Publications

Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University

Meredith Vanstone, PhD

Publications

Here is a list of selected publications. Click the title link to find an open-access version through the publisher when available, or via self-archive. If you are unable to access a paper you wish to read, please contact me.

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

2022

BMJ Open. 12, e061465.
Understanding patient partnership in health systems: Lessons from the Canadian Patient Partner Survey.
J Abelson, C Canfield, M Leslie, MA Levasseur, P Rowland, L Tripp, M Vanstone, J Panday, D Cameron, PG Forest, D Sussman, G Wilson

Medical Education.
Optimizing the educational value of indirect patient care.
D O’Toole, M Sadik, G Inglis, J Weresch, M Vanstone

Health Policy. 126 (10), 1002-1009.
The gender earnings gap in medicine: Evidence from Canada.
B Kralj, D O’Toole D, M Vanstone, A Sweetman

Birth.
Making informed choices about cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A qualitative study of information use.
S Taneja, J Panday, A Popoola, D Greyson, SD McDonald, T Patel, M Vanstone

Social Science & Medicine. 307, 115179.
Lived experiences of pregnancy and prison through a reproductive justice lens: A qualitative meta-synthesis.
A Cavanagh, T Shamsheri, K Shen, J Gaber, J Liauw, M Vanstone, F Kouyoumdjian

Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 8, 135.
Researching the Impact of Service provider Education (RISE) Project – A multiphase mixed methods protocol to evaluate implementation acceptability and feasibility.
M Kimber, M Vanstone, G Dimitropoulos, D Collin-Vezina, D Stewart

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 24, 473-475.
The CFPC certificate of added competence (CAC) in Emergency Medicine: Reflections from current research on the CAC program.
XC Tong, E Hanel, M Mahmud, I Allice, M Vanstone, L Grierson

CMAJ Open. 10 (2), E563-E569.
Comparing the scopes of geriatric-focused physicians in Canada: A qualitative study of core competencies.
Correia R, Jabbar A, Siu H, Hogeveen S, Dash D, Mowbray F, Costa A, Vanstone M.

International Journal Environmental Research and Public Health. 19 (6), 3319.
A qualitative description of resident physicians’ understanding of child maltreatment: Impacts, recognition and response.
M Laupacis, A Acai, H MacMillan, M Vanstone, D Steward, G Dimitropoulos, M Kimber

Sports Medicine. 52, 1983-1989.
A win-win for sport and exercise medicine and primary care: a qualitative case study of the added competence model in Canada.
J Thornton, L Grierson, M Vanstone, I Allice, M Mahmud, M Mountjoy

American Journal of Critical Care. 31 (3), 240-248.
Use of video technology in end-of-life care for hospitalized patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A Elma, D Cook, M Howard, A Takaoka, N Hoad, M Swinton, F Clarke, J Rudkowski, A Boyle, B Dennis, D Brandt Vegas, M Vanstone

Medical Education. 56 (1), 91-97.
Thinking about social power and hierarchy in medical education.
M Vanstone, L Grierson

Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. 67 (3), 354-372.
Pregnant people’s perspectives on cannabis use in pregnancy: A systematic review and integrative mixed-methods research synthesis.
M Vanstone, J Panday, A Popoola, S Taneja, D Greyson, S McDonald, R Pack, M Black, B Murray-Davis, E Darling

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Published online January 31, 2022.
Variation determinants within massage therapists’ professional identity.
A Baskwill, M Vanstone, D Harnish, K Dore

Family Medicine. 54 (6), 431-437.
Motivations for pursuing enhanced skill credentials in family medicine: A study of the Certificates of Added Competence in Canada.
L Grierson, I Allice, XC Tong, HYH Siu, M Mountjoy, M Howard, J Guscott, A Farag, A Baker, M Vanstone

Advances in Health Sciences Education. 27 (2), 475-489.
Associations between admissions factors and the need for remediation.
C Barber, R Burgess, M Mountjoy, R Whyte, M Vanstone, L Grierson

Health Expectations. 25 (2), 744-753.
The impact of COVID-19 on patient engagement in the health system: Results from a pan-Canadian survey of patient, family and caregiver partners.
L Tripp, M Vanstone, C Canfield, M Leslie, M Levasseur, J Panday, P Rowland, G Wilson, J You, J Abelson

BMJ Open. 12 (1), e058768.
Sacrifice and solidarity: Family experiences of death and bereavement during the pandemic.
B Dennis, M Vanstone, M Swinton, D Brandt Vegas, J Dionne, A Cheung, F Clarke, N Hoad, A Boyle, J Huynh, F Toledo, M Soth, T Neville, K Fiest, D Cook

