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“I don’t think there’s anything typical about it.” Exploring sleep in families with a child with autism spectrum disorder
(2023-04-01)
Purpose: Sleep is an important mechanism for everyday functioning and childhood development. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) tend to have high rates of sleep problems. This interpretive phenomenology-informed ...
Identifying salivary biomarkers associated with prolonged sitting
(2023-04-01)
The effect of prolonged sitting on salivary biomarker concentrations is relatively unexplored. The purpose of this work was to identify novel biomarkers, detectable in the saliva in response to prolonged and interrupted ...
How the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced women’s employment and their health: an inquiry into their lived experiences
(2023-08-01)
The COVID-19 pandemic accentuated employment vulnerabilities among women working in the Canadian services sector. Research shows how poverty, precarious employment, and crisis are gendered and racialized. Few studies, ...
The perceived effectiveness of various forms of feedback on the acquisition of technical skills by advanced learners in simulation-based health professions education
(2023-08-01)
Simulation-based health professions education is valuable for healthcare professionals to develop technical skills. However, little research has explored the effectiveness of augmented versus intrinsic feedback for advanced ...
Examining the effects of embodiment on performance and learning of drilling actions using pseudo-haptics and standard computer equipment
(2023-08-01)
Psychomotor skills training within virtual learning environments are limited due to the need for expensive haptic devices to simulate haptic cues. While pseudo-haptics presents an accessible and cost-effective alternative ...
Navigating life with heart failure: the realities of self-care practices for patients and their families following cardiac rehabilitation
(2023-12-01)
Heart failure (HF) self-care is well-documented in HF management, yet the experiences of patients and family members post-cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) are less explored. This qualitative study utilized semi-structured ...
Effect of neck muscle vibration on upper limb sensorimotor integration and motor performance
(2022-07-01)
Upper limb control depends on accurate internal models of the position of the limbs relative to the head and neck. The cerebellum is heavily involved in SMI of neck sensory inputs and motor learning; therefore, it is likely ...
Synthesizing existing evidence and leveraging expert opinions to develop a university, for-profit, and not-for-profit organization partnership model to address health professions education gaps through simulation-based education
(2023-12-01)
Healthcare providers in rural and remote (R&R) areas of Canada do not have the same access to skills development and maintenance opportunities as those in urban areas. Simulation-based education (SBE) is an optimal technique ...
The one-week prevalence of neck and low back pain and the association with moderate to extremely severe symptoms of anxiety in university students
(2022-08-01)
Objectives: To determine the one-week prevalence of neck and low back pain in undergraduate students, and the association between neck and low back pain and symptoms of anxiety.
Methods: Cross-sectional study in the ...
Development and initial testing of a virtual simulation training module to teach microtomy
(2022-08-01)
Background: Microtomy is a procedure that medical laboratory technologists (MLTs) use to cut tissue samples. The aim of this thesis is to use the think-aloud protocol to develop a virtual simulation training module for ...