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DR. DIANA
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Message from the Director
DIRECTOR &
ASSOCIATE DEAN,
RESEARCH
Faculty of Health
Sciences,
College of Nursing,
University of Manitoba
89 Curry Place
Winnipeg, MB
R2T 2N2
Tel: 204.474.9080
Fax: 204.474.7683
[email protected]
This report showcases the many accomplishments of the
MCNHR and its members since our last report in September
2014.
Thirty years ago Drs. Helen Glass and Lesley Degner acted on
a vision. Together they KNEW that the University of Manitoba
could provide fertile ground for the development of nursing research in the province. They were confident that, with the right
support and resources, Manitoba nurses could count themselves amongst the best researchers in the world in their areas
of endeavor. Helen’s and Lesley’s vision and hard work resulted in the Manitoba Nursing Research Institute, the forerunner
of the Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research, and
laid the groundwork for all the amazing accomplishments within the pages of this report. When I took a graduate course in
1985 from the woman we all called Dr Glass, she was at that
time encouraging us to look to beyond the year 2000 – she was
always planning for the future, never content to rest on laurels.
We lost Helen this week but she built such a strong legacy with
her futuristic thinking, that she will never be forgotten. A trailblazer, a challenger, an innovator, a visionary!
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MCNHR Announcements
The MCNHR is pleased to welcome Miriam Gonzalez as a Graduate Student Research Assistant. As a RA in the MCNHR, Miriam will be working
on supporting JBI systematic reviews and developing resources to support
knowledge synthesis. Miriam is currently a PhD student in the Applied
Health Sciences Doctoral Program. Her dissertation research being supervised by Dr. Christine Ateah is examining the effects of level 2 Positive
Parenting Program (Triple P) on maternal use of physical punishment and
non-physical parenting responses. Miriam also holds a Graduate Student
Trainee Position with Dr. Maureen Heaman (funded by her Canadian Institutes of Health Research PHSI grant for the research project, “Reducing
inequities in access to and use of prenatal care in the Winnipeg Health Region through health system improvement.” Miriam is excited to be joining
our team to further compliment her skills in research and program evaluaMiriam Gonzalez
tions for children and other vulnerable populations by developing new
skills in the science of knowledge synthesis.
Monica Kolomic and Julie Anne Navea were hired
in October 2014. They have been working alongside James Plohman in conducting the “Provincial
Survey of New Manitoba Nursing Graduates: Six
and Twelve Month Follow-up Survey” including
telephone surveys, analysis of data, summary reports, exit interviews of MN graduates and other
activities.
Julie Anne Navea
Monica Kolomic
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The MCNHR in 2014
Supported the preparation of over 30 research grants proposal
Assisted with the administration and management of 19 online
surveys
Provided funding for 11 research projects in its annual Research Grant Competition
Supported 14 teams in JBI systematic reviews
Provided over 50 research and statistical consultations
Managed 24 research grants for faculty
Ran 12 research seminars and offered 13 professional development sessions
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2015 Researcher in Residence
The MCNHR is pleased to host Dr. Cheryl Forchuk as the 2015
Dr. Helen Glass Researcher in Residence.
Dr. Cheryl Forchuk is a Distinguished University Professor and Associate Director of Nursing Research at
the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, with a cross appointment to the
Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University ofWestern Ontario. She
is a Scientist and Assistant Director at Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario. Dr Forchuk is
also currently Group Leader, Mental Health/Health Outcomes Research.
Program Highlights for the week of May 11-15, 2015
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Opening Lecture – Developing a Community Based Program of Research: Tips and Traps
Workshop – Managing and Facilitating Community Partnerships
Public Lecture – Social inclusion, poverty, housing, psychiatric survivors: Understanding
musical chairs.
Workshop – How to turn that clinical project into research
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER: SHOWCASING
COLLABORATIONS IN NURSING AND
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2015 Collaborative Research Day
May 11, 2015
Fort Garry Hotel
Program Highlights:
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Keynote presentation from Dr. Cheryl Forchuk, Distinguished University Professor and Associate Director of Nursing Research at the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences,
with a cross appointment to the Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry,
University of Western Ontario and the 2015 Dr. Helen Glass Researcher in Residence
Concurrent sessions: Presentations focusing on research and quality improvement projects that showcase collaborative teams working together to make a difference
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Poster session showcasing research and quality improvement projects
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Seeding Ideas for Collaborative Teams: Roundtable discussions
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Opportunities for networking, dialogue and exchange
Registration Costs:
Early Registration (by March 31) - $100.00 plus GST*
Regular Registration - $125.00 plus GST
Student Registration - $75.00 plus GST
Call for Abstracts: Deadline March 1, 2015
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Oral
Poster
Seeding Ideas
Sponsored by: Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR), College of Nursing, Faculty of
Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) and Canadian
Association for Nursing Research (CANR).
