Gillian Sheppard, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

Health Services Inclusive Research Outreach Sex And Gender Science

Latest papers

A bidirectional virtual teaching platform for postgraduate Point-of-Care Ultrasound training: a proof-of-concept study.
Canadian medical education journal · 2026
POCUS literature primer: key papers on first-trimester pregnancy and scrotal POCUS
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine · 2026
First Trimester Point of Care Ultrasound: Imaging Features and Review Behaviors Associated With Diagnostic Accuracy.
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025 · first author

All 26 publications

Latest funding

Half the Population, just 7% of the Funding: The Sex and Gender Health Gap An Engaging, Bilingual Educational Documentary
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 1 grants and awards

26 publications.

01

A bidirectional virtual teaching platform for postgraduate Point-of-Care Ultrasound training: a proof-of-concept study.

Ralhan A, Jacques Q, MacDonald A, Sheppard G, Rogers P, Stone-McLean J

Canadian medical education journal2026

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.79704 PMID: 42436921

02

POCUS literature primer: key papers on first-trimester pregnancy and scrotal POCUS

Fagnant M, Heslop CL, Chenkin J, Thavanathan R, Lalande E, Skitch S, Atkinson P, Bell CR, Myslik F, Lewis D

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine20261 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01112-7

03

First Trimester Point of Care Ultrasound: Imaging Features and Review Behaviors Associated With Diagnostic Accuracy.

Sheppard G, Stolz L, Boyd JS, Pusic M, Baez J, Minges P, Swarm M, Hilbert M, O'Brien M, Harris K, Varner C, LeBlanc C, Boutis K

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/acem.70094 PMID: 40641453

04

Authorship equity in The Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine: an analysis of articles between 2000 and 2019.

Gardner D, Byrne A, Sheppard G

CJEM2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00965-8 PMID: 40804583

05

Effectiveness of a Web-Based Training Intervention in Teaching Emergency Physicians First-Trimester Point-of-Care Ultrasound Image Interpretation.

Stolz L, Sheppard G, Boyd J, Baez J, Minges P, Pusic M, Swarm M, Hilbert M, O'Brien M, Harris K, Varner C, LeBlanc C, Boutis K

Annals of emergency medicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.01.005 PMID: 39985553

06

Rural Canadian emergency physician experiences using point-of-care ultrasound.

Andani R, Jacques Q, Yi Y, Jelic T, Micks T, Bradbury-Squires D, Stone-McLean J, Parsons M, Sheppard G

CJEM2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00829-7 PMID: 39776068

07

Response to the Commentary on Sheppard et al.'s Study of First Trimester POCUS Behaviors.

Sheppard G, Boutis K, Pusic M

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/acem.70120 PMID: 40772807

08

POCUS literature primer: key papers on aorta and deep vein thrombosis POCUS

Kim DJ, Jelic T, Heslop CL, Newbigging J, Skitch S, Burwash-Brennan T, Sheppard G, Chenkin J, Thavanathan R, Bell CR

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine20251 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00865-x

09

CAEP position statement on pregnancy and parental leave: executive summary

Brennan E, Caners K, Bennett Heyd C, Kernick A, McIlveen-Brown E, Pardhan A, Pham C, Raymond-Dufresne É, Sheppard G, Shoichet H

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine2025

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00901-w

10

Canadian association of emergency physicians emergency ultrasound committee best practice recommendations on point-of-care ultrasound disinfection.

Bell C, Sheppard G, Andani R, Katz N, Kim DJ

CJEM2024

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00652-0 PMID: 38289565

Half the Population, just 7% of the Funding: The Sex and Gender Health Gap An Engaging, Bilingual Educational Documentary

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Swift-Gallant, Ashlyn; Balsom, Ashley A; Byrne, Alyson; Cahill, Lindsay; Savas, Sevtap; Sheppard, Gillian A

Keywords: Health Services; Inclusive Research; Outreach; Sex And Gender Science

$50,000

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

Medicine
Family Medicine
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Department of Medicine
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Michael Woo

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Jason Profetto

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Kirsten Johnson

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Marcia Clark

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Kelly Van Diepen

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Health Services Dear Professor Sheppard, 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 bidirectional virtual teaching platform for postgraduate Point-of-Care Ultrasound training: a proof-of-concept study." (2026), 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 "Half the Population, just 7% of the Funding: The Sex and Gender Health Gap An Engaging, Bilingual Educational Documentary" (2025), 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]

Gillian Sheppard

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A bidirectional virtual teaching platform for postgraduate Point-of-Care Ultrasound training: a proof-of-concept study.

POCUS literature primer: key papers on first-trimester pregnancy and scrotal POCUS

First Trimester Point of Care Ultrasound: Imaging Features and Review Behaviors Associated With Diagnostic Accuracy.

Authorship equity in The Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine: an analysis of articles between 2000 and 2019.

Effectiveness of a Web-Based Training Intervention in Teaching Emergency Physicians First-Trimester Point-of-Care Ultrasound Image Interpretation.

Rural Canadian emergency physician experiences using point-of-care ultrasound.

Response to the Commentary on Sheppard et al.'s Study of First Trimester POCUS Behaviors.

POCUS literature primer: key papers on aorta and deep vein thrombosis POCUS

CAEP position statement on pregnancy and parental leave: executive summary

Canadian association of emergency physicians emergency ultrasound committee best practice recommendations on point-of-care ultrasound disinfection.

Half the Population, just 7% of the Funding: The Sex and Gender Health Gap An Engaging, Bilingual Educational Documentary

Frequent collaborators

Teresa Chan

Alim Pardhan

Alyson Byrne

Steven Skitch

Ian Buchanan

Michael Woo

Jason Profetto

Kirsten Johnson

Adam Dubrowski

Katrina Hurley

Marcia Clark

Carolyn Snider

Keerat Grewal

Kelly Van Diepen

Gillian Sheppard

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A bidirectional virtual teaching platform for postgraduate Point-of-Care Ultrasound training: a proof-of-concept study.

POCUS literature primer: key papers on first-trimester pregnancy and scrotal POCUS

First Trimester Point of Care Ultrasound: Imaging Features and Review Behaviors Associated With Diagnostic Accuracy.

Authorship equity in The Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine: an analysis of articles between 2000 and 2019.

Effectiveness of a Web-Based Training Intervention in Teaching Emergency Physicians First-Trimester Point-of-Care Ultrasound Image Interpretation.

Rural Canadian emergency physician experiences using point-of-care ultrasound.

Response to the Commentary on Sheppard et&#xa0;al.'s Study of First Trimester POCUS Behaviors.

POCUS literature primer: key papers on aorta and deep vein thrombosis POCUS

CAEP position statement on pregnancy and parental leave: executive summary

Canadian association of emergency physicians emergency ultrasound committee best practice recommendations on point-of-care ultrasound disinfection.

Half the Population, just 7% of the Funding: The Sex and Gender Health Gap An Engaging, Bilingual Educational Documentary

Frequent collaborators

Teresa Chan

Alim Pardhan

Alyson Byrne

Steven Skitch

Ian Buchanan

Michael Woo

Jason Profetto

Kirsten Johnson

Adam Dubrowski

Katrina Hurley

Marcia Clark

Carolyn Snider

Keerat Grewal

Kelly Van Diepen

Response to the Commentary on Sheppard et al.'s Study of First Trimester POCUS Behaviors.