The GTA Rehab Network's Best Practices Day 2016 was held on Monday, May 2, 2016 and was a great success. Attended by close to 190 participants, the day provided the opportunity for clinicians, researchers and management professionals to explore this year's theme, Innovations Influencing Rehabilitative Care, with our keynote speakers, podium presenters, poster presenters and healthcare professionals from across Ontario.
We would like to extend our congratulations to the following winners of the People's Choice Awards for Best Rapid Podium Presentation, Best Poster and Best Student Poster!
People's Choice Awards | |||
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:
Five People's Choice Awards were presented: Best Rapid Podium "REHAB...THEN WHAT?" - AN INTEGRATED REHAB TO COMMUNITY TRANSITION (RCT) PROGRAM Best Poster - 1st Place Poster #6: SUCCESSFUL INTERPROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR TOR-BSST (Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Tool) BEST PRACTICES IN STROKE CARE Best Poster - 2nd Place Poster #25: EVALUATING INDIVIDUALIZED FALLS PREVENTION FOR CLIENTS WITH MEDICALLY COMPLEX CONDITIONS Best Poster - 3rd Place Poster #13: EVALUATING A WEEKEND THERAPY MODEL Best Student Poster Poster #47: THE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE TEST: A DISCONNECT IN PRACTICE OR PURPOSE? Abstracts of all poster displays at the conference are available HERE. |
Presentations from Best Practices Day are available below for personal use only.
No other use of the presentations is authorized without the explicit consent of the authors.
Opening Keynote Speaker | ||||
Shirlee Sharkey, CHE, MHSc, MScN, BA President & CEO, Saint Elizabeth Permission to post presentation slides not provided • Biography |
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The Patient Perspective | ||||
Peter Ashby, Physiotherapist and Stroke Survivor Permission to post presentation slides not provided • Biography |
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Closing Keynote Speaker | ||||
Dr. Geoff Fernie, PhD, PEng, CEng, FCAHS Institute Director, Research, at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network Permission to post presentation slides not provided • Biography |
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Rapid Podium Presentations | ||||
Presentation #1 Presentation #2 Presentation #3 Presentation #4 |
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Concurrent Presentations | ||||
Morning Sessions Session A Session B (Permission to post presentation slides not provided) Session C Afternoon Sessions Session A (Permission to post presentation slides not provided) Session B Session C |
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Sponsors | ||||
Thank you to the following organization for their contribution as Silver sponsor: | ||||
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Thank you to the following organizations for their contribution as Bronze sponsors: | ||||
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Planning Task Group | ||||
Malcolm Moffat | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ~ Chair | |||
Sue Balogh | GTA Rehab Network | |||
Sang Choi | Humber River Regional Hospital | |||
Dr. Anne Crowe | Grand River Hospital Corporation ~ Kitchener-Waterloo representative | |||
Sherry Daigle | The Ottawa Hospital ~ Ottawa region representative | |||
LaVerne Edwards | Humber River Regional Hospital | |||
Elizabeth Hanna | Bridgepoint Active Healthcare | |||
Dr. Sharon Jankey | West Park Healthcare Centre | |||
Andrea Lee | Health Sciences North ~ Sudbury region representative | |||
Charissa Levy | GTA Rehab Network | |||
Jacqueline Minezes | Halton Healthcare Services | |||
Sharon Ocampo-Chan | GTA Rehab Network | |||
Stuart Paavola | Hamilton Health Sciences ~ Hamilton region representative | |||
Kevin Reel | Mackenzie Health & Southlake Regional Health Centre | |||
Dr. Anoushka Singh | University Health Network | |||
Elizabeth Villar-Guerrero | North York General Hospital | |||
Conference Services: | Kim Hussey / Nancy La |