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MCNHR Outreach
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Diana Clarke and Diane Cepanec travelled to the Faculty of Health Studies, University of Brandon on Sept 25, 2014 and provided an overview of the Centre to faculty and
met with Dr. Dean Care, Dean, Faculty of Health Studies and Donna Epp, Research
Facilitator, Faculty of Health Studies to further discuss opportunities for future collaboration and partnership.
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Diana Clarke and Diane Cepanec represented the MCNHR at the Health Science Centre's Nursing Research and Evidence Informed Practice Committee meetings and provided information on the MCNHR membership, an overview of our resources and services.
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In December 2014, Diana Clarke and Diane Cepanec met with Dr. David Gregory,
Dean, Dr. Robin Evans, Associate Dean (Undergraduate) and Dr. Glenn Donnelly, Associate Dean, Graduate Program & Research from the University of Regina to explore
opportunities for future partnerships.
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On behalf of the College of Nursing and the
MCNHR, congratulations to:
Roberta Woodgate & Pam Wener for receiving the Nick Baldwin Award for
the following paper:
Wener, P. & Woodgate, R. L. (2013). Use of a qualitative methodological scaffolding Process to design robust interprofessional studies. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 27(4), 305-312.
Annette Schultz for her article titled “Researcher to study Indigenous heart
health” was featured in UMTODAY on September 17, 2014.
Annette Schultz; Karen Throndson; Robin Brownlie; Catherine Cook; Randall
Fransoo; Farrukh Hussain; Alan Katz; Elizabeth McGibbon; Thang Nguyen; JoAnn Sawatzky for receiving a Canadian Institute of Health Research Grant for the
project entitled: “Diversifying our Ways of Understanding Heart Health among
First Nations People in Manitoba: A Mixed Methods Study Governed by a TwoEyed Seeing Approach” ($709,987).
Lorraine Avery for her successfully defending her PhD dissertation titled
“Registered Nurses’ Perceived Importance of Knowledge Sources in Relation
to Structural Empowerment”
Committee members:
Supervisor: Dr. Michael Moffatt ,BSc, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba;
Internal Member: Dr. Les Carrothers, Ph.D, Faculty of Arts Political Studies
and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Internal/External Member: Dr. Caroline Park, RN, Ph.D, Associate Professor Centre for Nursing and Health
Studies, Athabasca University; Internal/ External Member: Dr. Michelle Lobchuk, RN, Ph.D, Associate
Professor, Faculty of Nursing University of Manitoba.
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Recent Research Grant Recipients:
Dr. Pamela Hawranik for being part of a research team that received funding for
the project "Northern Home Care Knowledge to Action Strategies that Support
Persons with Dementia and their Family Caregivers" The full award details are as
followed:
Forbes, D., Harrison, W., Woytkiw, T., Strain, L., Peacock, S., Morgan, D., Hawranik, P.,
Gibson, M., Innes, A. & LeClair, K. "Northern Home Care Knowledge to Action Strategies that Support Persons with Dementia and their Family Caregivers" has been approved
for funding by Network of Excellence in Seniors Health and Wellness (NESHW).Fall
2014 to 2015, $197,507.00 from Covenant Health and $89,549.00 (in-kind) from Alberta
Health Services North Zone
Dr. Beverley Temple; Dr. Toby Martin; Dr. Charmayne Dube; Jennifer Kilmnik;
Lisa Demczuk for receiving a Workers Compensation Board operating grant for
the project entitled: “Can we reduce injury by improving knowledge translation
strategies for direct support workers of people with intellectual disability who display challenging behavior?” ($180,000)
Thiessen, K. Nickel, N., Morris, M, & Robinson, K. University Research Grants
Program (URGP) Funding for: Maternity outcomes in Manitoba women: A comparsion between midwifery care and physician care. $7,000
Woodgate, R. L., Ahmed, R.,Altman, G., Chartier, M., Forget, E., Katz, L.,
Metge, C., Wener, P., Brousseau Snider, T., Chipperfield, S., Edwards, J., Enns,
M., Goossen, R., Kates, N., Kondra, P., Kutcher, S., Peters, C., Sanderson, J.,
Santos, R., Schellenberg, F., Synyshyn, M., Morgan, S. Research Manitoba Applied Health Services Research Grant Funding for: Improving Access and Quality
of Mental Health Services for Youth through Implementation of a Shared Care
Stepped Approach for a period of 2 years, $199, 997.00
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MCNHR 2015 Research Grant Competition:
The MCNHR is pleased to launch its 2015 Research Grant Competition including the following
grants:
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MCNHR Research Grant $7,500 (2 awards)
MCNHR Collaborative Health Research Grant $7,500 (1 award)
College of Nursing Endowment Fund Research Grant in Professional Foundations $7,500 (2
awards)
Fort Garry Legion Poppy Trust Fund Research Grant $3,000 (1 award)
B .W. Fallis Parkinson’s Care Research Grant $4,500 (1 award)
Graduate Student Research Grant, $3,000-$5,000 (4-6 awards).
