The People's Choice Awards recognize the best rapid podium presentation and the best posters presented at the conference. The awards are judged based on the following selection criteria:

• Originality and innovation
• Relevance to the current body of knowledge
• Quality of evidence and objectivity
• Clarity of presentation
• Demonstrated impact and practical implications

Five People's Choice Awards were presented:

Best Rapid Podium
Heather Flett, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - UHN 

ENHANCING INTER-PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION DURING TEAM ROUNDS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SELF-MANAGEMENT TOOLS IN SCI REHABILITATION

Best Poster - 1st Place
Siobhan Donaghy, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre - St. John's Rehab

Poster #7: WHAT'S IN A MINUTE? ACHIEVING REHABILITATION INTENSITY IN AN INPATIENT STROKE REHAB PROGRAM

Best Poster - 2nd Place

Lynn Roberti, Trillium Health Partners

Poster #2: INTER-PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION IN DEVELOPING BEST PRACTICES FOR BARIATRIC CLIENT CARE

Best Poster - 3rd Place
Jennifer Kochanowksi, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - UHN

Poster #8: THE INFLUENCE OF AN OFF-UNIT WALKING GROUP ON WALKING ACTIVITY FOR THOSE WITH ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY ATTENDING INPATIENT REHABILITATION 

Best Student Poster
Caitlin McArthur, University of Waterloo

Poster #5: PHYSICAL REHABILITATION IN LONG-TERM CARE: A SCOPING REVIEW OF INTERVENTIONS, MODELS OF DELIVERY, OUTCOMES AND QUALITY INDICATORS

Abstracts of all poster displays at the conference are available HERE.

Data, Skills & Leadership: Building a Quality agenda for health in Ontario

Dr. Joshua Tepper, Family Physician and President and CEO, Health Quality Ontario

Presentation currently not available • Biography

Rehabilitative care: Listening to the voice of the patient from bedside to boardroom

Josephine McMurray, Assistant Professor in the School of Business & Economics, Wilfred Laurier University, Business Technology Management & Health Studies Program

Presentation currently not available • Biography

Rethink health care by thinking like a startup: Using creativity and managing uncertainty to design the next generation of health services 

Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya, Frigon-Blau Chair in Family Medicine Research at Women's College Hospital and Associate Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto

Presentation • Biography

Presentation #1
THE SMILE PROGRAM: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PREVENTING DELIRIUM AND FUNCTIONAL DECLINE AMONG HOSPITALIZED SENIORS
~ Presenters: Helen Schelfhaut; Shirley Coughlin

Presentation #2
OUTCOMES FROM INPATIENT REHABILITATION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN CANADA
~ Presenter: Liam Dessureault

Presentation #3
REAL-TIME PATIENT ADVISORY GROUPS: NOVEL OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT
~ Presenters: Carol Fancott; Joanne Kwong

Presentation #4
INTER-PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION IN DEVELOPING BEST PRACTICES FOR BARIATRIC CLIENT CARE
~ Presenters: Lynn Roberti; Allison Kirke

Presentation #5
IS THERE AN APP FOR THAT? IDENTIFYING RESTORATIVE POTENTIAL THROUGH RISK SCREENING, ASSESSMENT AND EARLY INTERVENTION IN GERIATRIC SYNDROMES FOR FRAIL ELDERS PRESENTING TO THE ED
~ Presenter: Nancy Snobelen

Presentation #6 
HOME INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM (HIP)
~ Presenter: Daniel Ball

Presentation #7 
ENHANCING INTER-PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION DURING TEAM ROUNDS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SELF-MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TOOLS IN SCI REHABILITATION
~ Presenter: Heather Flett

Workshop A 
From Ideas to Action: Identifying Change Ideas for Quality Improvement
~ Presenter: Jim Handyside

Workshop B (Not currently available)
From Hospital to Home...and Back Again? Stories from the Bridge to Home Team on Improving Discharges for Complex Patients 
~ Presenters: Puja Bansal; Katherine Dittmann; Katelyn Jutzi; Leslie Nickell; and Shawn Tracy

Workshop C 
a) How Telehealth is changing the way Health Care is delivered: One Organization's Experience!
~ Presenters: Jane DeLacy; Mary Brougham; and Charmaine Burke

b) Telehealth Assessment and Follow-Up in Respiratory Rehabilitation
~ Presenter: Jacinthe Dubois-Webster

c) Tele-home exercise coaching for frail seniors following illness and/or falls: An assess and restore proof of concent initiative
~ Presenters: David Ryan; Daryl Mahabir; and Rosamund Levy