403-15
Ma IW, Teteris E, Roberts JM, Bacchus M. Who is teaching and supervising our junior residents’ central venous catheterizations? BMC Med Educ. 2011; 11(1):16.

2010

Stelfox HT, Bobranska-Artiuch B, Nathens A, Straus SE. A systematic review of quality indicators for evaluating pediatric trauma care. Crit Care Med. 2010 Apr;38(4):1187-96. Review.
Stelfox HT, Bobranska-Artiuch B, Nathens A, Straus SE. Quality indicators for evaluating trauma care: a scoping review. Arch Surg. 2010 Mar; 145(3):286-95.
Palacios-Derflingher, L., O’Beirne, M., Sterling, PD., Zwicker, K., Harding, BK., Casebeer, A. Dimensions of Patient Safety Culture in Family Practice. Healthcare Quarterly. Vol 13, Special Issue 2010. 121-127.
O’Beirne, M., Sterling, PD., Reid, R., Tink, W., Hohman, S., Norton, P. Safety Learning System Development – Incident Reporting Component for Family Practice. Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2010, 19: 252-257.
Teteris, E. & Caird, J.K. (2010). Medication container look-alikes: Does colour matter? Proceedings of the 54th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (pp. 924–928). San Francisco.
Schultz, J., Davies, J.M., Caird, J.K., Chisholm, S. & Ruggles, K. (2010). Standardizing anesthesia drug drawers using human factors and quality assurance methods. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 57(5), 490–499. DOI:1-1007/s23630-101-9274-8.
Stelfox HT, Straus SE, Khandwala F, Conly J, Haslett J, Zwierzchowski S. Wireless temporal artery bandage thermometer. Can J Anaesth. 2010 Sep; 57(9):870-1. Epub 2010 Jun 15.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Dinsmore Kelly, Lewin Adriane, Ghali WA, Roberts Delia. Physician nutrition and cognition during work hours: effect of a nutrition based intervention. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:241.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. Not all coping strategies are created equal: a mixed methods study exploring physicians’ self reported coping strategies. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:208.
Wallace, J.E., Friesen, S.P., White, D.E., Gilmour, J.G., and Lemaire, J.B. (2010). The Introduction of an Electronic Patient Care Information System and Health Care Providers’ Job Stress: A Mixed Methods Study. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 5:35-48.
Percival, N., Mayer, A., & Caird, J.K. (2010). Evaluating the usability of three automated external defibrillators. Proceedings of the 54th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (pp. 1921–1925). San Francisco.
Ma IWY, Roberts JM, Wong RY, Nair P. Procedural teaching tree to aid resident doctor peer-teachers. Medical Education 2010;44:1134-5.
Scott RE, Saunders C. Comment on Editorial “Telemedicine Is Green”. Telemed J E Health. 2010, 16(1): 118-119.
Tang, C., Carpendale, S. and Scott, S. (2010) InfoFlow Framework for Evaluating Information Flow and New Healthcare Technologies. In Special Issue on “Evaluating new interactions in healthcare: Challenges and approaches”, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI), Volume 26, Issue 5, 2010, pp.477 – 505.

2009

Conley J, Jordan M, Ghali WA. Audit of the consultation process on general internal medicine services. Qual Saf Health Care 2009 Feb;18(1):59-62.
Tang, C. and Carpendale, S. (2009) A Mobile Voice Communication System in Medical Setting: Love it or Hate it?. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2009, Boston, MA, April 3-9, pp. 2041-2050.
Tang, C., Randell, R., Wilson, S. and Carpendale, S. (2009) A Tale of Two Studies: Evaluating New Technologies in Healthcare. In Workshop on Evaluating New Interactions in Healthcare, CHI 2009, Boston, MA, April 4, 2009.
Tang, C. and Carpendale, S. (2009) Supporting Nurses’ Information Flow by Integrating Paper and Digital Charting. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW) 2009, Vienna, Austria, Sept 7-11, pp. 43-62.
Wallace JE, Lemaire JB, Ghali WA. Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator. Lancet. 2009;374:1714-1721. (Also see related editorial commentary. Doctors get ill too. Lancet. 2009;374:1653).
Wallace JE, Lemaire JB. Physician well being and quality of patient care: an exploratory study of the missing link. Psychol Health Med. 2009;14:545-52.
Millington SJ, Wong RY, Kassen BO, Roberts JM, Ma IW. Improving internal medicine residents’ performance, knowledge, and confidence in central venous catheterization using simulators. J Hosp Med. 14;4(7):410-416. Sep 2009.

W21C Research Reports

Linda Tyre, Roger Marple, Lisa Poole, Marj Preugschas, Jim McDade, Sarah Akierman, David Hogan, Maeve O’Beirne, Scott Fielding, Joon Lee, Ruth Ann Rebutoc, and Georgina Freeman. AGE-WELL position paper on mobile technology and data informed approaches for healthy aging and aging-in-place. Data for Healthy Aging Working Group, University of Calgary, August 2020.

