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| Best Practice Day 2003
Welcome to the post-conference web page of Best Practices Day 2003, which was held on February 20, 2003 at the International Plaza Hotel in Toronto, Ontario.
The theme of Best Practices Day 2003 was Turning Information into Expertise~A Look to the Future. This theme was highlighted in the many presentations on the day's program.
The day began with a keynote address from Dr. Alejandro Jadad, the Canada Chair in eHealth Innovation, who reviewed five lessons in technology and their application to rehabilitation.
Dr. Jadad's presentation was followed by a panel hosted by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and facilitated by Mr. Darryl Sturtevant, Director of Mental Health and Policy Branch, that featured each of the Ontario Rehabilitation Reform Pilot Projects. Panelists included Dr. Dan Deforge, Mr. Scott Munro, Ms. Sue Baptiste, and Dr. Mark Bayley.
In the afternoon, a second panel entitled Dawn of a New Era in Rehabilitation focused on how the Rehabilitation Balanced Scorecard project, the National Rehabilitation Reporting System and the Rehabilitation Reform Pilot Projects represented the beginning of a new era in rehabilitation. We were delighted to have Dr. Cheryl Cott, Dr. Susan Jaglal, and Mr. Ian Joiner and Mr. Sandy Doberstein as the Dawn of a New Era panelists.
In addition, the 270 delegates had the opportunity to see and hear podium and poster presentations in the areas of methods and models in rehabilitation; developing outcomes and guidelines, spinal cord injury; stroke; acquired brain injury; burn; and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. As Professor Verrier said in her closing remarks, "These are the minds, hearts and hands, behind the work."
With its 43 member organizations, the GTA Rehab Network is striving to be a potent catalyst for consensus-building, collaboration, coordination and communication in rehabilitation services, to the benefit of patients and providers.
Many of the presentations made at Best Practices Day 2003 are available below for personal use only. No other use of the presentations is authorized without the explicit consent of the authors.
| Conference Presentations** |
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Keynote Address -- "Rehabilitation, Best Practices and the Internet - Embracing the Information Age"
Keynote speaker was Dr. Alejandro Jadad, Canada Chair in eHealth Innovation
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Panel Discussion -- "Rehabilitation Reform Pilots"
Panelists included Dr. Mark Bayley, Ms. Sue Baptiste, Dr. Dan DeForge and Mr. Scott Munro.
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New Methods and Models in Rehabilitation
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Musculoskeletal, Burns and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
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| "Enhancing research utilization" -- Janet Craik |
"Effect of 5 vs. 7 day physiotherapy on length of stay in total joint replacement patients" -- Sue Gowans* |
| "Admission criteria - Are we speaking the same language?" -- Charissa Levy* |
"Total Hip Arthroplasty: Examining factors that influence LOS in Rehab" -- Julie Ellis* |
| "Beyond the medical model: Case management" -- Sandy Beckett* |
"A multidisciplinary team approach to guide outpatient rehab following burn injury" -- Dr. Manuel Gomez |
| "The Client Centred Rehabilitation Questionnaire: Development and pilot testing" -- Dr. Gary Teare |
"Developing Best Practices for SCI Rehabilitation: Consumer's perspectives" -- Hazel Self |
| "The patient as expert: What is the role of the healthcare provider?" -- Patrick Clifford |
"Neuroprosthesis for grasping: Rehabilitation of palmar grasp and lateral pinch in patients with complete C5 to C6 spinal cord injuries" -- Veronica Takes |
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Developing Outcome Measures and Guidelines
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Acquired Brain Injury and Stroke Rehabilitation
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| "Outcomes measures for speech language pathology in a school health support program" -- Nadia Hladin* |
"Life after Stroke: 'Finding your Way' - An inpatient rehabilitation stroke education program" -- Joan Shaw* |
| "Outome measures across the continuum of services: Early results and future potential" -- Rika Vander Laan |
"Conceptual framework for development of a comprehensive stroke unit" -- Susan Bisaillon |
| "Clinical pathways for a paediatric ABI program: Development, implementation and evaluation" -- Kelly Brewer* |
"The potential benefits of treating TBI patients according to functional ability rather than diagnosis" -- Megan Mahabir* |
| "Best practice guidelines for stroke care" -- Mary Lewis* |
"The Traumatic Brain Injury Study at Toronto Rehab" -- Dr. Robin Green* |
| "A review of interventions to implement evidence based guidelines"-- Dr. Mark Bayley* |
"Dysphasia Puree and Fluid Textures: What categories are needed?" -- Linda Kirste |
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Panel Discussion -- "Dawn of a New Era in Rehabilitation".
Panelists included Dr. Cheryl Cott, Dr. Susan Jaglal, Mr. Sandy Doberstein and Mr. Ian Joiner.
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* First speaker noted only
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The GTA Rehab Network gratefully acknowledges the following organizations, whose sponsorship helped to make the conference possible:
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
- The Change Foundation
- Bridgepoint Health
- Dunkerron Technologies Inc.
- Canadian Institute for Health Information
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