Walter Tavares, University of Toronto

Research

Canadian Institutes Of Health Research

Latest papers

Identifying latent safety threats through varied modalities: a comparative analysis.
BMJ quality & safety · 2026
Redesigning 9-1-1 Paramedic Pathways: Evaluation of the IMPACC Model of Care.
Prehospital emergency care · 2026 · first author
Serious safety events as a window into clinical learning environment dynamics: A qualitative situational analysis.
Medical education · 2026 · senior author

All 75 publications

Latest funding

Improving Patient Access to Care in the Community
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$6,000
Valued Data or Data Waste? Examining How Healthcare Learners and Teachers Use Learning Analytics Dashboards
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,303
Joy and pain in observed assessments: Improving workplace- and simulation-based assessments in the age of competency-based medical education
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$42,420

All 12 grants and awards

75 publications.

01

Identifying latent safety threats through varied modalities: a comparative analysis.

Gharib MT, Trbovich P, Tavares W, Petrosoniak A, Dunbar S, Dodds A, Fayyaz J, Pirie J, Dell T, Walsh CM

BMJ quality & safety2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2026-020128 PMID: 42493244

02

Redesigning 9-1-1 Paramedic Pathways: Evaluation of the IMPACC Model of Care.

Tavares W, Saad Y, Xu D, Kedzierski N, Masud T, Spearen C, Leyenaar M, Kaas-Mason S, Moran P, Galvez-Hernandez P

Prehospital emergency care2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2026.2719958 PMID: 42752311

03

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

Rowland P, Martimianakis MAT, Bandiera G, Tavares W

Medical education2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.70026 PMID: 40859635

04

Examining the alignment between an intervention-based paramedic model of care and 9-1-1 utilization.

Tavares W, Strum RP, Henderson L, Moran P

BMC health services research2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14890-8 PMID: 42265694

05

Internationally Informed Consensus on Research Priorities in Paramedicine and Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Williams B, King C, Armour R, Alobaid A, Alqahtani S, AlShammari T, Batt A, Chang YT, Cummins N, Dippenaar E, Eaton G, Grusd E, Hofmann T, Hunter J, Karim S, Khasawneh E, Leggio W, Masterson S, Mobrad A, Ong M, Oteir A, Stoy W, Tanaka H, Tavares W, Williams J, Olaussen A

Prehospital emergency care2026

DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2026.2687828 PMID: 42301893

06

Learning to Teach AI: Understanding the Needs of Healthcare Professionals.

Jeyakumar T, Balakumar S, Younus S, Clare M, Charow R, Al-Mouaswas D, Dhalla A, Gillan C, Jardine J, Akinli Kocak S, Mattson J, Salhia M, Tavares W, Zhang M, Wiljer D

Studies in health technology and informatics2025

DOI: 10.3233/shti250013 PMID: 39968547

07

Serendipitous Pathways and Elusive Definitions: Leadership in Continuing Professional Development.

Wiljer D, Paton M, Jeyakumar T, Do V, Maniate JM, Tavares W, Schneeweiss S

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions2025

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000569 PMID: 39162716

08

The stressed heart: Validity evidence supporting mobile heart rate variability applications to detect psychological stress in healthcare learners.

LeBlanc VR, Mastoras G, Hicks C, MacGregor P, O'Rielly C, Petrosoniak A, Tavares W

Medical education2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.15629 PMID: 39995203

09

(Mis)Alignment in resident and advisor co-regulated learning in competency-based training.

Day LB, Butler D, Kuper A, Shah R, Stroud L, Ginsburg S, Tavares W, Brydges R

Medical education2025

DOI: 10.1111/medu.15549 PMID: 39387405

10

Validating the Emergency Department Avoidability Classification (EDAC): A cluster randomized single-blinded agreement study

Strum RP, Mondoux S, Mowbray FI, Griffith LE, Worster A, Tavares W, Miller P, Aryal K, Sivakumaran R, Costa AP

PLoS ONE202410 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297689 PMID: W4391131925

Improving Patient Access to Care in the Community

SupervisorCIHR2024Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Chawanda, Nyasha

Keywords: Community Care; Emergency Services; Healthcare; Patient Access; Primary Care

$6,000

Valued Data or Data Waste? Examining How Healthcare Learners and Teachers Use Learning Analytics Dashboards

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brydges, Ryan N.

