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Marshall, David

David Marshall, M.Sc. Queen’s University Former Member: Knowledge Translation Committee David earned his M.Sc. in health services planning and administration from the UBC Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and followed that with a thirty year career as a health care executive including ten years as a CEO in community care. He is currently an…

Mary Lou Kelley

  Mary Lou Kelley, MSW, PhD Lakehead University Supervisor: 2014 Interdisciplinary Fellowship Program Supervisor — Katherine Kortes-Miller, HBMT, MSW, PhD(c) — Interdisciplinary end-of-life care education using high fidelity simulation in long-term care Mary Lou Kelley is a Professor of Social Work and Gerontology at Lakehead University and a professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine….

Downer, Kathryn

Kathryn Downer, MSc, EdD Pallium Canada Member: Education and Training Committee Kathryn Downer is the National Director of Pallium Canada and responsible for the design and development of interprofessional educational courseware, tools and resources to support palliative care across urban and rural Canada. Foundational products include; Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative and End-of-Life Care (LEAP) courseware…

Wendy Duggleby

Wendy Duggleby, PhD, RN, AOCN University of Alberta Member: Education and Training Committee Principal Investigator: 2014 Catalyst Grant Program — Feasibility of a volunteer/healthcare provider navigation partnership to support frail rural-dwelling older adults (CAT 2014-CP) 2015 Catalyst Grant Program — Supporting Family Caregivers of Frail Older Persons Living in Long Term Care (CAT 2015-04) Wendy Duggleby is a Professor and…

Frailty Assessment of Older Canadians Using Emergency Services with Tablet Technology

The Frailty Assessment of Older Canadians Using Emergency Services (FOCUS) tablet used a game-like program with large font that is easy for sick, frail older people to use with minimal supervision. About the Project The FOCUS study tested the real-world implementation of a user-friendly tablet based technology to identify high-risk older adults with frailty or…

Barbara Pesut named UBC Health Researcher of the Year

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…

CFN partners with prominent health groups on survey of palliative care

The first-ever national survey of physicians who deliver palliative care in Canada is providing critical direction for improving access to palliative care services.  Based on a survey over 1,000 doctors who provide palliative medicine, the survey was funded by CFN, along with the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians, Canadian Medical Association, Royal College of…