Compassionate Health Technology:
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We fund projects that improve the delivery of compassionate care and build healthcare's future leaders.

Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCS) and next-gen tech

Partner: Open Lab, University Health Network (UHN)

Contrary to popular belief, seniors are increasingly comfortable using technology and expect to engage with it to access care. See the three areas where technology is critical to progress in this field, and consider how we’ll get there.

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Exploring the implications of artificial intelligence in healthcare

Partner: Dr. James Shaw

James’s project involved bringing a responsible-innovation approach to healthcare’s growing interest in artificial intelligence (AI).

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How do we assess the effectiveness of teaching compassionate, person-centered care in medical faculties?

Dr. Aylet Kuper

PT, PhD

Award: Thematic grant (2018 and 2016) and Fellowship (2012)

Co-sponsor: University of Toronto

Themes:

  • Assessment and evaluation
  • Medical education and curricula
  • Person-centered care

Although we’re starting to understand how to teach compassion, we still don’t know how to tell if medical students and physicians have learned this and if our teaching has been effective. The goal of this grant was to consider how to make such evaluations.

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Using technology to deliver compassionate mental health care

Dr. Gillian Strudwick

RN, PhD

Award: Phoenix Project Fellowship (2018)

Co-sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

The goal of Gillian’s fellowship was to identify how we can use technology to deliver compassionate care in mental health settings.

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Creating compassionate communities within pediatrics

Dr. Beata Batorowicz & Dr. Lucie Pelland

MScOT, PhD & PhD, PT (Reg ON)

Award: Phoenix Project Fellowship (2018)

Co-sponsor: Queen’s University

Themes:

  • Patient data
  • Patient/family/caregiver voices
  • Wearable technology

This project involved using wearable technology to capture children’s stories of the barriers they face in their daily lives. By capturing their stories in real-time and in their own words, the project provided useful data. That data was shared with rehabilitation and engineering students within virtual reality environments.

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Advance care planning (ACP) for older adults with dementia

Dr. Linda Lee

MD, CCFP(COE), FCFP, MCLSC(FM)

Award: Phoenix Project Fellowship (2018)

Co-sponsor: The Centre for Family Medicine, Family Health Team

Themes:

  • Person-centered care

Linda designed her fellowship to help frontline healthcare workers improve timely, sensitive, person-centred advance care planning (ACP).  In particular, she was interested in how to offer ACP to older adults with dementia and include their care partners.

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Exploring the implications of artificial intelligence in healthcare

Dr. James Shaw

PT, PhD

Award: Phoenix Project Fellowship (2018)

Co-sponsor: Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care

Themes:

  • Artificial intelligence

James’s project involved bringing a responsible-innovation approach to healthcare’s growing interest in artificial intelligence (AI).

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Developing character-based leadership in medical education

Dr. Nabil Sultan

MD, FRCPC, MEd

Award: Phoenix Project Fellowship (2018)

Co-sponsor: Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry

Themes:

  • Leadership development
  • Medical education and curricula

Nabil’s fellowship focused on nurturing compassionate care using character-based leadership (CBL). CBL is a leadership education approach that stresses a commitment to values and principles in the face of everyday situational pressures.

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