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Research Report

The December CSFM Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series will be held on the 20^th at noon and will feature Cathy Thorpe, Research Associate and Senior Manager, CSFM. The presentations will include “Meaningful Involvement of Family Physicians in Health System Design and Implementation" as well as ‘The Impact of COVID-19 on the Training and Practice Choices of Early Career Family Physicians.”  If you are interested in attending, please contact Leslie.Meredith@schulich.uwo.ca.

TUTOR-PHC Program has extended the deadline for applications for the 2024-2025 intake. If you are a graduate student, post doc fellow, resident doing research fellowship, mid-career clinician or a decision maker in primary health care research, please apply.  Application Deadline is January 8, 2024.  For more information, please visit our TUTOR-PHC website.

 

Presentations, Posters and Workshops

Many members of the Department of Family Medicine presented their research via oral and poster sessions and workshops at recent provincial, national and international conferences including Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day in Toronto on October 13, 2023; the Family Medicine Forum (FMF) annual conference in Montreal on November 8 – 11, 2023; and the 51^st North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Conference took place in San Francisco, California on October 30 – November 3, 2023 as well as other gatherings.

Ashcroft R, Lam S, Feryn N, Sur D, Abudiab S, Sheffield P, Rayner J, Mehta K, Brown JB. “A Mixed-Methods Examination of the Role of Social Work in Primary Care Teams in Ontario, Canada”. 11/01/2023

Ashcroft R, Lam S, Kemp C, Brown JB. “Facilitators and Challenges Emerging from Primary Care Teams’ Engagement in COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution in Ontario, Can”. 11/01/2023.

Bal S, Brown JB, Thorpe C, George C, Jan SH, Mathews M, Premji K, Ryan BL, Terry AL. Impact of COVID-19 on Early Career Family Physicians, 2023 Nov 8, Presentation, Family Medicine Forum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Bhella V, Petrella R, Wetmore S. “Initial Residency Match Intentions of PGY3 Family Medicine-Emergency Medicine Enhanced Skills Program Applicants”. 10/31/2023.

Blunt W, Smith M, Petrella R, Irwin J.  “Breaking the Silence: Risk Communication for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes from Primary Care Provider Perspectives”. 11/02/2023.

Brown JB, Thorpe C, Bal S, George C, Jan SH, Mathews M, Premji K, Ryan BL, Terry AL. The Journey to Practicing Comprehensive Family Medicine, 2023 Nov 9, Presentation, Family Medicine Forum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Gebauer S, Brown JB, Kueper J, Westfall J, Lawlor J.  “Fifty Years of Connection: Characterizing the Social Network of a Primary Care Research Organization”. 10/31/2023.

Hedden L, Spencer S, Gill P, Asghari S, Vaughan C, Brown JB, Mathews M, Moritz L.  “Family perspectives on virtual care during the COVID19 pandemic and beyond”. 11/01/2023.

Leblanc A, DeMore J, Brown JB, Ramsden V, Grenier É, Terry AL, Ganann R, Pelling Y, Poitras M-E, Sasseville M, Loftsgard KC. “A learning pathway for patient and community-oriented research in primary care: A co-development workshop”. 10/31/2023.

Mathews M, Marshall EG, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Spencer S, Meredith L, Ryan D, Buote R, Ryan BL, Brown JB, Asghari S, Gill P, Sibbald S, Wong E, Wetmore S. “Pandemic Planning for Primary Care: Family physician pandemic roles and policy supports during the COVID-19 pandemic”. 10/31/2023.

Meredith L, Mathews M, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Ryan D, Spencer S, Wong E, Gill P, Marshall EG, Xiao J, Asghari S; Wickett J, Moritz L. “Family physicians’ roles in long-term care homes and other congregate residential care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic”. 10/31/2023.

Petrella R, Majoni M, Kfrerer M, Riggin B, Blunt W, Gill D, Bliss B, Crozier O, Aspinall P. “Hockey FIT for Women (HFIT for Women): Evaluating reach and implementation of a gender-sensitized healthy lifestyle program”. 11/01/2023.

Petrella R, Majoni M, Kfrerer M, Boa Sorte Silva NC, Riggin B, Blunt W, Gill D, Bliss B, Zou G, Shillington K, Aspinall P, Irwin J.  “Stakeholder Acceptability of the Hockey Fans in Training Healthy Lifestyle Intervention”.  10/31/2023.

