Bruce Wright, University of Calgary

Research

Addictions Child And Adolescent Health Information Management Home And Community-Based Care Mental Health Comparative Effectiveness Emergency Department Implementation Science

Latest papers

A National Survey of Caregiver Needs and Experiences When Attending the Emergency Department
Pediatric Emergency Care · 2025
Cognitive load imposed by knobology may adversely affect learners' perception of utility in using ultrasonography to learn physical examination skills, but not anatomy.
Anatomical sciences education · 2015
Filling in the gaps of clerkship with a comprehensive clinical skills curriculum.
Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2014

All 31 publications

Latest funding

A Multi-Disciplinary, Patient-Partnered, Pan-Canadian, Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of an Innovative Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care Bundle
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$3,000,000
Implementing Innovative Models of Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$99,999

All 2 grants and awards

31 publications.

01

A National Survey of Caregiver Needs and Experiences When Attending the Emergency Department

Ali S, Rahimi A, Rajagopal M, Ma K, Yaskina M, Clerc P, Stang A, Beer D, Poonai N, Kam A

Pediatric Emergency Care20253 citations

DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000003327

02

Cognitive load imposed by knobology may adversely affect learners' perception of utility in using ultrasonography to learn physical examination skills, but not anatomy.

Jamniczky HA, McLaughlin K, Kaminska ME, Raman M, Somayaji R, Wright B, Ma IW

Anatomical sciences education2015

DOI: 10.1002/ase.1467 PMID: 24903679

03

Filling in the gaps of clerkship with a comprehensive clinical skills curriculum.

Veale P, Carson J, Coderre S, Woloschuk W, Wright B, McLaughlin K

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2014

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-014-9496-6 PMID: 24510325

04

How do medical students form impressions of the effectiveness of classroom teachers?

Rannelli L, Coderre S, Paget M, Woloschuk W, Wright B, McLaughlin K

Medical education2014

DOI: 10.1111/medu.12420 PMID: 25039739

05

Estimation of post-test probabilities by residents: Bayesian reasoning versus heuristics?

Hall S, Phang SH, Schaefer JP, Ghali W, Wright B, McLaughlin K

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2014

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-013-9485-1 PMID: 24449125

06

The emotional and cognitive impact of unexpected simulated patient death: a randomized controlled trial.

Fraser K, Huffman J, Ma I, Sobczak M, McIlwrick J, Wright B, McLaughlin K

Chest2014

DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-0987 PMID: 24158305

07

Comparing the performance in family medicine residencies of graduates from longitudinal integrated clerkships and rotation-based clerkships.

Woloschuk W, Myhre D, Jackson W, McLaughlin K, Wright B

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000000113 PMID: 24362378

08

Diagnostic performance 1 h after simulation training predicts learning.

Consoli A, Fraser K, Ma I, Sobczak M, Wright B, McLaughlin K

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2013

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9431-7 PMID: 23184437

09

Rater variables associated with ITER ratings.

Paget M, Wu C, McIlwrick J, Woloschuk W, Wright B, McLaughlin K

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2013

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9391-y PMID: 22777161

10

In-group bias in residency selection.

Bass A, Wu C, Schaefer JP, Wright B, McLaughlin K

Medical teacher2013

DOI: 10.3109/0142159x.2013.801937 PMID: 23805954

A Multi-Disciplinary, Patient-Partnered, Pan-Canadian, Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of an Innovative Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care Bundle

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Freedman, Stephen B; Stang, Antonia S; Stubbs, Michael D; Wasylak, Tracy J; Wright, Bruce; Berthelot, Simon; Cherry, Jonathan; Eltorki, Mohamed; Finkelstein, Yaron; Gagnon, Isabelle; Joubert, Gary I; Lipman, Ellen L; Macdonald, Lee; Mater, Ahmed; Newton, Mandi S; Porter, Robert; Rasiah, Jananee; Sareen, Jitender; Sawyer, Scott; Taljaard, Monica

Keywords: Addictions; Child And Adolescent; Comparative Effectiveness; Emergency Department; Health Information Management; Home And Community-Based Care; Implementation Science; Mental Health; Patient Oriented Research; Patient Priorities

$3,000,000

Implementing Innovative Models of Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: SPOR iCT Rewarding Success - Development Grants - Alberta

Principal investigators: Freedman, Stephen B; Mikrogianakis, Angelo; Stubbs, Michael D; Wright, Bruce; Chan, Kevin J; Klassen, Terry P; MacMaster, Frank P; Newton, Mandi S; Rittenbach, Kay; Taljaard, Monica

Keywords: Addictions; Child And Adolescent; Emergency; Health Information Management; Health Workforce; Home And Community-Based Care; Mental Health

$99,999

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Pediatrics
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Medicine
Pediatrics and Child Health
Community Health Sciences
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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2019

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Addictions Dear Professor Wright, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "A National Survey of Caregiver Needs and Experiences When Attending the Emergency Department" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "A Multi-Disciplinary, Patient-Partnered, Pan-Canadian, Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of an Innovative Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care Bundle" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]