Ontario Health is hosting a webinar for hospital leaders and administrators, emergency department clinicians, quality improvement and equity specialists, and clinical educators to promote the implementation of the Sickle Cell Disease quality standard. The session will focus on understanding how to leverage the provincial Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) to drive improvements and reduce disparities in services for people with sickle cell disease. An implementation toolkit for the Sickle Cell Disease quality standard will also be shared during the webinar.
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Advancing Equitable Health Care for People with Sickle Cell Disease
Event Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023 - 12:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Community EventTime: 12-1 pmCost: FreeEvent description: -
Building Resilience: Navigating the Long-Term Impact of Trauma
Event Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 13:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Community EventTime: 1:00--2:00 pmCost: FreeEvent description:This talk addresses the long-term impact of trauma on our way of being in the world and defines resilience as the human capacity to grow through adversity. This approach defies the separation between individuals and the social world, showing how we can all contribute to each other’s resilience and well-being. You will learn strategies for cultivating resilience in three areas: stress management and self-care, the quality of connection with others, and the support from one’s environment.
Presented by the National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4)
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Applying a social prescribing approach in a public health context
Event Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 12:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Community EventTime: 12:00-1:30 pmCost: FreeEvent description:#About this webinar
The World Health Organization defines social prescribing as connecting people to a range of non-clinical services in the community to improve their health and well-being. It builds on the evidence that addressing social determinants of health, such as socioeconomic status, social inclusion, housing, and education, is key to improving health outcomes. But how can we use this healthcare approach in a public health setting?
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Ask an Expert: Facilitating Health Navigation for Newcomers
Event Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 - 16:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Community EventTime: 4:00 - 5:00 pmCost: FreeEvent description:#Join the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers and Adrien Matadi for a Q&A session about healthcare navigation for newcomers!
*Spaces are limited.
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Reducing the Risk of Falls by Removing Environmental Hazards: An Evidence-based Approach
Event Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 - 12:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Community EventTime: 12-1 pmCost: FreeEvent description:This webinar will focus on detecting, reducing, and removing fall risk hazards in the built environment. Evidence-based advocacy, educational, and behavioural approaches to reduce environmental hazards will be discussed. Find out more and register.
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Lunch 'n' Learn: Supporting Workplace Mental Wellness with the TAKE'N5 Collegial Peer Support Model
Event Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 - 12:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Alliance EventTime: 12-1 pmCost: FreeEvent description:Promoting psychological wellness in the workplace is an important way to address the Health Human Resource (HHR) crisis. TAKE'N5 can build sustainable capacity for your organization to support psychological wellness through peer support.
TAKE'N5 offers sector-specific education and self-help strategies, combined with a peer support guide. The program helps employees support peers who are struggling with the effects of critical or traumatic incident exposure.
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Big IDEAs About Health Data: Admin Data & Working w/ Disability Communities
Event Date: Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 13:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Community EventTime: 1:00 - 2:00 pmCost: FreeEvent description:The principles of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) play a key role in HDRN Canada's strategic plan, which is a roadmap to transformative health data use and a future that better supports health equity. This presentation will examine how to include measures of disability in administrative health data research. It will also discuss accessibility considerations, from study planning to knowledge dissemination, including how to make our research teams more inclusive of people with disabilities.
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Learn to Successfully Structure Orientation for Internationally Educated Health Professionals
Event Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 - 13:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Community EventTime: 1:00-2:00 pmCost: FreeEvent description:In this webinar, speakers will describe the uniqueness of IEHP orientation, important topics that should be covered, and provide concrete, actionable recommendations that can be adapted to your organization.
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2024/25 QIP Launch Webinar
Event Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 - 12:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Community EventTime: 12-1 pmCost: FreeEvent description:At this webinar, Dr. David Kaplan and the provincial QIP team at OH/HQO will provide an overview of the 2024/25 QIP program. They will share this year's priorities and supporting documents, including the 2024/25 QIP guidance document, indicator technical specifications, and a snapshot of quality priorities in brief for 2024/25.
The session will be recorded and sent out to all registrants.
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Medication Considerations for Fall Prevention and Fall-Related Injury
Event Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 12:00Event Type: Learning EventsInternal/External: Community EventTime: 12-1pmEvent description:This webinar will explore the structured approach to medication review to improve identification of fall risk increasing drugs (FRIDs) and the role of deprescribing to reduce fall risk. Medication management considerations of fall-related injuries will be discussed in a case-based format. Find out more and register.