Richard Booth, PhD
Education
- MScN, PhD (Western University)
- BScN (McMaster)
Academic Appointments
Supervising Graduate Students
Research Interests
- Nursing education, serious games, virtual reality
- Health informatics, eHealth, digital health, social media in healthcare
- Mental health nursing
- Socio-technical perspectives, Big Data
- Social robotics, automation, artificial intelligence
Additional Information
- Social robots in the home: Exploring the influence of intelligent non-human agents on human behaviour in domestic environments. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Insight Development Grant, 2018-2020)
- Evaluating the impact of social media technology on mental health awareness and health system use in youth. Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science (Early Researcher Award, 2017-2022)
- Evaluation of a technology-enabled, gamified electronic medication administration record (eMAR) system for use in the simulated clinical education (eCampus Ontario Research Grant, 2017-2018). http://www.healtheinnovation.ca/medugametion
- Facilitating the adoption of intelligent assistive technology by older adults through the development of high-fidelity simulation experiences for nursing education: Supporting technological and digital inclusion for older adults now and into the future (eCampus Ontario Digital Inclusion Grant, 2017-2018). http://www.healtheinnovation.ca/apartment-1303
- The importance of trust in the adoption and use of intelligent assistive technology by older adults to support aging in place: A scoping review. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Knowledge Synthesis Grant, 2017-2018) http://www.healtheinnovation.ca/apartment-1303
- Buchanan, C., Howitt, M. L., Wilson, R., Booth, R. G., Risling, T., & Bamford, M. (2020). Nursing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(4), e17490. https://doi.org/10.2196/17490
- Booth, R. G., Strudwick, G., McMurray, J., Morse, A., Chan, R., & Zhang, T. (2019). The best way to predict the future is to [co]create it: A technology primer for healthcare leaders. In D. Weberg & S. Davidson (Eds.), Leadership for Evidence-Based Innovation in Nursing and Health Professions (2nd ed., pp. 261–283). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
- Richard, L., Hwang, S. W., Forchuk, C., Nisenbaum, R., Clemens, K., Wiens, K., Booth, R.G., Azimaee, M., & Shariff, S. Z. (2019). Validation study of health administrative data algorithms to identify individuals experiencing homelessness and estimate population prevalence of homelessness in Ontario, Canada. BMJ Open, 9(10), e030221. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030221
- Leung, K., Lu-McLean, D., Kuziemsky, C., Booth, R. G., Collins Rossetti, S., Borycki, E., & Strudwick, G. (2019). Using patient and family engagement strategies to improve outcomes of health information technology initiatives: Scoping review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(10), e14683. https://doi.org/10.2196/14683
- Chan, R., Booth, R., Strudwick, G., & Sinclair, B. (2019). Nursing students’ perceived self-efficacy and the generation of medication errors with the use of an Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) in clinical simulation. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 16(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2019-0014
- Zibrowski, E., Shepherd, L., Booth, R., Sedig, K., & Gibson, C. (2019). A Qualitative Study of the Theory Behind the Chairs: Balancing Lean-Accelerated Patient Flow With the Need for Privacy and Confidentiality in an Emergency Medicine Setting. JMIR Human Factors, 6(1), e11714. https://doi.org/10.2196/11714
- Zibrowski, E., Shepherd, L., Sedig, K., Booth, R., & Gibson, C. (2018). Easier and Faster Is Not Always Better: Grounded Theory of the Impact of Large-Scale System Transformation on the Clinical Work of Emergency Medicine Nurses and Physicians. JMIR Human Factors, 5(4), e11013. https://doi.org/10.2196/11013
- Booth, R., Sinclair, B., McMurray, J., Strudwick, G., Watson, G., Ladak, H., … Brennan, L. (2018). Evaluating a Serious Gaming Electronic Medication Administration Record System Among Nursing Students: Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 7(5), e138. https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.9601
- Health informatics
- Research methods
- Mental health nursing
- 2019: Western Award for Innovations in Technology-Enhanced Teaching
- 2015-2017: ICES Western Faculty Scholar Fellow
- 2015: Fellowship in Teaching Innovation Award (TSC Western)
- 2014: Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing (COUPN) – New tenure stream faculty contribution award
- 2014: 10-year employment pin from St. Joseph’s Health Care London
- Director, Board of Directors – Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN); 2015-2020