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Canada’s Forum on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement: Westin Harbour Castle, April 28-30, 2009, Toronto, ON

With the increasing national and international focus on patient safety, the need for a broad forum for learning has been identified. Canada's Forum on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement will provide multiple learning streams with a national and international flavour. The program for the forum will provide opportunity for a variety of professionals to participate, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, health care providers, educators, leaders, researchers, and board members.


A few of the exciting speakers you will see at this event are:

  • Helen Bevan, Director of Service Transformation, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement;
  • Lise Mathieu, Retired Major General, Canadian Forces; Commander of the Canadian Forces Health System;
  • Dr. Bryan Sexton, Ph.D., M.A., Assistant Professor Department Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at The John's Hopkins School of Medicine;
  • Sarah Fraser, President, Sarah Fraser and Associates Limited;
  • Dr. Brian Goldman, E.R. Physician Mount Sinai & CBC radio host of White Coat, Black Art.

The streams for the forum will fall under the following areas:

  • Applied Learning
  • Infection Prevention and Control
  • Medication Safety
  • Patients and Family Involvement
  • Patient Safety in Physician Practice
  • Technology and Patient Safety


For more information about this Forum, please visit:
http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca

February 26, 2009