Michelle Lobchuk, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
E: Michelle.Lobchuk@ad.umanitoba.ca
P: 204.474.7135
F: 204.474.7682
| Education |
| PhD, University of Manitoba MN, University of Manitoba BN, University of Manitoba |
| Other Appointments (Academic/Research) |
Awarded: MHRC Research Chair in Caregiver Communication Awarded: Research Scientist, Canadian Cancer Society Invited: Review Board – Cancer Nursing Journal Invited: Review Board – Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal Invited: Research Review Board - The Lung Association / Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals Affiliate: CancerCare Manitoba Affiliate: Riverview Health Centre Affiliate: Victoria General Hospital Affiliate: Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research Affiliate: University of Manitoba, Centre for Aging Affiliate: Manitoba Caregiver Coalition Appointment: University of Manitoba, Centre for Aging Advisory Board Appointment: Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research
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| Specialty/Clinical/Teaching Areas |
| Clinical Interests: Adult cancer patients, family caregivers, chronic illness, symptom management, treatment decision-making, empathic communication, perceptual congruence, theory-based nursing interventions, palliative care, cancer care, lung cancer, stigma Teaching Areas: Evidence based practice; nursing research methods
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| Current Research |
| Increasing attention is being paid to patient-centred care which involves empathic processes by family caregivers and patient-oriented responsiveness to suffering. My goal is to develop a theory-based clinical intervention based on the integration of my findings from three areas of inter-related studies: 1) a careful description of ‘theory of the problem’ that means identifying ‘which’ and ‘when’ family caregivers experience difficulties in inferring the symptom experiences of cancer patients along the illness journey and 2) an understanding of essential elements of work environments, attitudes, and skills that support clinicians who interact with and coach caregivers in empathic communication. Results from these study areas will specify what populations, timing, procedures, and resources need to be incorporated in 3) a video feedback technique that will be subject to prototype development and experimental testing in the field for use by clinicians to assist them and “high risk” family caregivers who are challenged in their ability to empathically understand patient symptoms. This intervention has potential for wide applicability to prevalent chronic diseases and stigmatized conditions like lung cancer. I am currently working with graduate students who are extending my empathy research outside of cancer to family caregivers dealing with post-stroke and congestive heart failure care. |
| Research Grants |
| Lobchuk, M. (P.I.) and Rosenberg, F. (Co-Inv.).?An exploration of older adult and family caregiver empathic responding to post-stroke urinary incontinence quality of life: A pilot study?. Riverview Health Centre grant: $10,000. (2011-2012). Christine McPherson (PI), Michelle Lobchuk (Co-In.). “The responsive care relationships: Examining dyadic dynamics between care recipients with cancer and their partner caregivers”: The University of Ottawa, Department of Health Sciences, Research Development Fund: $10,000 (2010-2011). Allan Katz (PI), Michelle Lobchuk, Pat Martens, Donna Turner (Co-PIs), “Primary Care Oncology – New Emerging Team (PCO-NET).” CIHR New Emerging Team Grant – Access to Quality Cancer Care – “Colorectal Screening in Manitoba”: $1,483,191.00. (2007-2012) Michelle Lobchuk (PI), Christine McPherson, Susan McClement (Co-Invs.). “Lung cancer stigma: Attributional effects on informal caregiver perspective-taking and accuracy outcomes on symptom experiences”: National Cancer Institute of Canada, Operating Grant, $204,592 (2005-2010). Lobchuk, M., Udod, S., & Loiselle, C. “A pilot study of oncology nurses’ perceptions of their relations with Family members within a cancer care setting? Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO): $5,000.00. (2008-2010) Lobchuk, M., & McClement, S. “Internet Support Community for Individuals Affected by Lung Cancer: Discussion Content and Implications for Health Care Providers.” The Canadian Lung Association: $15,699.00 (2009-2011) Harding, G., Czaykowski, P., Lobchuk, M., Johnston, P. “Developing and Testing a Family Resource Tool for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Phase I & II”. Cancer Care Manitoba Research Foundation: $25,000.00. (2009-2011) Raina, P. (P.I.), Wolfson, C., & Kirkland, S. (Co-P.I.s), Lobchuk, M. (Co-Investigator, Manitoba CLSA team) the “Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging”; 135 Co-investigators Across Canada; CIHR Funding ($23,500,000) for operational Funds and CFI to fund infrastructure ($25 million) (2009-2014) Katz, A. (Nominated PI), Lobchuk, M., Martens, P., Turner, D.(Co-PIs)(2007-2012). CIHR New Emerging Team Grant – Access to Quality Cancer Care – "Colorectal Screening in Manitoba", $1,408,000.00. Lobchuk, M. (2004-2010). Illness attributions, dyadic perspective-taking, and perceptual accuracy of informal caregivers of patients with lung cancer. Research Scientist Award, NCIC. ($348,878). Jones, J.M., Blackner, S., Cohen, R., Lobchuk, M., Rodin, G., & Zimmerman, C. (2008-2009). Feasibility study to test the impact of an intervention to promote patient and family caregiver congruence on quality of life and symptoms ratings. NCIC/SCRN, ($20,000.00). McPherson, C., Hadjistavropoulous, T, Lobchuk, M. (2007-2009). Pain perceptions, assessment, and management in the home: Perspectives of older patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers. CIHR Team Grant on Pain Management in the Aged, ($18,284).
