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Paula Rowland

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Occupational Science & Occupational TherapyUniversity of Toronto

Paula Rowland

Assistant Professor

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (4 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Publications

176

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Education

PhD, Human and Organizational Systems
MA, Human and Organizational Systems
MA, Leadership Studies
BHSc, Occupational Therapy
HBSc, Biology-Psychology

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Research

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Digital Technologies Professional Regulation

Latest papers

A time to rethink CPD for the virtual space: using the lens of situational analysis to draw a connection between practices in a virtual CPD space and potentialities of the future.
Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2026 · senior author
Serious safety events as a window into clinical learning environment dynamics: A qualitative situational analysis.
Medical education · 2026 · first author
The assetization of care? A comparative exploration of investor logic in healthcare systems in England, Canada, and the Netherlands.
Health economics, policy, and law · 2026

All 43 publications

Latest funding

Navigating technological transformations of healthcare: Best practices of governance in complex labour ecosystems
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$340,424
Digital futures of care work: Examining sociotechnical imaginaries of Integrated Care
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$94,211
Advancing justice-oriented patient partnership for more equitable health systems: Knowledge dissemination strategy for the Canadian Patient Partner Study (CPPS)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$50,000

All 10 grants and awards

43 publications.

A time to rethink CPD for the virtual space: using the lens of situational analysis to draw a connection between practices in a virtual CPD space and potentialities of the future.

Kaas-Mason S, Whitehead C, Ng SL, Rowland P

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-026-10515-1 PMID: 41784844

Serious safety events as a window into clinical learning environment dynamics: A qualitative situational analysis.

Rowland P, Martimianakis MAT, Bandiera G, Tavares W

Medical education2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.70026 PMID: 40859635

The assetization of care? A comparative exploration of investor logic in healthcare systems in England, Canada, and the Netherlands.

Nijboer F, Kuijper S, White T, Rowland P, Linthorst EM, Waring J, Wallenburg I

Health economics, policy, and law2026

DOI: 10.1017/s1744133126100498 PMID: 42204871

Reflecting on experiences of resident redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for leadership and theory beyond the crisis.

Rowland P, Mobilio MH, Giuliani M, Whitehead C, Houston P

Medical education2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.70102 PMID: 41288351

Professionalism lapses in health professions training: Navigating the ‘Yellow Card’ moments for transformative learning

Sibbald M, Sheth U, Last N, Keuhl A, McPherson I, Wojkowski S, Bakker D, Rowland P

Medical Education20254 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.15540

Why is learning from patient safety incidents (still) so hard? A sociocultural perspective on learning from incidents in healthcare organizations.

Rowland P, Lan MF, Wan C, Pozzobon L

Journal of health organization and management2025First author

DOI: 10.1108/jhom-08-2024-0334 PMID: 39804182

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 professions2024

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000523 PMID: 37466351

Sociotechnical imaginaries in academic medicine strategic planning: a document analysis.

Rowland P, Brydges M, Kulasegaram KM

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2024First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-024-10339-x PMID: 38801543

A critical interpretive synthesis of interprofessional education interventions.

Kaas-Mason S, Langlois S, Bartlett S, Friesen F, Ng S, Bellicoso D, Rowland P

Journal of interprofessional care2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2023.2294755 PMID: 38186060

Decision making in continuing professional development organisations during a crisis.

Paton M, Zakeri B, Rowland P, Tavares W, Williams BW, Schneeweiss S, Wiljer D

Medical education2024

DOI: 10.1111/medu.15265 PMID: 38105389

Navigating technological transformations of healthcare: Best practices of governance in complex labour ecosystems

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rowland, Paula

Keywords: Digital Technologies; Professional Regulation

$340,424

Digital futures of care work: Examining sociotechnical imaginaries of Integrated Care

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rowland, Paula

Keywords: sociotechnical imaginaries; digital work; public services; situational analysis;

$94,211

Advancing justice-oriented patient partnership for more equitable health systems: Knowledge dissemination strategy for the Canadian Patient Partner Study (CPPS)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Abelson, Julia; Bernard, Corey

Keywords: Ethics; Health Equity; Health Policy; Justice; Patient Engagement; Patient Partnership; Patient-Oriented Research; Public Engagement

$50,000

PAIQ: Partnership for artificial intelligence and quality of working lives and worker well-being

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; machine learning; work environment; worker well-being; job quality; labour market inequities; living review; labour force data analysis; ethnographic research; integrated knowledge transfer and exchange

$20,000

Redesigning Paramedicine in Canada: An Underutilized Health Human Resource in a Healthcare Crisis

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Tavares, Walter

Keywords: Canadian Institutes Of Health Research

$10,000

Workplace Learning and the Future of Work: Exploring the Cognitive, Practical, and Ethical Dimensions of Incorporating New Information Technologies in Public Sectors