CMAJ Open. 10 (1), E213-E219.
Domestic application of lessons learned by Canadian healthcare professionals working in international disaster settings: a qualitative study.
L Redwood-Campbell, N Arora, M Hunt, L Schwartz, M Vanstone, A Hildebrand, S Sharma, S Sohani

Medical Education. 56 (1), 91-97.
Thinking about social power and hierarchy in medical education.
M Vanstone, L Grierson

European Journal of Medical Genetics. 65 (1), 104384.
Challenges and practical solutions for managing secondary genomic findings in primary care.
A Sebastian, J Carroll, M Vanstone, M Clausen, R Kodida, E Reble, C Mighton, S Shickh, M Aronson, A Eisen, C Elser, J Lerner-Ellis, R Kim, Y Bombard
2021

Global Public Health.
Indigenous women’s experiences of cervical cancer screening: Incorporating Indigenous ways of knowing into a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research.
S Kandasamy, Y Jonathan, U Majid, K Farrah, M Vanstone

Canadian Medical Association Journal. 193 (50), E1906-1914.
Reasons for cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A qualitative study.
M Vanstone, S Taneja, A Popoola, J Panday, D Greyson, R Lennox, S McDonald

Family Practice. cmab146.
Clinician responses to cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A systematic review and integrative mixed-methods research synthesis.
J Panday, S Taneja, A Popoola, R Pack, D Greyson, S McDonald, M Black, B Murray-Davis, E Darling, M Vanstone M.

International Journal for Equity in Health. 20, 219.
Primary care-based interventions to address the financial needs of patients experiencing poverty: A scoping review of the literature.
J Parry, M Vanstone, M Grignon, J Dunn

Medical Science Educator. 31, 1607-1620.
Spiralling pre-clerkship concepts into the clinical phase: Augmenting knowledge transfer using innovative technology-enhanced curriculum activities.
K Bracken, AJ Levinson, M Mahmud, I Allice, M Vanstone, L Grierson

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine.
A goal set too high: Factors associated with planning excess gestational weight gain in a prospective cohort study.
CH Lu, S Van Blyderveen, ZM Yu, M Vanstone, A Biringer, W Sword, L Schmidt, SD McDonald

CMAJ Open. 9 (4), 966-972.
The impacts of the Certificates of Added Competence credentialing program: A qualitative case study of enhanced skill Family Medicine practice across Canada.
L Grierson, I Allice, A Baker, A Farag, J Guscott, M Howard, M Mountjoy, H Siu, XC Tong, M Vanstone

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine.
Identification of common features within massage therapists’ professional identity.
A Baskwill, M Vanstone, D Harnish, K Dore

European Journal of Human Genetics.
Widening the lens of actionability: A qualitative study of primary care providers’ views and experiences of managing secondary findings from genomic sequencing.
A Sebastian, J Carroll, M Vanstone, M Clausen, R Kodida, E Reble, C Mighton, S Shickh, M Aronson, A Eisen, C Elser, J Lerner-Ellis, R Kim, Y Bombard

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 32 (4), 1675-1697.
Understanding Black women’s perspectives and experiences of cervical cancer screening: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
K Christy, S Kandasamy, U Majid, K Farrah, M Vanstone

BMC Health Services Research. 21, 218.
Scale-up and sustainability of a personalized end-of-life care intervention: A longitudinal mixed-methods study.
A Takaoka, B Tam, M Vanstone, F Clarke, N Hoad, M Swinton, F Toledo, A Boyle, A Woods, E Duan, D Heels-Ansdell, L Waugh, M Soth, J Rudkowski, W Alhazzani, D Perri, T Ligori, R Haeschke, N Zytaruk, D Cook

Medical Education.
Admissions experiences of aspiring physicians from low-income backgrounds.
C De Freitas, R Buckley, R Klimo, J Daniel, M Mountjoy, M Vanstone

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 37, E37.
An institutional ethnographic analysis of public and patient engagement activities at a national health technology assessment agency.
Bidonde, J., Vanstone, M., Schwartz, L., Abelson, J

BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. 21,70.
Gestational weight gain outside the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations: novel psychological and behavioural factors associated with inadequate or excess weight gain in a prospective cohort study.
Feng YY, Yu ZM, van Blyderveen S, Schmidt L, Sword W, Vanstone M, Biringer A, McDonald H, Beyene J, McDonald SD.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
A qualitative study of women and partners from Lebanon and Quebec regarding an expanded scope of non-invasive prenatal testing.
H Hazar, J Leclerc-Blain, M Vanstone, A Labarge, G Bibeau, L Ghulmiyyah, V Ravitsky

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.
“I made a mistake!”: A narrative analysis of experienced physicians’ stories of preventable error.
S Kandasamy, M Vanstone, E Colvin, T Chan, J Sherbino, S Monteiro

