Publications by authors named "Gajan Sivakumaran"

Background: Effective communication between residents (older adults), families, and the healthcare team supports person-centred care. However, communication breakdowns can occur that can impact care and outcomes. The aim of this paper is to describe a feedback approach to developing a communication tool for residents and families to guide information sharing during care discussions with the healthcare team in long-term care.

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The entry-to-practice PharmD degree is designed to meet the Educational Outcomes of the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC). We set out to evaluate how assessment strategies in a "capstone" course align with AFPC educational outcomes, their respective key and enabling competencies, and whether enough assessments exist for students to demonstrate achievement of competencies prior to embarking on advanced pharmacy practice experiences. We mapped each assessment's objectives, content, and methods to the key and enabling competencies of each role of a pharmacist.

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Objectives: This article examines patterns of self-rated physical and mental health by sexual orientation among middle-aged and older adults in Canada, a rapidly growing subpopulation shown to be at risk of poor health.

Method: We use the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 2015-2016) to estimate logit models predicting fair/poor self-rated physical and mental health by sexual orientation among middle-aged and older adults, stratifying by sex and age group.

Results: We find no differences in physical health for gay men and lesbian women compared with their heterosexual counterparts.

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