Mike Kekewich, University of Ottawa

Research

Capacity Building Education Healthcare Ethics

Latest papers

A framework for critical care triage during a major surge in critical illness
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia · 2022
Improving family access to dying patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2021 · senior author
How We Can Improve the Quality of Care for Patients Requesting Medical Assistance in Dying: A Qualitative Study of Health Care Providers
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 2021

All 5 publications

Latest funding

A mixed-methods study to develop a jurisdiction-level resource allocation framework to guide the use of triage and triage-avoidant strategies during an overwhelming surge in demand for critical and acute care.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$499,944
2012 Champlain LHIN Ethics Education Program Scholarships
CIHR · 2012 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Models of Health Care Ethics Service for Iqaluit
CIHR · 2011 · Principal investigator
$7,401

All 4 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

A framework for critical care triage during a major surge in critical illness

Downar J, Smith MJ, Godkin D, Frolic A, Bean S, Bensimon C, Bernard C, Huska M, Kekewich M, Ondrusek N

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia202215 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-022-02231-2

02

Improving family access to dying patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Downar J, Kekewich M

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(21)00025-4 PMID: 33450203

03

How We Can Improve the Quality of Care for Patients Requesting Medical Assistance in Dying: A Qualitative Study of Health Care Providers

Oczkowski SJW, Crawshaw D, Austin P, Versluis D, Kalles-Chan G, Kekewich M, Curran D, Miller PQ, Kelly M, Wiebe E

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management202139 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.08.018

04

Provision of medical assistance in dying: a scoping review

Zworth M, Saleh C, Ball I, Kalles G, Chkaroubo A, Kekewich M, Miller PQ, Dees M, Frolic A, Oczkowski S

BMJ Open202049 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036054

05

The provision of medical assistance in dying: protocol for a scoping review

Oczkowski SJW, Ball I, Saleh C, Kalles G, Chkaroubo A, Kekewich M, Miller P, Dees M, Frolic A

BMJ Open20179 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017888

A mixed-methods study to develop a jurisdiction-level resource allocation framework to guide the use of triage and triage-avoidant strategies during an overwhelming surge in demand for critical and acute care.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Downar, James; Isenberg, Sarina R; McVicar, Jason; Tanuseputro, Peter

Keywords: Critical Care; Ethics; Health Services Research; Triage

$499,944

2012 Champlain LHIN Ethics Education Program Scholarships

Principal investigatorCIHR2012Dissemination Events - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Foreman, Thomas; Kekewich, Mike

Keywords: Capacity Building; Education; Healthcare Ethics

$25,000

Models of Health Care Ethics Service for Iqaluit

Principal investigatorCIHR2011Dissemination Events - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Foreman, Thomas; Kekewich, Mike

Keywords: Ethics Committee; Ethics Programming; Ethics Research; Health Care Ethics

$7,401

Ethics Education Program Scholarships

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Dissemination Events - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Foreman, Thomas; Kekewich, Mike

Keywords: Capacity Building; Ethics Networking; Health Care Ethics; Knowledge Transfer

$25,000

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
Clinical Public Health Division
Family Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Nursing
Earth, Environment & Society
Other

Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Andrea Frolic

Family Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2022

Ian Ball

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Jennifer Gibson

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Sally Bean

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Nancy Ondrusek

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Ross Upshur

Earth, Environment & Society

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Carrie Bernard

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Capacity Building Dear Professor Kekewich, 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 framework for critical care triage during a major surge in critical illness" (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]

Mike Kekewich

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A framework for critical care triage during a major surge in critical illness

Improving family access to dying patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How We Can Improve the Quality of Care for Patients Requesting Medical Assistance in Dying: A Qualitative Study of Health Care Providers

Provision of medical assistance in dying: a scoping review

The provision of medical assistance in dying: protocol for a scoping review

A mixed-methods study to develop a jurisdiction-level resource allocation framework to guide the use of triage and triage-avoidant strategies during an overwhelming surge in demand for critical and acute care.

2012 Champlain LHIN Ethics Education Program Scholarships

Models of Health Care Ethics Service for Iqaluit

Ethics Education Program Scholarships

Frequent collaborators

Andrea Frolic

Simon Oczkowski

Paul Miller

James Downar

Ian Ball

Carol Saleh

Jennifer Gibson

Dianne Godkin

Sally Bean

Nancy Ondrusek

Ross Upshur

Carrie Bernard