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Rowland, Paula

Keywords: health information systems; sociology of work; sociology of professions; ethics; workplace learning

$57,597

Workplace Learning and the Future of Work: Exploring the Cognitive, Practical, and Ethical Dimensions of Incorporating New Information Technologies in Public Sectors

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Rowland, Paula

Keywords: health information systems sociology of work sociology of professions ethics workplace learning

$34,278

Preparing tomorrow's experts: A first effort to understand the integration of capability and context for adaptive expertise

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Mylopoulos, Maria

Keywords: higher education; sociology of work; adaptive expertise; learning science; professional learning; qualitative methodology; health professions education; distributed cognition; patient safety

$56,783

ECHO Canada Patient Oriented Research and Health Equity: A Proposal to Create a Virtual National Training Entity

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Training Grant: SPOR National Training Entity - LOI

Principal investigators: Crawford, Allison; Abramovich, Alex; Alloo, Javed; Boivin, Lisa; Linklater, Renee; Tepper, Joshua D; Clarkin, Chantalle L; Hatcher, Simon; Henderson, Jo; Lunsky, Yona J; Richardson, Lisa; Serhal, Eva; Soklaridis, Sophie; Strudwick, Gillian

Keywords: Education And Training; Health Equity; Patient Oriented Research; Technology

$3,959

Intersections between logics of learning in Universities and in hospitals: Implications for practice-based learning in higher education

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Rowland, Paula

Keywords: (1) Higher education; (2) Sociology of learning; (3) Situated learning; (4) Practice-based theory; (5) Communities of practice theory; (6) Actor network theory; (7) Academic teaching hospitals; (8) Medical education; (9) Morbidity and mortality rounds

$43,215

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Digital Technologies Dear Professor Rowland, 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 time to rethink CPD for the virtual space: using the lens of situational analysis to draw a connection between practices in a virtual CPD space and potentialities of the future." (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 "Navigating technological transformations of healthcare: Best practices of governance in complex labour ecosystems" (2026), 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]

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Paula Rowland

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A time to rethink CPD for the virtual space: using the lens of situational analysis to draw a connection between practices in a virtual CPD space and potentialities of the future.

Serious safety events as a window into clinical learning environment dynamics: A qualitative situational analysis.

The assetization of care? A comparative exploration of investor logic in healthcare systems in England, Canada, and the Netherlands.

Reflecting on experiences of resident redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for leadership and theory beyond the crisis.

Professionalism lapses in health professions training: Navigating the ‘Yellow Card’ moments for transformative learning

Why is learning from patient safety&#xa0;incidents (still) so hard? A&#xa0;sociocultural perspective on&#xa0;learning&#xa0;from incidents in&#xa0;healthcare organizations.

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

Sociotechnical imaginaries in academic medicine strategic planning: a document analysis.

A critical interpretive synthesis of interprofessional education interventions.

Decision making in continuing professional development organisations during a crisis.

Navigating technological transformations of healthcare: Best practices of governance in complex labour ecosystems

Digital futures of care work: Examining sociotechnical imaginaries of Integrated Care

Advancing justice-oriented patient partnership for more equitable health systems: Knowledge dissemination strategy for the Canadian Patient Partner Study (CPPS)

PAIQ: Partnership for artificial intelligence and quality of working lives and worker well-being

Redesigning Paramedicine in Canada: An Underutilized Health Human Resource in a Healthcare Crisis

Workplace Learning and the Future of Work: Exploring the Cognitive, Practical, and Ethical Dimensions of Incorporating New Information Technologies in Public Sectors

Workplace Learning and the Future of Work: Exploring the Cognitive, Practical, and Ethical Dimensions of Incorporating New Information Technologies in Public Sectors

Preparing tomorrow's experts: A first effort to understand the integration of capability and context for adaptive expertise

ECHO Canada Patient Oriented Research and Health Equity: A Proposal to Create a Virtual National Training Entity

Intersections between logics of learning in Universities and in hospitals: Implications for practice-based learning in higher education

Frequent collaborators

Walter Tavares

Stella Ng

Julia Abelson

Mathieu Albert

Myles Leslie

Meredith Vanstone

Joanne Goldman

Shiphra Ginsburg

Matthew Sibbald

Maitreya Coffey

Ayelet Kuper

Leahora Rotteau

Karen Leslie

Shanon Phelan

Risa Freeman

Nancy McNaughton

Patricia Houston

David Wiljer

Ryan Brydges

Victoria Boyd

Paul Hendry

Meredith Giuliani

Sarah Wojkowski

Douglas Archibald

Pierre-Gerlier Forest

Simon Kitto

Why is learning from patient safety incidents (still) so hard? A sociocultural perspective on learning from incidents in healthcare organizations.