Barbara Pesut, professor of nursing in the Faculty of Health and Social Development is part of a research team at UBC’s Okanagan campus focused on improving palliative care. Working with patients and families in rural communities to better understand their experiences and needs, her work is helping to build rural capacity for end-of-life care by…
The Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians (CSPCP) recently announced the CSPCP Award Winners for 2018. Dr. Doris Barwich, CFN Network Investigator and Member of our KT Committee, is honoured with the Eduardo Bruera Award in Palliative Medicine. Award winner profiles are posted on the Awards page of the CSPCP website, and…
New Checklist Evaluates Health Care Decision Aids Researchers have developed a checklist to help improve the quality of reporting for studies that evaluate patient decision aids. Published in BMJ Quality & Safety, the Standards for UNiversal reporting of patient Decision Aid Evaluations (SUNDAE) checklist consists of 26 items, such as “describe the intended user(s) of…
Watt J, Tricco AC, Talbot-Hamon C, Pham B, Rios P, Grudniewicz A, Wong C, Sinclair D, Straus SE. Identifying Older Adults at Risk of Delirium Following Elective Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J GEN INTERN MED (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-017-4204-x. Abstract: Postoperative delirium is a common preventable complication experienced by older adults undergoing elective surgery. In…
An opinion piece from Network Investigator Katherine McGilton and CFN Scientific Director John Muscedere was published recently in the Toronto Star. Read the op-ed online here. We need to listen to voices of older patients. Older adults must have a voice in policy and program priority setting if we are to implement systems that are…