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1967 Summer School of Frontier Medicine: Impact on Medical Students and Indigenous Communities
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Ross, Shelley, Campbell, Sandy, Behn Smith, Daniele
The poorer health status of First Nations, Inuit, Métis (FN/I/M) people in Canada is unacceptable and requires urgent attention. One potential means of improving FN/I/M health is to focus on improving training of medical students to enhance cultural safety. Experiential, community based...
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A Proposal to Investigate the Transitioning Experiences of Internationally-Educated Nurses who Attended Academic Bridging Programs in Two Canadian Provinces
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The proposed study aims to investigate how academic bridging programs are helping internationally-educated nurses (IENs) gain registration and transition within Canada’s health care system. The research question for this proposed study is: How do bridging programs affect the ability of IENs to...
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2014-05-29
Saretsky, B., Osornio-Vargas, A,, Fruitman, D., Ngwezi, D. P., Chandra, S., Hornberger, L. K.
The objectives of this study are: 1.To apply the Principal Component Analysis method (PCA) to determine the groupings of the mixtures of developmental toxicants. 2.To determine if there is non spatial correlation between rates of CHD and component groupings of mixtures of developmental toxicants.
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2014-05-29
Clarke, Gwen, Nahirniak, Susan, Lee, Junkyu, Nguyen, Thi, Arewa, Oladimeji, Ou, Davita, Lew, Kristi
The purpose of this project was to identify the chronic transfusion recipients in the Edmonton Zone and to develop a registry to track and monitor blood product use in this group of patients.
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Documenting Alcohol Use as a Risk Factor in Primary Care Practices in Alberta
2013
Introduction:. Clinical guidelines for problem drinking and initiatives to improve patient data suggest that primary care physicians should be screening for and documenting alcohol use on a regular basis. The objectives of this research were to (1) Determine the proportion of patients with...
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From Triage to the Big Picture: Developing a Comprehensive Information Literacy Program for a Medical Faculty
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The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta is large and diverse. Liaison librarians at the health sciences library are evaluating the information literacy (IL) instruction being delivered to the Faculty, in order to identify current strengths and gaps in instruction,...
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Optimizing Health Literacy and Community Engagement in Relation to Active Living with Edmonton’s Newcomer Young People and their Families
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Dassanayake, J., Yohani, S., Mogale, R.S., Higginbottom, G., Richter, S., Vallianatos, H.
Canada is a multicultural country where immigration plays an important role in population growth and the country’s economy. Despite this, some newcomers such as those who hold refugee status, experience greater ill-health than the general population. Moreover, many immigrants and refugees (both...
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Really Simple Syndication? Faculty and Residents' Adoption of RSS Feeds Following an Instruction Session
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Chambers, Thane, Campbell, Sandy, Storie, Dale
We hypothesized that offering instruction on RSS would be useful to health sciences faculty and medical residents, and would lead to increased use of RSS.
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Research and Clinical Application of the Menopause-specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) Questionnaire: a comprehensive systematic review
Download2013-10-29
Hegadoren, Kathleen, Lewis, Jacqueline, Ross, Sue J., Shandro, Tami, Campbell, Sandy, Sydora, Beate C., Yuksel, Nese, Fast, Hilary
This study reviews the literature surrounding the use of the Meonpause-specific Quality of Life questionnaire (MENQOL). One hundred sixty-six articles were included in the qualitative and quantitiative analyses for this study. The study revealed that the tool has been used extensively and...
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2015-06-01
Shiri, Ali, Stobbs, Robyn, Farnel, Sharon, Cockney, Cathy, Rathi, Dinesh, Campbell, Sandy
This project seeks to: 1. Investigate and identify the information needs and information seeking behaviour of community members in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. 2. Identify and select cultural heritage information. 3. Create a culturally appropriate metadata framework for resource...