Catherine Giroux, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Health Professions Education at the University of Ottawa. She recently completed a SSHRC-funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Health Sciences Education at McGill University, where she sought to understand the relationship between teaching, learning, and knowledge mobilization activities in online spaces, like social media. Her program of research explores how emerging technologies are used to support knowledge mobilization activities in health professions education. She has expertise in qualitative, digital, and ethnographic research methods, as well as knowledge synthesis methods (e.g., scoping, systematic, and realist reviews). Her work has resulted in high impact journal publications, presentations at national and international conferences, policy reports, and creative outputs. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Professor Giroux worked in health policy and quality improvement as well as in K-12 classroom settings.
Catherine Giroux
Journals & other
Giroux, C., Contandriopolos, D., Bussières, A., Ahmed, S., Letts, L., Boruff, J., Starr, L., & Thomas, A. (2025). Addressing changing healthcare needs: A realist inspired review of innovative rehabilitation care models. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 31(4), e70144.
Giroux, C., Kim, S., & Thomas, A. (2024). How the knowledge shared using social media is taken up into health professions education practice: A qualitative descriptive study. Advances in Health Sciences Education.
Giroux, C., Maggio, L., Saldanha, C., Bussières, A., & Thomas, A. (2023). Twitter as a mechanism of knowledge translation in health professions education: An exploratory content analysis. Perspectives on Medical Education, 12(1), 529-539. doi:10.5334/pme.1053
Giroux, C., Kim, S., Sikora, L., Bussières, A., & Thomas, A. (2023). Social media as a mechanism of dissemination and knowledge translation among health professions educators: A scoping review. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 1-31.
Giroux, C., & Moreau, K. (2021). A qualitative exploration of the teaching- and learning-related content nursing students share to social media. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 54(3), 304-312.
Research interests
- Emerging technologies
- Knowledge mobilization and implementation science
- Health professions education
- Technologically mediated teaching and learning
- Evidence synthesis