Krista C. Ritchie, PHD
Associate Professor
Office: Seton 581
E-mail: krista.ritchie@msvu.ca
Affiliations
Scientist, MDSS, IWK Health Centre
Research and Teaching Interests
Social and emotional aspects of teaching and learning
Measurement and evaluation
Evidence informed practices
Applied multivariate statistics
Intersections of health and education
Background 
Post-doctoral training, Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, 2012
PhD, Educational Psychology, McGill University, 2009
MA, Educational Psychology, McGill University, 2005
BAH, Psychology, Acadia University, 2002
Ritchie, K. C., Young, C., Hayre, K., Stemmler, P., King, S., McGonnell, M. (2023). Exploring teachers’ emotions in Eastern Canada: Understanding positive, neutral and negative experiences. Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 8 (1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100674
King, S., Ritchie, K. C., McGonnell, M., Green, J. R. (2023). Don’t do more, do different: A qualitative description of teachers’ perceptions of and experiences with the psychoeducational assessment process. Psychology in the Schools, 60 (9), 3169 – 3187. doi: 10.1002/pits.22917
Curran, J., Wozney, L., Tavender, C., Wilson, C., Ritchie, K. C., Wong, H., Gallant, A., Somerville, M., Archambault, P. M., Cassidy, C., Jabbour, M., Mackay, R., & Plint, A. C. (2023). Implementing electronic discharge communication tools in pediatric emergency departments: Multicountry, cross-sectional readiness survey of nurses and physicians. JMIR Human Factors. doi: 10.2196/46379
Crowther, D., McCulloch, H. Wong, H., Mackay, R., Johnson, C., Chorney, J., Ritchie, K. C., Lawrence, L., Bishop, A., Helwig, M., Curran, J. (2023). Children, young people and parent engagement in health intervention design and implementation: A scoping review. Health Expectations, 26 (2), 1 – 15.
Noyes, A., Ritchie, K. C., King, S. (2022). An exploratory study of pre-service teachers; evidence-based practice related knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Canadian Journal of School Psychology. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08295735221114193
Sjaus, A. & Ritchie, K. C. (2022). Leading by virtual interaction: an application of Cultural Historical Activity Theory. BMJ Leader, 6 (3) 163 – 167. https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/6/3/163.info
King, S, Ritchie, K. C., McGonnell, M., Doe, C., Corkum, P. V., Cote, E., & Cox, A. (2021). Paging Dr. Google: Availability and reliability of online evidence-based treatment information about ADHD. Evidence-based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2021.1901632
Uppal, V., & Ritchie, K. C. (2021). Not aligning the research question to the statistical analysis led to potentially flawed results and conclusions. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesiology. Doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-01947-x
Ritchie, K., C., Sjaus, A., Munro, A., & George, R. (2020). An interpretive phenomenological analysis of formative feedback in anesthesia training: the residents’ perspective. BMC Medical Education, 20, 493. https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-020-02402-z
Ritchie, K. C., Snelgrove-Clarke, E., & Murphy, A. (2019). The 23-item Evidence Based Practice knowledge, attitudes and practices (23-item EBP-KAP) survey: Initial validation among health professional students. Health Professions Education, 5 (2), 152 – 162.
O’Rourke, S., Turner, J., Ritchie, K. C. (2018). Key to the past: Community perceptions of Yup’ik youth interaction with culturally relevant education inspired by the Nunalleq archaeology project. Journal of Archaeology and Education, 2 (4).
Parker, R., Boulos, L., Visitini, S., Ritchie, K. C., & Hayden, J. (2018). Environmental scan and evaluation of best practices for online systematic review resources. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 106 (2).
Chevalier, T. M, Parilla, R., Ritchie, K. C., & Deacon, H. (2017). The role of metacognitive reading strategies, metacognitive study and learning strategies, and behavioral study and learning strategies in predicting academic success in students with and without a history of reading difficulties. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50 (1).
Ritchie, K. C., Chorney, J. & Hong, P. (2016). Parents’ decisional conflict, self-determination and emotional experiences in pediatric otolaryngology: A prospective descriptive-comparative study. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 86.
Chorney, J., Haworth, R., Graham, E., Ritchie, K., Curran, J., & Hong, P. (2015). Understanding shared decision making in pediatric surgery. Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 152 (5).
LaBanca, F., & Ritchie, K. C. (2011). The art of scientific ideas: Teaching and learning strategies that promote creative problem finding. The Science Teacher, 78 (8).
Shore, B. M., Walker, C., Ritchie, K. C., LaBanca, F., & Aulls, M. W. (2009). Inquiry literacy: A proposal for a neologism. Learning Landscapes, 3 (1).