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Past Events and Conferences
Virtual Learning Opportunities
Check out previously recorded sessions here.
Past Conferences and Events
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A Tale of Two Facilities - MedRec in the Long-Term Care Setting, Jan 10, 2011
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Teamwork and Communication Virtual Learning Series The Institute for Healthcare Communication – Canada (IHC-C), Dec 15, 2011
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Evidence to Excellence: Accountability Framework and Strategies, Dec 2, 2011
- Glycemic Control in Critical Care – Rationale and Measurement for Quality Improvement, Nov 30, 2011
- Kick Starting Surgical Improvement in BC, November 28 & 29, 2011
- 9th Annual St. Paul’s Emergency Medicine Update - Nursing Workshops, Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2011
- Hospital Acquired Infection Series (HAI) - CRNBC: Everyday Nursing Practice: Upstream Prevention of HAIs, Sept 29, 2011
- Hospital Acquired Infection Series (HAI) - SHN: From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Frontline Providers and Ideas that Work, Sept 22, 2011
- Hospital Acquired Infection Series (HAI) - PICNet Infection Prevention and Control: How to build best practices into your practice, Sept 15, 2011
- Movement Building - National Conference on Mental Health, Sept 14 - 16, 2011
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MedRec : It's the right thing to do! - A National Update, Sept 7, 2011
- Improving Emergency Department Stroke & TIA Care Collaborative Enrolment Deadline, August 31, 2011
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Board & Executive Quality Learning Series - Session 1, June 24-25, 2011
- Improving Emergency Department Stroke & TIA Care Collaborative Information Session May 16, 2011
- Mandatory Reporting of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI): Can U.S. Experience Inform Canadian Policy? May 16-17, 2011
- PICNet’s 2011 Educational Conference: Sharing & Growing Together, April 7 - 8, 2011
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Walking Ethically with a Foot in Two Worlds, April 4, 2011
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Safe Surgery Saves Lives Workshop March 28 - 29, 2011
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Grand Rounds - "Early Management of Sepsis: How you can make a difference" March 24, 201
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Meeting your Goals for Preventing Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), March 17, 2011
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Refuelling your Quality Engine: Sparking Action for Complex Problems, Mar 3 & 4, 2011
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VTE Learning Collaborative: "Stop the Clot" Enrollment deadline Feb 22, 2011
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E2E: Sustaining Improvements – Celebrating Successes Workshop, Jan 27, 2011
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Patient Voices Network Workshop - "Talking with Your Doctor", Jan 27, 2011
- SII Learning Series - Social Media and Health care, Jan 12th, 2011
- Time is muscle; Is there any impact of prehospital interventions on STEMI care? January 10, 2011
- E2E: The Evidence and Controversies of EGDT in the Emergency Department - the Canadian Perspective, Dec 16, 2010
- IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care - Broadcast for BC, Dec 13, 2010
- E2E: Overcapacity Protocols in the Emergency Department, Dec 9, 2010
- Organizational Readiness for Change Workshop, Oct 29, 2010
- Medication Reconciliation Summer School Workshop, June 17 - 18, 2010
Kick Starting Surgical Improvement in BC
November 28 & 29, 2011
Highlights of this meeting include sharing surgical safety and quality advances from around the province, exploring best practices, examining culture and collectively creating a BC inprovement strategy for surgery and anaesthesia through Clinical Care Management and the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).
Agenda, presentations, and resources here
PICNet’s 2011 Educational Conference: Sharing & Growing Together.
April 7 - 8, 2011
The conference is being held from April 7-8, 2011. Keynote speakers include Dr. Michelle J. Alfa, Ph.D., FCCM, Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology Discipline Diagnostic Services of Manitoba (DSM), St. Boniface General Hospital Site. More information can be found here: http://www.picnetbc.ca/2011_Educational_Conference.htm
Walking Ethically with a Foot in Two Worlds: Balancing Urgency and Quality
April 4, 2011, 8:30am - 4:45pm
Location: Coast Plaza Hotel, Langley BC
This annual conference is presented by the Fraser Health Ethics Services (FHES) and Quality Improvement and Patient Safey. Conference Faculty include Steven Lewis, John Banja, Christy Simpson, Aidan Halligan and Andre Picard.
