Thomas Hack, University of Calgary

Research

Compassion Health Services Quality Care Advancing Illness Education Older Adults Palliative Approach Patient-Centred

Latest funding

The Development and Evaluation of An Evidence-informed, Competency-based, Accredited Compassion Training Program for Healthcare Providers Caring for Older Adults-The EnACT Study
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$745,875
Development and Validation of a Patient-Reported Measure of Compassionate Care
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$638,356
Understanding Compassion: An empirical approach to cancer patients perspectives and experiences of compassion at the end of life.
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$88,410

The Development and Evaluation of An Evidence-informed, Competency-based, Accredited Compassion Training Program for Healthcare Providers Caring for Older Adults-The EnACT Study

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sinclair, Shane A; Hack, Thomas F; Roze des Ordons, Amanda L

Keywords: Advancing Illness; Compassion; Education; Health Services; Older Adults; Palliative Approach; Patient-Centred; Patient-Oriented Research; Quality Care; Training

$745,875

Development and Validation of a Patient-Reported Measure of Compassionate Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sinclair, Shane A; Hack, Thomas F; Sawatzky, Richard

Keywords: Compassion; Health Services; Integrated Palliative Care; Life-Limiting Illness; Measure Development; Measurement Validation; Patient Centred; Patient Orientated Research; Psychosocial; Quality Care

$638,356

Understanding Compassion: An empirical approach to cancer patients perspectives and experiences of compassion at the end of life.

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Sinclair, Shane A

Keywords: Cancer; Clinical Care; Communication; Compassion; End Of Life; Grounded Theory; Palliative Care; Qualitative

$88,410

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

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Compassion Dear Professor Hack, 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]. Your research on compassion 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 "The Development and Evaluation of An Evidence-informed, Competency-based, Accredited Compassion Training Program for Healthcare Providers Caring for Older Adults-The EnACT Study" (2021), 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]