Transcript Frances Fothergill Bourbonnais, RN PhD

Frances Fothergill
Bourbonnais, RN PhD
Full Professor, affiliated with SCOHS
and The Ottawa Hospital
Courses taught
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Nursing 5220: nursing in tertiary health care
Nursing 4130: medical surgical theory 4th year
Coordinate: fall and winter clinical for 4th year
students
Previously taught and helped to develop HSS
4100- interdisciplinary course on death and
dying.
Research interests
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Interprofessional education in palliative care
Undergraduate student needs related to
palliative care
Quality of life of palliative care patients and
carers
Care of patients with HIV/AIDS- various
aspects
Current research projects
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Interprofessional education in palliative care –
development of total pain module: work with Dr. Pippa
Hall at SCOHS
Undergraduate student needs related to palliative carecompleted survey of 4th year students with Dr. Susan
Brajtman.
Faculty needs related to palliative care- ongoing with
Susan Brajtman
Quality of life of palliative care patients and carerswork with Dr. Robin Cohen, McGill University
Thesis students
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Have had 12 MScN students- mostly conducting
qualitative research especially phenomenology
Covered topics such as experiences of elderly women
post- MI, patient experiences in the ER, being a
trauma nurse.
Member of the Strategic training program for Palliative
Care researchers: consortium McGill, Laval, U of O.
Currently mentoring student funded in this program
Assisted SCOHS in the development of the first
fellowship in Palliative Care Nursing. Several students
received funding through this fellowship.