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| Recent Publications |
Peer Reviewed Journals: (past five years) Lobchuk, M., & Udod, S. (2011). Oncology Nurses’ perceptions of their relations with family members in an ambulatory cancer care setting: A mixed methods study. Accepted for publication in Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal. Lobchuk, M. (2010). How lucky am I to be awarded a CANO grant! One part luck, major party strategy. CONJ, 20(4), 163. Invited publication. McClement, S., Lobchuk, M., Chochinov, H.M., & Dean, R. (2010). Broken covenant: Health care aides’ experience of the ethical in caring for dying seniors in a personal care home. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 21(3), 201-211. Urbanik, C., & Lobchuk, M. (2009). Encouraging family caregivers to “Step inside the patient’s shoes”. Home Healthcare Nurse: The VNAA Official Journal for Clinical Practice and Official Journal of the Home Healthcare Nurses Association, 27(4), 213-218. Lobchuk, M.M., Murdoch, T., McClement, S.E., & McPherson, C.(2008). A dyadic affair: who’s to blame for causing and controlling the patient’s lung cancer? Cancer Nursing, 31(6), 435-443. Lobchuk, M.M., & Bokhari, S.A. (2008). What is the impact of empathic behaviour of informal caregivers on physical symptoms and psychological distress by ovarian cancer patients? Oncology Nursing Forum , 35(5), 808-814. Lobchuk, M.M., McClement, S.E., McPherson, C., Cheang, M.(2008). Does blaming the lung cancer patient impact the helping behavior of primary support persons? Oncology Nursing Forum, 34(4), 681-689. McPherson, C.J., Wilson, K.G., Lobchuk, M.M., & Brajtman, S.(2008) Family caregivers’ assessment of symptoms in patients with advanced cancer: Reliability and factors affecting accuracy. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management, 35 (1), 70-82. McPherson, C.J., Wilson, K.G., Lobchuk, M.M., & Brajtman, S.(2007) Self-perceived burden to others: Patient and family caregiver correlates. Journal of Palliative Care, 23(3), 135-142. Lobchuk, M.M., McClement, S.E., Daeninck, P., Shay, C., & Elands, E. (2006). Asking the right question of informal caregivers about patient symptom experiences I. Multiple proxy perspectives and reducing inter-rater gap. Manuscript under review in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Lobchuk, M.M., McClement, S.E. Daeninck, P., & Elands (2006). Asking the right question of informal caregivers about patient symptom experiences II. Caregiver thoughts and feelings in response to different perspective-taking prompts. Manuscript under review in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Lobchuk, M.M., Degner, L. Chateau, D., & Hewitt, D. (2006). Promoting enhanced patient and family caregiver congruence on lung cancer symptom experiences. Oncology Nursing Forum, 33(2), 1-10. Lobchuk, M.M. (2006). Concept analysis of perspective-taking: Meeting informal caregiver needs for communication competence and accurate perception. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 54(3), 330-341. Book contribution: Published Abstracts: Lobchuk, M.M., McClement, S.E., McPherson, C., & Cheang, M. (2009). Do moral judgments, blame, and anger affect the empathic understanding by family caregivers on symptoms experienced by loved ones who have lung cancer? Journal of Thoracic Oncology (Suppl. 1), 4(9), S440-S440. McClement, S.E., Chochinov, H.M., Dean, R., & Lobchuk, M.M. (2009). Health care aides’ experienceof the ethical’ in caring for dying seniors in a personal care home. In a personal care home book of abstracts: 3rd International in Sickness and in Health Conference: Government of the Self in the clinic and in the community (Abstract A2-p.23). Lobchuk, M., McClement, S., McPherson, C. (2007). Lung cancer stigma perceived by patients and informal caregivers: Preliminary results. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34(1), 229-230. McPherson, C., Wilson, K., Lobchuk, M., & Brajtman, S. (2006). Medical end-of-life self-perceived burden: Patient and family caregiver correlations. Journal of Palliative Care, 22(3), 198. Lobchuk, M., Vorauer, J., & Degner, L. (2004). Induced perspective-taking: Assisting family caregivers to achieve enhanced perceptual accuracy on lung cancer patient symptom experiences. Supportive Care In Cancer, 12, 395. Lobchuk, M.M. (2003). The Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale: Modified for use in understanding family caregivers’ perceptions of cancer patients’ symptom experiences. Clinical Update: Literature Abstracts. Palliative and Supportive Care, 1, 291-300. Lobchuk, M., & Vorauer, J. (2003). Family caregiver perspective-taking and accuracy in perceiving symptom experiences of advanced stage cancer patients. Oncology Nursing Forum, 30(1), 142. |
| Recent Awards |
2011, Manitoba Health Research Council, Manitoba Research Chair in Caregiver Communication 2010, May College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba, 2010 Excellence in Professional Nursing Award 2009, October CANO/Pfizer Excellence in Nursing Research Award, Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology, Excellence Committee. 2009, April, Winnipeg RH Foundation Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research in Health Sciences category, Office of the Vice-President, University of Manitoba ($10,000.00). 2004-2010, National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC), Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), CCS Research Scientist Award. 2006, Canadian Association for Nursing Research (CANR), Outstanding New Investigator Award. 2007, May, Award for Excellence in Graduate Nursing Education, Graduate Nurses Association, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba. 2003, May, Award of Excellence in Graduate Nursing Education, Graduate Nurses Association, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba |
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