The GTA Rehab Network's Best Practices Day 2017 was held on Friday, June 2, 2017 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, Making the best use of rehabilitative care approaches across the continuum, 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 Presentation Best Poster - 1st Place Poster #42: "NO PRACTITIONER IS AN ISLAND": PIONEERING BRIDGES TO ADVANCE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR REHABILITATION SERVICE Best Poster - 2nd Place Poster #44: IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EARLY MOBILITY PROTOCOL FOR CRITICAL CARE Best Poster - 3rd Place Poster #47: WHOSE MEETING IS THIS? CO-CREATING A PROCESS FOR CONDUCTING PERSON-CENTRED FAMILY TEAM MEETINGS IN AN INPATIENT REHABILITATION PROGRAM Best Student Poster Poster #15: VALIDITY OF THE 14-ITEM CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE (CES-D) AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CARDIOPULMONARY FITNESS IN PARTICIPANTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES ENTERING AN EXERCISE-BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 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 | ||
Prince Amponsah No presentation available • Biography |
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Closing Keynote Speaker | ||
Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine and Neurology) The Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer Research, Dalhousie University and staff physician at the Nova Scotia Health Authority |
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Rapid Podium Presentations | ||
Presentation #1 Presentation #2 ~ Winner of People's Choice Award Presentation #3 Presentation #4 Presentation #5 Presentation #6 |
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Concurrent Presentations | ||
Morning Sessions Session A Session B Session C Afternoon Sessions Session A Session B Session C |
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Sponsors | ||
Thank you to the following organizations for their contribution as Gold sponsors: | ||
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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 |
Nathalie Brown | Toronto Rehab-University Centre/University Health Network |
Sang Choi | Humber River Hospital |
Paula Cripps-McMartin | Toronto Rehab-Bickle Centre/University Health Network |
LaVerne Edwards | Runnymede Healthcare Centre |
Darren Jermyn | Health Sciences North ~ Sudbury region representative |
Andrea Lee | St. Joseph's Health Centre - ~ London region representative |
Charissa Levy | GTA Rehab Network |
Anisha Mahajan | Toronto Rehab-University Centre/University Health Network |
Melissa Monardo | Lakeridge Health |
Jacqueline Minezes | Halton Healthcare Services |
Stu Paavola | Hamilton Health Sciences ~ Hamilton region representative |
Dr. Anoushka Singh | University Health Network |
Lynn Suter | West Park Healthcare Centre |
Conference Services | Kim Hussey / Nancy La / Christine Turenko |