For more information or click here
VTE Learning Collaborative: “Stop the Clot”
Enrolment Deadline: Feb 22, 2011
Online and face to face
Safer Healthcare Now! invites interested teams to participate in a Learning Collaborative designed to increase the use of appropriate thromboprophylaxis in your hospitals. Participation in this Collaborative will contribute to the achievement of your organization’s goals and reporting requirements like the Accreditation Canada ROP.
Virtual Learning Session 1
1A: February 22, 2011
1B: March 8, 2011
Face-to-Face Learning Session 2: June 9, 2011
Virtual Learning Session3: November 24, 2011
These sessions are scheduled to start at: 9am PST
Click here for more information.
Click here to register now.
Grand Rounds - "Early Management of Sepsis: How you can make a difference"
March 24, 2011, 8 - 9am
Vancouver, BC
Presented by VGH Department of Medicine
- Speaker: Dr. David Sweet, Clinical Assistant Professor, Critical Care & Emergency Medicine Clinical Lead - Sepsis BCPSQC, VGH ICU Student/Resident Education Director
Click here to download the flyer.
Click here to view the MP4 recording (.mp4-163,581Kb) **LARGE FILE** This may take 2-5 minutes to download, depending on the speed of your connection.
- Click here to download the .mp4 player.
Click here to view the WMV recording (.wmv-12,177Kb)**LARGE FILE** This may take 2-5 minutes to download, depending on the speed of your connection
- Click here to download the WMV Player.
Safe Surgery Saves Lives Workshop
March 28 - 29, 2011
Location: Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal, QC
Don’t miss the opportunity to be inspired by thought leaders and success stories, build connections, and take home practical tools that can be applied right away. Anyone who works within a team to support and improve surgical safety will benefit from attendance: surgeons, anesthetists, nurses, pharmacists, healthcare leaders, managers, medical directors, quality and safety leaders and board members.
- Key Note Address: Patient Safety – Compliance Versus Engagement. Aidan Halligan, Director of Education, University College London Hospitals; Chief of Safety, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (former Director of Clinical Governance and Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the National Health Service, United Kingdom)
- Plenary: Grappling with paradoxes and silences in OR team communication. Lorelei Lingard, PhD, Director, Centre for Education Research & Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario
Click here to download the agenda (pdf-314Kb)
Click here to register! (links to SHN!'s web page)
Meeting Your Goals for Preventing Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
March 17, 2011
Vancouver, BC
This one-day workshop gave participants the opportunity to learn about BC's new focus on VTE prophylaxis, and showed them how they can lead their organization to excellence in this important health issue.
Topics covered included:
- Reviewing the evidence and sharing strategies and tools for VTE prophylaxis, one of the most common and preventable hospital complications
- Discovering resources to meet Accreditation Canada's Required Organizational Practice (ROP) for VTE prevention
- Learning about BC's Clinical Care Management initiative, and finding ways to achieve goals and meet targets
- Identifying potential barriers and strategizing solutions; learning from experts and local successes
Click here to download the agenda
Slides:
- Clinical Care Management! What is it & how is it supported in BC?, Christina Krause
- A Framework for Quality Improvement, Shari McKeown
- Reviewing the Evidence & Setting the Business Case, Dr Bill Geerts
- Learning from our Local Experts: The Business Hospitalists Collaborative, Dr Rod Tucker & Dr Steve Ligertwood
- Learning from our Local Experts: The VCH Experience, Dr Agnes Lee
- CCM Implementation Strategy for VTE, Dr David Wilton
- Maximizing engagement at the frontline: The Physician and Pharmacist Perspective, Dr Chris Hayes
- Maximizing engagement at the frontline: The Physician and Pharmacist Perspective, Dr Nicole Bruchet
Key Articles:
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Geerts WH, Bergqvist D, Pineo GF, Heit JA, Samama CM, Lassen MR, Colwell CW. Prevention of venous thromboembolism: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Chest 2008 Jun;133(6 Suppl):381S-453S http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/133/6_suppl/381S.long
- Maynard, Greg, & Stein, Jason. (2010). Designing and implementing effective venous thromboembolism prevention protocols: lessons from collaborative efforts. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis: A Journal for Translation, Application and Therapeutics, 29(2), pp 159-166. http://www.springerlink.com/content/lw843378273ugx7u/
Refuelling your Quality Engine: Sparking Action for Complex Problems
March 3 & 4, 2011
Location: Victoria Inn, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Presented by Safer Healthcare Now!
