This study aims to explore how different groups of people view and use evidence differently. Using a qualitative, constructivist grounded theory approach, it explores how practicing chiropractors, insurance adjusters, and independent assessors make decisions about minor injuries from traffic accidents in Ontario. Investigators include those from CMCC and the University of Toronto.

This study explores how novel teaching methods such as simulated learning influence chiropractic undergraduate students’ self-perceived confidence, competence and anxiety when faced with simulated clinical scenarios. This project is at the foreground of many others following suit with the overarching aim of training new researchers to build enhanced capacity for research and objectively assess the outcomes of the undergraduate curriculum from a research perspective.

This study involved the delivery of education focused on optimizing team-based care to several primary care teams and to primary care providers across Canada as well as to assess the integration of funded musculoskeletal care (as provided by chiropractors) into these primary care teams. The study used mixed methods and involved 18 investigators from multiple universities and health care teams. The study was funded by Employment and Social Development Canada (through the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine), the Canadian Chiropractic Association and the British Columbia Chiropractic Association (Kopansky-Giles).

This research project uses implementation research methodology to assess the need for, the readiness of and the feasibility of the provision of spine care to a remote indigenous community in northern Manitoba. The study, co-created with the community, engages researchers from multiple academic institutions across Canada as well as people within the community. In addition, the research team will be examining the impact of the provision of musculoskeletal care on the utilization of opioid medication and other substances by people with spine pain in the community. The study is funded by Health Canada, the Canadian Chiropractic Research Fund and the Canadian Chiropractic Association (Kopansky-Giles).

This mixed methods study evaluates the perspectives of both teachers and learners with respect to their experiences in delivering or participating in interprofessional education programs at St. Michael’s Hospital. These programs focused on orienting learner to interprofessional collaboration and team-based care. The study compares participants’ experiences in and preferences for virtual (during COVID) vs in-person delivery of this education. This research is funded by the St. Michael’s Hospital Department of Family & Community Medicine research fund (Kopansky-Giles).

This project aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date portrait of the health care utilization of chiropractors, medical doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists and other providers among Canadians with musculoskeletal disorders (e.g., chronic low back pain, arthritis) and disability in Canada. The study uses data from the Canadian Community Health Survey collected from 2001 to 2018. This study is funded by the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, the Canadian Chiropractic Association and four provincial chiropractic associations (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario).

This national ecological study designed to: 1) determine and spatially map the prevalence of chronic back problems (derived demand), chiropractic utilization (observed demand), and the availability of chiropractors (supply) across Canada, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; 2) compute the chiropractic demand-supply measure; and 3) determine the factors associated with this demand-supply measure. The study uses two national data sources: the Canadian Community Health Survey and the membership data from the Canadian Chiropractic Association. This study is funded by the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, the Canadian Chiropractic Association and five provincial chiropractic associations (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec).