Biography
Dr. Harvinder Singh is a clinical pharmacist and the clinical coordinator of the pharmacy department at Bruyère Continuing Care in Ottawa. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy from the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto in 2013. Currently at the Ontario College of Pharmacists, he also works as a quality assurance coach and assessor.
Expertise
- Pharmacotherapy
- Pharmaceutical practice
- Geriatrics
Research Projects
- Singh H, Sicotte K, Veregin T. Where are we now? Capturing Clinical Pharmacy Key Performance Indicators in a Health Information System. Poster presented at: University of Ottawa Telfer School of Management Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Leadership Program Poster Presentation Day; June, 2022; Ottawa.
- Harley A, Singh H, Cox J, Gray T, McLoughlin P, Luymes A. Assessing Self Medication Administration at Bruyere Continuing Care – A quality Improvement Project in Progress. Poster presented at: Bruyere Continuing Care – Caring for Older Adults Showcase; November, 2019; Ottawa.
- Backman C, Harley A, Peyton L, Kuziemsky C, Mercer J, Monahan MA, Schmidt S, Singh H, Gravelle D. Development of a path to home mobile app for the Geriatric Rehabilitation Program at Bruyère continuing care: Protocol for user-centered design and feasibility testing studies. JMIR Research Protocols. 2018;7(9). doi:10.2196/11031
- Singh H, Schmidt S, Gravelle D. Bruyère Continuing Care Path to Home Passport – Have you got your passport? Poster presented at: GTA Rehab Network - Best Practice Day Conference: Translating Best Practice into Action; May, 2018; Toronto.
- Singh H, Jolin H, Veregin T, Zhang T. Development and evaluation of a hierarchical model of teaching for a pharmacy direct patient care rotation. Poster presented at: 7th annual Canadian Pharmacy Education and Research Conference (CPERC); May, 2016; Richmond.
- Gravelle D, Schmidt S, Singh H, Minorgan J, Whiting R, Whiting M. Destination Home: Do you have your Bruyère Path to Home Passport? Working together with patients and caregivers to facilitate a smooth, safe, timely transition from hospital to home. Poster presented at: Regional Geriatric Outreach Program of Eastern Ontario Annual General Meeting; October, 2016; Ottawa.
- Singh H, Jolin H, Veregin T. The Pharmacist Discharge Process – Applying LEAN Principles for Process Improvement. Presented at the Bruyère Continuing Care LEAN Project Presentation Day; June, 2016; Ottawa.
- Taddio A, Parikh C, Yoon EW, Sgro M, Singh H, Habtom E, Ilersich AF, Pillai Riddell R, Shah V. Impact of parent-directed education on parental use of pain treatments during routine infant vaccinations. Pain. 2015;156(1):185-191. doi:10.1016/j.pain.0000000000000021
- Singh H, Diamantouros A. Introduction to health literacy and writing patient educational material for pharmacists: workshop development and evaluation. Poster presented at: 4th annual Canadian Pharmacy Education and Research Conference (CPERC); June, 2013; Niagara-on-the-lake.
- Parikh C, Singh H, S Smart, W Yoon, M Sgro, V Shah, A Taddio. Testing educational materials about immunizations in a pediatric setting. Poster presented at: University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy’s Graduate Research in Progress Symposium; June, 2013; Toronto.
Awards and Nominations
- Whit Matthews Student Poster Award (2013) – AFPC