Patrick Chiu, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing

Pronouns: he, him, his

Contact

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing
Email
pakcheon@ualberta.ca
Address
5-132 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
11405 87 Ave NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 1C9

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Professional Regulation Health Workforce Nursing Policy Policy Advocacy


About

Dr. Patrick Chiu joined the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta as an Assistant Professor in 2024. His research and teaching interests focus on health professions regulation, health workforce, nursing policy and global health. As a Certified Global Nurse Consultant, he is regularly consulted by professional nursing associations, regulators, and governments on nursing workforce, professional practice and regulatory issues. Dr. Chiu has served in a number of leadership capacities. Globally, he recently served as a United Nations (Economic and Social Council) Liaison for Sigma Nursing. Nationally, he currently serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership and Canadian Nurse, and Co-Lead for Governance and Regulation at the Canadian Health Workforce Network

Degrees 

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN),  McMaster University (2012)

Master of Public Health (MPH), Simon Fraser University (2016)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Alberta (2022)



Research

The overarching goal of Dr. Chiu's emerging program of research is to strengthen the nursing workforce, patient safety, and health systems through effective and responsive health professions regulation, innovative professional practice infrastructure, and effective policy advocacy of nursing organizations. Using knowledge syntheses, qualitative, and policy analysis methods, the objectives of his research include: a) examining how professional regulation can be improved and modernized to enhance public protection and enable healthcare professionals to practice safely, competently, and ethically within changing healthcare landscapes; b) developing conceptualizations of professional practice models that support health workforce development and shifting population health needs; and c) exploring how nursing organizations' policy advocacy work can be strengthened to optimize policy influence. Dr. Chiu currently co-leads the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) funded health workforce Evidence Support and Knowledge Mobilization Hub

Current Grants (As Principal Investigator)

2024-2025. Nominated Principal Investigator. An Environmental Scan of Canadian Nursing Regulators’ Continuing Competence Programs. Endowment Fund for the Future: Support for the Advancement of Scholarship (EFF-SAS), Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta ($4395). 

2024-2027. Co-Principal Investigator. Advancing Equitable and Ethical Regulatory Policy: Evaluating Licensure Pathways for Internationally Educated Nurses in Canada. CIHR Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation Team Grant. ($743,370). 

2024-2027. Co-Principal Investigator. Evidence Support and Knowledge Mobilization (ESKM) HubCIHR Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation Team Grant ($362,157). 

2024-2025. Nominated Principal Investigator. Co-creating a Pan-Canadian Nursing Regulation Research Agenda to Achieve the Quadruple Aim and Health Equity. CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant ($10,000). 

2024-2025. Co-Principal Investigator.  Strengthening the Canadian Oncology Nursing Workforce to Support the Acceleration of Genomics-Informed Oncology Health Services. CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant ($14,892.50). 

2023-2024. Nominated Principal Investigator. Developing Strategic Directions for Genomics-Informed Nursing: A Pan-Canadian Approach for Education, Policy, Research, and Practice.  CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant ($14,913). 



Teaching

Dr. Chiu teaches graduate level courses including NURS 569 'Nursing Power and Policy in Health Care Leadership' and NURS 597 'Understanding Complex Systems.'

Announcements

Undergraduate and graduate students interested in professional regulation, policy advocacy, health workforce and global health topics can contact Dr. Chiu to explore opportunities for potential supervision and assistantships. Please include a copy of your CV, brief description of your interests, and project ideas in your email. 

Courses

NURS 569 - Nursing Power and Policy in Health Care Leadership

Examine the ways that nurses gain and leverage power to impact health systems and health care practices. Explore local, national, and global health issues through the lens of power, influence, and policy development. Emphasis will be placed on organizational, regulatory, and policy contexts for nursing practice and health issues as they relate to health equity, inclusivity, health promotion, and health outcomes.


NURS 597 - Understanding Complex Systems

Explore the complex nature of nursing practice in the context of evolving healthcare systems, including fiscal, policy and regulatory environments. Emphasis is placed on models of care delivery, relationships within and between systems, and issues of health inequity, gender, culture, and bias.


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Featured Publications

Chiu, P., Leslie, K., Kung, JY.

JMIR Research Protocols. 2024 July; 10.2196/56163


Chiu, P., Louie-Poon, S., Leslie, K., Kung, JY.

BMJ Open. 2024 July; 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084084


Hawkins, J.E., Chiu, P., Mumba, M.N., Gray., S.E., Hawkins, R.J.

American Journal of Nursing. 2024 June; 10.1097/01.naj.0001025184.93381.68


Leslie, K., Myles, S., Alraja, A., Chiu, P., Schiller, CJ ., Nelson, S., & Adams, T.L.

PLOS ONE. 2024 May; 10.1371/journal.pone.0303192


Chiu, P., Limoges, J., Puddester, R., Gretchev, A., Carlsson, L., Leslie, K., Flaming, D., Meyer, A., & Pike, A.

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 2024 May; 10.1177/08445621241252615


Chiu, P., Jacqueline L., Pike, A., Calzone, K., Tonkin, E., Puddester, R., Gretchev, A., Dewell, S., Newton, L., & Leslie, K.

Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2024 March; 10.1111/jan.16099


Madigan, E., Shaw, H., Chiu, P., Anders, L.

Advanced Practice Nurse Networking to Enhance Global Health. 2024 January; 10.1007/978-3-031-39740-0_14


Louie-Poon, S., Chiu, P., & Kung, J.

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 2023 September; 55 (3): 279-291 10.1177/08445621231166101


Chiu, P

Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership. 2023 April; 36 (1):8-15 10.12927/cjnl.2023.27127


Chiu, P., Thorne, S., Schick-Makaroff, K. & Cummings G.G.

Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2023 March; 79 (8):2967-2979 10.1111/jan.15625


Chiu, P., Hawkins, J., Eviza, K., & Gray, S.E.

Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2022 November; 54 (6):666-667 10.1111/jnu.12791


Chiu, P., Thorne, S., Schick-Makaroff, K., & Cummings, G.

Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2022 October; 78 (12):4034-4041 10.1111/jan.15456


Chiu, P., Cummings, G., Thorne, S., & Schick-Makaroff, K.

Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice. 2021 November; 22 (4):271-291 10.1177/15271544211050611


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