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Linda McGillis Hall, Assistant Professor
PhD, MScN, BAS

Linda McGillis Hall, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, a CIHR New Investigator, and a co-investigator with the Nursing Effectiveness, Utilization, and Outcomes Research Unit. She is also the Program Director for the joint MN/MBA program. Dr. McGillis Hall teaches courses on nursing administration and organizational behaviour. Prior to joining the Faculty of Nursing, she completed a Medical Research Council (MRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto where she examined the effectiveness of methods used for the costing of nursing resources. Her research interests relate to determining the outcomes of nursing practice within the health care system and the quality of worklife experienced by registered nurses. She has developed a research program aimed at studying mechanisms of examining different staff mixes in the nursing workforce in Canada, the quality of work life/ work environment for nurses, and the skills and knowledge needed for nurses to work effectively in a productive and cost efficient manner within the health care system.

Degrees

1999 - PhD, Nursing Administration, University of Toronto
1993 - MScN, Nursing Administration, University of Toronto
1990 - BAS, Health Administration, York University

Selected Grants

2003 - 2005 Nurse Staffing Models, Resident Outcomes and System Cost Outcomes in Long-Term Care. Investigators: McGillis Hall, L. (Principal Investigator), Pringle, D., Doran, D., Pink, G., & Streiner, D. (Funding: Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), $302,632)

2003   Quality Worklife Indicators for Nursing Practice Environments in Ontario : A Critical Synthesis of the Literature and Pilot Study of the Feasibility of Collecting Indicator Data. Investigators: McGillis Hall, L. (Principal Investigator). (Funding: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), $250,000)

2001-2005   Nursing Report (A component of Hospital Reports). Investigators: McGillis Hall, L. (Principal Investigator), Doran, D., & Spence Laschinger, H. (Funding: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), $125,000)

2001-2004   A Comparative Analysis of Models for Costing Nursing Services. Investigators: McGillis Hall, L. (Principal Investigator), Pink, G.H., McKillop, I. , et al. (Funding: Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), $261,618)

2001-2004   The Development and Testing of Quality Work Environments for Nursing. Investigators: McGillis Hall, L. (Principal Investigator), Irvine Doran, D., Sidani, S. (Funding: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), $997,535)

Quick Biography

Linda McGillis Hall, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, a CIHR New Investigator, and a co-investigator with the Nursing Effectiveness, Utilization, and Outcomes Research Unit. She is also the Program Director for the joint MN/MBA program. Dr. McGillis Hall teaches courses on nursing administration and organizational behaviour. Prior to joining the Faculty of Nursing, she completed a Medical Research Council (MRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto where she examined the effectiveness of methods used for the costing of nursing resources. Her research interests relate to determining the outcomes of nursing practice within the health care system and the quality of worklife experienced by registered nurses. She has developed a research program aimed at studying mechanisms of examining different staff mixes in the nursing workforce in Canada, the quality of work life/ work environment for nurses, and the skills and knowledge needed for nurses to work effectively in a productive and cost efficient manner within the health care system.

Recent Publications

McGillis Hall, L., Doran, D., & Pink, G. (In Press). Nurse Staffing Models, Nursing Hours and Patient Safety Outcomes. Journal of Nursing Administration.

McGillis Hall, L., & Doran, D. (In Press). Nurse Staffing, Care Delivery Model and Patient Care Quality. Journal of Nursing Care Quality.

McGillis Hall, L. (In Press). Exploring the Relationship Between Nursing Staff Mix Models and Outcomes. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

McGillis Hall, L., Irvine Doran, D., Baker, G.R., Pink, G., Sidani, S., O’Brien Pallas, L., & Donner, G. (2003). Nurse Staffing Models as Predictors of Patient Outcomes. Medical Care, 41(9): 1096-1109.

McGillis Hall, L., Angus, J., Peter, E., O’Brien Pallas, L., Wynn, F., & Donner, G. (2003). Nurses' perspectives and concerns in the SARS crisis in Toronto . Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 35(3): 211-216.

McGillis Hall, L. (2003). Nursing Job Satisfaction. In, Doran, D., Sidani, S., McGillis Hall, L., Watt Watson, J., Mallette, C., Laschinger, H., Pringle, D., & White, P. Nurse Sensitive Outcomes: The State of Science . Toronto , ON : Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

White, P. & McGillis Hall, L. (2003). Patient Safety Outcomes. In, Doran, D., Sidani, S., McGillis Hall, L., Watt Watson, J., Mallette, C., Laschinger, H., Pringle, D., & White, P. Nurse Sensitive Outcomes: The State of Science . Toronto , ON : Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

McGillis Hall, L. (2003). Beginning the Process: Scanning Your Environment. In Taking Control of Your Career and Your Future: For Nurses by Nurses. Second Edition Toronto , ON : Lippincott

Contact Information

Phone:

(416) 978-2869

Email:

l.mcgillishall@utoronto.ca

Web:

www.nursing.utoronto.ca/lmcgillishall/

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