Annals of Internal Medicine.
Clinician perspectives on caring for dying patients during the pandemic: A mixed methods study.
D Cook, A Takaoka, N Hoad, M Swinton, F Clarke, J Rudkowski, D Heels-Ansdell, A Boyle, F Toledo, B Dennis, K Fiest, M Vanstone

Healthcare Policy. 16 (3), 106-118.
The allocation of medical school spaces by province and territory: The need for evidence-based health workforce policy.
L Grierson, M Vanstone

Journal of Women’s Health.
Clinical, demographic, psychological and behavioural predictors of gestational weight gain examined as a continuous outcome: a prospective analysis.
ZM Yu, S van Blyderveen, L Schmidt, C Lu, M Vanstone, A Biringer, W Sword, J Beyene, S McDonald

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada. 43 (8), P949-956.
Does excess first or second trimester weight gain predict excess total gestational weight gain? A multicentered prospective cohort study.
M Grabovac, MZ Yu, M Vanstone, S Van Blyderveen, A Biringer, W Sword, L Schmidt, S McDonald

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 36 (4), 404-412.
Organ donation at the end of life: Experiences from the 3 Wishes Project.
A Takaoka, K Honarmand, M Vanstone, B Tam, O Smith, A Baker, A LeBlanc, M Swinton, T Neville, F Clarke, J Hancock, S McMullen, M Meade, T Rose, S Arora, D Cook

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 11, 59-67.
How do clinicians respond to requests for hastened death in jurisdictions where medically assisted death is available? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research.
T Patel, K Christy, L Grierson, J Shadd, A Farag, D O’Toole, J Lawson, M Vanstone

Medical Education. 55 (4), 462-470.
Why do few medical students report their experiences of mistreatment to administration?
A Bell, A Cavanagh, C Connelly, A Walsh, M Vanstone

Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice. 19 (3).
Community as client – the work of midwives to increase access to midwifery care: A qualitative descriptive study.
L Nussey, T MacDonald, B Murray-Davis, M Vanstone, EK Darling

Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice. 19
Making midwifery services accessible to people of low SES: A qualitative descriptive study of the barriers faced by midwives in Ontario.
E Darling, T MacDonald, L Nussey, B Murray-Davis, M Vanstone

Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice.
Access to Ontario midwifery care by neighbourhood-level material deprivation quintile (2006-2017): a retrospective cohort study.
E Darling, B Murray-Davis, R Ahmed, M Vanstone
2020

Annals of Internal Medicine.
Clinician perspectives on caring for dying patients during the pandemic: A mixed methods study.
D Cook, A Takaoka, N Hoad, M Swinton, F Clarke, J Rudkowski, D Heels-Ansdell, A Boyle, F Toledo, B Dennis, K Fiest, M Vanstone

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada.
Does excess first or second trimester weight gain predict excess total gestational weight gain? A multicentered prospective cohort study.
M Grabovac, MZ Yu, M Vanstone, S Van Blyderveen, A Biringer, W Sword, L Schmidt, S McDonald

Medical Education.
Why do few medical students report their experiences of mistreatment to administration?
A Bell, A Cavanagh, C Connelly, A Walsh, M Vanstone

JAMA Open. 3 (12), e2027259.
Experiences of bereaved family members receiving commemorative paintings: A qualitative study.
M Azad, M Swinton, F Clarke, A Takaoka, M Vanstone, A Woods, A Boyle, N Hoad, F Toledo, J Piticaru, D Cook

Advances in Health Sciences Education.
The rich potential for education research in Family Medicine and General Practice.
L Grierson, M Vanstone

Child Abuse & Neglect. 104743.
Child maltreatment online education for healthcare and social service providers: Implications for the Covid-19 context and beyond.
M Kimber, J McTavish, M Vanstone, D Stewart, H MacMillan

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20, 507.
Competing priorities: A qualitative study of how women make and enact decisions about weight gain in pregnancy.
M Vanstone, M Sadik, S Van Blyderveen, A Biringer, W Sword, L Schmidt, S McDonald

BMJ Leader.
Hospital Leadership Perspectives of the 3 Wishes Project: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.
M Swinton, M Vanstone, P Phung, TH Neville, A Takaoka, OM Smith, A Baker, A LeBlanc, D Foster, V Dhingra, FJ Clarke, N Hoad, A Woods, A Boyle, F Toledo, DJ Cook

Qualitative Health Research. 30 (12), 1941-1952.
Implementing publicly funded non-invasive prenatal testing for fetal aneuploidy in Ontario, Canada: Clinician experiences with a disruptive technology.
R Burgess, A Cernat, L Little, M Vanstone

