Best Practices Day 2024
Reimagining Rehab: Strengthening the role of rehab in the healthcare system
— May 3, 2024 • Virtual —
The GTA Rehab Network and the Conference Planning Committee are pleased to report that Best Practices Day 2024 was a great success! The virtual conference was attended by 250 delegates from all across Canada.
This year’s conference provided insights on:
- Rehab as a solution for improving flow in emergency departments
- Clinical excellence in rehabilitative care for older adults
- Successful practices to minimize suicide risk
- Best practices in concussion and TBI care and many more
To access the full program please click here.
NOTE: Slides and video recordings have been made available via email to conference registrants.
Our Speakers
Opening Keynote
Rehab as the catalyst for health system change and growth
Rehab is at the face of the community based health revolution. As quality of life, recovery, reintegration become core principles for our health system, rehab poised to lead a disruptive innovation and transformation.
Dr. Adam Kassam
MD MPH FRCPC; Executive Director, Office of Health Innovation & Strategy, Toronto Metropolitan University
Closing Keynote
Rehabilitation in communities: Connecting neighbours
Rehabilitative lens is key to how interprofessional primary care teams can better support older adults and individuals with chronic conditions to live in their neighbourhoods and communities.
Dr. Catherine Donnelly
B.Sc.(OT), MSc, PhD; Associate Professor at the School of Rehabilitation Therapy and Director of the Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen's University
Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Session A-a: Advanced Practice Physiotherapist – an innovative APProach to care in a tertiary care hospital Emergency Department
Concurrent Session A-b: Improving Flow with ED GO: An Interdisciplinary Pilot Project for Rehabilitation Services in the Emergency Department
Concurrent Session B: Why do Patients Fall in Rehab? A Data-driven, Patient-engaged Rethink of Falls
Concurrent Session C-a: Find publicly-funded, specialized concussion care in Toronto
Concurrent Session C-b: The identification and management of mild traumatic brain injury and concussion in rehabilitation settings: A scoping review and qualitative study
Concurrent Session C-c: The Living Concussion Guidelines: A continually updated tool to optimize adult concussion outcomes
Concurrent Session D: Redesigning the Model of Care of Low Tolerance Long Duration Rehabilitation Program at Runnymede Healthcare Centre
Concurrent Session E: Development and Implementation of Suicide Risk Assessment Project in a Rehabilitation Hospital
Concurrent Session F: From Knowledge to Practice: Clinical Excellence in Rehabilitative Care for Older Adults
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Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsor:
Planning Committee
| Dr. Larry Robinson | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/St. John’s Rehab ~ Chair |
| Patricia Dickson | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
| Allison Freeman | University Health Network/Toronto Rehab |
| Helen Johnson | Ontario Health – West ~ Chatham region representative |
| Alin Khodaverdian | Humber River Hospital |
| Charissa Levy | GTA Rehab Network |
| Martha McKay | Sinai Health System/Hennick Bridgepoint Active Healthcare |
| Sanja Milicic Iafrate | GTA Rehab Network |
| Melissa Monardo | Lakeridge Health |
| Manny Paiva | St. Joseph’s Health Centre ~ London region representative |
| Danielle Petruccelli | Hamilton Health Sciences ~ Hamilton region representative |
| Jennifer Shaffer | Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/St. John’s Rehab |
| Whitney Sherman | Baycrest Health Sciences |
| Paula Shing | Sinai Health System/Hennick Bridgepoint Active Healthcare |
