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Presentations

Sunday, October 19th

“Achieving Patient Safety for Children and Youth… The Road Forward!”

Virginia Flintoft, Project Manager, Safer Health Care Now! Central Measurement Team, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
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JoAnne Whittingham, National Patient Safety Project Coordinator, Paediatric Medication Reconciliation Collaborative, Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC)
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Kaveh G. Shojania, Canada Research Chair in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Associate Professor of Medicine University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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Margaret Colquhoun, Project Leader, Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP), Toronto, Ontario
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Anne Matlow, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Medical Director, Patient Safety, Director of Infection Prevention & Control, and Chair of the Patient Safety Committee, The Hospital for Sick Children
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Raj Kohli, Innovation Lead, Director Education, Discovery Campus Inc., Toronto, Ontario

CAPHC–Canadian Paediatric Decision Support Network (CPDSN) Breakfast and 2008 Annual Meeting
Astrid Guttmann, Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Hospital
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Raza Abidi, Leader of the NICHE Research Group, Dalhousie University
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Leah Boon, National Coordinator, CAPHC-CPDSN -2007 Special Project: Childhood Asthma ALOS VariationResults
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Canadian Network of Child and Youth Rehabilitation (CN-CYR)
“Trends and Changes in Paediatric Rehabilitation: Impact on Children and Families”

» Welcome & Introduction

Dr. Virginia Wright: Applying Research to Improve Health Care Outcomes
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Dr. Charlene Robertson: Lessons Learned From The Follow-Up Of Children After Life-Saving Therapies
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Impact of Technology (Panel Presentation)
Jim Raso: Technology Explosion – What does the future hold?
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Dr. Al Cook: Robotics – Applications for Children with Disabilities
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Advances of Medical Research – Impact on Childhood Disabilities
Dr. Alain Moreau: Potential of Biomarkers as Tools to Predict Disease Development
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What Really Matters Anyway?
Dr. Johanna Darrah: Focus on Participation, Function and Quality of Life
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Monday, October 20th

CAPHC 2008 Key Note Address Transforming the Child Health System

Neal Halfon, Director Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Plenary Session – Through The Looking Glass: Transformational Partnerships with Patients and Families

Juliette Schlucter, Family-Centered Care Consultant, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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National Symposium - Transforming Services for Children & Youth “Sharing and Learning with the Champions!”

Brian Postl, President & CEO, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
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Khristinn Kellie Leitch, Federal Advisor on Healthy Children and Youth, Chair of Pediatric Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario
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Robert Morton, CEO, Children’s Treatment Network of Simcoe York
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Neal Halfon, Director Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Juliette Schlucter, Family-Centered Care Consultant, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Tuesday, October 21st

“Breakfast Club” & CAPHC AGM

CAPHC 2008 – 2013: A Snapshot of National Programs & Opportunities
Elaine Orrbine, President & CEO, CAPHC
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Concurrent Morning Sessions

#1. Continuity and Coordination of Services: “Innovative and
Holistic Models that are Making a Difference”

Medicine Wheel Tool Kit for Screening of FASD
Lori Vitale-Cox, Educational Psychology Coordinator-Education Division,
Eastern Door Centre and Elsipogtog First Nation, University of New Brunswick
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Ottawa Child/Youth Housing Advocacy Initiative (OCHAI)
Lindy Samson, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Department of Paediatrics, University of Ottawa and Jama Watt, Project Coordinator, Outreach and Community Development, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
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The Ontario Ministry of Health Expert Panel on Care Coordination
Charlotte Moore, Provincial Lead, Access to Paediatric Services, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

#2. Exploring Solutions to Our Mental Health Crisis –
“No More of the Same Old Same Old!”

Bronwyn Louks, Youth Representative; “The New Mentality”; A joint project of Children’s Mental Health Ontario and the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO
Keli Anderson, Parent and Co-Founder, the F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids’ Mental Health, Vancouver, British Columbia
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John Lyons, Endowed Chair – Mental Health Research, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa School of Psychology, Ottawa, Ontario
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Patrick McGrath, Vice President Research IWK Health Centre, Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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#3. Transport Systems Moving our Children Across Systems –
Challenges, Barriers and Enablers

Hilary Whyte, Medical Director of Acute Care Transport Services, SickKids; Associate Professor Paediatrics and Clinical Epidemiologist, Faculty of Health Administration, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
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Allan de Caen, Medical Director, PICU Transport Team, Stollery Children’s Hospital; Pediatric Critical Care Residency Program Director, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
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Professor Andrew J. Macnab; Former Medical Director, Provincial Interhospital Transport Program, Children’s and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia; Paediatric Consultant to British Columbia Ambulance Service
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#4. Crossing Provincial Boundaries and/or Sectors –
Networks that are making a Difference

The Canadian Neonatal Network™ (CNN)
Prakeshkumar Shah, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Staff Neonatologist and Clinician Teacher Neonatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
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Provincial Council for Children’s Health (Ontario)
Marilyn Booth, Executive Director, Provincial Council for Children’s Health (PCCH)
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The Pediatric Surgical Chiefs of Canada (PSCC)
James Wright, Surgeon-in-Chief, Department of Surgery, SickKids; Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario.
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#5. Transforming Services: The Healthcare System through the Eyes and Ears of Our Youth!

Joscelyne Wright, Youth Representative, Child and Youth Advisory Council,
Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario
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Katie North, Youth Representative, Child and Youth Advisory Council, Children’s
Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre
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Patricia Jiang, IWK Youth Advisory Council (Halifax)
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Jackie Wigle, IWK Youth Advisory Council (Halifax)
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Christina McKenzie, Child and Youth Advisory Council (CAYAC) of the Southern
Alberta Child and Youth Health Network (SACYHN)
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Meredith Pritchard, Child and Youth Advisory Council (CAYAC) of the Southern
Alberta Child and Youth Health Network (SACYHN)
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#6. Organizational Justice and Safety Climate – Leveraging the Link

Don Buchanan, Knowledge Translation Officer, McMaster Child Health Research Institute, Hamilton Ontario
Linda Kostrzewa, Director, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario
Teresa Smith, Assistant Vice President, Quality, Patient Safety and Clinical Resource Management at Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ontario
Peter Steer, President, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.

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Wednesday, October 22nd

National Symposium on Continuity and Coordination of Care

Sister Elizabeth Davis, Member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Katie Mahon, Deborah deVlaming and Laurene Black – Capital Health Edmonton Area Home Care Children’s Services, 2007 Rotman Award Winner
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Isabelle St. Sauveur and Hema Patel, Intensive Ambulatory Care Service (IACS), Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, 2006 Rotman Award Winner
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Anna Dominic, Adolescent Medicine Pediatrician, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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