The UVic Research Unit is centred on three objectives: Pioneer and generate new ideas about pedagogy, advocacy, leadership, and research; connect, collaborate and communicate with partners, communities, and civil society on those topics; and support and sustain innovation.
By Jae-Yung KwonOne of the top global healthcare challenges is providing evidence-based care; however, studies consistently show that 70% of what clinicians do is not based on evidence (AHRQ, 2015), with only aslight improvement in the most recent 2019 report....
by Dr. Nancy Clark: Twentypercent of British Columbians are racialized immigrants or refugees and suicide is ten times more likely amongst racialized immigrants and refugees. (Hansson,et al 2012) The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and Social...
Five School of Nursing students received the 2020 Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award and presented their posters on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in the Michele Pujol Room.The goal of this award is to encourage undergraduates to pursue innovative and original...
By Susan Duncan and Nora WhyteBeyond Healthcare to Health was the theme of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress held in Singapore from June 27 to July 1, 2019. We were pleased to be among the diverse group ofover 5,300 nurses from 120 countries...
Update from the JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review Training Program May 2020:Providing leadership for those to follow, the University of Victoria Centre for Evidence Informed Nursing and Healthcare hosted the JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review training program...
By Courtney EllisAccess to comprehensive, continuous primary care is a challenge throughout Canada and BC is no exception. In Victoria, BC, it is virtually impossibleto find a family doctor if you need one, there are hour long waits at many walk-in clinics...
I would like you to imagine for a moment that you have just been diagnosed with a failing heart. Your heart is not pumping blood to the rest of the body as it should, and for the rest of your lifeyou will be learning how to deal with breathlessness, fatigue,...
Traditionally Nurses’ Week messages are full of images of smiling, caring nurses who are referred to as the “most trusted” health professionals. This year I challenge each and every one of you to find out more about the work that professional nurses do...
Last week, I was standing in aroom full of health care professionals networking when I introduced myself to a fellow nurse. I found myself anxiously waiting for that awkward moment I so often experience after introducing myselfas a nurse informatician. Typically,...
Morning alley, downtown east sideIn the last three years alone, the overdose crisis has caused more than 10,000 deaths in Canada. Overdose-related deaths reached an alarming rate in 2016 in BritishColumbia (BC) at which point the province was forced to declare...
