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Heather McDonald-Blumer
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Latest papers
Developing and Implementing an Entrustable Professional Activity for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in an Adult Rheumatology Residency: A Pilot Study.
The Journal of rheumatology · 2026
Lung transplantation and bone health: A narrative review.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · 2025
Impact of interactive multi-media learning for physicians in musculoskeletal education – a pilot study
BMC Medical Education · 2022
Latest funding
- $9,965
Updating the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Osteoporosis
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
11 publications.
Developing and Implementing an Entrustable Professional Activity for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in an Adult Rheumatology Residency: A Pilot Study.
Aboulenain S, Koppikar S, McDonald-Blumer H, Powell MF, Akhavan P, Zhou AL, Omar A, Lake S
Lung transplantation and bone health: A narrative review.
Rzepka AM, Tile L, Chow CW, McDonald-Blumer H, Chaparro C, Ridout R, Cheung AM
Impact of interactive multi-media learning for physicians in musculoskeletal education – a pilot study
Wadey V, Okoro T, Sathiyamoorthy T, Snowdon D, McDonald-Blumer H, Cividino A, Kopansky-Giles D, Levy D, Freeman R, Herold J
Understanding the Influence of the Junior Attending Role on Transition to Practice: A Qualitative Study.
Dunbar-Yaffe R, Wu PE, Kay T, Mylopoulos M, McDonald-Blumer H, Gold WL, Stroud L
Professional Responsibilities and Personal Impacts: Residents' Experiences as Participants in Education Research.
Devine LA, Ginsburg S, Stenfors T, Cil TD, McDonald-Blumer H, Walsh CM, Stroud L
Contextualizing Work-Based Assessments of Faculty and Residents: Is There a Relationship Between the Clinical Practice Environment and Assessments of Learners and Teachers?
Stroud L, Kulasegaram K, McDonald-Blumer H, Lorens E, St Amant L, Ginsburg S
Standardized patient simulation versus didactic teaching alone for improving residents' communication skills when discussing goals of care and resuscitation: A randomized controlled trial.
Downar J, McNaughton N, Abdelhalim T, Wong N, Lapointe-Shaw L, Seccareccia D, Miller K, Dev S, Ridley J, Lee C, Richardson L, McDonald-Blumer H, Knickle K
Alterations of bone mineral density, bone microarchitecture and strength in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computerized tomography and finite element analysis
Nisha Nigil Haroon, Éva Szabó, Janet Raboud, Heather McDonald-Blumer, Lydia Fung, Robert G. Josse, Robert Davies Inman, Angela Man-Wei Cheung
Odanacatib for the treatment of osteoporosis
Miranda K. Boggild, Olga Gajic‐Veljanoski, Heather McDonald-Blumer, Rowena Ridout, Lianne Tile, Robert G. Josse, Angela Man-Wei Cheung
Immunology for rheumatology residents: working toward a Canadian national curriculum consensus.
Chow SL, Herman-Kideckel S, Mahendira D, McDonald-Blumer H
Updating the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Osteoporosis
Principal investigators: Morin, Suzanne N
Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Falls; Fracture Risk Assessment; Fractures; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Synthesis; Musculoskeletal Health; Osteoporosis
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Shiphra Ginsburg and Lynfa Stroud: 12 shared papers
- Maria Mylopoulos and Kulamakan Kulasegaram: 10 shared papers
- Chung-Wai Chow and Cecilia Chaparro: 8 shared papers
- Angela Cheung and Lianne Tile: 8 shared papers
- Janet Raboud and Angela Cheung: 6 shared papers
- Chung-Wai Chow and Angela Cheung: 6 shared papers
- Angela Cheung and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 6 shared papers
- Catharine Walsh and Shiphra Ginsburg: 6 shared papers
- Douglas Archibald and Risa Freeman: 5 shared papers
- Kulamakan Kulasegaram and Risa Freeman: 5 shared papers
- Angela Cheung and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 3 shared papers
- Douglas Archibald and Kulamakan Kulasegaram: 3 shared papers
- Shiphra Ginsburg and Maria Mylopoulos: 3 shared papers
- Maria Mylopoulos and Risa Freeman: 3 shared papers
- Lynfa Stroud and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 3 shared papers
- Chung-Wai Chow and Lianne Tile: 2 shared papers
- Angela Cheung and Rowena Ridout: 2 shared papers
- Catharine Walsh and Maria Mylopoulos: 2 shared papers
- Shiphra Ginsburg and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 2 shared papers
- James Downar and Nancy McNaughton: 2 shared papers
- James Downar and Natalie Wong: 2 shared papers
- Kulamakan Kulasegaram and Lynfa Stroud: 2 shared papers
- Lianne Tile and Rowena Ridout: 2 shared papers
- Lianne Tile and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 2 shared papers
- Rowena Ridout and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 2 shared papers
- Alfred Cividino and Douglas Archibald: 1 shared paper
- Alfred Cividino and Risa Freeman: 1 shared paper
- Alfred Cividino and Dharini Mahendira: 1 shared paper
- Alfred Cividino and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Janet Raboud and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Chung-Wai Chow and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Angela Cheung and Cecilia Chaparro: 1 shared paper
- Douglas Archibald and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Catharine Walsh and Kulamakan Kulasegaram: 1 shared paper
- Catharine Walsh and Christie Lee: 1 shared paper
- Catharine Walsh and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Shiphra Ginsburg and Nancy McNaughton: 1 shared paper
- Shiphra Ginsburg and Christie Lee: 1 shared paper
- Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and James Downar: 1 shared paper
- Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Lisa Richardson: 1 shared paper
- Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Nancy McNaughton: 1 shared paper
- Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Natalie Wong: 1 shared paper
- Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Christie Lee: 1 shared paper
- Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- James Downar and Lisa Richardson: 1 shared paper
- James Downar and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Lisa Richardson and Kulamakan Kulasegaram: 1 shared paper
- Lisa Richardson and Natalie Wong: 1 shared paper
- Lisa Richardson and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Maria Mylopoulos and Richard Dunbar-Yaffe: 1 shared paper
- Maria Mylopoulos and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Kulamakan Kulasegaram and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Nancy McNaughton and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Risa Freeman and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Natalie Wong and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Cecilia Chaparro and Lianne Tile: 1 shared paper
- Cecilia Chaparro and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Lynfa Stroud and Richard Dunbar-Yaffe: 1 shared paper
- Richard Dunbar-Yaffe and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Christie Lee and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Christian Pagnoux and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Ahmed Omar and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Dharini Mahendira and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Paediatrics
- Family Medicine
- Biostatistics Division
- Department of Family & Community Medicine
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
- Clinical Public Health Division
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Angela Cheung
Department of Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Lynfa Stroud
Department of Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Angela Cheung
Health Policy and Management
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Lianne Tile
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Shiphra Ginsburg
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Rowena Ridout
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Veronica Wadey
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Catharine Walsh
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
James Downar
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Lisa Richardson
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Tulin Cil
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Maria Mylopoulos
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Kulamakan Kulasegaram
Department of Family & Community Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Nancy McNaughton
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Risa Freeman
Clinical Public Health Division
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Tarek Abdelhalim
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Samar Aboulenain
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Natalie Wong
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Cecilia Chaparro
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Shelly Dev
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
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