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2018-02-14
SSHRC Awarded PG 2019: Children's early experiences and environments profoundly impact their development and the economic and social fabric of our communities. Given this knowledge, early childhood is a priority across Canada. Despite significant investment in early childhood in recent decades,...
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2017-10-16
SSHRC Awarded IG 2018: The goal of this research is to explore professionals' self-assessment and engagement in self-regulated training, using a medical education program as proxy for other professional training programs. Professionals must be able to stay current in skills and knowledge. Being...
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2017-10-16
SSHRC Awarded IG 2018: Consumption (purchases) is considered one of the best metrics of individual and household well-being. Economists typically assume households elect to smooth their consumption, so as to insure against shocks such as disability or unemployment. The current state-of-the-art...
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2011-11-28
SSHRC Awarded IDG 2012: The proposed research addresses the consistency and accuracy of classification results produced by a cognitive diagnostic assessment. The objectives of the proposed research are to (1) evaluate the strengths and limitations of our two new statistical indexes in applied...
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2014
Vazquez, Patricia, Estabrooks, Carole A., Nuño, Roberto, Ouimet, Mathieu, Attieh, Randa, Gagnon, Marie-Pierre, Légaré, France
Background: Health-care organizations need to be ready prior to implement evidence-based interventions. In this study, we sought to achieve consensus on a framework to assess the readiness of health-care organizations to implement evidence-based interventions in the context of chronic care....
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Reliability and validity of the Alberta Context Tool (ACT) with professional nurses: Findings from a multi-study analysis
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Mallick, Ranjeeta., Estabrooks, Carole A., Squires, Janet E., Norton, Peter G., Cummings, Greta G., Hutchinson, Alison M., Hayduk, Leslie.
Although organizational context is central to evidence-based practice, underdeveloped measurement hinders its assessment. The Alberta Context Tool, comprised of 59 items that tap 10 modifiable contextual concepts, was developed to address this gap. The purpose of this study to examine the...
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The influence of undergraduate education on professional practice transition: A comparative descriptive study
The influence of undergraduate education on professional practice transition: A comparative descriptive study
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Al Sayah, Fatima, Williams, Beverly, Richard, Liz
Background Graduates from Problem/Context Based Learning (CBL) undergraduate nursing programs often express concern that they may not be as well prepared for transition to graduate nursing practice as their colleagues from more traditional lecture-based programs. Aims To determine if there is a...