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1 MANITOBA CENTRE FOR NURSING AND HEALTH RESEARCH D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T F E B R U A R Y D R. D I A N A C L A R K E Message from the Director D I R E C T O R & A S S O C I A T E D E A N, R E S E A R C H Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba 89 Curry Place Winnipeg, MB R2T 2N2 Tel: Fax: mcnhr@cc.umanitoba.ca This report showcases the many accomplishments of the MCNHR and its members since our last report in September 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!

2 D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T P A G E 2 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 Miriam Gonzalez our team to further compliment her skills in research and program evaluations 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 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. Monica Kolomic Julie Anne Navea 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

3 D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T P A G E 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 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

4 D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T P A G E 4 MAKING A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER: SHOWCASING COLLABORATIONS IN NURSING AND HEALTH RESEARCH 2015 Collaborative Research Day May 11, 2015 Fort Garry Hotel Program Highlights: 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 Poster session showcasing research and quality improvement projects Seeding Ideas for Collaborative Teams: Roundtable discussions Opportunities for networking, dialogue and exchange Registration Costs: Early Registration (by March 31) - $ plus GST* Regular Registration - $ plus GST Student Registration - $75.00 plus GST Call for Abstracts: Deadline March 1, 2015 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).

5 D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T P A G E 5 MCNHR Outreach 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. 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. 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.

6 D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T P A G E 6 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), Annette Schultz for her article titled Researcher to study Indigenous heart health was featured in UMTODAY on September 17, Annette Schultz; Karen Throndson; Robin Brownlie; Catherine Cook; Randall Fransoo; Farrukh Hussain; Alan Katz; Elizabeth McGibbon; Thang Nguyen; Jo- Ann 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 Two- Eyed 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.

7 D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T P A G E 7 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, from Covenant Health and $89, (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,

8 D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T P A G E 8 MCNHR 2015 Research Grant Competition: The MCNHR is pleased to launch its 2015 Research Grant Competition including the following grants: 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: 20Grants.html Important news for 2015! 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.

9 P A G E 9 Engaging Students in Research MCNHR Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition May 12, :30-10:30 Atrium, Helen Glass Centre for Nursing 2014 Gold Winner: Shelly Marshall Purpose: 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 Silver Winner: Heather Campbell-Enns 2014 Bronze Winner: Ogechi Asagwara Criteria for Evaluating Posters: Judges will evaluate posters based on the following criteria: Appearance & organization Content/Scientific Merit Presentation Awards: 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

10 D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T P A G E 10 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.

11 P A G E 11 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.

12 D I R E C T O R S R E P O R T P A G E 12 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).