Petrella R, Majoni M, Kfrerer M, Boa Sorte Silva NC, Adekoya P, Riggin B, Blunt W, Gill D, Bliss B, DiNunzio M, Aspinall P, Irwin J. “Recruitment and characteristics of men with overweight/obesity from a trial of a gender-sensitized healthy lifestyle program”. 10/31/2023.

Petrella R, Majoni M, Kfrerer M, Boa Sorte Silva NC, Riggin B, Blunt W, Gill D, Bliss B, Zou G, Aspinall P, Irwin J. “Can the power of sport help men with overweight/obesity improve their health through a tailored healthy lifestyle program”?  10/31/2023.

Petrella R, Styffe C, Blunt W, Gavarkovs A, Majoni M, Crozier O, Aspinall P. “Acceptability of HealtheSteps®, a 6-month, virtual, healthy lifestyle program, from Participant and Coach Perspectives”. 11/01/2023.

Petrella R, Kfrerer M, Crozier O, Riggin B, Blunt W, Gill D, Bliss B. “Hockey Fans In Training Graduate Program (HFIT Grad): Process Evaluation of an Add-on Fitness Program for HFIT Participants”. 11/01/2023.

Petrella R, Styffe C, Blunt W, Majoni M, Hirji Z, Aspinall P. “Can virtual delivery of the HealtheSteps lifestyle prescription program by trained students improve habits and wellbeing?” 11/01/2023.

Petrella R. HealtheSteps®: Implementation and Outcomes of a Virtual Healthy Lifestyle Counselling Program delivered by Medical and Allied Health Students to At-Risk Adults. Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario on October 25, 2023.

Premji K, Glazier R, Frymire E, Mathews M, Green M, Nastos S, Khan S, Ryan BL. “Pandemic-era trends in patient attachment to an aging comprehensive family physician workforce in Ontario, Canada”. 11/01/2023.

Ryan BL, Brown JB, Freeman TR, daSilva M, Stewart M, Terry AL. “Virtual and In-Person Delivery of Primary Care and the Effect on Compassion”. 11/03/2023.

Ryan D, Mathews M, Marshall EG, Lukewich J, Hedden L, Meredith L, Spencer S, Buote R, Brown JB, Asghari S, Gill P, Wong E, Wetmore S. “Strengthening the Integration of Primary Care in Pandemic Response Plans”. 10/31/2023.

Terry AL, Brown JB, Olde Hartman T, Sturgiss L, Marshall EG, Stewart M, van Weel C. “How Can Primary Care Researchers Make Sure Their Findings Speak to the World of Health Policy Makers?” 11/02/2023.

Terry AL, Nicholson K, Brown JB, Mathews M, Menear M, Bayliss L, Ramsden V, LeBlanc A, Breton M, Ashcroft R, Pinto A, Ganann R, Fortin M, Donnelly C, Reid G, Poitras M-E, Sasseville M, Stewart M, Wilson E, Ryan BL. “Co-Creation of Knowledge Mobilization Strategies: Findings from a Collaborative Symposium”. 11/02/2023.

Terry AL, Nicholson K, Black J, Kim P, Harley M, Wakabayashi AT, Kueper J, Lizotte D. “Chronic Disease Risk Prediction Models – Impacts on Behavioural and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”. 11/02/2023.

Thornton J.  Keynote Speaker. Creating Active People: from Sport to Physical Activity for Health and Back Again. Michael D. DeGroote School of Medicine Waterloo Regional Campus Annual Faculty Retreat. Presenter: 2023 October. Kitchener, Ontario.

Thornton J. Keynote Speaker. Women’s health in sport: why are we missing data from half the world? The Running Clinic’s Congress.  2023 October. Lyon, France.

Thornton J. Invited Speaker. The Active Ingredient: why–now more than ever–physical activity needs to be a public health priority. 2023 October. Kitchener, Ontario.

Thornton J.Invited Speaker. Good health & wellbeing into retirement. World Rugby Science Network. Presenter: Thornton J, 2023 October. Bordeaux, France

Thornton J.  Invited Speaker. Physical activity prescription: Considerations for equity, diversity and inclusion. The Running Clinic’s Congress. 2023 October. Lyon, France.