BMC Palliative Care. 19 (93), 1-9.
Expanding the 3 Wishes Project for compassionate end-of-life care: A qualitative evaluation of local adaptations.
M Vanstone, T Neville, M Swinton, M Sadik, F Clarke, A LeBlanc, B Tam, A Takaoka, N Hoad, J Hancock, S McMullen, B Reeve, W Dechert, O Smith, G Sandhu, J Lockington, D Cook

Critical Care Medicine. 48 (10), 1403-1410.
Principles guiding non-pandemic critical care research during a pandemic.
D Cook, M Kho, E Duan, W Al-Hazzani, A Takaoka, F Clarke, N Zytaruk, M Vanstone

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
How do clinicians respond to requests for hastened death in jurisdictions where medically assisted death is available? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research.
T Patel, K Christy, L Grierson, J Shadd, A Farag, D O’Toole, J Lawson, M Vanstone

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 60 (5), 941-947.
Keepsakes at the End of Life.
T Neville, A Takaoka, F Clarke, M Sadik, M Vanstone, P Phung, K Hjelmhaug, J Hainje, O Smith, A LeBlanc, N Hoad, B Tam, B Reeve, D Cook

Palliative Medicine. 34 (9), 1263-1273.
Building Organizational Compassion Amongst Teams Delivering End-of-Life Care in the ICU: The Three Wishes Project.
M Vanstone, M Sadik, O Smith, T Neville, A LeBlanc, A Boyle, F Clarke, M Swinton, A Takaoka, F Toledo, A Baker, P Phung, D Cook

American Journal of Critical Care. 29 (60), 422-428.
Family and Clinician Experiences of Sympathy Cards in the 3 Wishes Project: Continued Connections.
A Takaoka, M Vanstone, TH Neville, S Goksoyr, M Swinton, FJ Clarke, OM Smith, A LeBlanc, D Foster, Y Kao, X Xu, N Hoad, F Toledo, DJ Cook

PLOS One. 15(6):e0233774.
Prediction of excess pregnancy weight gain using psychological, physical, and social predictors: A validated model in a prospective cohort study.
S McDonald, M Yu, S Van Blyderveen, L Schmidt, W Sword, M Vanstone, A Biringer, J Beyene

Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 6:61.
Feasibility of behaviour activation group therapy in reducing depressive symptoms and improving quality of life in patients with depression: the BRAVE pilot trial.
A D’Elia, M Bawor, B Dennis, M Bhatt, K Litke, K McCabe, J Whattam, L Garrick, L O’Neill, S Simons, S Chalmers, B Key, S Goyert, P Laplante, M Vanstone, F Xie, G Guyatt, L Thabane, Z Samaan

BMC Health Services Research. 20(1)1-14.
Understanding health professional role integration in complex adaptive systems: A multiple-case study of Physician Assistants in Ontario, Canada.
K Burrows, J Abelson, P Miller, M Levine, M Vanstone

Health Research Policy and Systems, 18(1), 21.
Supporting the use of research evidence in decision-making in crisis zones in low- and middle-income countries: a critical interpretive synthesis.
AF Khalid, JN Lavis, F El-Jardali, M Vanstone

BMC Medical Ethics, 21 (1), 1-11.
Implementation challenges for an ethical introduction of noninvasive prenatal testing: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ views from Lebanon and Quebec.
H Haidar, M Vanstone, AM Laberge, G Bibeau, L Ghulmiyyah, V Ravitsky

Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants, 1 (4), 17-33.
Professional, Practical and Political Opportunities: Optimizing the Role of Ontario Physician Assistants in Family Medicine.
K Burrows, J Abelson, P Miller, M Levine, M Vanstone

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 0885066619900125.
Organ Donation at the End of Life: Experiences From the 3 Wishes Project.
A Takaoka, K Honarmand, M Vanstone, B Tam, OM Smith, A Baker, A LeBlanc, M Swinton, TH Neville, FJ Clarke, J Hancock, S McMullen, MO Meade, T Rose, S Arora, DJ Cook

Critical Care Medicine, 48 (1), 387.
815: ORGAN DONATION AT THE END OF LIFE: EXPERIENCES FROM THE 3 WISHES PROJECT.
A Takaoka, K Honarmand, M Vanstone, B Tam, FJ Clarke, M Swinton, OM Smith, A Baker, J Hodder, A LeBlanc, V Dhingra, D Foster, J Hancock, S McMullen, MO Meade, S Arora, N Hoad, TH Neville, P Phung DJ Cook

Annals of Internal Medicine, 172(1):1-11.
Compassionate End-of-Life Care: Mixed-methods multi-site implementation and formative program evaluation of the 3 Wishes Project.
M Vanstone, T Neville, F Clarke, M Swinton, M Sadik, A Takaoka, O Smith, A Baker, A LeBlanc, D Foster, V Dhingra, P Phung, X Xu, Y Kao, S Heels-Ansdell, B Tam, F Toledo, A Boyle, D Cook
2019

