Certificate Course in Patient Safety & Quality, Presentation Day
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Certificate Course in Patient Safety & Quality, Presentation Day
March 12, 2013 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
The 2012-13 Patient Safety Course has come to a close for another year. Join us for the course participant’s presentation day featuring keynote speaker Dr. Alan Forster, Scientific Director, Performance Measurement, Ottawa Hospital.
How Can You Improve Patient Safety if You Don’t Measure it?
Keynote Speaker: Alan J. Forster MD, FRCPC, MSc
Dr. Forster is a general internist and Scientific Director of Performance Measurement at the Ottawa Hospital. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and an Executive in Residence at the Telfer School of Management.
His research focuses on patient safety and quality improvement. He has received several prestigious awards recognizing his work within the field of health services research, including a Career Scientist Award with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and an Early Research Award and Ontario Research Fund grant from the Ontario Government’s Ministry of Research and Innovation.
He has performed seminal work evaluating the incidence of adverse events following discharge from hospital. This work has lead to the development of strategies to improve care during the transition home from hospital. He is also leading in the development of a hospital data warehouse, which will serve as a supporting infrastructure for a research program in patient safety and quality of care. He has over 90 publications in peer review journals.
In addition to his significant contributions to a quality and safety program at the Ottawa Hospital, he provides ongoing scientific advice regarding the measurement of quality of care to national and international organizations, such as the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the World Health Organization.
Program:
0830 – 0900 Coffee & Refreshments (HRIC Atrium)
0900 – 1015 Keynote Speaker & Questions (Theatre 4)
1015 – 1035 Coffee Break (HRIC Atrium)
1035 – 1150 Group 1 Presentation & Poster Sessions (Theatre 4)
1250 – 1400 Group 2 Presentation & Poster Sessions (Theatre 4)
1400 – 1510 Group 3 Presentation & Poster Sessions (Theatre 4)
1515 Wine & Cheese Awards Reception (HRIC Atrium)