Sian Tsuei

Academic Rank(s)

Associate Faculty MHSc, MD, PhD, CCFP

Phone

604–822–2772

Email

sian.tsuei@ubc.ca

Location

2206 East Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3

About
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Sian Tsuei (“Shawn Tsu-ay”) is a practicing family physician with a Master’s of Health Sciences from UBC and Population Health Sciences PhD from Harvard University’s T H Chan School of Public Health. He is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in UBC’s Department of Family Practice; Associate Faculty in UBC’s School of Population and Public Health; and Adjunct Professor at SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

Drawing on mixed methods methodologies, his research focuses on health system change from technologies and clinical health service reforms. His theoretical lens draws mainly on organizational behaviour. His research is global in nature, and he has particular interest in the Asian and North American contexts.

He is actively developing a research agenda to better understand how artificial intelligence will affect the health system, particularly around physician and patient behaviour and their interactions. He serves on the AI Advisory Group of The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), and previously served on the Scientific Planning Committee for CFPC’s Roundtable on AI for Family Medicine. He also holds a Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee Award that studies how telemedicine affects the quality and efficiency of health care services. He has also studied payment reform and organizational reforms (esp. clinical service integration).

Sian Tsuei – CV

Awards
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Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee Award                                               

Canadian Institute of Health Research—Health System Impact Fellowship (Declined)          

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Student Council Student Spotlight                               

Nominee, New Investigator Award, Research in Medical Education, AAMC                             

Rose Service Learning Fellowship                 

Presidential Scholarship, Harvard University

Certification in the College of Family Physicians                                                                           

Peter Grantham Award for Resident Teaching

Professional Affiliations
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Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Adjunct Professor, Simon Fraser University

Section of Researchers Council, College of Family Physicians of Canada

Honours and Awards Committee, College of Family Physicians of Canada

Urgent Care Physician, Metrotown Urgent and Primary Care Centre

Visiting Scientist, Harvard University

Research
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FIRST- OR LAST-AUTHORED PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Tsuei SHT (2024). Reflection on 30 Years of Taiwanese National Health Insurance (Journal of Formosan Medical Association, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2024.07.030)
  2. Tsuei SHT, Kerrissey MJ, Bauhoff S (2024). How personnel diversity, mutual support, and group pride affect health care organizations’ response to payment reform. (International Journal for Quality in Health Care, DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzae050)
  3. Tsuei SHT, Yip WCM (2024). How hospitals’ autonomy affects provider payment reforms. (International Health Planning and Management, DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3806)
  4. Tsuei SHT, Pokharel B (2023). “Artificial intelligence in health care: An opportunity for health system analysis and normative discussion” (UBCMJ vol. 15, No. 1: 6-8).
  5. Tsuei SHT, Alcusky M, Florio C, Kerrissey MJ (2023). Trade-offs in locational choices for care coordination resources in Accountable Care Organizations. (Health Care Management Review, DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000378).
  6. Tsuei SHT (2020). “How Previous Epidemics Enable Timelier COVID-19 Responses: An Empirical Study Using Organizational Memory Theory”. (BMJ Global Health 5(9):e003228. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-0032 28).
  7. Tsuei SHT, Lee D, Ho C, Regehr G, Nimmon L (2019). “Exploring the Construct of Psychological Safety in Medical Education”. (Academic Medicine vol. 94, No. 11:S28-S35).
  8. Tsuei SHT (2017). “Machine Doctor: The Threat to Established Medicine from Machine Learning”. (UBCMJ vol. 9, No. 1:25-26).
  9. Tsuei SHT, Clair V, Mutiso V, Musau A, Tele A, Frank E, Ndetei D (2017). “Factors influencing Kenyan health professionals’ and lay health workers’ self-efficacy in screening, brief interventions, identification and treatment of complication and co-morbidities for alcohol, tobacco and other substance use disorders” (International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction vol. 15, No. 4: 766-781).
  10. Tsuei SHT, Frank E (2015). “How and Why You Could Become an Advocate for Health: An Interview with Erica Frank, MD, MPH, UBC Professor and Canada Research Chair in Preventive Medicine and Population Health.” (UBCMJ vol. 6, No. 2: 28-30).
  11. Tsuei SHT, Yassi A, Spiegel J (2015). “Critical reflection on a summer global health research internship: the need for education on global development paradigms in medical schools.” (Medical Teacher vol. 37, No. 2: 196-198).

CO-AUTHORED PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Kueper J, Emu M, Banbury M, Bjerre L, Choudhury S, Green M, Pimlott N, Slade S, Tsuei SHT, Sisler J (2024). Artificial Intelligence for Family Medicine Research in Canada: Current State and Future Directions. (Canadian Family Physician vol. 70, No. 3: 161-168).
  2. Xu D, Huang Y, Tsuei SHT, Fu H, Yip W (2023). Factors influencing engagement in online dual practice by public hospital doctors in three large cities: a mixed-methods study in China (Journal of Global Health, DOI: 10.7189/jogh.13.04103).
  3. Fang Y, Ma T, Wu M, Tsuei SHT (2023). Mitigating donor interests in the case of COVID-19 vaccine: the implication of COVAX and DAC membership. (BMJ Global Health vol. 8, No. 1, e010188).
  4. Huang Y, Xu D, Tsuei SHT, Fu H, Yip W (2023). Understanding impacts of online dual practice by public hospital doctors: a qualitative study in China. (Health System and Reform 9(1), DOI: 1080/23288604.2023.2215552).
  5. Esfandiari E, Chudyk AM, Grover S, Lau E, Hoppmann C, Mortenson WB, Mulligan K, Newton C, Pauly T, Pitman B, Rush KL, Sakakibara BM, Symes B, Tsuei S, Petrella RJ, Ashe MC (2023). Social Prescribing Outcomes for Trials (SPOT): Protocol for a Modified Delphi Study on Core Outcomes for Social Prescribing. (PLOS One. 18(5):e0285182.)
  6. Chen Y, Tang Z, Tang S, Shen Z, Zhu Q, Li R, Huang W, Huang Y, Liang F, Wang L, Chen H, Ruan Y, Shao Y, Tsuei SHT, Lan G (2018). “Decreasing HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis C infection after a decade of harm reduction implementation among drug users in southwestern rural areas of China.” (Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs vol. 79, No. 2:248-257).
  7. Golby R, Tsuei SHT, Zacharias A (2015). “An Introduction to Health Professionals’ Role in Addressing Human Trafficking”. (UBCMJ vol. 6, No. 2: 8-10).
  8. Wang J, Liu H, Tsuei SHT, Yu T, Fu Q (2011). “Identification of two novel BCKDHA mutations in a Chinese patient with maple syrup urine disease.” (Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.278).
  9. Yu YG, Wang J, Huang X, Wang Y, Yang P, Li J, Tsuei SHT, Shen Y, Li J, Fu Q (2011). “Molecular Characterization of 25 Chinese pedigrees with 21-Hydroxy- lase deficiency.” (Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers vol. 15, No. 3: 137-142).
  10. Wang Y, Yu Y, Wang J, Tsuei SHT, Li B, Fu Q (2010). “A novel Jagged1(JAG1) mutation in patients with Alagille Syndrome.” (Pathology vol. 42, No. 5: 496-498).
Teaching
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SPPH 481D: Global Health Policy and Systems – 2023 W1