At the foundation of effective medical education big data scholarship is data sharing between institutions across the trajectory of training. This project is a data sharing collaboration with the six undergraduate medical programs in Ontario, the Medical Council of Canada (MCC), and the Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS), to consider associations between admissions and assessment […]
Dr. Gina Agarwal and the VIP Research Lab are leading two research programs in low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC) funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD). The Community Health Assessment Program in the Philippines (CHAP-P) is a lay volunteer-led, community-based chronic disease risk assessment and health promotion […]
Thuy-Anh Ngo and Lawrence Grierson are leading a study that evaluates bias in medical school admissions in Canada by reviewing literature, analysing diversity profiles of applicants, and exploring the possibility of systemic bias in selection tools and performance indicators during medical training. A scoping review found limited research and evidence of unwarranted bias in commonly […]
Dr. Robin Lennox and the research team conducted a qualitative study examining the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people deprived of housing using one-on-one semi-structured interviews. People deprived of housing were involved in study development, recruitment, and data analysis. Twenty-one participants were recruited during street outreach from June-July 2020. The core theme of participants’ […]
Studies that link administrative medical education data across the institutions and continuum of training and practice are not currently the norm. However, connecting these data holds great promise for research that advances models of education, health human resource planning, and health services delivery. Accordingly, the capacity for sensitive research data management (RDM) is needed in […]
Dr. Gina Agarwal was an invited plenary speaker at the 2022 North American Primary Care Group Annual Scientific Meeting. Her presentation entitled, “Improving health systems for vulnerable populations from a primary care perspective” drew upon her personal experiences over her 30-year career in medicine, alongside her program of research with the Vulnerable Individuals in Primary […]
Research consistently shows that positive public health outcomes are associated with strong primary health care systems. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for high quality primary care has grown more important. Where possible, having patients with COVID and non-COVID disease recover at home with regular monitoring and follow-up from their primary care team can help […]
The David Braley Primary Care Research Collaborative (PCRC) aims to build capacity for all to do primary care research that will inform clinical practice, primary care systems and policy, and education. A highlight of this initiative is TRAction: A Toolkit for Research in Action, which provides step-by-step easily accessible resources to help people develop their […]
Long-term care (LTC) residents are entitled to the healthcare they want and from which they can benefit. Yet, residents’ values, wishes, and beliefs are frequently overlooked when treatment decisions are needed, leading to aggressive interventions that are often unnecessary and costly. The Prevention of Error-Based Transfers (PoET) Project has recruited 54 LTC homes across Ontario, […]
Michelle Howard received two CIHR grants (2018, 2022) to explore end-of-life care patterns in relation to the continuity of physician care for people dying in Ontario, Canada. The first grant used population-based health administrative data at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and has resulted in a publication in CMAJ Open that describes the […]
