Katherine Stevenson

Lecturer
The Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare , School of Health and Welfare
Doctoral Student
Research School of Health and Welfare , School of Health and Welfare
Presentation Publications

A community physical therapist, Katherine Stevenson has worked in health care improvement since 2004 when she joined the Health Quality Council (HQC) in Saskatchewan, Canada. In her time with the HQC, Katherine developed a passion for teaching and learning about quality improvement science in health sciences programs. She developed and delivered uni- and interprofessional QI curricula in nursing, medicine, physical therapy, pharmacy, nutrition, and community health and epidemiology.  In 2009, she was offered the opportunity to enroll as a doctoral candidate at the Jönköping Academy for the Improvement of Health and Welfare.

 

Katherine’s research aims to understand faculty beliefs about and their experiences with curriculum design, educational activities, and outcomes in programs implementing quality improvement and interprofessional education in order to contribute to health sciences education theory and practice. The results of her dissertation will yield mid-range theory regarding context, mechanisms, and outcomes in quality improvement and interprofessional health sciences education and will, hopefully, contribute to bridging these two emerging and complementary competency domains.

 

Katherine holds a B.A. Honours in English (1996), a B.Sc. in Physical Therapy (1999), and a M.Sc. in Community Health and Epidemiology (2003), all from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.

 

Article

Stevenson, K., Thor, J., D'Eon, M., Headrick, L., Andersson-Gäre, B. (2023). From Theory to Practice: The Enacted Curriculum of a Successful Master's Program in Quality Improvement and Leadership Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 43(4), 234-240. More information
Headrick, L. Ogrinc, G. Hoffman, K. Stevenson, K. Shalaby, M. Beard, A. , ... Baum K. (2016). Exemplary Care and Learning Sites: A Model for Achieving Continual Improvement in Care and Learning in the Clinical Setting Academic Medicine, 91(3), 354-359. More information
Rotter, T. Bath, B. Dobson, R. Harrison, L. Jeffery, C. Sari, N. , ... Westhorp G. (2015). Kanadischer Kraftakt F & W - Fuehren und Wirtschaften im Krankenhaus. More information
Kinsman, L. Rotter, T. Stevenson, K. Bath, B. Goodridge, D. Harrison, L. , ... Westhorp G. (2014). "The largest Lean transformation in the world": the implementation and evaluation of lean in Saskatchewan healthcare , 17(2), 29-32. More information
Keller, C., Stevenson, K. (2012). Participation in blended learning: Settings and intersections of a master programme in healthcare International Journal of Web Based Communities, 8(4), 504-520. More information
Dobson, R., Stevenson, K., Busch, A., Scott, D., Henry, C., Wall, P. (2009). A quality improvement activity to promote interprofessional collaboration among health professions students American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 73(4), 1-7. More information

Doctoral thesis

Stevenson, K. (2024). Doing better, together: The intersection between quality improvement and interprofessional collaborative practice in health professions education (Doctoral thesis, Jönköping: Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare). More information

Conference paper

Stevenson, K., Keller, C., Andersson-Gäre, B., Gäre, K., Thor, J. (2011). Professionals learning to lead improvement efforts in health and social care: A realist evaluation of an interprofessional practice-based masters program. 23rd Annual National Forum of Quality Improvement in Health Care, 4-7 Dec 2011, Orlando Florida. More information
Stevenson, K., Keller, C., Andersson-Gäre, B., Gäre, K., Thor, J. (2011). Professionals learning to lead improvement efforts in health and social care: A realist evaluation of an interprofessional practice-based masters program. Utvecklingskraft 2011, 18-19 maj, Jönköping, Sweden. More information

Other publications

Stevenson, K., Thor, J., D’Eon, M., Headrick, L., Andersson-Gäre, B. (2024). Background and Foreground: Connections & Distinctions when Health Professions Faculty Teach Both Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Quality Improvement – A Case Study. More information
Orchard, C. Bainbridge, L. Bassendowski, S. Stevenson, K. Wagner, S. Weinberg, L. , ... Sawatsky-Girling B. (2010). A National Interprofessional Competency Framework. Vancouver: Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative More information
Stevenson, K., D’Eon, M., Headrick, L., Andersson-Gäre, B. (2009). A Complex Adaptive Systems Approach to Health Professions Education Transformation: The Case of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine & an Integrated Quality Improvement-Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Curriculum. More information