Operating Room Checklist
March 3, 2011, 6 - 8pm
This session highlights challenges and success when implementing an operation room checklist. Local examples and debate on improving the operating room safety and team are also featured. The workshop continues on Friday, March 4 with presentation on Positive Deviance, Medication Reconciliation, Fall and Change Management.
Speakers:
- Dr. Guiseppe Papia, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Ontario
- Dr. Randy Guzman, Site Medical Manager, Department of Surgery, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba & Regional Lead, Section of Vascular Surgery, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
- Karen Murphy, Project Manager, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Positive Deviance, Medication Reconciliation, Falls and Change Management
March 4, 2011, 8:30am - 3:30pm
This session highlights how Positive Deviance might play a powerful role with complex behaviour change. You will gain practical knowledge for success with Medication Reconciliation at transfer and discharge. Learn how to implement fall prevention strategies – the challenge after assessment. Innovative ideas around change management, culture and physician engagement in healthcare.
Click here to register!
Click here for more information on joining us for Refuelling your Quality Engine: Sparking Action for Complex Problems.
Contact: westernnode@saferhealthcarenow.ca or 403-521-7106
E2E: Sustaining Improvements – Celebrating Successes Workshop
January 27 2010, 8:30 AM – 12 noon (PST)
WebEx: http://bit.ly/ibhM3P
This workshop is a part of the new Evidence 2 Excellence Sustaining Improvements – Celebrating Successes Workshop and will feature presentations from Dr. Jody Crane, Christina Krause and Mary Ackenhusen. Click here for more information (pdf-52Kb)
Patient Voices Network Workshop - "Talking with Your Doctor"
Thursday, January 27th
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: 450- 1385 West 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC (Impact BC's office)
- Do you think of questions you wish you’d asked after your doctor’s appointment?
- Does it seem like there’s never enough time to talk about everything you’d like to during an appointment?
If you answered yes to either of these questions this FREE workshop from the UBC Division of Health Care Communication and Patient Voices Network is for you!
Patient Voices Network is working with UBC's Division of Health Care Communication to provide community education workshops on building effective communication between patients, doctors, and health care professionals. “Talking with Your Doctor . . . and other Health Care Professionals” is a workshop that explores the kind of situations people experience when they ‘talk to their doc.’ It presents tips and a chance to try out some of the things that will build effective communication.
Registration is required. Please contact Rachelle Rebman at rrebman@patientvoices.ca or 604.742.1772
Supporting Innovation and Improvement (SII) Learning Series - Social Media and Health care
January 12th, 2011, 3:00 - 4:00pm
Presented by Impact BC and Patients as Partners, this learning series covers applications and coaching techniques for quality improvement. Click here for more information (links to Impact BC’s website)
Time is muscle; Is there any impact of prehospital interventions on STEMI care?
January 10, 2011, 10 – 11am PST
Webex: https://cpsi-icsp.webex.com/cpsi-icsp/j.php?J=964398938
Speaker: Dr. Laurie Morrison, MD MSc. FRCPC, Director, Rescu Clinician Scientist, Robert and Dorothy Pitts Chair, Acute Care and Emergency Medicine, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, at the St Michael’s Hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto
Dr Morrison will provide an overview of the evidence supporting effective Pre-hospital care and the potential impact on STEMI patient outcomes. There will be a 30 minute presentation followed by a 15 minute Q&A period. See the attachment for details. Click here to download more information (pdf-52Kb). If you have questions please contact Dannie Currie at curried@cbdha.nshealth.ca
E2E: The Evidence and Controversies of EGDT in the Emergency Department - the Canadian Perspective
December 16, 2010, 8:30 – 9:30am
Webinar: http://tinyurl.com/2g6eas7
Evidence 2 Excellence (E2E) presents a webinar on the Evidence and Controversies of EGDT in the Emergency Department from the Canadian perspective by Dr. Robert Green.
