Christine Shea, University of Toronto

Research

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Patient-centered care Health services and systems Organizational behaviour Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care Health care safety and quality improvement Change management

Latest papers

Equity in action: a scoping review and meta-framework for embedding equity in quality improvement.
BMJ quality & safety · 2026
Scoping review of patient and family engagement interventions in diagnosis: a paradox of too much, yet so little.
BMJ quality & safety · 2026
Using the CARD system for university-based pop-up vaccination clinics: A two-stage hybrid effectiveness-implementation study.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Wellness and the Architecture of Public Health Education
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$68,405

All 1 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Equity in action: a scoping review and meta-framework for embedding equity in quality improvement.

Burra TA, Auguste B, Lo L, Durowaye T, Dawit H, Fung S, Shea C, Rodak T, Ramji N, Sockalingam S, Wong BM

BMJ quality & safety2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2024-018335 PMID: 40081889

02

Scoping review of patient and family engagement interventions in diagnosis: a paradox of too much, yet so little.

Hill MA, Haskell H, Dainty KN, Kuluski K, Shea C, Heimlich L, Kazi S, Sochaniwskyj M, Priore A, Mason TLM, Coppinger T, Isani S, Scala N, Shearkhani S, Kazi S, Giardina TD, Miller KE, Smith KM, Patient-Partnered Diagnostic Center of Excellence

BMJ quality & safety2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2025-019145 PMID: 41436174

03

Using the CARD system for university-based pop-up vaccination clinics: A two-stage hybrid effectiveness-implementation study.

Gudzak V, Logeman C, Crown N, Ilersich ANT, Folinas M, McMurtry CM, Bucci LM, Shea C, Shah V, Boon H, Katz J, Dolovich L, Taddio A

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2025

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2509484 PMID: 40773168

04

Senior Hospital Physician Leaders' Perspectives on Factors That Impact Physician Engagement: A Qualitative Interview Study.

Simard J, Shea C, Cho V, Perrier L, Prokopy M, Moshirzadeh E, Sodhi S, Karsan A, Perreira TA

Journal of healthcare leadership2023

DOI: 10.2147/jhl.s424741 PMID: 37605754

05

Integration of CARD (Comfort Ask Relax Distract) for COVID-19 community pharmacy vaccination in children: Effect on implementation outcomes.

Taddio A, Morrison J, Gudzak V, Logeman C, McMurtry CM, Bucci LM, Shea C, MacDonald NE, Yang M

Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPC2023

DOI: 10.1177/17151635221139783 PMID: 36748084

06

Interprofessional and multiprofessional approaches in quality improvement education.

Goldman J, Kuper A, Whitehead C, Baker GR, Bulmer B, Coffey M, Shea C, Jeffs L, Shojania K, Wong B

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2021

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-020-10004-z PMID: 33113055

07

Experiential Learning in Project-Based Quality Improvement Education: Questioning Assumptions and Identifying Future Directions.

Goldman J, Kuper A, Baker GR, Bulmer B, Coffey M, Jeffs L, Shea C, Whitehead C, Shojania KG, Wong B

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges2020

DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000003203 PMID: 32079957

Wellness and the Architecture of Public Health Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gesink, Dionne

Keywords: public health education; wellness and well-being; eco-social approach; equity-approach; mindfulness; systems thinking; Indigenous ways of knowing and doing; mixed methods

$68,405

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
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Pharmacy Practice
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Health Policy, Management & Evaluation
Clinical Public Health Division
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Patient-centered care Dear Professor Shea, 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 "Equity in action: a scoping review and meta-framework for embedding equity in quality improvement." (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.] 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]