Keywords: learning analytics dashboards; self- and co-regulated learning; assessment data; medical education

$44,303

Joy and pain in observed assessments: Improving workplace- and simulation-based assessments in the age of competency-based medical education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bilgic, Elif

Keywords: medical education; assessment; qualitative multi-methods

$42,420

The endogenous relationship between corporate decisions and Tobin's q

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Charupat, Narat

Keywords: Investment; Corporate decisions; Endogenous growth; Tobin's q; Real option model

$37,041

Gender and the Minimum Wage

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Coviello, Decio

Keywords: gender; minimum wage; productivity; welfare; efficiency-wage

$38,352

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

Nominated PICIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Tavares, Walter

Keywords: Canadian Institutes Of Health Research

$10,000

Canadian National Paramedic Research Agenda Planning Session

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Drennan, Ian; Blanchard, Ian

Keywords: Collaboration; Health Services Research; Knowledge Translation; Paramedicine; Patient-Centred Care

$10,000

Prepared to learn: Toward valid assessments of self-regulated learning from classroom to workplace

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brydges, Ryan N.

Keywords: self-regulated learning; learning retention and transfer; health professions education; assessment and validation; simulation and technology-enabled education

$99,496

Social & Physiological Influences on the Development of PTSD Among Public Safety Communications Personnel (PSCP)

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Mental Wellness in Public Safety Team Grants - LOI

Principal investigators: Regehr, Cheryl; Birze, Arija

Keywords: Acute Stress; Cortisol; Emotional Labour; Gender Stress; Hrv; Organizational Support; Oxytocin; Ptsd

$26,700

Diagnostic Imaging at the Point-of-Care: A Possible Role for Paramedics?

SupervisorCIHR2017Fellowship: Health System Impact Fellowships - Central Canada 1 year

Principal investigators: Young, Victoria

Keywords: Aging-In-Place; Community Care; Diagnostic Imaging; Emergency Response; Health Services; Homecare; Paramedic Services; Pre-Hospital Care; Scope Of Practice; Senior Services