2016

Hallihan, G. M., Blanchard, I., Clayden, N., Jones, J., Wilkins, M., Wiley, K., Caird, J. K. (W21C, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB). Human Factors Evaluation of Alberta Health Services’ 2800 Series Demers MX-164D Type III Ambulance. Final Report 29 Feb 2016. W21C (CAN); 2016. 1-72 p.

2015

Hallihan G, Baers J, Wiley K, Davies JM, Kaufman J, Conly J, Caird JK, ‘Human Factors Evaluation of Simulated Ebola Virus Disease Patient Scenarios: System Factors Associated with Donning and Doffing During Triage, Treatment and Transport’ prepared for Alberta Health Services. January 2015.

2013

de Grood J, Wong H, Polachek A, Raissi A, Stromer J, Zwicker K, Ghali WA, Blanchard IE, “Broad Overview of the Research Informing Aspects of Emergency Medical Services” prepared for the Health Quality Council of Alberta. Appendix V in the report, Review of Operations of Ground Emergency Medical Services in Alberta. March 2013.

2012

de Grood J, Polachek A, Wallace JE, Gautam M, Lemaire JB, “What Does Resilience Mean to You? A Qualitative Study Exploring Physicians’ Perceptions of Resilience” prepared for the University of Calgary, W21C and the University of Ottawa. March 2012.
Sharma N, “Academic Literature Review of Preferential Access to Healthcare in Canada” prepared for the Health Services Preferential Access Inquiry of the Province of Alberta. November 2012.

2011

de Grood, J., Wallace, J.E., Lewin, A., Lemaire, J.B. (2011). Does the shift work? A pre-post study to assess the impact of a new Senior Resident Rotation Bundle. Report prepared for the University of Calgary Internal Medicine Training Program.
Sharma N, Zwicker K, Ghali WA, “Physician Advocacy and Intimidation: a Comprehensive Review” prepared for the Health Quality Council of Alberta. December 2011.
de Grood J, Bota M, Villa-Roel C, Zwicker K, Yergens D, Ghali WA, Rowe BH, “Overview of Interventions to Mitigate Emergency Department Overcrowding” prepared for the Health Quality Council of Alberta. December 2011.

2010

Lemaire, J.B., Wallace, J.E., Lewin, A.M., de Grood, J., Schaefer, J.P. (2010). Well Doc? Module 2: Does a portable biofeedback tool reduce physician stress? Report prepared for study participants.

2009

Davies, J.M., & Caird, J.K. (2009). Surgical safety checklist: A redesign using human factors guidelines. Edmonton, Alberta: Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
Wallace JE, Lemaire JB, “Determinants of Physician Well Being: Stage Two Report” prepared for the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and the Calgary Health Region. January 2009.

2008

Wallace JE, Lemaire JB, “Determinants of Physician Well Being: Stage One Report” prepared for the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and the Calgary Health Region. June 2008.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Dinsmore K, Roberts D, “Well Doc? Module 1 Does Nutritional Intake During Work Hours Impact Physicians’ Cognitive Function?” prepared for Alberta Health Services, the Faculty of Kinesiology and the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary. December 2008.

2006

Jordan MR, Conley J, Southern DA, Ghali WA. Consultation patterns and clinical correlates of consultation in a tertiary care setting. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006;21(Suppl 4):154599.

2005

Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. Seeking Balance: Results from a Baseline questionnaire. Clin Invest Med 2005:28: No 5,288.

Abstracts

2013

Kramer, C., Percival, N., Wilkins, M., Caird, J.K. & Davies, J. (2013). Does a female patient simulator decrease the quality of resuscitation care delivered by bystanders? (Abstract). International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Orlando, FL.

2010

Caird, J.K., Shultz, J., Mayer, A., Teteris, E., & Chisholm, S. (2010). Human Factors methods and patient simulation to determine architectural usability of hospital mock-up rooms (Abstract). International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Phoenix, AZ.
Sterling, PD., O’Beirne, M., Zwicker, K., Hohman, S., Palacios-Derflingher, L. Medical Safety in Community Practice – Program Evaluation. Halifax 10, Poster Session, October 2010. Halifax. NS.
O’Beirne, M., Sterling, PD., Zwicker, K., Hohman, S., Palacios-Derflingher, L. Medical Safety in Community Practice – Final Results. Halifax 10, Poster Session, October 2010. Halifax. NS.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Dinsmore K, Lewin AM, Ghali WA, Roberts D. Physician nutrition and cognition during work hours: effect of a nutrition based intervention. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2010:25 [Supplement 3], S351.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Dinsmore K, Roberts D. Food for thought: an exploratory study of how physicians experience poor workplace nutrition. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2010: 25 [Supplement 3], S280.
Wallace JE, Lemaire JB. Physicians personality traits: sound familiar? Abstracts. Doctors’ Health Matters-Finding the Balance. 2008 BMA-AMA-CMA International Conference on Doctors’ Health. Page 20.
September 1, 2010 Publication List Lemaire, Jane, 19.

