Jae-Yung Kwon

Jae-Yung Kwon

Assistant Professor of Nursing

University of Victoria

Biography

Dr. Jae-Yung Kwon is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the School of Nursing at the University of Victoria (UVic). He is a Research Fellow at the Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health, a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar, and a co-lead for the New Investigators Group at the International Society of Quality of Life.

He obtained his PhD in Nursing, with a subspecialization in Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology, from the University of British Columbia (UBC), supported by a UBC Fellowship and Cardiac Services BC. He completed his joint postdoctoral training with the BC Ministry of Health Office of Patient-Centred Measurement and Trinity Western University, supported by the BC SUPPORT Unit.

Dr. Kwon’s research program focuses on tailoring health services to promote person-centred care, aiming to meet the unique needs of individual patients with progressive or life-threatening conditions, including cancer. His research is supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Frailty Network, AGE-WELL, BC SUPPORT Unit, Health Research BC, and UVic. He supervises students from both Nursing and Health Information Science.

His previous life experiences in the Korean army and nursing are chronicled in this book. On the side, he enjoys composing relaxing piano music (see his youtube channel).

Interests
  • Person-centred care
  • Patient-oriented research
  • Patient-reported outcomes
  • Social determinants of health
  • Mixed methods approach
  • Latent class analysis
  • Personas
  • Knowledge translation
Education
  • Post-Doctorate in patient-reported outcomes, 2020

    Trinity Western University & BC Ministry of Health Office of Patient-Centred Measurement

  • PhD in Nursing, 2020

    University of British Columbia

  • MSN, 2014

    University of British Columbia

  • BSN, 2012

    University of British Columbia

  • BHK (Exercise Science), 2010

    University of British Columbia

Projects

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Mapping patient experiences to improve person-centred care for older adults with cancer

Mapping patient experiences to improve person-centred care for older adults with cancer

I am leading a project to co-develop journey maps (visualization of patients' stories) to connect patient-reported frailty data with patients' healthcare experiences. The journey maps will be used as educational tools to assist clinicians in using patient-reported frailty assessments for improving person-centred care.

Personas to Support Health Care Provider Use of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Care of Older Adults with Cancer

Personas to Support Health Care Provider Use of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Care of Older Adults with Cancer

I am leading a project to develop personas as methodological tools to inform the development of knowledge translation resources for health care providers on the use of electronic patient-reported outcomes in the care of older adults with cancer.

Family Caregivers of BC Survey Advisory Committee

Family Caregivers of BC Survey Advisory Committee

I am part of a methods group for the Family Caregivers of BC to asses the impact of COVID-19.

Advancing methods for patient-centred measurement in emergency department

Advancing methods for patient-centred measurement in emergency department

I am leading a project to guide knowledge users about the reporting and selection of a generic PRO measure based on comparative results of the VR-12 and the EQ-5D (funded by the BC SUPPORT Unit).

Integrating a quality of life assessment and practice support system in homecare

Integrating a quality of life assessment and practice support system in homecare

I am involved in a CIHR-funded study led by Rick Sawatzky (Trinity Western University) to evaluate the impact of an innovative computer tablet-based Quality of life Assessment and Practice Support System (QPSS) in homecare.

Electronic patient-reported outcomes in clinical kidney practice

Electronic patient-reported outcomes in clinical kidney practice

I am involved in a CIHR-funded study led by Kara Schick-Makaroff (University of Alberta) to understand how to best support clinicians in routinely utilizing electronic patient-reported outcomes in a kidney context.

Response Shift in Sync Working Group

Response Shift in Sync Working Group

I am part of a research group that brings together an international and interdisciplinary team to address methodological issues in using PRO data.

No one size fits all for measuring what matters: Supporting the use of PRO data in healthcare

No one size fits all for measuring what matters: Supporting the use of PRO data in healthcare

I am a co-PI with Rick Sawatzky (Trinity Western University) in this MSFHR REACH funded project to facilitate wider uptake of knowledge in interpreting PROs for clinical practice.

Research Program