Health Research Policy and Systems 17 (1), 106.
Stakeholders’ experiences with the evidence aid website to support ‘real-time’use of research evidence to inform decision-making in crisis zones: a user testing study.
AF Khalid, JN Lavis, F El-Jardali, M Vanstone

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19 (1), 416.
Access to midwifery care for people of low socio-economic status: A qualitative descriptive study.
E Darling, L Grenier, L Nussey, B Murray-Davis, E Hutton, & M Vanstone

Rural and Remote Health, 19, 5190.
Women’s preferences and experiences of cervical cancer screening in rural and remote areas: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
U Majid, S Kandasamy, K Farrah, M Vanstone

Conflict and Health, 13, 48.
The governmental health policy-development process for Syrian refugees: An embedded qualitative case study of Lebanon and Ontario.
AF Khalid, J Lavis, F El-Jardali, M Vanstone

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, 20190067, eISSN 1553-3840.
”I am a healthcare practitioner”: A qualitative exploration of massage therapists’ professional identity.
A Baskwill, M Vanstone, D Harnish, K Dore

Medical Education, 19, 1013-1024.
Medical student strategies for actively negotiating hierarchy in the clinical environment.
M Vanstone, L Grierson

Canadian Medical Education Journal. 10(3):e49-54.
Lines in the sand: Pre-interview rank and probability of receiving admission to medical school.
R Burgess, M Vanstone, M Mountjoy, L Grierson

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 33 (4), 253-256.
Ethical challenges related to patient involvement in Health Technology Assessment.
M Vanstone, J Abelson, MJ Bidonde, K Bond, R Burgess, C Canfield, L Schwartz, L Tripp
[self-archived post-print version]

Medical Education, 53 (8), 824-832.
Key differences between the severity of disciplinary issues and medical student insights.
R Burgess, M Vanstone, M Mountjoy, L Grierson

Medical Education, 53(9), 858-860.
When I say … merit.
C De Freitas, L Grierson, M Vanstone

Spine, 44(10): 740-746.
Discrepancies between patient and surgeon expectations of surgery for sciatica: A challenge for informed decision-making?
Y Rehman, M Syed, W Wiercioch, N Rehman, B Drew, A Cencic, K Reddy, N Murty, E Kachur, B Dunlop, G Guyatt, J Busse, L Schwartz, M Vanstone

Diagnosis, 6 (3), 259–268.
Experienced physician descriptions of intuition in clinical reasoning: A typology.
M Vanstone, S Monteiro, E Colvin, G Norman, J Sherbino, M Sibbald, K Dore, A Peters

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19 (27).
Facilitating informed choice about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis of women’s experiences.
A Cernat, C De Freitas, U Majid, F Trivedi, Higgins, M Vanstone

Perspectives in Medical Education, 8 (1), 38-42.
Problems of problem-based learning: Towards transformative critical pedagogy in medical education.
A Cavanagh, M Vanstone, S Ritz

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75 (5), 1126-1139.
Improving reporting of Meta-Ethnography: The eMERGe Reporting Guidance.
EF France, M Cunningham, N Ring, I Uny, EAS Duncan, RG Jepson, M Maxwell, RJ Roberts, RL Turley, A Booth, N Britten, K Flemming, I Gallagher, R Garside, K Hannes, S Lewin, GW Noblit, C Pope, J Thomas, M Vanstone, GMA Higginbottom, & J Noyes

Psycho-Oncology, 28 (3), 447-458.
Improving reporting of Meta-Ethnography: The eMERGe Reporting Guidance.
EF France, M Cunningham, N Ring, I Uny, EAS Duncan, RG Jepson, M Maxwell, RJ Roberts, RL Turley, A Booth, N Britten, K Flemming, I Gallagher, R Garside, K Hannes, S Lewin, GW Noblit, C Pope, J Thomas, M Vanstone, GMA Higginbottom, & J Noyes

Review of Education, 7 (2), 430-451.
Improving reporting of Meta-Ethnography: The eMERGe Reporting Guidance.
EF France, M Cunningham, N Ring, I Uny, EAS Duncan, RG Jepson, M Maxwell, RJ Roberts, RL Turley, A Booth, N Britten, K Flemming, I Gallagher, R Garside, K Hannes, S Lewin, GW Noblit, C Pope, J Thomas, M Vanstone, GMA Higginbottom, & J Noyes

