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- 39Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)/AOSERP Reports
- 17Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
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Fall 2018
This thesis studies integrative augmentation with customer satisfaction (CS) standards in a service and a manufacturing organization. Case study organization 1 (CSO 1) is an engineering course operated in a Western Canadian university. In this course, surveys were undertaken that addressed...
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Community pharmacists’ views and practices regarding natural health products sold in community pharmacies
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Background Reports of regulatory and evidentiary gaps have raised concerns about the marketing and use of natural health products (NHPs). The majority of NHPs offered for sale are purchased at a community pharmacy and pharmacists are “front-line” health professionals involved in the marketing and...
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2016-04-14
Hodgetts, Bill, Bernier, Myriam, Hodgetts, Sandy
This exploration study investigates whether or not barriers to audiology service access exist in the province of Alberta by means of 3 surveys. Surveys were divided in barrier-themes such as: distance to the audiologist, funding, wait lists/referrals. These surveys were available in audiology...
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Utilization of national clinical practice guidelines: A survey of Canadian pediatric physicians
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Robinson Joan, Nicholson Katharine, Vandermeer Ben, Kumar Manoj, Nasir Fareeha
Background: It is not clear how physicians currently use clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). Objectives: The objective was to describe how Canadian pediatric residents and pediatricians use CPGs and to identify barriers to CPG use. Methods: Pediatric emergency physicians and general...
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Assessing health care in Canada’s North: what can we learn from national and regional surveys?
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Young, T. Kue, Ng, Carmina, Chatwood, Susan
"Background: Health surveys are a rich source of information on a variety of health issues, including health care. Objectives: This article compares various national and regional surveys in terms of their geographical coverage with respect to the Canadian North, especially their Aboriginal...
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Fall 2015
Appreciating the complex nature of adolescent high-risk behaviour can have far reaching implications for the development of effective educational programming. The purpose of this study was to examine the general knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18, from...
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2014-11-30
Oil Sands Research and Information Network
As one of its last projects, the Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN) conducted this survey of oil sands environmental management research and information needs. The survey was conducted in October and early November 2014 for OSRIN by the University of Alberta’s Population Research...
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A Systematic Review of Instruments to Assess Organizational Readiness for Knowledge Translation in Health Care
Download2014
Attieh, Randa, Ouimet, Mathieu, Estabrooks, Carole A., Légaré, France, Gagnon, Marie-Pierre, Grimshaw, Jeremy, Ghandour, El Kebir
Background: The translation of research into practices has been incomplete. Organizational readiness for change (ORC) is a potential facilitator of effective knowledge translation (KT). However we know little about the best way to assess ORC. Therefore, we sought to systematically review ORC...
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2014-03-26
Dropping out of high school negatively affects individuals and society. In today’s technological world, a high school diploma is often seen as the minimum standard of education an individual is expected to achieve. Thus, governments and educators continue to struggle with developing new...
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Identifying the factors contributing to Canadian physiotherapists’ decisions to supervise physiotherapy students: Results from a national survey
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Clinical education is a critical component of physiotherapy student training; however, clinical coordinators report increasing difficulty in securing sufficient, appropriate clinical placement experiences for students to meet national education requirements (Baldry Currens & Bithell, 2000)....