Department of Family Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

Dr Karen  McNeil, MD, CCFP

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Department of Family Medicine

Email: karen.anne.mcneil@dal.ca
Phone: 902-473-4741
Fax: 902-473-4760
Mailing Address: 
Dalhousie Family Medicine
1465 Brenton Street, Suite 402
Halifax NS B3J 3T4
 

Education

  • BSc, St Frances Xavier University
  • MD, Dalhousie University
  • CCFP
  • FCFP

Research Interests
Dr. McNeil’s research interests involve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). She has taken part in the Canadian Consensus Guidelines and has written about communication, behaviours that challenge in this population. Her present research is on the barriers and facilitators for the periodic health check in the IDD population.

Selected Grants
“Developing a multifaceted intervention to support annual health checks for adults with intellectual & developmental disabilities: A step toward health equity” funding is from NSHA in the amount of $24,980.
 

Selected Publications
  1. Primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities - 2018 Canadian consensus guidelines, Canadian Family Physician April 2018, 64(254-279)
  2. Clinical Review: H.E.L.P. for Behaviours that challenge in adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Canadian Family Physician April 2018, 64(suppl 2): S23-31
  3. Clinical Review: Circles of Care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Canadian Family Physician April 2018, 64(suppl 2): S51-56
  4. A Praxis- Promoting health care decision making capabilities of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Canadian Family Physician April 2019;65(S27-29)
  5. Communicate CARE-Guidance for person-centered care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (lead on this tool, part of the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Initiative) CFPC Special Issue, April 2019
  6. Steps for Healthcare Professionals to Promote Decision-Making Capabilities of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (lead Dr. Bill Sullivan, Part of the Primary Care Initiative) CFPC Special Issue, May 2019
  7. Health check guidelines and billing codes for adults with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) – an important combination, Canadian Family Physician

Selected Presentations
  1. A Support Clinic for Family Doctors who care for adults with developmental Disabilities: An Evaluation, Health and Wellbeing in Developmental Disabilities Conference, university of Toronto, Oct. 27-8, 2015
  2. Center Anne Sullivan del Peru: A Philosophy of Care and Learning, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Conference, Halifax, 2017 (poster)
  3. Assessing and Understanding Challenging Behaviours in Patients with Cognitive Impairments – Tools and Tips- (workshop) FMF Montreal 2017
  4. Changing ways: Tools for Addressing Behaviours That Challenge in a Patient with Decreased Cognition. FMF Montreal 2017
  5. Primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) 2018 Canadian consensus guidelines, NS CFPC Annual General Meeting, Oct 19, 2018
  6. Webinar- Incorporating the 2018 Canadian Consensus Guidelines for people with IDD into practice. Sponsored through the New Brunswick Medical Society and New Brunswick Association for Community Living Feb 2019 (invited)
  7. Your next patient has severe intellectual and developmental disability, FMF Vancouver, Oct 31, 2019
  8. Implementing comprehensive health checks in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Dalhousie Fall Refresher, Nov 2019