Simon Kitto, University of Ottawa

Research

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Ethnography Family Involvement In Care Healthcare Professional Behaviour Change Intensive Care Units Interviews Patient Centered Care

Latest papers

Teaching excellence, the hidden curriculum and complexity: an international comparative case study of two medical schools.
Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2025 · first author
Punctuated Entropy in the ICU During COVID-19: Team Nursing and Burnout.
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2025 · first author
Setting up and operationalizing a health professions education research (HPER) unit: AMEE Guide No.170.
Medical teacher · 2025 · first author

All 80 publications

Latest funding

Interprofessional non-technical skills for pandemic preparedness: an in-depth analysis of staff needs in intensive care during COVID-19
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,916
Does One Size Fit All? The Implications of Gender for OR Team Performance, Teamwork Interventions, and Equitable Patient Outcomes.
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$448,848
The implementation of a family and patient involvement tool in Intensive Care Units In Ontario
CIHR · 2015 · Nominated PI
$200,000

All 4 grants and awards

80 publications.

01

Teaching excellence, the hidden curriculum and complexity: an international comparative case study of two medical schools.

Kitto S, Fantaye AW, Liu J, Lochnan H, Hendry P, Whiting S, Wiesenfeld L, Cleland J

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2025First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-025-10411-0 PMID: 40138075

02

Punctuated Entropy in the ICU During COVID-19: Team Nursing and Burnout.

Kitto S, Alexanian J, Vanderspank-Wright B, Xyrichis A

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/08445621251336445 PMID: 40296560

03

Setting up and operationalizing a health professions education research (HPER) unit: AMEE Guide No.170.

Kitto S, Fantaye AW, You Y, Van Schalkwyk S, Cleland J

Medical teacher2025First author

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2024.2387157 PMID: 39110857

04

Teaching Observation as a Faculty Development Tool in Medical Education: A Scoping Review.

Kitto S, Danilovich N, Rowland P, Leslie K, Hendry P, Hodgson A, Fantaye A, Lochnan H

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions2024First author

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000523 PMID: 37466351

05

Family Member Experiences in Intensive Care Units Care: Insights From a Family Involvement Tool Implementation Trial.

Alexanian J, Fraser I, Smith O, Kitto S

Qualitative health research2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/10497323241226678 PMID: 38340036

06

How Surgeons Think to Avoid Error: A Case Study of the Neurovascular Bundle Sparing During a Robotic Prostatectomy.

Lusty A, Alexanian J, Kitto S, Wood T, Lavallée LT, Morash C, Cagiannos I, Breau RH, Raîche I

Journal of surgical education2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.01.009 PMID: 38490802

07

Grappling with Context: Moving Beyond Theorizing to Measuring Its Effects on Workplace Competency and Unintended Consequences.

Kitto S

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions2024First author

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000548 PMID: 38261538

08

Rethinking Context in Continuing Professional Development: From Identifying Barriers to Understanding Social Dynamics.

Wong R, Kitto S

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000543 PMID: 38054488

09

The evidence base for interprofessional education within health professions education: A protocol for an update review.

Kitto S, Wondwossen Fantaye A, Davies N, McFadyen AK, Rivera J, Birch I, Barr H, Fletcher S, Fournier K, Xyrichis A

Journal of interprofessional care2023First author

DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2097651 PMID: 36031805

10

What do we talk about when we talk about "equipoise"? Stakeholder interviews assessing the use of equipoise in clinical research ethics.

Dewar B, Chevrier S, De Meulemeester J, Fedyk M, Rodriguez R, Kitto S, Saginur R, Shamy M

Trials2023

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07221-3 PMID: 36934250

Interprofessional non-technical skills for pandemic preparedness: an in-depth analysis of staff needs in intensive care during COVID-19

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: Kitto, Simon

Keywords: COVID-19; teamwork; interprofessional; education

$24,916

Does One Size Fit All? The Implications of Gender for OR Team Performance, Teamwork Interventions, and Equitable Patient Outcomes.

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Team Grant: Impact of Gender on Knowledge Translation Interventions

Principal investigators: Boet, Sylvain

Keywords: Gender And Teamwork; Gender In Medicine; Knowledge Translation; Operating Room Teamwork; Patient Equity; Patient Outcomes; Patient Safety; Surgical Patients

$448,848

The implementation of a family and patient involvement tool in Intensive Care Units In Ontario

Nominated PICIHR2015Operating Grant: Knowledge to Action

Principal investigators: Kitto, Simon C; Hayes, Christopher W

Keywords: Ethnography; Family Involvement In Care; Healthcare Professional Behaviour Change; Intensive Care Units; Interviews; Patient Centered Care

$200,000

Promoting implementation of evidence-based care

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Grimshaw, Jeremy M

Keywords: Behavioural Science; Cluster Randomised Trials; Complex Interventions; Health Services Research; Implementation Research; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Knowledge Synthesis; Knowledge Translation; Quality Improvement; Quasi Experimental Studies

$2,128,006

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

Department of Medicine
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Family Medicine
Nursing
Innovation in Medical Education
Clinical Epidemiology
Medicine
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.

Paul Hendry

Clinical Epidemiology

10 shared papers, latest 2025

Craig Campbell

Faculty

8 shared papers, latest 2021

Joanne Goldman

Department of Medicine

6 shared papers, latest 2018

Justin Presseau

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

5 shared papers, latest 2021

Tanya Horsley

Family Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2015

Mary Bell

Faculty

4 shared papers, latest 2015

Sharon Whiting

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Robert Wu

Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2018

Sylvain Boet

Anesthesiology

3 shared papers, latest 2021

Kathleen Macmillan

Nursing

3 shared papers, latest 2018

Cole Etherington

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Raphael Saginur

Department of Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Sukhbir Singh

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Michel Shamy

Department of Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Ian Colman

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Jeremy Grimshaw

Department of Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2018

Scott Reeves

Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Craig Campbell

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Simon Hatcher

Psychiatry

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Dar Dowlatshahi

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Gary Viner

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Karen Leslie

Department of Paediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Elise Paradis

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Craig Campbell

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Justin Presseau

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Arija Birze

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Myles Leslie

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Justin Presseau

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2018

David Price

Centre for Urban Health Solutions

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Allyn E Walsh

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Ilias Cagiannos

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Ethnography Dear Professor Kitto, 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 "Teaching excellence, the hidden curriculum and complexity: an international comparative case study of two medical schools." (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 SSHRC-funded project "Interprofessional non-technical skills for pandemic preparedness: an in-depth analysis of staff needs in intensive care during COVID-19" (2020), 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]