Date: June 8, 2009 (Monday)
Time: 2:30 – 14:00 (sandwich lunch from 12:30 –12:45; seminar begins at 12:45)
Venue: Seminar Room 5, LG-1/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Abstract:
This presentation will explore the role of hospital outcomes research on nurse staffing and related factors in shaping decisions around resource allocation in hospitals. The state of the staffing-outcomes literature will be reviewed, as will challenges in applying its findings in policy and practice. Directions for local and national policy and for future research in this field will also be discussed.

Bio-sketch:
Dr. Sean Clarke is the inaugural holder of the RBC Chair in Cardiovascular Nursing Research at Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto and University Health Network. A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Dr. Clarke's research has dealt primarily with organizational aspects of acute care nursing (with a particular emphasis on staffing levels, work environment factors, patient outcomes and nurse occupational health). His current program of work focuses on factors influencing the quality and safety of inpatient nursing care for patients with cardiovascular disease. From 2001 to 2008, he served as the Associate Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and also held an endowed term chair recognizing contributions to undergraduate education at the School of Nursing. He has authored/ co-authored over 50 articles, 10 book chapters and co-edited a volume on medication safety for nurses. A co-investigator on over $10 million dollars in funded grants, many of which have involved international collaborations, he has been a principal investigator on grants from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of journals and is currently Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (CJNR) and a Deputy Editor for the leading health services research journal Medical Care. A fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, he holds adjunct appointments at the Universite de Montreal and the University of Pennsylvania, and a visiting appointment at University College Dublin.

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