Learning Objectives:
1. To review important issues in identification of septic patients in the ED.
2. To review strategies in identifying septic patients require aggressive resuscitation.
3. To review key strategies in the management of septic patients in the ED.
4. To discuss EGDT use in ED’s with various levels of resources.
5. To introduce potential barriers to optimal sepsis management in the ED.
For more information, click here to download the poster (pdf-72Kb)
IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care Broadcast for BC
Videos are available starting December 13, 2010
Online: IHI TV
Sponsored by the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, provincial access to all keynote speakers and special interest keynote speaker presentations from IHI's 22nd Annual National Forum will be available starting December 13, 2010. These videos will be available on IHI TV for the next 5 years through IHI's website. The video format, similar to YouTube, is best watched from an individual workstation as the image may be grainy when blown up for group viewing. Click here form information on the keynote speakers and their topics. (link's to external web site)
To access the videos, please send an email to Kerianne Poulsen and provide the following information:
- Name of your organization
- Name and contact information of the person requesting access to the videos
- If more than one person will be watching the videos from your location, please indicate the number of people and if possible, their names.
The access code and instructions on how to access the videos will be forwarded to by email after confirming that your organization is based in BC.
Technological requirements:
- Windows XP - SP2 or XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7.
- Internet browser: Internet Explorer 7 or higher recommended, Firefox 3 or higher.
- x86 or x64 1.6-gigahertz (GHz) or higher processor with minimum of 512-MB of RAM.
- Ability to play videos using Silverlight 4.0. If Silverlight 4.0 is not installed, you must have the ability to download and install Silverlight 4.0. Please contact your local IT department to ensure that Silverlight 4.0 is installed on the machine where you will be viewing the video.
- Macintosh OS 10.4.11+ (Intel-based) only with Firefox 3. Silverlight 4.0 works on this environment, but IHI does not directly support it.
- Ability to receive industry standard streaming video from our Akamai partner.
- Sound card with appropriate driver installed and tested.
- May require firewall configurations and port 80 to be opened to allow Silverlight video playing, Akamai streaming video and Google analytics
For additional information on technical requirements, please contact IHI at (617) 301-4800 or visit their website for more information.
For more information on gaining access, please contact Kerianne Poulsen at 604-668-8210 or kpoulsen@bcpsqc.ca.
E2E: Overcapacity Protocols in the Emergency Department
December 9, 2010, 9am-10am PST
Webinar: http://tinyurl.com/26o6jy9
Evidence 2 Excellence (E2E) presents a webinar on Emergency Department protocols in overcapacity situations by Dr. Grant Innes, with an introduction by Dr. Lawrence Cheng. Click here to download the poster. (pdf-76Kb)
Organizational Readiness for Change Workshop
October 29, 2010
Vancouver, BC
This one-day workshop focused on preparing the participants to help prepare their organizations for large scale change.
Slides:
Agenda (pdf-143Kb)
Introduction (pdf-291Kb)
Fundamentals of Large Scale Change (pdf-7,272Kb *Large File*)
Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch (pdf-818Kb)
Leading for Change (pdf-274Kb)
The Hard Side of Change (pdf-406Kb)
How do you Know a Large Scale Change is an Improvement? (pdf-525Kb)
Videos:
Leadership Lessons from Dancing (links to an external website)
RSA Animate - Motivation (links to an external website)
USS Montana vs. Lighthouse (links to an external website)
Article:
The Hard Side of Change (links to an external website)
Medication Reconciliation Summer School Workshop
June 17 - 18, 2010
Kelowna, BC
This two-day Medication Reconciliation (Med Rec) Workshop was presented by the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council and Safer Healthcare Now!'s Western Node. Med Rec leaders, pharmacists, nurses, physicians, quality leaders and others responsible for medication reconciliation discussed and developed strategies on supporting and implementing Med Rec in a clinical setting. A series of presentations from the Med Rec Summer School are now available in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. Click here to view the agenda and presentation slides.
