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Agenda at a glance

Time
Park Centre Ballroom
Commodore Room
7:30 – 8:25
BREAKFAST
8:25 -8-45
Moderator/Opening Remarks
8:45 – 9:15
Keynote Speaker: Shelley Vanderhout
9:20 – 10:05
Concurrent 1A
Concurrent 1B
10:05 – 10:25
BREAK
10:25 – 11:10
Concurrent 2A
Concurrent 2B
11:15 – 11:45
MSSU Trainee Support Program Recipients Talks
11:45 – 12:45
LUNCH
12:45 – 1:15
Keynote Speaker: Amy Folkes
1:20 – 2:05
Concurrent 3A
Concurrent 3B
2:05 – 2:25
BREAK
2:25 – 3:10
LHS in Action: Maritime case examples
3:10 – 3:45
LHS Leaders Panel
3:45 – 4:00
Closing Comments
4:00 – 5:00
POSTER SESSION

Detailed Agenda

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Poster session details (presenting authors and project titles) and all abstracts can be found in the Program. 

        7:30 – 8:25: BREAKFAST

MSSU Capacity Development Coordinator Sharon Skaling will start the conference with our Land Acknowledgement.

Welcome from the MSSU: Dr. David Anderson, MSSU Principal Investigator (Virtual)
Introduction to Learning Health Systems: Dr. Christine Cassidy, MSSU Science Co-Lead, Learning Health Systems

Location: Park Centre Ballroom

Dr. Shelley Vanderhout

Scientist in Learning Health Systems at Trillium Health Partners’ Institute for Better Health
Building a Canadian Learning Health System community

Dr. Vanderhout’s primary focus is on co-developing evidence-based methods to establish, implement and advance learning health systems that are centred on patients and families. Her program of research engages patient, caregiver, and community partners to understand how they can be involved in co-design, priority setting, and knowledge translation in learning health systems. Dr. Vanderhout has developed a robust body of literature that informs how these partners can be equitably and meaningfully involved in research that informs health care. Her work also explores how digital health tools can impact the equity-focused Quadruple Aim: better health outcomes, good experiences for patients and providers, lower system costs, and equitable access to care for all. Learn more about Dr. Vanderhout.

Location: Park Centre Ballroom

Knowledge to Policy

Moderator: Elizabeth Lappin
Thomas Brothers, Maya Lowe & Landon Morton: Co-production of hospital inpatient substance use policies for the Medical Teaching Unit at the Halifax Infirmary
Alexa Yakubovich: Investigating systems responses to violence against women across three Canadian provinces: Findings from The Interprovincial Violence Against Women Project
Virginia McIntyre: Peer support networks for people with chronic pain: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Location: Park Centre Ballroom

Practice to Data

Moderator: Claire Keenan
Luis Chavez: The socio-economic burden of Cystic Fibrosis in Canada
Rebecca Jones: Implementing Lactation/Infant Feeding Rooms at Cape Breton University: A Community Clinical and Research Project
Sarah Gander: Improving the Health care Experience of Children and Families through the Community Social Pediatrics Model.

Location: Commodore Room

        10:05 – 10:25: BREAK

The cycle of Data, Knowledge, and Practice

Moderator: Kristy Hancock
Paula Pickard: CAPS: Coordinated Aging in Place Services with Team-Based Primary Health Care – Implementation and sustainability quality initiative
Caitilin McArthur: Developing a resident-centered data-informed care planning improvement intervention in long-term care
Justine Dol: Developing Essential Coaching for Every Partner, an mHealth postnatal intervention for non-birthing parents (or practice)

Location: Park Centre Ballroom

Patients, Caregivers, and Communities

Moderator: Donna Rubenstein
Leslie Hill and Joe Baltzer: The re-established Patient Family Advisory Council of the Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program: expanded, equity-focused membership and a new model of onboarding
Jillian Banfield: Integrating Patient Partners in Peer Review: Lessons Learned from the Rare Disease Research Initiative
Rachel Giacomantonio: The Role of Patients, Caregivers, and Communities in Learning Health Systems: a Narrative Review

Location: Commodore Room

Moderator: Sharon Skaling
Madison Hickey: A Way Forward: A scoping review considering evidence-based interventions to mitigate burnout in critical care nurses
Adrienne Thornton: “They don’t judge you, and they treat you like a human”: Understanding the Experiences of Program Users in An Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment Program
Momina Raja: Sleep for health in hospital and at home: The need to prioritize sleep for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their parents

Location: Park Centre Ballroom

        11:45 – 12:45: LUNCH

        2:05 – 2:25: BREAK

Amy Folkes

Senior Director, Planning, Performance and Evaluation within the Quality and Learning Health Systems portfolio of Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services. 
Learning Health and Social System – A pathway to transformation for Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services

Amy Folkes is the Senior Director, of Planning, Performance and Evaluation within the Quality and Learning Health Systems portfolio of Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NL Health Services). This team is responsible for evaluation, performance/accountability requirements, strategic planning and a provincial policy office, with a purposeful role to support a pathway to a Learning Health and Social System.  Amy is passionate about transformative change throughout NL Health Services, that is grounded in a co-design approach between NLHS, its internal and external system partners, and most importantly – patients and families.

Location: Park Centre Ballroom

Research & Evaluation

Moderator: Mary Byers
Jennifer Isenor & Carla Garrett: Patient Perceptions of Pharmacist Provided Primary Care
Judah Goldstein: Outcomes of a Community Paramedic Service to Support Emergency Department Discharge: A Case Series
Ruth Lavergne: Changing administrative workload in primary care in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: Understanding the challenges and exploring solutions

Location: Commodore Room

Equitable Health Care

Moderator: Rachel Giacomantonio
Keisha Jefferies: A critical examination of the social and structural factors impacting People of African Descent with uterine fibroids in Nova Scotia
Julia Kaal: Transforming Lung Cancer Screening in NS: A Person-Centred, Equitable, Inclusive and Accessible Approach
Ifeyinwa Mbakogu: Voices That Count: Providing Culturally Inclusive Mental Health and Substance Use Health Service Delivery to Youth of African Descent

Location: Commodore Room

Case examples from across the Maritimes

Moderator: Elizabeth Lappin
Speakers:
Brigitte Sonier-Ferguson, Charline Morrison (virtual) – Learning Communities: Building on what is strong

Dr. Christine Cassidy, Jackie Pidduck, Grace MacIntyre – Applying a learning health system approach on our journey to improve transition of care: Lessons learned along the way 

Location: Park Centre Ballroom

Moderator: Amy Grant, Jennifer Taylor
Shelley Vanderhout
Amy Folkes
Christine Cassidy
Jackie Pidduck
Patient/Public Partner (Transition of Care Committee)

Location: Park Centre Ballroom

Speaker: TBD

Location: Park Centre Ballroom

For a complete list of all poster presentations and locations, please download the program (PDF)

Location: Commodore Room and Hall