Deadline: April 1, 2015
Applications can be found at: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/nursing/mcnhr/funding/MCNHR%
20Grants.html
Important news for 2015!
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Research and Professional affiliates of the MCNHR are encouraged to apply for the following: the
newly launched MCNHR Collaborative Research Grant to support research projects that involve
collaborative teams of College of Nursing researchers and knowledge users; and the MCNHR Research Grant.
Eligibility for Fort Garry Legion Poppy Fund has been expanded to include either projects whose
outcome contributes to either enhancing care of veterans or their families or projects focused on
enhancing care for older adults in Manitoba are eligible.
Graduate students can apply to the Graduate Student Research Grant for Nurses Competition and
will automatically be considered for: funding for the Kathleen and Winnifred Ruane Graduate
Student Research Grant; and the College of Nursing Endowment Fund Graduate Student Research
Grant.
Master’s students are eligible to apply for up to $3,000 dollars for thesis research and PhD students are
eligible to apply for up to $5,000. Graduate students are also eligible to apply for the Fort Garry Legion
Poppy Trust Fund and the BW Fallis Parkinson’s Care Research Grant. . Please note this is the last year
the MCNHR has dedicated funds from the College of Nursing Endowment Fund to support Graduate
Student thesis or dissertation research projects.
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Engaging Students in Research
MCNHR Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition
May 12, 2015 8:30-10:30
Atrium, Helen Glass Centre for Nursing
Purpose:
2014 Gold Winner:
Shelly Marshall
The MCNHR Graduate Student Research Poster Competition has been established to provide a forum to showcase the graduate student research that has
been recently completed or that is in progress. Theory or conceptual posters
not directly tied to a research project are not eligible for the MCNHR Annual
Graduate Student Poster Competition but are eligible for the Collaborative Research Day, “Making a Difference Together: Showcasing Collaborations in
Nursing and Health Research.”. The poster competition will be held in conjunction with events of the Dr. Helen Glass 2015 Researcher-in-Residence, Dr.
Cheryl Forchuk.
Eligibility:
The poster competition is open to all current or recent (within the last year)
graduate students in the College of Nursing or PhD program in Applied Health
Sciences, Interdisciplinary PhD, or PhD in Cancer Control whose academic
advisor is a member of the College of Nursing. To be eligible for an award,
graduate students must be present from May 12, 2015 from 8:30-10:30 for
judging of their poster.
Criteria for Evaluating Posters:
Judges will evaluate posters based on the following criteria:
 Appearance & organization
 Content/Scientific Merit Presentation
2014 Silver Winner:
Heather Campbell-Enns
Awards:
2014 Bronze Winner:
Ogechi Asagwara
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Three awards (Gold, Silver and Bronze) will be presented at the evening reception on May 13, 2015 at the Fort Garry Hotel before Dr. Forchuk’s public lecture. Each award winner will receive:
1. An award certificate for Gold, Silver and Bronze winners.
2. A bookstore gift certificate: Gold winner $500 gift certificate, Silver winner $300 gift certificate and Bronze winner $200 gift certificate
3. Their poster will be displayed as “Poster Award Winner” for duration of
Research-in-Residence Event
Photo of winner and publication of their name and photo as an award winner in
the College of Nursing newsletter, annual report and website
Deadline for application: April 1, 2015
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Research Making a Difference
Bev Temple
I am a researcher with St. Amant Research Centre and as such we have
very close working relationships with
St.Amant and all of the programs that
they offer to support people with developmental or intellectual disabilities. As part of my research program I
did a scoping review of “Pain in people with Intellectual Disabilities” with
service users and a graduate student
trainee at the time. As a result of finding a reliable pain assessment tool for
people with ID who are nonverbal, being used in practice in Israel, we have
decided to implement the use of the tool across several programs at St.Amant. We are incorporating
the knowledge translation strategies that have been found useful through other research to support the
best uptake of the pain assessment tool. The organization has embraced the use of the tool and feels
that we will prevent many episodes of misinterpreted challenging behaviour with better understanding
of current behaviours documented on the tool which will allow us to detect changes that may require
more intensive medical assessment. The physicians who work at the St.Amant as well as the medical
director have been involved to be sure that all those who will be using and addressing the needs of our
clients will be supportive of the change in practice.
Student Engagement Research: From Bench to Bedside
Dr. Joe Gordon is committed to providing quality research training opportunities through his lab space at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of
Manitoba where his work focusing on important bench research that provides the foundation for future bedside clinical care. Since his appointment
in the College of Nursing in 2012, Dr. Gordon has been pleased to offering
training opportunities for a total of 9 undergraduate and graduate students. In
2014, Dr. Gordon mentored third year undergraduate nursing student Andrian Ancheta who was the only nursing student award recipient of the University of Manitoba Undergraduate Student Research Award. In 2013, Dr. Gordon mentored two nursing students from Brazil who were part of the Science without Boarders Program,
and is very pleased to report that one of them, Simone Cristina da Silva Rosa has decided to return to the
University of Manitoba for graduates studies in the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences, College of Medicine where she can continue her studies under the supervisor of Dr. Gordon.
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Michelle Lobchuk
Since March 2013, Dr. Michelle Lobchuk has been an in-house
researcher at the UM College of Nursing/Grace Hospital Nursing Research and Knowledge Translation Unit. As well,
Michelle has plans to engage health sciences students, and academic and clinical research collaborators in various caregiver
communication studies in the newly constructed CFI-funded
CAre Lab (3rd floor Dorothy Wood). Dr. Lobchuk has mentored
and collaborated on several research projects at Grace Hospital. Two collaborations were funded by the Grace Hospital
Foundation Patient Research Award for studies on: nurse attitudes toward family care at Grace Hospital with co-investigator,
Leslie Dryburgh, Clinical Nurse Specialist and second, a multisite educational intervention to alter nurse attitudes toward mobile device use at the beside with University Librarians (Lori Giles-Smith, Principal Investigator and Christine Shaw-Daigle) and Grace Hospital (Andrea Spencer) and St. Boniface
(Ceceile Porter) Nurse Educators. Michelle also collaborated with Dr. Bev O'Connell
(Dean, College of Nursing) to conduct an evaluation of perceptions and changes that occurred as a result of the new bedside handover process on 3 medical units at Grace Hospital. Along with Grace Hospital nurse educators, Michelle actively participates in journal
clubs on how to read and appraise research with clinic staff. Michelle's aim is to continue
to foster research growth at Grace Hospital, Winnipeg West Integrated Health & Social
Services by engaging as a consultant or a collaborator on respective projects with a particular focus on meeting family caregiver support needs.
The MCNHR would like to share and showcase stories of how research is making a difference. We invite faculty to share with us any stories that can be featured in our Centre
newsletter and website.
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MCNHR Summer Internship Program
MCNHR Summer Internship Program: Student Applications
The MCNHR is now accepting applications from both undergraduate and graduate students for its
Summer Internship Program. Deadline February 28, 2015
MCNHR Summer Internship Program: Mentor/Project Applications
The MCNHR is now accepting applications for Mentors and Projects for the 2015 Summer Internship
Program (deadline March 15, 2015). We are very excited to expand the program this year to include
applications from both clinical and community partners and are pleased to continue to receive applications from our university partners. The Summer Internship program provides the opportunity for
interns and mentors to work collaboratively on one or more projects. The added value of this program
is that both the mentor and intern benefit from training, supervision, support and expertise provided
by the MCNHR as part of this program. Mentors must have funding available to support the employment of a summer intern ($2,500-10,000 depending on the number of days of work of intern support
being requested).
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