Preliminary Program
All times Pacific Standard Time. Exact times subject to change.
Monday, March 3
12:30 pm | Registration
1:00 pm | Welcome Remarks
1:15 pm | Anne Crichton Lecture | Building High-Performing Primary Care Systems
Speaker: Monica Aggarwal, Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Followed by audience Q&A
2:15 pm | Break
2:30 pm | Improving Provider Experiences Amidst a Primary Care Workforce Shortage
Speaker: Ivy Bourgeault, Professor, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Laura Housden, President, Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada
Discussant: Rita McCracken, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of BC
Followed by audience Q&A
3:45 pm | Improving Population Health: Accelerating Health Care Equity for All Through Team-Based Care
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
4:30-6:00 pm | Poster Session and Reception
Tuesday, March 4
8:00 am | Registration and breakfast
9:00 am | Welcome and Recap
9:15 am | Improving Patient Experiences and Outcomes in Primary Care
Speaker: Norma Rabbitskin, Senior Health Nurse, Sturgeon Lake Health Centre
Speaker: Ghislaine Rouly, Member, Patient Council, Canadian Primary Care Research Network
Speaker: Walter Wodchis, University of Toronto
Speaker: Vivian Ramsden, Professor, University of Saskatchewan
Followed by audience Q&A
10:20 am | Break
10:45 am | Better Value in Primary Care: Where Are the Data and What is it Going to Cost?
Speaker: Sacha Bhatia, Executive Vice President, Primary and Community-Based Care, Ontario Health
Discussant: Ray Messom, Principal, Nous Group
Followed by audience Q&A
12:00 pm | Lunch
1:00 pm | Better Value in Primary Care: Harnessing Digital Health and Learning Health Systems Approach
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
Speaker: Mohamed Alarakhia, Family Physician, Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team; and CEO, eHealth Centre of Excellence
Followed by audience Q&A
2:30 pm | Closing: Health for All
Speaker: 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