Best Practices Day 2011

Overview of Best Practices Day 2011

Another record-breaking Best Practices Day!

Best Practices Day 2011 brought together more than 270 healthcare providers, managers, researchers and policy makers at the Chestnut Conference Centre for yet another successful day of networking, sharing and learning from our peers across the province. We were particularly pleased that the 11th year of Best Practices Day had a record number of abstract submissions and a record number of participants!

For your convenience, conference presentations are now available.

Going Beyond the Restoration of Function: A Reality Check

The day began with a personal and meaningful ‘reality check' by Dr. Alex Jadad, whose many roles include the Canada Research Chair in eHealth Innovation. Dr. Jadad delivered a thought-provoking talk on maximizing the value of our healthcare system and pushing beyond the traditional ‘restoration of function'. Dr. Jadad stimulated a great deal of discussion and garnered much praise for his passion and refreshing perspective.

An Opportunity to Learn from Top Healthcare Leaders

We were also fortunate to bring together the expertise of four top healthcare leaders to share their strategies and insights. These sessions were very well received and if anything, participants reported that they wished they could have attended more than one!

• Mimi Lowi-Young, CEO of the Central West LHIN and Chair of the ALC-Rehab/CCC Expert Panel;
• Paula Blackstien-Hirsch, Executive Director of the Centre for Healthcare Quality Improvement;
• Dr. Colin Preyra, Director of the Canadian Health Services Research Group and Affiliate Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; and
• Dr. Peter Nord, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Providence Healthcare.

A Patient and Provider's Experience

The day wrapped up with a thoughtful consumer keynote delivered by Greg Noack, a rehabilitation therapist at Toronto Rehab, who survived an assault in 1996. Greg's remarkable rehabilitation and transition from patient to provider was inspiring and countless participants expressed their appreciation for his informative, compassionate and humbling story.

We hope you enjoyed the conference and we look forward to seeing you at Best Practices Day 2012!

Conference Presentations

Presentations made at Best Practices Day 2011 are available below for personal use only. No other use of the presentations is authorized without the explicit consent of the authors.

Please note that not all presentations from Best Practices Day 2011 are available due to copyright or publication restrictions.

Opening Keynote Presentation: Beyond the Restoration of Function: Rendering Ourselves Irrelevant DR. ALEX JADAD, MD DPhil FRCPC FCAHS Chief Innovator and Founder, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation; Rose Family Chair in Supportive Care; Canada Research Chair in eHealth Innovation; Professor, Departments of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and Anesthesia, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Staff Physician, University Health Network and University of Toronto View presentation • Biography

Concurrent Sessions: The Role of Rehabilitation in Supporting ER/ALC: Views from the Provincial Expert Panel MIMI LOWI-YOUNG, MHA FACHE FCCHSE View presentation • Biography Measurement - An End or a Means to an End? PAULA BLACKSTIEN-HIRSCH, BSc (PT) MHSc MHSc View presentation • Biography The Health Based Allocation Model: Funding and Planning Implications for Rehabilitation COLIN PREYRA, MA MSc PhD      View presentation • Biography The Sector Linkage Model for Improved Patient Flow PETER NORD, MD View presentation • Biography

Rapid Podium Presentations Session 1: Greater than the Sum of its Parts: Quality Improvement and Continuing Interprofessional Education MANDY LOWE, JULIA KIM View presentation Revitalizing the Family Team Goal Plan KELLY BREWER, KRISTA KAMSTRA-COOPER View presentation Evaluation of the Specialized Community Stroke Rehabilitation Teams: Making Possibilities Come to Life DEBORAH WILLEMS, DORIS NOBLE, PAULA GILMORE, GINA TOMASZEWSKI, MONIQUE CRITES View presentation Evidence Based Self-Management Programs for Arthritis, Stroke and Parkinson's DEBBIE (ANITA) MENDELSON, OLIVIA ESPIRITU, CHRISTINA WELLS-ROWSELL View presentation Helping Seniors Reduce Their Risk of Falls ANNE PEARCE, TRISH BROWN View presentation Using LEAN Tools and Techniques to Maximize Patient Therapy Opportunities JOHN NORTON, KATHLEEN LAWHEAD, KATHRYN RACINE View presentation

Rapid Podium Presentations Session 2: Interprofessional Collaborative Approach to Complex Senior Care: Phase II of a Toronto Central CCAC and Community OT Pilot Project ANNE STEPHENS, BRENDA GLENNS, DIPTI PURBHOO, JAMIE ARTHUR, COURTNEY BEAN, KATHRYN WISE, BARBARA CAWLEY, SANDRA McKAY (presentation not currently available) From Admission to Discharge: A Patient Rounds Tool for Nursing KATE PETTAPIECE, CAROL WEINBERG View presentation Adherence to Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care: Assessment and Management of Post-Stroke Depression in an Ontario Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Facility KATHERINE SALTER, J. ANDREW McCLURE, HANNAH KRUGER, NORINE FOLEY, ROBERT TEASELL View presentation Case Costing Implementation at a Specialty Rehabilitation Hospital: A Self Discovery Journey MARIE DiSOTTO-MONASTERO, YVONNE MAK View presentation Facilitating Guideline Uptake into Practice: What Can You Do? MARY STERGIOU-KITA View presentation Partnership Gets 'Lean' to Help Reduce Outpatient Therapy Wait Times JATINDER BAINS, KRISTA RICHARDS View presentation

Consumer Keynote Presentation: "Do We Care"? What I Think From My Experience as a Patient and Provider GREG NOACK, OTA/PTA certified      Brain Injury Survivor; Author; Rehabilitation Therapist, Acquired Brain Injury Service, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute View presentation • Biography

Abstracts

• Abstracts from all rapid podium presentations from Best Practices Day 2011
• Abstracts from all poster presentations from Best Practices Day 2011

The People's Choice Award competition

Congratulations to all those who submitted abstracts for Best Practices Day 2011 and in particular, to the winners in the poster competition and in the rapid podium presentation portions of the People's Choice Awards!

Sponsors

Thank you to all our sponsors and exhibitors who helped make this event a success. Congratulations as well to all those participants who won fabulous door prizes by visiting our sponsors and exhibitors!

Planning Task Group

The GTA Rehab Network would like to thank the 2011 Best Practices Day Planning Task Group: