This year’s National Meeting will explore the interplay between overuse and underuse, and how to prevent low-value services from diverting energy and resources from care that truly matters during these precarious times.
Bringing together health professionals, patients, system leaders, and researchers, this two-day virtual event is a unique opportunity to learn about leading Choosing Wisely efforts taking place across the country.
Join the online Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting in collaboration with the Canadian Medical Association on May 12 and 13, 2021.
At the National Meeting you will:
Engage with the Choosing Wisely community in an energized exchange of ideas on overuse
Hear about practical and implementable strategies for reducing overuse, and understand their impact
Network with colleagues who share a commitment to reducing overuse
By the end of this meeting, participants will be able to:
Translate and apply best practices for reducing overuse in health care in their clinical settings
Design effective approaches for evaluating interventions related to reducing overuse
Develop strategies to share successful interventions across their health care organization
Program at a glance | May 12, 2021
Speakers:
Dr. Ann Collins, President of the Canadian Medical Association
Dr. Danielle Martin, Executive Vice President/Chief Medical Executive, Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Verna Yiu, President & CEO, Alberta Health Services
Learn and collaborate with your peers in an energized exchange of ideas on the following topics:
Track 1: Using Blood Wisely
Track 2: Abstract Presentations – Choosing Wisely in Hospitals
Track 3: Advancing Audit and Feedback
Track 4: De-Implementation: The Science of Doing Less
Track 5: Reprendre les activités en première ligne après la COVID-19: quand, quoi, comment?*en français
Session details in our main program.
Speaker:
Dr. David Asch, Physician and Behavioural Economist, Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation
Learn and collaborate with your peers in an energized exchange of ideas on the following topics:
Track 1: Using Antibiotics Wisely
Track 2: Utilisation judicieuse des antibiotiques *en français
Track 3: Abstract Presentations – Choosing Wisely in Labs
Track 4: Fail Fest – Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Choosing Wisely
Session details in our main program.
Program at a glance | May 13, 2021
Speaker:
Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, Professor and Research Director, Faculty of Law – Health Law Institute, University of Alberta
Learn and collaborate with your peers in an energized exchange of ideas on the following topics:
Track 1: Becoming a Choosing Wisely Canada Hospital
Track 2: Abstract Presentations – Choosing Wisely in Primary Care
Track 3: Abstract Presentations – Choisir avec soin Québec *en français
Track 4: Nurses Valuable Role in Implementing Choosing Wisely Recommendations – POSTPONED
Track 5: Primary Care Reboot
Session details in our main program.
Network with colleagues who share your commitment to reducing overuse. These short speed rounds let you discuss and share with others involved in Choosing Wisely from coast to coast to coast.
Learn and collaborate with your peers in an energized exchange of ideas on the following topics:
Track 1: Time to Talk. Encouraging Serious Illness Conversations
Track 2: Il est temps de discuter. Discussions sur une maladies grave. *en français
Track 3: Abstract Presentations – Choosing Wisely in Hospitals
Track 4: Choosing Wisely and Deprescribing – POSTPONED
Track 5: Freeing Up Capacity Post-Pandemic
Session details in our main program.
Choosing Wisely Canada's National Meeting Agenda
For description and session details, download our agenda.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA:
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development. You may claim a maximum of 8.25 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
COLLEGE OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS OF CANADA:
This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development for up to 8.25 Mainpro+ credits.
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All content included in the National Meeting will be presented free of charge.
