Patrick Chiu, PhD, RN

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. He is regularly consulted by professional nursing associations, regulators, and governments on nursing workforce, professional practice and regulatory issues. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BScN) from McMaster University (2012), Master of Public Health (MPH) from Simon Fraser University (2016), a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Alberta (2022), and a Certified Global Nurse Consultant (CGNC) designation through the International Council of Nurses & CGFNS. He currently serves as a Liaison to the United Nations (Economic and Social Council) for Sigma Nursing.

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.

Current Grants

Principal/Co-Principal Investigator

2024-2025. NPI. 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-PI. 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-PI. Evidence Support and Knowledge Mobilization (ESKM) Hub. CIHR Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation Team Grant ($362,157).

2024-2025. NPI. 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-PI. 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. NPI. 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.

Winter Term 2025

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.

Winter Term 2025

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Featured Publications

Nursing Regulation Literature in Canada: Protocol for a Scoping Review

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

JMIR Research Protocols. 2024 July; 10.2196/56163

Exploring the literature on racism and health practitioner regulation: a scoping review protocol

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

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

Nurses' knowledge and attitudes regarding the sustainable development goals: A global study

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

Professional regulation in the digital era: A qualitative case study of three professions in Ontario, Canada

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

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

Developing policy infrastructure to guide genomics-informed oncology nursing in Canada: An interpretive descriptive study

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

Lessons from professional nursing associations’ policy advocacy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: An interpretive description

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

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

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