Best Practices Day 2015
The GTA Rehab Network’s Best Practices Day 2015 was held on May 1, 2015 and was a great success. Attended by close to 180 participants, the day provided the opportunity for clinicians, researchers and management professionals to explore this year’s theme, Rehabilitation and Reintegration: Perspectives across the Continuum, with our keynote speakers and workshop presenters. The day also provided the opportunity to learn about many research projects and initiatives and to network with healthcare professionals from across Ontario and beyond.
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:
- 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
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.
Speakers

Dr. Joshua Tepper
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

Josephine McMurray
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

Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya
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
Rapid Podium Presentations
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 Presentations
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
Sponsors
Thank you to the following organization for their contribution as Silver sponsor:
Planning Task Group
Malcolm Moffat | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ~ Chair | |||
Sue Balogh | GTA Rehab Network | |||
Frederic Beauchemin | The Ottawa Hospital ~ Ottawa region representative | |||
Sang Choi | Humber River Regional Hospital | |||
Dr. Anne Crowe | Grand River Hospital Corporation ~ Kitchener-Waterloo representative | |||
Alexis Dishaw | Providence Care ~ Kingston region representative | |||
LaVerne Edwards | Humber River Regional Hospital | |||
Elizabeth Hanna | Bridgepoint Active Healthcare | |||
Dr. Sharon Jankey | West Park Healthcare Centre | |||
Jennifer Kodis | Hamilton Health Sciences ~ Hamilton region representative | |||
Andrea Lee | Health Sciences North ~ Sudbury region representative | |||
Charissa Levy | GTA Rehab Network | |||
Jacqueline Minezes | Halton Healthcare Services | |||
Sharon Ocampo-Chan | GTA Rehab Network | |||
Kevin Reel | Mackenzie Health & Southlake Regional Health Centre | |||
Dr. Anoushka Singh | University Health Network | |||
Elizabeth Villar-Guerrero | North York General Hospital | |||
Conference Services: | Jill Fredericks / Kim Hussey / Nancy La / Grace Salmon |
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