Program

Program

All times Pacific Standard Time. Exact times subject to change.

Monday, March 3

8:30 am | Pre-conference Workshop Registration

9:00 am – 12:00 pm | Pre-conference Workshops

12:30 pm | Conference Registration

1:00 pm | Welcome Remarks

Sabrina Wong, Professor, CHSPR
Aslam Anis, Director, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Paul Hébert, President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Ted Patterson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Primary Care Division, BC Ministry of Health

1:20 pm | Anne Crichton Lecture | Building High-Performing Primary Care Systems: After a Decade of Policy Change, is Canada “Walking the Talk?”

Chair: Ted Patterson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Primary Care Division, BC Ministry of Health
Speaker: Monica Aggarwal, Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Followed by audience Q&A | Learn more about the Anne Crichton Lecture | Watch the recording

2:15 pm | Improving Provider Experiences Amid a Primary Care Workforce Shortage

Chair: Michael Law, Professor, CHSPR
Speaker: Ivy Bourgeault, Professor, University of Ottawa [slides]
Discussant: Laura Housden, Executive Director, Nurse Practitioners, Fraser Health
Discussant: Rita McCracken, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of BC
Followed by audience Q&A

3:15 pm | Break

3:35 pm | Improving Population Health: Accelerating Health Care Equity for All Through Team-Based Care

Chair: Gene Patterson, Director, eHealth, First Nations Health Authority
Speaker: Shannon Berg, Executive Director, Primary Health Care and Virtual Services, First Nations Health Authority
Speaker: Treena Klassen, Executive Director, Palliser Primary Care Network
Speaker: Jennifer Rayner, Director of Research and Policy, Alliance for Healthier Communities
Followed by audience Q&A

4:45-6:15 pm | Poster Session and Reception

Tuesday, March 4

8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast

9:00 am | Welcome and Recap

Sabrina Wong, Professor, CHSPR

9:15 am | Improving Patient Experiences and Outcomes in Primary Care

Chair: Brenda Andreas, Member, Patient Council, Canadian Primary Care Research Network
Speaker: Norma Rabbitskin, Senior Health Nurse, Sturgeon Lake Health Centre
Speaker: Ghislaine Rouly, Member, Patient Council, Canadian Primary Care Research Network
Speaker: Walter Wodchis, Professor, University of Toronto [slides]
Speaker: Vivian Ramsden, Professor, University of Saskatchewan
Followed by audience Q&A

10:45 am | Break

11:15 am | Better Value in Primary Care: Where Are the Data and What is it Going to Cost?

Chair: Jason Sutherland, Professor, CHSPR
Speaker: Sacha Bhatia, Executive Vice President, Primary and Community-Based Care, Ontario Health
Discussant: Ray Messom, Principal, Nous Group
Followed by audience Q&A

12:15 pm | Lunch

1:15 pm | Better Value in Primary Care: Harnessing Digital Health and Learning Health Systems Approach

Chair: Rubee Dev, Professor, CHSPR
Speaker: Onil Bhattacharyya, Director, Institute for Health Systems Solutions and Virtual Care, Women’s College Hospital; and Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Speaker: Shaneel Pathak, Member, Patient Council, Canadian Primary Care Research Network; and CEO, Zamplo Inc. [slides]
Speaker: Mohamed Alarakhia, Family Physician, Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team; and CEO, eHealth Centre of Excellence [slides]
Followed by audience Q&A

2:40 pm | Closing Keynote: Health for All

Chair: Rick Glazier, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
Speaker: Robert Phillips, Founding Executive Director, Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine Foundation
Followed by audience Q&A

3:30-3:45 pm | Summary and Closing

Rick Glazier, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
Sabrina Wong, Professor, CHSPR