Sign up: Health and Human Rights Conference @ U of T March 5/6

Attention Chapter members interested in international health!!


The 2010 Health and Human Rights Conference (HHRights) is about the impacts of international aid and development on the health, rights, and livelihoods of people around the world. How have rich countries influenced the governance and growth of poor countries? Does aid go to where it is needed and how can we ensure that it does? There will also be a special focus on student overseas volunteerism, and the popular NGO-Networking Fair is returning along with some new and exciting features. HHRights 2010 promises to be a truly engaging and not-to-be-missed experience.

For more info contact IHI Open School chapter member and Public Health student Cindy Shen (cindy.shen@utoronto.ca)

Global Health

The Health and Human Rights Conference will be held at the University of Toronto on the 5th and 6th of March. More information can be found here

This is a good opportunity for IHI members who are interested in global health.

Upcoming Chapter Events !

There are two patient safety seminars next week - this is the case because the HPME seminar that was cancelled on Feb. 10 was moved to next week, where we had already planned our IHI seminar.

Both sessions will be held in the HSB 208 (Health Sciences Building, 155 College St.)

Wed Feb. 24; 4:00-5:30pm HPME Seminar Series: Dr. Jeffrey Alexander from the University of Michigan will give a talk titled "The Science and Practice of Quality Improvement: Developing Capacity to make a Difference".
See http://www.hpme.utoronto.ca/about/events/hsrseminar0910.htm for more details

Thur Feb. 25; 5:30-7:00pm Dr. Michael Rachlis, who is a family physician, health policy analyst, private consultant, author, and an associate professor at U of T will present his thoughts on quality improvement and patient safety, and will facilitate a discussion for our chapter.


March 8 - all day Clinical Engineering Society of Ontario Conference, at the Hospital for Sick Children. They have a variety of activities for the day. You can register at https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=792 They are still looking for volunteers for the event (in which case the $10 signup fee is waived). You can email michael.hamilton@utoronto.ca for more information.

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Use our Facebook page to:
- connect with other members of our chapter at U of T
- find out about upcoming events
- see photos and videos of past events
- start a discussion or join an existing discussion
- access IHI Open School materials and connect with students around the world who are interested in quality and patient safety

TODAY! Katarina Busija on Increasing patient and family involvement to better care

Speaker Series: Challenging the Norms in Healthcare, Increasing Patient and Family Invovlement to Better Care


Where: Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street West, Room 208
When: TODAY January 18, 5:30 pm


Katarina Busija, is a Registered Nurse who is the Board Co-Chair for Patients for Patient Safety Canada, as well as a Patient Safety Champion at the World Health Organization and a Patient Safety Officer at Toronto Rehab Institute.


Katarina will speak about her very personal journey to becoming a patient safety champion.

To learn more about Katarina visit : http://bit.ly/73nyeH

Refreshments will be provided!

ED Improvement Simulation

Event: Competitive Emergency Department Improvement Simulation
Purpose: to learn about:
1) Inter-professional collaboration
2) Change management
3) Lean improvement techniques
When: Saturday Jan. 23, 10am-4pm
Where: Toronto General Hospital
Cost: $20
Food: bring your own, or you can buy from Toronto General's extensive food court

Restrictions:
1) Apologies to our professional members, but only full-time students can participate
2) 1st and 2nd year medical students may NOT participate - this is because the simulation will soon become a graded component of your curriculum. This is unfortunate, but you will have the chance to participate soon enough.

Teams: You will be placed on a team; teams are created to be balanced based on the professions and experience.

How to Sign-up: Go here.

About the event: A brief educational session on change management and lean principles will start off the day. This is facilitated by staff from the Centre for Innovation in Complex Care (CICC) at Toronto General. Teams will be formed and introduced to the interface for the simulation, then the simulation will begin. In the simulation, you are the VP of a hospital with excessively long ED wait times and lots of bad press, and you are charged with "fixing" the ED. Change efforts aren't easy, however, and you must be tactful and strategic about what you do.
Depending on the teams, the simulation can last from 2-3 hours (a deadline may be imposed to keep us on schedule). Afterwards, everyone comes together for a debrief (again handled by CICC staff) and a scoreboard is shown of how all the teams did. This is a great time to discuss what we learned during the day.

January 18 Speaker Series: Challenging the Norms in Healthcare, Increasing Patient and Family Invovlement to Better Care

Where: Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street West, Room 208
When: Monday January 18, 5:30 pm


Katarina Busija, is a Registered Nurse who is the Board Co-Chair for Patients for Patient Safety Canada, as well as a Patient Safety Champion at the World Health Organization and a Patient Safety Officer at Toronto Rehab Institute.


Katarina will speak about her very personal journey to becoming a patient safety champion.

To learn more about Katarina visit : http://bit.ly/73nyeH

Refreshments will be provided!