Meredith Vanstone PhD

Associate ProfessorAssociate Member, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and ImpactMember, Centre for Health Economics and Policy AnalysisScientist, McMaster program for Education Research, Innovation & Theory (MERIT)

David Braley Health Sciences Centre - Hamilton, Ontario

Email: vanstomg@mcmaster.ca

Office Phone: (905) 525-9140 ext. 22113

Biography

Meredith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Scientist in McMaster’s program for Educational Research, Innovation and Theory (MERIT), and member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis. Meredith is an interdisciplinary researcher who uses qualitative approaches to examine social and ethical issues related to health professional practice, education and health policy. She is particularly interested in research related to reproduction, women’s health, and marginalized patient populations.

Meredith has a PhD in Health Professional Education from Western University, and has completed postdoctoral studies in Health Policy at McMaster University. She has provided social and ethics evidence and consulting to provincial, national, and international health policy decision-makers.

Meredith supervises graduate students with relevant research interests in the following McMaster graduate programs: Health Policy (PhD), Health Research Methodology (MSc, PhD), Health Science Education (MHSEd).

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Project:
Optimizing feedback from direct observation of clinical performance: Learner feedback-seeking and avoidance behavior in four clinical settings
Principal Investigators:
Heather Waters
Agency:
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Medical Education Research Grant
Year(s):
September 2018 - August 2020
Grant Amount:
$47,530
Project:
Understanding the Impact of CFPC Certificates on Added Competence
Principal Investigators:
Meredith Vanstone,
Lawrence Grierson
Agency:
Canadian College of Family Physicians
Year(s):
July 2018–June2019
Grant Amount:
$99,996
Project:
Rehabilitation as a health strategy for persons with chronic conditions and associated issues of aging: A web based application
Principal Investigators:
Julie Richardson
Agency:
AGE-WELL-MIRA Catalyst Program
Year(s):
May 2018–April 2019
Grant Amount:
$50,000
Project:
Harnessing evidence and values for health system improvement
Principal Investigators:
John Lavis,
Julia Abelson
Agency:
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Health System Research Fund
Year(s):
2017–2021
Grant Amount:
$2,087,999
Project:
Unproductive, unprofessional, and abusive behaviours in the clinical workplace: The influence of working environment on the development of future health leaders
Principal Investigators:
Meredith Vanstone,
C E Connelly
Agency:
Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine Undergraduate MD program
Year(s):
2016 - 2018
Grant Amount:
$10,000
Project:
Unproductive, unprofessional, and abusive behaviours in the clinical workplace: The influence of working environment on the development of future health leaders
Principal Investigators:
Meredith Vanstone,
C E Connelly
Agency:
Michael G DeGroote Health Leadership Academy
Year(s):
2016 - 2018
Grant Amount:
$20,000
Project:
Barriers to Medical Student Reporting of Mistreatment and Abuse
Principal Investigators:
Amanda Bell
Agency:
Wooster Family Grant in Medical Education
Year(s):
April 2017 to June 2018
Grant Amount:
$9,809
Project:
Exploring equitable access to midwifery care for people of low socioeconomic status: facilitators and barriers
Principal Investigators:
Elizabeth K Darling
Agency:
Association of Ontario Midwives Established Career Award
Year(s):
March 2017 to March 2018
Grant Amount:
$40,000

Publications
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Author(s):
Umair Majid ,
Meredith Vanstone
Title:
Appraising Qualitative Research for Evidence Syntheses: A Compendium of Quality Appraisal Tools
Date of Publication:
July 2018
Pages:
1-17
Author(s):
Hazar Haidar,
Meredith Vanstone,
Anne-Marie Laberge,
Gilles Bibeau,
Labib Ghulmiyyah,
Vardit Ravitsky
Title:
Cross-cultural perspectives on decision making regarding noninvasive prenatal testing: A comparative study of Lebanon and Quebec
Date of Publication:
April 2018
Volume:
9
Issue:
2
Pages:
99–111
Author(s):
Meredith Vanstone,
Alexandra Cernat,
Jeff Nisker,
Lisa Schwartz
Title:
Women's perspectives on the ethical implications of non-invasive prenatal testing: A qualitative analysis to inform health policy decisions
Date of Publication:
April 2018
Volume:
19
Issue:
1
Pages:
27
Author(s):
Mia Kibel,
Meredith Vanstone
Title:
Reconciling ethical and economic conceptions of value in health policy using the capabilities approach: A qualitative investigation of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing
Date of Publication:
December 2017
Volume:
195
Pages:
97-104
Author(s):
Amanda Peters,
Meredith Vanstone,
Sandra Monteiro,
Geoff Norman,
Jonathan Sherbino,
Matthew Sibbald
Title:
Examining the Influence of Context and Professional Culture on Clinical Reasoning through Rhetorical-Narrative Analysis
Date of Publication:
May 2017
Author(s):
Meredith Vanstone,
Feli Toledo,
France Clarke,
Anne Boyle,
Mita Giacomini,
Marilyn Swinton,
Lois Saunders,
Melissa Shears,
Nicole Zytaruk,
Anne Woods,
Trudy Rose,
Tracey Hand-Breckenridge,
Diane Heels-Ansdell,
Shelley Anderson-White,
Robert Sheppard,
Deborah Cook
Title:
Narrative Medicine and Death in the ICU: Word Clouds as a visual legacy
Date of Publication:
November 24, 2016 Epub ahead of print
Author(s):
Meredith Vanstone,
Alex Rewegan,
Francesca Brundisini,
Mita Giacomini,
Sujane Kandasamy,
Deirdre DeJean
Title:
Challenges faced by marginalized and non-marginalized adults with diabetes as they modify their diets: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis
Date of Publication:
September 2017
Volume:
13
Issue:
3
Pages:
217–235
Author(s):
Meredith Vanstone,
Sujane Kandasamy,
Mita Giacomini,
Deirdre DeJean,
Sarah D McDonald
Title:
Pregnant women’s perceptions of gestational weight gain: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research
Date of Publication:
October 2017
Author(s):
Meredith Vanstone,
Karima Yacoub,
Mita Giacomini,
Danielle Hulan,
Sarah McDonald
Title:
Women’s experiences of publicly funded Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing in Ontario, Canada: Considerations for health technology policy making
Date of Publication:
August 2015
Volume:
25
Issue:
8
Pages:
1069–1084

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