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 19 (25).
Improving reporting of Meta-Ethnography: The eMERGe Reporting Guidance.
EF France, M Cunningham, N Ring, I Uny, EAS Duncan, RG Jepson, M Maxwell, RJ Roberts, RL Turley, A Booth, N Britten, K Flemming, I Gallagher, R Garside, K Hannes, S Lewin, GW Noblit, C Pope, J Thomas, M Vanstone, GMA Higginbottom, J Noyes
2018

Qualitative Health Research, 28 (13), 2215-2131.
Appraising Qualitative Research for Evidence Syntheses: A Compendium of Quality Appraisal Tools.
U Majid, M Vanstone

American Journal of Bioethics: Empirical Bioethics, 9 (2), 99-111.
Cross-cultural perspectives on decision-making regarding non-invasive prenatal testing: A comparative study of Lebanon and Quebec.
H Haidar, M Vanstone, A-M Laberge, G Bibeau, L Ghulmiyyah, & V Ravitsky.
[self-archived post-print version]

BMC Medical Ethics, 19 (27).
Women’s perspectives on the ethical implications of non-invasive prenatal testing: A qualitative analysis to inform health policy decisions.
M Vanstone, A Cernat, J Nisker, L Schwartz
[self-archived]

Research on Social Work Practice.
Patient experiences and opinions of an enhanced Behavioural Activation group intervention for depression.
L O’Neill, Z Samaan, K McCabe, TA Tabak, B Key, K Litke, J Whattam, L Garrick, S Chalmers, F Xie, L Thabane, Y Patel, H Shahid, L Zielinski, M Vanstone

Midwifery. 56: 1-8.
Introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing as a first-tier aneuploidy screening test: A survey among Dutch midwives about their role as counsellors.
L Martin, J Gitsels, M de Boer, M Vanstone, L Henneman
[self-archived]
2017

Social Science and Medicine. 195, 87-204.
Reconciling ethical and economic conceptions of value in health policy using the capabilities approach: A qualitative investigation of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing.
M Kibel, M Vanstone
[self-archived post-print version]

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. 15(1).
“Just don’t be creepy”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of men in massage therapy.
A Baskwill, M Vanstone

Maternal & Child Nutrition. 13:e12374.
Pregnant women’s perceptions of gestational weight gain: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research.
M Vanstone, S Kandasamy, M Giacomini, D DeJean, S McDonald
[self-archived]

Chronic Illness, 13(3): 217-235.
Diet modification challenges faced by marginalized and nonmarginalized adults with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
M Vanstone, A Rewegan, F Brundisini, M Giancomini, S Kandasamy, D DeJean
[self-archived post-print version]

CMAJ Open, 5(2): e411-416.
Elder women’s perceptions around optimal perinatal health: a constructivist grounded-theory study with an Indigenous community in southern Ontario.
S Kandasamy, M Vanstone, M Oremus, T Hill, G Wahi, AD Davis, R Jacobs, J Wilson, A Anglin, & SS Anand

International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 16(1)1-11.
A case study of a methodological approach to co-creating perinatal health knowledge between Western and Indigenous communities.
S Kandasamy, M Vanstone, M Oremus, T Hill, G Wahi, AD Davis, R Jacobs, J Wilson, A Anglin, & SS Anand
2016

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
Narrative Medicine and Death in the ICU: Word Clouds as a visual legacy.
M Vanstone, F Toledo, F Clarke, A Boyle, A Woods, M Giacomini, M Swinton, L Saunders, M Shears, N Zytaruk, T Rose, T Hand-Breckenridge, D Heels-Ansdell, S Anderson-White, R Sheppard, DJ Cook

Qualitative Health Research. 27(6):866-876.
Examining the Influence of Context and Professional Culture on Clinical Reasoning through Rhetorical-Narrative Analysis.
A Peters, M Vanstone, S Monteiro, G Norman, J Sherbino, M Sibbald

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(22).
Behavioral activation group therapy for reducing depressive symptoms and improving quality of life: A feasibility study.
Z Samaan, B Dennis, L Kalbfleisch, H Bami, M Bawor, K Litke, K McCabe, J Whattam, L Garrick, L O’Neill, T Tabak, S Simons, S Chalmers, B Key, M Vanstone, F Xie, G Guyatt, L Thabane

American Journal of Surgery. 211(1): 64-69.
Thinking like an expert: Surgical decision making as a cyclical process of being aware.
S Cristancho, T Apramian, M Vanstone, L Lingard, M Ott, T Forbes, R Novick
2015

BMC Health Services Research, 15:516.
Type 2 diabetes patients and providers differing perspectives on medication adherence: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
F Brundisini, M Vanstone, D Hulan, D DeJean, M Giacomini

