Shawn Mondoux
Track Chair
Dr. Mondoux is an Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine at McMaster University and an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. His clinical and research interests are centred on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS), healthcare and health system innovation and the optimization of healthcare data use.
Tahara Bhate
Vice-Chair
Dr. Tahara Bhate is an Emergency Physician with University Health Network in downtown Toronto. Her academic interests are in quality improvement and patient safety, especially the incorporation of simulation and other unique methodologies into efforts to improve patient care.
Revathi Nair
Learner Lead
Rey is a 3rd-year medical student from the university of Saskatchewan. Her academic interests include Emergency Medicine, Point of Care Ultrasound, and FOAMEd.
Monday, May 29th
9:15 AM - 9:55 AM
Learning objectives:
- Implement 3 rapid strategies for improving care for persons experiencing homelessness
- Identify 3 key areas for change management and advocacy
- Apply a trauma-informed care approach to enhancing health outcomes
Speakers:
Edward Xie
Jaspreet K. Khangura
Justin Jek-Kahn Koh
Aaron Orkin, MD MSc MPH PhD
Hasan Sheikh
Kate Hayman, MD MPH FRCPC
Sahil of Gupta, MD
Thara Kumar
Jennifer Hulme, MD CM, MPH, CCFP-EM
May Mrochuk
Kathryn Dong, MD, MSc, FRCP, DRCPSC
9:55 AM - 10:35 AM
Learning objectives:
- List four arguments to convince a skeptic that changing our approach to older ED patients produces better outcomes.
- Describe four innovations that can be implemented in ANY ED to improve care of older people.
- Demonstrate three tools to help guide ED restructuring to improve older person care.
Speakers:
Don Melady, MD MSc(Ed) CCFP(EM)(COE)
Thom RINGER
Michelle Lucey, MD
10:35 AM - 10:55 AM
Learning objectives:
- At the end of the talk, participants will better understand: How to describe and implement a multi-disciplinary facilitated discharge team.
- At the end of the talk, participants will better understand: What elements of the multi-disciplinary facilitated discharge team are key to success, and what elements are suitable for local modification.
- At the end of the talk, participants will better understand: The evidence base of the effectiveness of facilitated discharge teams to help convince your leadership to effect change.
Speakers:
Jacques Simon Lee, MD. MSc. FRCP, Md, MSc
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Learning objectives:
- Identify one’s shame triggers (both intellectually and in the body)—and work through a simple four-step framework to work through shame.
- Learn the importance of practicing self-compassion and letting go of perfectionism.
- Share stories to illuminate evidence based practices to take courageous control of one's burnout journey
Speakers:
Dawn Lim, BSc MD FRCP MBA
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
Learning objectives:
- Participants will be able to reflect on the many lessons that can be learned when our initiatives, educational interventions, and research efforts don’t go as planned
- Harness tips for guiding organizational change and faculty development to help discuss failures and surprises openly in our community
Speakers:
Catherine Patocka
Eddy S. Lang
Meira Louis, Dr
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
Learning objectives:
- Appreciate the need for a collaborative adaptive approach to ED flow
- Realize the impact decisions made by individual clinicians has on wait times in the ED
- Recognize the connection between a solid flow strategy, improved patient care and work environment
Speakers:
Chris PAUL Patey, Christopher Patey MD
Paul Norman
Christina Young, PhD
Tuesday, May 30th
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Speakers:
Kendall Ho, MD FRCPC FCAHS MGC
Kiran Grant
Jackie Tsang
10:05 AM - 10:25 AM
Learning objectives:
- Identify the common attributes of changes modalities used in healthcare and other sectors
- Understand the particular strengths of specific modalities over others
- Use a measured approach to selecting the right improvement tool in healthcare
Speakers:
Shawn Mondoux
Tahara Bhate, MD MHSc CCFP (EM)
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM
Speakers:
Andrew Petrosoniak
Christopher Hicks, MD, MEd, FRCPC
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will be able to practice leadership reasoning so that they can reflect on their leadership experiences to improve their leadership skills.
- By the end of the session, participants will gain leadership insights by learning from the experiences of established physician leaders.
- By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe common pitfalls that physician leaders face and ways that they have overcome these challenges.
Speakers:
Kevin Wasko, MA, MD, CCFP(EM), CCPE
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Learning Objectives:
- Define the gender wage gap
- List 5 ways that the gender wage gap disadvantages women and non-binary physicians who practice Emergency Medicine
- Discuss the research currently available and future areas of study into the gender wage gap in Emergency Medicine
Speakers:
Gillian Sheppard, MD FCFP(EM), MD CCFP(EM)
Alim Pardhan
Emma McIlveen-Brown, MA, MD (CCFP-EM), MA, MD, CCFP(EM)
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM
Speakers:
Jesse McLaren, MD, MD
Mazen El-Baba, MD
Varunaavee Sivashanmugathas
Harvey Pendell Meyers, MD
Stephen W. Smith, MD
Lucas Chartier, MDCM, MPH, FRCPC
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Learning Objectives:
- To review best practice approaches to engage stakeholders
- To apply practical approaches to build teams focused on quality improvement
Speakers:
Lucas Chartier, MDCM, MPH, FRCPC
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Learning Objectives:
- Apply the mindsets and methods of design to improve their patient care, research and quality improvement
- Develop their creative confidence
- Join a community of diverse healthcare practitioners who appreciate the value and application of the design process to address health challenges
Speakers:
Sasha Litwin
Samuel Vaillancourt, MD, MPH, BA, MD CM, MPH
Sean Park, PhD
Wednesday, May 31th
11:00 AM - 11:35 AM
Learning objectives:
- Participants will be able to explain the difference between STEMI and Occlusion MI, and the concept of STEMI(-)OMI
- Participants will be able to list 5 signs of Occlusion MI that are not included in STEMI criteria
- Participants will be able to list 3 ways to move towards the OMI paradigm locally
Speakers:
Jesse McLaren, MD, MD
Stephen W. Smith, MD
Harvey Pendell Meyers, MD
11:35 AM - 12:10 AM
Learning objectives:
- Identify barriers and gaps in practice in emergency department care for people with sickle cell disease in adult and pediatric settings.
- Describe how quality standards can be used in the emergency department to improve the care of people living with sickle cell disease and an aspect of high-quality care from the Sickle Cell Disease Quality Standard to implement in their own ED
- List practical strategies and change ideas for improving emergency department care of patients with sickle cell disease.
Speakers:
Jennifer Bryan, MD, FRCP, MD, MSPH, MA, FRCP
Ken Farion, MD FRCPC
Karen Fleming, MN, MSHS
Serena Thompson
Gracia Mabaya, MSc, MPH, PhD(c)
Carol Kennedy, MSc, BScPT
12:10 AM - 12:30 AM
Learning objectives:
- By the end of this experience, participants will be able to: - understand the difficulties that face physicians trained outside Canada
- Recognize the need for innovative solutions for overcrowding and burnout
Speakers:
Chady El Tawil, MD, mMBA