$56,000

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

Aaron Jones and Andrew Costa: 103 shared papers
Andrew Costa and Lauren Griffith: 44 shared papers
Ryan Strum and Andrew Costa: 31 shared papers
Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Brent McLeod: 24 shared papers
Sanjeev Sockalingam and David Wiljer: 24 shared papers
Elham Dolatabadi and Elham Dolatabadi: 23 shared papers
Aaron Jones and Lauren Griffith: 22 shared papers
Shawn Mondoux and Andrew Worster: 22 shared papers
Lauren Griffith and Andrew Worster: 21 shared papers
Sanjeev Sockalingam and Maria Mylopoulos: 16 shared papers
Ryan Strum and Andrew Worster: 15 shared papers
Ryan Strum and Shawn Mondoux: 14 shared papers
Andrew Costa and Shawn Mondoux: 12 shared papers
Andrew Costa and Brent McLeod: 11 shared papers
Paul Miller and Shawn Mondoux: 11 shared papers
Ryan Strum and Brent McLeod: 10 shared papers
Andrew Costa and Gina (Ragini) Agarwal: 10 shared papers
David Wiljer and Walter Tavares: 10 shared papers
Ryan Strum and Aaron Jones: 9 shared papers
Andrew Costa and Walter Tavares: 8 shared papers
David Wiljer and Maria Mylopoulos: 8 shared papers
Ryan Strum and Paul Miller: 7 shared papers
Ryan Strum and Walter Tavares: 7 shared papers
Lauren Griffith and Gina (Ragini) Agarwal: 7 shared papers
Ryan Brydges and Shiphra Ginsburg: 7 shared papers
Ryan Brydges and Maria Mylopoulos: 7 shared papers
Andrew Costa and Paul Miller: 6 shared papers
Ryan Brydges and Ayelet Kuper: 6 shared papers
Andrew Worster and Walter Tavares: 5 shared papers
Ryan Brydges and Walter Tavares: 5 shared papers
Sanjeev Sockalingam and Walter Tavares: 5 shared papers
Sanjeev Sockalingam and Craig Campbell: 5 shared papers
David Wiljer and Craig Campbell: 5 shared papers
Walter Tavares and Ayelet Kuper: 5 shared papers
Walter Tavares and Paula Rowland: 5 shared papers
Lauren Griffith and Walter Tavares: 4 shared papers
Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Walter Tavares: 4 shared papers
Shiphra Ginsburg and Walter Tavares: 4 shared papers
Shiphra Ginsburg and Ayelet Kuper: 4 shared papers
Maria Mylopoulos and Walter Tavares: 4 shared papers
Walter Tavares and Craig Campbell: 4 shared papers
Andrew Costa and Amy Miles: 3 shared papers
Matthew Sibbald and Walter Tavares: 3 shared papers
Amy Miles and Shiphra Ginsburg: 3 shared papers
Matthew Sibbald and Paula Rowland: 2 shared papers
Paul Miller and Walter Tavares: 2 shared papers
Shawn Mondoux and Walter Tavares: 2 shared papers
Brent McLeod and Walter Tavares: 2 shared papers
David Wiljer and Elham Dolatabadi: 2 shared papers
David Wiljer and Elham Dolatabadi: 2 shared papers
Shiphra Ginsburg and Paula Rowland: 2 shared papers
Elham Dolatabadi and Walter Tavares: 2 shared papers
Walter Tavares and Elham Dolatabadi: 2 shared papers
Aaron Jones and Walter Tavares: 1 shared paper
Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Amy Miles: 1 shared paper
Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Andrea Tricco: 1 shared paper
Matthew Sibbald and Amy Miles: 1 shared paper
Matthew Sibbald and Adam Cheng: 1 shared paper
Amy Miles and Walter Tavares: 1 shared paper
Andrea Tricco and Walter Tavares: 1 shared paper
Ryan Brydges and Adam Cheng: 1 shared paper
Cheryl Regehr and Walter Tavares: 1 shared paper
Adam Cheng and Walter Tavares: 1 shared paper

Medicine
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Family Medicine
Health and Society
Education
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
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.

David Wiljer

Education

10 shared papers, latest 2025

Andrew Costa

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

8 shared papers, latest 2024

Ryan Strum

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

7 shared papers, latest 2024

Ayelet Kuper

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

5 shared papers, latest 2025

Paula Rowland

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Sanjeev Sockalingam

Faculty

5 shared papers, latest 2023

Andrew Worster

Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2024

Ryan Brydges

Department of Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2025

Craig Campbell

Faculty

4 shared papers, latest 2023

Shiphra Ginsburg

Faculty

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Maria Mylopoulos

Department of Paediatrics

4 shared papers, latest 2023

Lauren Griffith

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

4 shared papers, latest 2024

Gina (Ragini) Agarwal

Family Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2021

Matthew Sibbald

Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2021

Elham Dolatabadi

Health Policy and Management

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Paul Miller

Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Elham Dolatabadi

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Brent McLeod

Family Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Shawn Mondoux

Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Kulamakan Kulasegaram

Department of Family and Community Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Stella Ng

Department of Speech-Language Pathology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Meredith Giuliani

Department of Radiation Oncology

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Pablo Galvez-Hernandez

Health and Society

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Dominique Piquette

Critical Care Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Tanya Horsley

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Kerry Kuluski

Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Sylvain Boet

Anesthesiology

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Canadian Institutes Of Health Research Dear Professor Tavares, 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 "Identifying latent safety threats through varied modalities: a comparative analysis." (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 "Redesigning Paramedicine in Canada: An Underutilized Health Human Resource in a Healthcare Crisis" (2023), 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]