BMC Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 1(39):1-13.
A pragmatic randomized trial to investigate the effectiveness of behavioural activation group therapy in reducing depressive symptoms and improving quality of life in patients with depression: BRAVE pilot study protocol.
Z Samaan, J Litke, K McCabe, B Dennis, J Whattam, L Garrick, L O’Neill, T Tabak, S Simons, S Chalmers, B Key, M Vanstone, F Xie, G Guyatt, L Thabane

Qualitative Health Research. 25(8):1069-84.
Women’s experiences of publicly funded Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing in Ontario, Canada: Considerations for health technology policy making.
M Vanstone, K Yacoub, M Giacomini, D Hulan, S McDonald
[self-archived post-print version]

Bioethics Curricula. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Ottawa, ON.
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing.
M Vanstone, M Giacomini, J Nisker

American Journal of Bioethics Empirical Bioethics. 6(1):54-67.
What is “NIPT”? Divergent characterizations of non-invasive prenatal testing strategies.
M Vanstone, K Yacoub, S Winsor, M Giacomini, J Nisker
[self-archived post-print version]
2014

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada. 36(6):515-526.
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing: Ethics and Policy Considerations.
M Vanstone, C King, B deVrijer, J Nisker

Health Reform Observer. 2(1) Article 4
Integrating Physician Assistants into the Ontario Healthcare Workforce.
M Vanstone, S Boesveld, K Burrows

Advances in Health Sciences Education. 19:529-539.
Resigned Professionalism? Non-Acute Inpatients and Resident Education.
M Vanstone, C Watling, M Goldszmidt, C Weijer, L Lingard
[self-archived]

Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 44(2): 85-104.
The quest for effective interdisciplinary graduate supervision: A critical narrative analysis.
K Hibbert, L Lingard, M Vanstone, EA Kinsella, P McKenzie, A Pitman, T Wilson
2013

Academic Medicine. 88(10).
Understanding clinical uncertainty: What is going on when experienced surgeons are not sure what to do?
S Cristancho, T Apramian, M Vanstone, L Lingard, M Ott, R Novick

Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 43 (2): 42-67.
Interdisciplinary doctoral supervision: A scoping review.
M Vanstone, K Hibbert, EA Kinsella, P McKenzie, A Pitman, L Lingard

Medical Education. 47: 842-850.
Music lessons: Revealing medicine’s learning culture through comparison with music.
C Watling, E Driessen, C Van der Vleuten, M Vanstone, L Lingard

Medical Education. 47 (6): 585-594.
Beyond Individualism: professional culture and its influence on feedback.
C Watling, E Driessen, C Van der Vleuten, M Vanstone, L Lingard

American Journal of Surgery. 205:156-162.
When surgeons face intra-operative challenges: A naturalistic model of surgical decision making.
S Cristancho, M Vanstone, L Lingard, M Lebel, M Ott
2008-2012

2012

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada. 34 (3): 269-275.
Information Sharing to Promote Informed Choice in Prenatal Screening in the Spirit of the SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline: A proposal for an alternative model.
M Vanstone, EA Kinsella, J Nisker

Canadian Family Physician. 58:e258-266.
Recognizing BRCA gene mutation risk subsequent to breast cancer diagnosis in southwestern Ontario.
M Vanstone, W Chow, L Lester, P Ainsworth, J Nisker, M Brackstone

Academic Medicine. 87 (12): 1762-67.
Conflicting messages: Examining the dynamics of leadership on interprofessional teams.
L Lingard, M Vanstone, M Durrant, B Fleming-Carroll, M Lowe, J Rashotte, L Sinclair, S Tallett

Medical Education. 46 (6): 593-603.
Understanding feedback responses: The potential and limitations of Regulatory Focus Theory.
C Watling, E Driessen, C Vandervleuten, M Vanstone, L Lingard

2010

Reflective Practice. 11(4): 451-467.
Critical reflection and prenatal screening public education materials: Metaphoric textual analysis.
M Vanstone, EA Kinsella

2009

International Journal of Nursing Studies. 46:838-847.
The impact of PTSD on veterans’ family relationships: An interpretative phenomenological inquiry.
S Ray, M Vanstone

2008

Advances in Medical Sociology. 10: 99-123.
Too posh to push? Comparative perspectives on maternal request caesarean sections in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Finland.
I Bourgeault, J Sandall, G DeClerq, S Wrede, M Vanstone, E van Teijlingen, R DeVries, C Benoit
[self-archived post-print version]

Commentaries

2021

Medical Education. 55 (5), 548-550.
Particularizing ‘Experiences’: Naming whiteness in the Academy.
A Cavanagh, A Jabbar, M Vanstone
2020

Medical Education. 54 (12), 1095-1097.
Professional expectations of perfection stymy remediation and growth.
R Burgess, M Vanstone, L Grierson

Medical Education, 54(3):181-183.
Social power facilitates and constrains motivation in the clinical learning environment.
M Vanstone, & L Grierson.
2017

Medical Education. 51(7):678-679.
Professionalism’s contextual nature: a call for compassionate, constructive responses.
J Baird, & M Vanstone.

