Past Research Projects

CIHR/CCMB Primary Care Oncology Research

Understanding the Work of Nurse Practitioners: Exploring Discourse, Transactions, and Actions with Patients through Video-tape Analysis

The Content of a Primary Care Clinical Encounter  http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/13/7

Satisfaction and Continuity of Care in a Family Medicine Residency Program (poster PDF)

Exploring Nursing Roles in Canadian Family Practice Residency Training Programs (article PDF)

Preventive Care Strategies by Family Physicians in Manitoba  (poster PDF)

Mental Disorders in Primary Care: Education Sessions with Primary Care Physicians (World Health Organization project) 

Integrated Disease Management Project to Improve Physician Adherence to the Current Canadian Guidelines on Management of Women with Osteoporosis (Canadian Quality Circles Project)

o   Ioannidis G, Papaioannou A, Thabane L, Gafni A, Hodsman A, Kvern B, Johnstone D, Plumley N, Baldwin A, Doupe M, Katz A, Salach L, Adachi JD. (2007). Canadian Quality Circle pilot project in osteoporosis: rationale, methods, and feasibility. Can Fam Physician. Oct;53(10):1694-700. http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/53/10/1694

o   Metge CJ, Leslie WD, Manness LJ, Yogendran M, Yuen CK, Kvern B; Maximizing Osteoporosis Management in Manitoba Steering Committee. (2008). Postfracture care for older women: gaps between optimal care and actual care. Can Fam Physician. Sep;54(9):1270-6. http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/content/full/54/9/1270 

Maximizing Osteoporosis Management in Manitoba (MOMM Project) 

The Manitoba Anti-inflammatory Appropriate Utilization Initiative (MAAUI) Project

o    Doupe M, Katz A, Kvern B, Manness LJ, Metge C, Thomson GT, Morrison L, Rother K. (2004). Encouraging physician appropriate prescribing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory therapies: protocol of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Serv Res. Aug 24;4(1):21. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/4/21

The Adaptability of a Self-Care Manual to Assist Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

The Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs: A Contemporary Review of Physician and Patient Adherence

Adherence to Asthma Guidelines in Canada: The Case of the Missing Action Plan

Supporting Self-Care for the Older Adult: Building Upon a Self-Care Framework

Testing the Effectiveness of Health Lines in the Chronic Disease Management of Congestive Heart Failure  Funded by: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Family Medicine: A Curriculum Needs Assessment

‘It’s Safe to Ask’: Evaluating the Impact of a Provincial Health Literacy and Communication Initiative  http://www.safetoask.ca/

Manitoba Health: Physician Integrated Network (PIN)   For more information: http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/phc/pin/index.html