The GTA Rehab Network's Best Practices Day 2019 was held on Friday, May 3, 2019 and was a great success! Attended by over 200 participants, the day provided the opportunity for clinicians, researchers and management professionals to explore this year's theme, Rehabilitative Care: Rising to the Challenges, 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 and Best 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:
Four People's Choice Awards were presented: Best Rapid Podium Presentation THE BENEFITS OF GROUP PHYSICAL THERAPY IN ACUTE CARE Best Poster - 1st Place Poster #37: FOCAL SPASTICITY MANAGEMENT IN LONG TERM CARE Best Poster - 2nd Place Poster #31: THE HIP AND KNEE INTEGRATED CARE COLLABORATIVE (ICC) AND BUNDLE MODEL: SEAMLESSLY CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS THROUGH NAVIGATION, INTEGRATION, COMMUNICATION AND STANDARDIZATION Best Poster - 3rd Place Poster #10: STREAMLINING TRANSITION FROM REHABILITATION HOSPITAL BACK TO HOME COMMUNITY FOR STROKE PATIENTS 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 | |
David K. Conn, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., FRCPC |
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Closing Keynote Speaker | |
Kerry Kuluski, MSW, PhD Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System; Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto |
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Rapid Podium Presentations | |
Presentation #1 Presentation #2 Presentation #3 Presentation #4 Presentation #5 Presentation #6 |
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Concurrent Presentations | |
Morning Sessions Session A Session B Session C (presentation not available) Afternoon Sessions Session A 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 |
Larry Robinson | St. John's Rehab - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ~ Chair |
Sang Choi | Humber River Hospital |
Paula Cripps-McMartin | Toronto Rehab - Bickle Centre/University Health Network |
Anthony Danial | Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital |
Sylvia Davidson | Baycrest Health Centre |
Robyn Davies | Bridgepoint Active Healthcare - Sinai Health System |
Carol Di Salle | Health Sciences North ~ Sudbury region representative |
Patricia Dickson | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
LaVerne Edwards | Runnymede Healthcare Centre |
Jennifer Fife | Hamilton Health Sciences ~ Hamilton region representative |
Helen Johnson | Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network |
Charissa Levy | GTA Rehab Network |
Sanja Milicic Iafrate | GTA Rehab Network |
Melissa Monardo | Lakeridge Health |
Manny Paiva | St. Joseph's Health Centre ~ London region representative |
Conference Services | Kim Hussey / Christine Turenko |