Book Chapters

2020

Physician Assistants in Canada. Bourgeault, I.L. (ed). Canadian Health Workforce Network, Ottawa.
Introduction to the Health Workforce in Canada.
K Burrows, M Vanstone, I Jones
2019

Starting Life as a Midwife: An international review of transition from student to practitioner. Gray, M., Kitson-Reynolds, E., Cummins, A. (Ed). Switzerland: Springer. Pp. 73-94.
The transition to clinical practice for new registrant midwives in Ontario, Canada.
C Sandor, B Murray-Davis, M Vanstone, C Bryant
2015

In P. S. Parfrey & B. J. Barrett (Eds.), Clinical Epidemiology (Vol. 1281, pp. 417-441): Springer New York.
Evidence-Based Decision-Making 3: Health Technology Assessment.
D O’Reilly, K Campbell, M Vanstone, J Bowen, L Schwartz, N Assasi, R Goeree
2014

In Nash, M. (Ed.). Reframing Reproduction: Conceiving Gendered Experiences. Melbourne: Palgrave-MacMillan. pp. 54-68.
‘Diseases’, ‘defects’, ‘abnormalities’ and ‘conditions’: Discursive tensions in prenatal screening.
M Vanstone, EA Kinsella, J Nisker

Technical Reports, Working Papers etc. (non-peer reviewed publications)

2020

Primary Care 2025: Capitalizing on rapid change to improve Ontario’s primary health care system. Hamilton (ON): 2020 Aug 17. 34 p.
Report of the Primary Care 2025 working group to Ontario Health.
M Vanstone, R Annis, M Backo-Shannon, J Charles, L Clarke, B Cowper-Fung, G Fallis, D Kaplan, T Kiran, C Mariano, K Mehta, S Newberry, H O’Halloran, P Paucha, T Pham, D Price, D Schieck, R Van Iersel, J Young

Accepted by the executive board of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, June 15, 2020.
Understanding the Impact of the CFPC Certificates of Added Competence.
L Grierson, I Allice, M Vanstone
2019-2013

2019

In HPV Testing for Primary Cervical Cancer Screening: a health technology assessment. Ottawa: CADTH Optimal Use Report, 7(1b).
Patient Perspectives and Experience.
U Majid, S Kandasamy, N Arora, M Vanstone

2018

Conducted for: Ontario Genetics Advisory Committee, Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee. Health Quality Ontario
Women’s and Clinician Perspectives on Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT): A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
M Vanstone, A Cernat, U Majid, F Trivedi, C de Freitas

2017

In HPV Testing for Primary Cervical Cancer Screening- Project Protocol. Ottawa: CADTH Optimal Use Report: 7(1a).
Patient Perspectives and Experience.
M Vanstone

Ontario Health Technol Assessment Series, 17(7) 1-32.
Prostate Cancer Patient Experiences of Treatment Decision-Making: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
S Kandasamy, AF Khalid, U Majid, M Vanstone

2015

Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series, 15(17) 1-29.
Patient Perspectives on Quality of Life with Uncontrolled Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.
M Vanstone, A Rewegan, F Brundisini, D DeJean, M Giacomini

2014

Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee (OHTAC), Health Quality Ontario.
Patient Experiences of Medication Adherence: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.
M Vanstone, F Brundisini, D Hulan, D DeJean, M Giacomini

2013

Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series, 13 (14): 1-40.
How diet challenges are magnified in vulnerable or marginalized people with diabetes and heart disease: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
M Vanstone, M Giacomini, A Smith, F Brundisini, D DeJean, S Winsor

Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series, 13 (16): 1-34.
Patient experiences of depression and anxiety with chronic disease: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
M DeJean, M Giacomini, M Vanstone, F Brundisini

Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series, 13 (17): 1-34.
Experiences of patient centredness with specialized community-based care: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
S Winsor, A Smith, M Vanstone, M Giacomini, FK Brundisini, D DeJean

Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series, 13 (15): 1-37.
Chronic disease patients’ experiences with accessing health care in rural and remote areas: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.
F Brundisini, M Giacomini, D DeJean, M Vanstone, S Winsor, A Smith

Doctoral Dissertation

2012

University of Western Ontario, Doctor of Philosophy, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
The Process of Informed Decision-Making About Prenatal Screening: Patient Education Materials, Policy, and Pregnant Women’s Perspectives.
M Vanstone

Meredith Vanstone,

Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine

DBHSC 5001F, McMaster University

100 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON L8P 1H6

Meredith.Vanstone@mcmaster.ca