Thornton J. Invited Speaker. Slower, Calmer, Wiser: Achieving excellence as a team physician. 14th International Olympic Committee Advanced Team Physician Course. 2023 November. Medellin, Colombia.

Thornton J. Invited Speaker. A Practical Guide to Finding Resources for Patients. Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine Medicine Through Movement Webinar. 2023 November. Virtual.

Thornton J. Invited Speaker. REDs detection, education and management in distance runners- for both coaches and athletes. USports Cross Country Championships. 2023 November, London, Canada.

Thornton J. Chair. Risk Management: Models, methods, and making it happen. 14th International Olympic Committee Advanced Team Physician Course. 2023 November. Medellin, Colombia.

Thornton J. Chair. Hamstring injuries: Optimal treatment - minimal risk of reinjury. 14th International Olympic Committee Advanced Team Physician Course. 2023 November. Medellin, Colombia.

Thornton J. Chair. Risk Management: Mental health symptoms and disorders: a clinical approach for the team physician. 14th International Olympic Committee Advanced Team Physician Course.  2023 November. Medellin, Colombia.

Thorpe C, Premji K, Terry AL, Brown JB, Mathews M, Bal S, Hameed S, George C, Ryan BL.  “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Training and Practice Choices of Early Career Family Physicians”. 11/01/2023.

Thorpe C, Premji K, Brown JB, Terry AL, Mathews M, Bal S, Hameed S, George C, Ryan BL. “Charting a New Path: Re-constructing the Practice of Comprehensive Family Medicine”. 11/01/2023

Thorpe C, Brown JB, Terry AL, Hameed S, George C, Ryan BL, Clark R. “Measuring Meaningful Involvement of Family Physicians in Health System Design and Implementation”. 11/01/2023.

Young G, Mathews M, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Meredith L, Ryan D, Brown JB, Buote R, Gill P, Spencer S, Wong E. “Swamped with Information: Family physicians and information management during the COVID-19 pandemic”. 10/31/2023.

Young G, Mathews M, Ryan BL, Hedden L. “An Evaluation of Physician Retention Bonuses in Newfoundland and Labrador”. 11/01/2023.

 

Publications

Black, J. E., Terry, A., Cejic, S., Freeman, T., Lizotte, D., McKay, S., Speechley, M. and Ryan, B. (2023) “Understanding data provenance when using electronic medical records for research: Lessons learned from the Deliver Primary Healthcare Information (DELPHI) database”, International Journal of Population Data Science, 8(5). doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v8i5.2177. https://ijpds.org/article/view/2177

daSilva M, Dissanayake M, Sibbald SL. Beyond implementation: A collective case study exploring the conceptions and facilitators of sustainability in a quality improvement collaborative.

Eval Program Plann. 2023 Oct 30;102:102384. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102384. Online ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37948901/.

daSilva M, Dissanayake M, Sibbald S. Beyond implementation: A collective case study exploring the conceptions and facilitators of sustainability in a quality improvement collaborative.

Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 102, 2024, 102384, ISSN 0149-7189, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102384.

Davenport MH, Ray L, Nesdoly A, Thornton JS, Khurana R, McHugh TF. Filling the evidence void: exploration of coach and healthcare provider experiences working with pregnant and postpartum elite athletes - a qualitative study. Br J Sports Med. 2023 Oct 25:bjsports-2023-107100. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107100. Online ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37879857/.

Dewidar O, Pardo JP, Welch V, Hazlewood GS, Darzi AJ, Barnabe C, Pottie K, Petkovic J, Kuria S, Sha Z, Allam S, Busse JW, Schünemann HJ, Tugwell P. Operationalizing the GRADE-Equity criterion to inform guideline recommendations: Application to a Medical Cannabis guideline.  J Clin Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 10:S0895-4356(23)00261-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.001. Online ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37952701/.

Grudniewicz A, Randall E, Lavergne MR, Marshall EG, Jones L, Rudoler D, Horrey K, Mathews M, McKay M, Mitra G, Scott I, Snadden D, Wong ST, Goldsmith LJ. Factors influencing practice choices of early-career family physicians in Canada: a qualitative interview study. Hum Resour Health. 2023 Oct 26;21(1):84. doi: 10.1186/s12960-023-00867-9. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37884968/.

