Egan | Health Quality Programs | Queen's University

Dr. Rylan Egan MEd, PhD

Position(s)

Associate Director, Graduate PhD Programs | Associate Professor

Contact Info

eganr@queensu.ca

82-84 Barrie St

6135336000 x77716

Biography

Rylan Egan has a background in Educational Psychology, and experience developing innovative approaches to quality improvement research in the health sciences. Graduating from Queen’s University with a Masters of Curriculum Science, and a Doctorate from Simon Fraser University he has expertise in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research. Rylan’s work and interest in healthcare quality began with the co-development of a Provincial Quality Improvement curriculum, since this time he has worked locally, nationally, and internationally on healthcare quality initiatives. He has co-taught research methods with our Queen’s Masters of Science in Healthcare Quality Program since 2013. He commenced his position as tenure track Assistant Professor with Health Quality Programs at Queen’s University on July 1, 2018, and his position as Associate Professor in 2022. Rylan has been appointed as Associate Director for the Health Quality and Nursing Graduate Programs as of July 1, 2024.

Graduate Student Supervision

I am currently accepting PhD students in the area of Healthcare Quality.

Affiliations

Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University

Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, Queen’s University

Teaching/Clinical Practice

Healthcare Quality Teaching and Research

Rylan has taught methods courses in healthcare quality and education at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has also developed and facilitated multiple workshops, seminars and retreats.

Research Interests

Rylan’s research interests include systemizing and facilitating grassroots quality improvement at the institutional and provincial level, developing approaches to enhance diagnosis and treatment of endemic disease, and improving pain management in low and middle-income countries. Rylan also has interest in developing Quality Improvement curriculum per se, as well as curriculum to enhance practitioner’s quality of care in emerging and challenging areas such as Medical Assistance in Dying.

Publications

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Research Poster - Maddie Lavergne and Rylan Egan

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