Join us to learn research and quality assurance projects being conducted by the primary and integrated health care community

Date: March 30th, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm AST

Title: Implementation of a palliative approach to care in primary care settings; a realist evaluation

Presenter:

Jodi Langley is a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University. She completed her Masters in Health and Exercise Science from UBC- Okanagan and her Bachelors degree in Kinesiology at Acadia University. Her research focuses on understanding non-curative cancer patient’s perspective of physical activity and other quality of life enhancing programmes.

This stream of research emerged from working with Dr. Grace Warner on implementing an early palliative approach to care in primary care which highlighted the positive impact of an early approach to palliative care for maintaining quality of life until the end of life.In her research, Jodi enjoys using realist evaluation, which asks the question “What works, for whom, under what circumstances and why?”

This type of evaluation increases our understanding of what makes some programmes successful and others unsuccessful. Other interests and efforts include working with the patient and public to co-design research projects that are sensitive to context. Jodi is a big advocate for community-based research and working with the community to design programmes that aim to benefit them directly. Current and past projects include Early Palliation through Integrated Care (EPIC), EXercise for Cancer to Enhance Living well (EXCEL), Activating Cancer Communities through an Exercise Strategy (ACCESS), and RESISTance training for brain cancer (RESIST).

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Join us to learn research and quality assurance projects being conducted by the primary and integrated health care community

Date: January 30th, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm AST

Title: lnterprofessional Collaboration between health professional learners when breaking bad news: a JBI scoping review

Presenters:

Stephen G Miller MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP, MEd
Dr. Miller is the Associate Dean of Continuing Professional Development and Medical Education since 2020 as well as the Director of Simulation for the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine since 2019. He is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and works clinically as an Emergency Physician at the Halifax Infirmary in the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. He received a Master of Health Professions Education (Curriculum Studies) from Acadia University where his focus/interest was in simulation-based education in 2014. He has co­authored and presented widely with publications and presentations in inter­professional education, feedback research, breaking bad news, medical education, and simulation-based education. He co-led the development and implementation of the Simulation Leader Inter-professional Instructor Course (SLIICTM) which has trained over 250 simulation facilitators while offered at Dalhousie University. He also co-led with Dr. Lackie, the team that developed the first iteration of the new hybrid e-SLIIC simulation course in spring of 2022.

Kelly Lackie BScN, MN, PhD, RN, CCSNE
Dr. Lackie is the Associate Director of Simulation-based Education & Inter­professional Education and an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, Dalhousie University. She is cross-appointed to the Department of Emergency Medicine, Faulty of Medicine, Dalhousie University and is an Affiliate Scientist at Nova Scotia Health. Dr. Lacki e’s program of research is situated in the discipline of inter-professional education for collaborative person-centered practice {IPECP) which focuses on a number of interrelated areas, including inter-professional education, learning, practice, and care; simulation-enhanced inter-professional education; psychological safety; inter-professional collaboration and productivity; competency assessment; evidence-based decision-making; and health systems planning. Dr. Lackie sits on the Steering Committee and co-leads the Knowledge Network of I nte rprofessiona I Research.Global (I PR.GI oba I), the G loba I Network for Inter-professional Education and Collaborative Research. Dr. Lackie, co-lead of the development of inter-professional facilitator competencies, has offered inter­professional facilitator development workshops since 2006. She was the co-Director of the Simulation Leaders Inter-professional Instructor Course (SLIIC) and has co-led the development of the new Inter-professional Simulation Facilitation Course, which builds upon and replac.es the previous well-known SLIIC.

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Join us to learn research and quality assurance projects being conducted by the primary and integrated health care community

Date: February 9, 2022 | 12:00 – 1:15 pm AST

This seminar will consist of two presentations:

Talking ’bout my generation: Practice patterns among early-career family physicians and implications for primary care policy and workforce planning

About the speaker:

Dr. Ruth Lavergne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University and Tier II Canada Research Chair in Primary care. Dr. Lavergne’s program of research aims to address disparities in access and build evidence to ensure primary care organization, delivery, and workforce meet the needs of Canadians now and in the future. She leads the Early Career Primary Care (ECPC) study, which is exploring changing practice patterns among family physicians, as well as practice intentions and choices among family medicine residents and early career physicians.

The kids are alright: Influences on the intentions for obstetric practice among family physicians and residents in Canada

About the speaker:

Dr. Emily Gard Marshall is an Associate Professor in the Dalhousie Department of Family Medicine Primary Care Research Unit, cross appointed with Community Health and Epidemiology, and Psychiatry, as well as a Nova Scotia Health Affiliated Scientist. Her mixed methods research examines primary healthcare from patient, provider, and system perspectives to address the quadruple aim: promoting population health, optimizing costs, enhancing patient experience, and supporting care team well-being. Foci include access, continuity, and comprehensiveness to improve equity and optimize outcomes across the life course, involving population data and equity-deserving populations. She leads multiple pan-Canadian studies including the CIHR COVID-19 Rapid Response funded PUPPY-Study. Dr. Marshall is the 2020 recipient of the NAPCRG Mid-Career Researcher Award.

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