Harris SB, Bari B, Gilbert J. Continuous glucose monitoring. CMAJ. 2023 Nov 14;195(44):E1509. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.230572. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37963623/

Harris SB, Mohammedi K, Bertolini M, Carlyle M, Walker V, Zhou FL, Anderson JE, Seufert J. Patient and physician perspectives and experiences of basal insulin titration in type 2 diabetes in the United States: Cross-sectional surveys. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2023 Dec;25(12):3478-3489. doi: 10.1111/dom.15240. Epub 2023 Sep 25. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37749746/.

Jia XY, Andreou P, Brown C, Constantin E, Godbout R, Hanlon-Dearman A, Ipsiroglu O, Reid G, Shea S, Smith IM, Zwicker JD, Weiss SK, Corkum P. An eHealth Program for Insomnia in Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Better Nights, Better Days): Protocol for an Economic Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Sep 12;12:e46735. doi: 10.2196/46735. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37698915/.

MacFarlane A, McCallum M, Stewart M. Improving person-centered care for people with multimorbidity: the potential of participatory learning and action research.

J Multimorb Comorb. 2023 Oct 25; doi: 10.1177/26335565231207075. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37900011/.

Phillips WR, Gebauer S, Kueper JK, Martinez-Guijosa A, Felzien M, Olde Hartman TC, Westfall JM, DeVoe JE, Stewart M, Herbert CP, Green LA, Brown JB. Primary Care Research: Looking Back and Moving Forward With Reflections on NAPCRG's First 50 Years. Ann Fam Med. 2023 Sep-Oct;21(5):456-462. doi: 10.1370/afm.3009. PMID: 37748895. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37748895/

Sarmiento C, Reid GJ. Accessing and re-accessing mental health walk-in clinics for children and families.

J Med Access. 2023 Sep 29; doi: 10.1177/27550834231200617. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37786838/.

Schulz JM, Marmura H, Hewitt CM, Parkinson LJ, Thornton JS. Navigating the 'new normal': what guidelines exist for postpartum return to physical activity and sport? A scoping review.

Br J Sports Med. 2023 Oct 28:bjsports-2023-107166. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107166. Online ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37898507/.

Thornton JS. Call for 'movement equity': what (and who) are we still missing in the conversation on physical activity and health? Br J Sports Med. 2023 Nov;57(22):1414-1416. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107524. Epub 2023 Oct 4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37793700/.

Thornton J, Khan K, Weiler R, Mackie C, Petrella R. Are family medicine residents trained to counsel patients on physical activity? The Canadian experience and a call to action.

Postgrad Med J. 2023 May 19;99(1169):207-210. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-140829. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37222062/.

Thornton J, Reilly K. O.3.1-8 The Western Research Hub for physical activity and health: answering the World Health Organization’s call to implement the global action plan on physical activity, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Issue Supplement_1, September 2023, ckad133.145, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad133.145

Thornton JS.  Call for 'movement equity': what (and who) are we still missing in the conversation on physical activity and health? Br J Sports Med. 2023 Oct 4:bjsports-2023-107524. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107524. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37793700. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37793700/

Thornton J, O.3.2-10 My Active Ingredient: making movement more accessible for people living with chronic conditions, Eur J Public Health, Vol 33, 2023. Issue Supplement_1, September 2023, ckad133.155. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad133.155

Welch V, Pottie K, Gaudet C, Thuku M, Mallard R, Spenceley S, Amjed N, Wadhwani A, Ghogomu E, Scott C, Dahrouge S; IMPACT Team. Realist review of community coalitions and outreach interventions to increase access to primary care for vulnerable populations: a realist review.

Arch Public Health. 2023 Jun 24;81(1):115. doi: 10.1186/s13690-023-01105-3.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37353828/

Young G, Mathews M, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Gill P, McKay M, Ryan D, Spencer S, Buote R, Meredith L, Moritz L, Brown JB, Christian E, Wong E. (2023) “Swamped with information”: a qualitative study of family physicians' experiences of managing and applying pandemic-related information. Front. Commun. 8:1186678. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1186678. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1186678.