Elaine Gilfoyle
Dr. Elaine Gilfoyle, MD, MMEd, FRCPC is PICU division head at SickKids in Toronto.
Dr. Gilfoyle is a practicing paediatric intensive care physician at SickKids and Associate Scientist at SickKids Research Institute. She received her M.D. from the University of Western Ontario, General Paediatrics Residency at the University of Western Ontario, Paediatric Critical Care Medicine Residency at McGill University and MMEd at the University of Dundee.
Her research program focuses on team performance during paediatric resuscitation. She studies teams in both the simulation laboratory and during real events. Her research program is entitled Teams4Kids and involves assessing adherence to resuscitation guidelines, CPR quality and teamwork (communication, etc.) during resuscitation of children. Dr Gilfoyle’s work involves both simulation-based education/research as well as observational studies in the real-world settings. She aims to better understand sources of error during resuscitation in order to better educate team members to ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Recent work
1: Garcia-Jorda D, Martin DA, Camphaug J, Bissett W, Spence T, Mahoney M, Cheng A, Lin Y, Gilfoyle E. Quality of clinical care provided during simulated
pediatric cardiac arrest: a simulation-based study. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Jun;67(6):674-684. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01665-w. Epub 2020 Apr 28.
PMID: 32347460.
2: Garcia-Jorda D, Walker A, Camphaug J, Bissett W, Spence T, Martin DA, Lin Y, Cheng A, Mahoney M, Gilfoyle E. Bedside chest compression skills: Performance and skills retention in in-hospital trained pediatric providers. A simulation
study. J Crit Care. 2019 Apr;50:132-137. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.11.033. Epub 2018 Dec 1. PMID: 30530265.
3: Banasch HL, Dersch-Mills DA, Boulter LL, Gilfoyle E. Dexmedetomidine Use in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Ann Pharmacother. 2018 Feb;52(2):133-139. doi: 10.1177/1060028017734560. Epub 2017 Sep 27. PMID: 28952341.
4: Deacon A, O'Neill TA, Gilfoyle E. Family presence during resuscitation: a needs assessment of education, policy, and opinion in Canada. Can J Anaesth.
2021 Jul;68(7):1008-1017. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-01972-w. Epub 2021Mar 22. PMID: 33751457.
5: Deacon A, O'Neill TA, Gilfoyle E. A Scoping Review of the Impact of Family Presence on Pediatric Resuscitation Team Members. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec;21(12):e1140-e1147. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002471. PMID: 32740185.
6: Garcia-Jorda D, Nikitovic D, Gilfoyle E. Video Review of Simulated Pediatric Cardiac Arrest to Identify Errors/Latent Safety Threats: A Mixed Methods Study.
Simul Healthc. 2023 Aug 1;18(4):232-239. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000670. Epub 2022 May 25. PMID: 35618263.
7: Gilfoyle E, Koot DA, Annear JC, Bhanji F, Cheng A, Duff JP, Grant VJ, St George-Hyslop CE, Delaloye NJ, Kotsakis A, McCoy CD, Ramsay CE, Weiss MJ,
Gottesman RD; Teams4Kids Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Improved Clinical Performance and Teamwork of Pediatric Interprofessional Resuscitation Teams With a Simulation-Based Educational Intervention. PediatrCrit Care Med. 2017 Feb;18(2):e62-e69. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001025. PMID: 28157808.
8: Deacon A, O'Neill T, Delaloye N, Gilfoyle E. A Qualitative Exploration of the Impact of a Distressed Family Member on Pediatric Resuscitation Teams. Hosp
Pediatr. 2020 Sep;10(9):758-766. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-0173. Epub 2020 Aug 14. PMID: 32801169.
9: Greif R, Bhanji F, Bigham BL, Bray J, Breckwoldt J, Cheng A, Duff JP, Gilfoyle E, Hsieh MJ, Iwami T, Lauridsen KG, Lockey AS, Ma MH, Monsieurs KG,
Okamoto D, Pellegrino JL, Yeung J, Finn JC; Education, Implementation, and Teams Collaborators. Education, Implementation, and Teams: 2020 International
Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations. Circulation. 2020 Oct
20;142(16_suppl_1):S222-S283. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000896. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33084395.
10: Delaloye NJ, Tobler K, O'Neill T, Kotsakis A, Cooper J, Bank I, Gilfoyle E; Teams4Kids Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Errors
During Resuscitation: The Impact of Perceived Authority on Delivery of Care. J Patient Saf. 2020 Mar;16(1):73-78. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000359. PMID: 28671912.