Barbara Pesut, PhD

Professor

School of Nursing
Office: ASC 287
Office Hours: Upon Request
Phone: 250-863-9843
Email: barb.pesut@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor. Not accepting graduate students at this time.


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Research Summary

Palliative and end-of-life care; Medical Assistance in Dying; volunteer and peer navigation models; nursing philosophy

Courses & Teaching

Nursing 580: Philosophy of Nursing Science

Biography

I began my nursing career in 1982 and worked in pediatric oncology, rural nursing, and critical care. In 1992, I transitioned to hospital-based nursing education, and worked as a critical care educator for 5 years. After completing my MSN in 1997 I worked at Trinity Western University for 11 years and served as the Chair of the School of Nursing for six of those years. In 2007, I came to the University of British Columbia Okanagan where I am a Professor of Nursing.

Websites

Nav-CARE – Making Connections, Making a Difference

https://www.nav-care.ca/.

Welcome | Dr. Barb Pesut’s Palliative and End of Life Care Lab (ubc.ca)

Degrees

PhD University of British Columbia, 2005
MSN University of British Columbia, 1997
BSN University of Victoria, 1992
Diploma in Nursing BCIT, 1982

Research Interests & Projects

Evaluating a compassionate community volunteer navigation approach to supporting older persons living with life-limiting illness and frailty in rural communities. Funded by CIHR 2024-2028.

Toward effective policy and clinical care in the context of Track 2 MAID in Canada. Funded by CIHR 2024-2028.

Volunteer navigation using an inter-organizational compassionate community approach for persons living with dementia and their care partners. Health Canada Contribution 2024-2027.

 

Nav-CARE: Scale out and adaptation of a volunteer navigation model. Contribution by Health Canada 2021-2025.

Selected Publications & Presentations

  1. Pesut, B., Puurveen, G., Ashford, K., & Duggleby, W. (in press). Practice innovation: Volunteer navigators as members of the primary care team. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Accepted February 24, 2025.
  2. Tinne, S., Pivodic, L., Miranda, R., Van Campe, F., Vinckier, C., Pesut, B., Duggleby, W., Davies, A., Lavan, A., May, P., Gomes, B.,  Furlan de Brito, M., Szczerbińska, K., Kijowska, V., Ferraris, D., Alfieri, S., Du Cheyne, H., Chambaere, K., Gilissen, J., van der Plas, A., Pasman, R., Onwuteaka-Philipsen B., Van den Block, L., on behalf of EU NAVIGATE. (2024) Implementation and evaluation of a navigation program for people with cancer in old age and their family caregivers: Study protocol of the EU NAVIGATE International Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. Trials, 25, 800. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08633-5 [Moderate]
  3. Pesut, B., Thorne, S. (2025). The moral web of accessibility to Medical Assistance in Dying: Lessons from Canada Nursing Ethics. 32(2), 360-372. DOI: 10.1177/09697330241305556 [Essential]
  4. Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Wright, DK, Banwell, M. (2024). The centrality of Nursing in realizing high quality palliative care in Canada: A qualitative interview study. BMC Nursing. DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-02488-6 [Essential]
  5. Thorne, S., Parker, H., & Pesut, B. (2024) The evolving context of MAID-related communications for Registered Nurses in Canada. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. DOI:10.1177.08445621241281993. [Essential]
  6. Miranda, R., Smets, T., Pivodic, L., Chambaere, K., Pesut, B., Duggleby, W., Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B., Pasman, R., Szczerbińska, K., Gomes, B., Davies, A., May, P., Ferraris, D., and Van den Block, L., on behalf of EU NAVIGATE* (2024) Adapting, implementing and evaluating a navigation intervention for older people with cancer and their family caregivers in six countries in Europe: the Horizon Europe-funded EU NAVIGATE project. Palliative Care and Social Practice Oct 17;18:26323524241288873. doi: 1177/26323524241288873. [Major].[1]
  7. O’Connor, B., & Pesut, B. (2024). A longitudinal study of within-person changes in quality of life in patients receiving early palliative care. Quality of Life Research. [Essential] [Impact Factor 3.5]
  8. Sinclair, S., Raffin Bouchal, S., Roze des Ordon, A.L., Harris, D., MacInnis, C., Dhingra, S., Pesut, B. (2024) The initial validation of an evidence-informed, competency-based, accredited compassion training (EnACT) program: a multi-method study. BMC Medical Education, 24(686) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05663-0 . [major] [Impact Factor 3.6].
  9. Shroeder,, Pesut, B., Olsen, L., Oelke, N.D., & Sharp, H. (2024) Developing a survey to measure nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs, influences, and willingness to be involved in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): A mixed method modified e-Delphi study. BMC Nursing, 23(article 326) 1-13. Published online May 14, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01984-z. [Essential] [Impact Factor 3.2].
  10. Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Chambaere, K., Hall, M., Schiller, C.J. (2024). The evolving complexities of MAID care in Canada from a nursing perspective. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936241228233 [Essential] [Impact Factor 5 year 4.7]

 

 

 

Selected Grants & Awards

Nursing Innovation Award Innovation in Research Nurse and nurse practitioner association of BC December 2019
Health Researcher of the Year Award

 

 Distinction in Research UBC Okanagan March 2018
Innovations in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. Awarded to Pesut and Duggleby for N-CARE program. Innovation Award Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement June 21, 2017
CRNBC Award of Excellence in Nursing Research Research College of Registered Nurses of BC 2011

Media

MAID Reflective Guide: https://www.maidreflectiveguide.ca/

 

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