2009

Qureshi, A, & Caird, J.K. (2009). Barriers to adverse event reporting for hospital support staff. The Halifax 9, Canadian Healthcare Safety Symposium, Montréal, Quebec.
Milloy, S., Dobish, R., & Caird, J.K. (2009). A human factors evaluation of chemotherapy medication labels. The Halifax 9, Canadian Healthcare Safety Symposium, Montréal, Quebec.
Mayer, A., Caird, J.K., Shultz, J., Chisholm, S., & Teteris, E. (2009). Human factors evaluations: Evidence-based design and safety guidance for emergency department exam rooms. The Halifax 9, Canadian Healthcare Safety Symposium, Montréal, Quebec
O’Beirne, M., Clement, F., Zwicker, K., Sterling, PD., Sokol, E. Medical Safety in Community Practice – The Economic Costs of a Safety Learning System. North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Poster Session, November 2009.
Palacios-Derflingher, L., O’Beirne, M., Sterling, PD., Zwicker, K., Harding. BK. Dimensions of Patient Safety Culture in Community Based Practice. North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Poster Session, November 2009.

2008

Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. A comparison of well being for internal medicine physicians across two different payment schemes. Abstracts. Doctors’ Health Matters-Finding the Balance. 2008 BMA-AMA-CMA International Conference on Doctors’ Health. Page 84.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. Physicians’ perceptions about personal well-being: concordant or at odds with professionalism? Abstracts. Doctors’ Health Matters-Finding the Balance. 2008 BMA-AMA-CMA International Conference on Doctors’ Health. Page 15.
Wallace JE, Lemaire JB. Patient load for physicians: What does it mean and how can we measure it? Abstracts. Doctors’ Health Matters-Finding the Balance. 2008 BMA-AMA-CMA International Conference on Doctors’ Health. Page 92.

2006

Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, “SEEKING BALANCE.” Final Report prepared for the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary Health Region. November 2006.

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

2013

Saunders C, Conly J, Ghali WA, Baylis B, Pittet D, Ebell C, Prada G, Josty, P, Buret A, McCauley E, Garrett P, Wong M. Improving Canada’s Position in Healthcare Innovation: Learning from the Swiss Experience. Working Paper. Epub 2013, June 24.

2012

Flemons WW, McRae G. Reporting, learning and the culture of safety. Healthc Q. 2012 Apr;15 Spec No:12-7.

2011

Ma, IW. Setting up a simulation-based procedural curriculum for internal medicine residency programs: what are the basic ingredients needed? Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2011; 6(1):13-14.

2010

Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. Well Doc? Well Doc? What Are Sources of Work Stress for Physicians. Can J of Gen Int Med 2010;5:10-12.
Lemaire JB. Health Development in Laos: A Day Off. Can J of Gen Int Med 2010;5:18-19.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. Well Doc? How do Physicians Cope with Work Stress? Can J of Gen Int Med 2010;6. (In press).

2009

Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. Foreword: Well Doc? Reflections from Internal Medicine Physicians. Can J of Gen Int Med 2009;4:234.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE. Well Doc? What Constitutes Quality of Life for Physicians? Can J of Gen Int Med 2009;4:234-36.

2008

Lemaire JB, Wallace JE; How are you? “Fine.” Or so you say… Parkhurst Exchange; 2008; 16:62-65.

Collective Work and Book Chapters

2012

de Grood J, Wallace JE, Roberts D, Dinsmore K, Lewin A, Ghali WA, Lemaire JB; Food for Thought: Nutrition is Important for Physician Performance. Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions KT Casebook. Knowledge Translation in Alberta: Health Research with Impact. Vol 3. 2012.

2010

Based Decision for an Innovative South Health Campus. Alberta Innovates Health Solutions – Bridging the Gap: Knowledge Translation in Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1, pp. 23-27.
Motamedi M., Tang C., Kimpton S., Ghali W. Developing the Web-Based Seamless Discharge Communication Tool. Alberta Innovates Health Solutions – Bridging the Gap: Knowledge Translation in Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1, pp. 32-35.
de Grood J., Kimpton S., Motamedi M., Teteris, E. and Ghali W. Relieving the Pressure: A Collaboration in Pressure Ulcer prevention. Alberta Innovates Health Solutions – Bridging the Gap: Knowledge Translation in Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1, pp. 28-31.

2009

Wallace JE, Lemaire JB; Stress and Coping: In A practical handbook for physician health and well-being: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada CanMEDS physician health guide. ed Puddester D, Flynn L, Cohen J. Ottawa 2009.
Lemaire JB, Wallace JE, Dinsmore K, Roberts D; Nutrition: In A practical handbook for physician health and well-being: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada CanMEDS physician health guide. ed Puddester D, Flynn L, Cohen J. Ottawa 2009.