Primary Care Research Updates

See the whole playlist of videos on YouTube.

Primary care clinicians’ perspectives on advance care planning

Michelle Howard

Read the paper: Primary care clinicians’ confidence, willingness participation and perceptions of roles in advance care planning discussions with patients: a multi-site survey

Emergency department use in people who experience imprisonment

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Read the paper: Emergency department use in people who experience imprisonment in Ontario, Canada

Using technology to help older adults take their medication

Henry Siu

Read the paper: Demonstrating a Technology-Mediated Intervention to Support Medication Adherence in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Primary Care: A Feasibility Study

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• A palliative approach in patients with a life-limiting illness | Michelle Howard
  • Read the paper: How do physicians and nurses in family practice describe their care for patients with progressive life-limiting illness? A qualitative study of a ‘palliative approach’
• Health TAPESTRY pragmatic randomized controlled trial | David Price
  • Read the paper: Combining volunteers and primary care teamwork to support health goals and needs of older adults: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
• ‘I think this medicine actually killed my wife | Dee Mangin
  • Read the paper: ‘I think this medicine actually killed my wife’: patient and family perspectives on shared decision-making to optimize medications and safety
• Patient trade offs between continuity and access in primary care | Doug Oliver
  • Read the paper: Patient trade-offs between continuity and access in primary care interprofessional teaching clinics in Canada: a cross-sectional survey using discrete choice experiment
• Gabapentin Misuse | Robin Lennox
  • Read the paper: Gabapentin misuse
• Multimorbidity, eHealth and Implications for Equity | Dee Mangin
  • Read the paper: Multimorbidity, eHealth and implications for equity: a cross-sectional survey of patient perspectives on eHealth
• CP@Clinic Reducing 9-1-1 Emergency Medical Service Calls | Gina Agarwal (PI, not speaking)
  • Read the paper: Reducing 9-1-1 Emergency Medical Service Calls By Implementing A Community Paramedicine Program For Vulnerable Older Adults In Public Housing In Canada: A Multi-Site Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
• Canada US Shared Vision for Primary Care | David Price
  • Read the paper: Shared vision for primary care delivery and research in Canada and the United States
• Cervical Cancer Screening in Prisons | Fiona Kouyoumdjian
  • Read the paper: Cervical Cancer Screening Access for Women Who Experience Imprisonment in Ontario, Canada
    
• Legacy Drug-Prescribing Patterns in Primary Care | Dee Mangin
  • Read the paper: Legacy Drug-Prescribing Patterns in Primary Care