Vaugh Community Health Centre is hiring a Primary Health Care Practitioner.

About Me

Annie LaRocque PHC-NP Thera CP lead, first started her nursing career in 2002 as a critical care RN. She graduated from the COUPN PHC-NP certificate in 2005 and completed her M. Sc. N. in 2007, all from University of Ottawa. She has been a preceptor for many NP students over the years. She currently works for Hôpital Montfort in the community working with the MentalHealth, elderly, and homeless populations. Her other passion is ski teaching.

About Me

I obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Toronto, and a Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Ottawa which I did with the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate.

I have been a Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner since 2009. Before the NP program I worked in Toronto at Scarborough Grace hospital for a couple of years in the Family Birth Place, then in Ottawa at l’hôpital Montfort in the Centre Familial des Naissances. Since I graduated, I’ve been employed by the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre in Ottawa, working in the Youth Health Clinic, in the Same Day Clinic, and for the ODSP clinic.

I have preceptored NP students since 2011 for their clinical placements, and I have occasionally taken on Master’s students. I have been teaching in the PHC-NP program since 2019, and am currently francophone course professor lead for the Roles and Responsibilities course. I strongly believe that supporting the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program is important for the future of our profession.

My most important accomplishments are my two children, both teenagers. To keep my sanity I read, walk, knit, and connect with other similarly minded people who help me keep it together!

Physiopathologie

About Me

Dr. Gina Pittman

Integrative Practicum

About Me

Gina Pittman is a nurse practitioner with a clinical background in emergency and urgent care. She graduated from the Ontario PHCNP Program in 2009. Gina has research experience in nurse practitioner opioid prescribing and safety measure utilization patterns, undergraduate nursing curricula, and utilization of simulation in undergraduate and nurse practitioner education.



She is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Windsor. Gina was the first Ph.D graduate from Nursing at the University of Windsor in October 2021. She is currently involved in research projects in partnership with eCampus related to the use of simulation to educate undergraduate nursing, nurse practitioner, and medicine students regarding opioid prescribing and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). She is also involved in a follow-up study related to her dissertation work exploring inpatient nurse practitioner perspectives regarding the development of setting specific opioid prescribing guidelines. When not busy with work, Gina enjoy spending time with her husband and daughter.

Dr. Sherry Morrel

About Me

Hello, I amSherry Morrell, PHC-NP, P.h.D, MClSc- Wound Healing,the English course lead for the Therapeutic course. I completed an RN Diploma (St. Clair College), BScN, MN & PHC-NP Diploma (Windsor), Clinical Masters-Wound Healing & Ph.D. Science and Rehabilitation (Western). My full time position is in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Windsor,where I teach in undergraduate and graduate programs. Concurrent with teaching, I worked for 30 years as an RN/NP, primarily in the emergency department. My current clinical practice is at an urgent care clinic. Previously, I have taught Therapeutics, AHAD, and IP in the PHCNP program.I am looking forward to being a co-lead for Therapeutics.

Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnosis I & II

About Me

Erin Ziegler (she/her) is a nurse practitioner with a clinical background in primary health care and is the clinical director of a transgender primary care clinic. She is an Assistant Professor in the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University. Erin completed her PhD in Nursing from McMaster University. Her thesis was entitled: Exploring the Implementation and Delivery of Primary Health Care Services for Transgender Invidiuals In Ontario.



She is a faculty member with the Canadian Centre for Advanced Practice Nursing Research at McMaster University. She has been teaching in the Ontario PHCNP program since 2012. Erin is currently involved in research studies regarding NPs in primary health care and healthcare access for LGBTQ+ individuals .

Dr. Jennifer Perry

Roles and Responsibilities

About Me

Jen has been a nurse practitioner for more than 20 years, working in the US and Canada in a range of specialties within healthcare, including cardiology, primary care, and student wellness. She has been teaching in undergraduate nursing and NP programs since 2005, and is currently working full-time at Queen’s University and practicing in Kingston. She particularly enjoys working with students nearing completion in nursing or nurse practitioner programs, assisting them to pull together everything they’ve learned in order to perform integrated biopsychosocial assessments, process their findings, and use appropriate resources to plan and deliver evidence-based care in complex healthcare situations. Areas of research and interest include use of information technologies in healthcare, and transition into novice nurse/nurse practitioner practice.

Pathophysiology

About Me

Dr. Chen is the Assistant Dean, Academic Resources and Department Education Coordinator for the School of Nursing (SON) at McMaster University. Dr. Chen completed her Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley, her Master of Science in Nursing from Yale University, and her PhD in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Research Methodology Program, at McMaster University. In Dr. Chen’s previous clinical practice, she has held nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist positions in the areas of anesthesia/pain management and in pediatric cardiology. Ruth’s primary teaching responsibilities are with the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs programs at McMaster University. In the Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Programs at McMaster, Ruth teaches the Leadership and Management in Health Professions Education course in the the Master of Health Sciences Education Program.

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