2011 Key Note Speaker - Dr. Michael Evans
“Health 2.0 + Patient Engagement: Why we are missing the Panda and need to be more like Jerry Garcia”
CAPHC is honoured to welcome Dr. Michael Evans as our 2011 Key Note Speaker.
In this keynote presentation, Dr. Evans will be explaining why stories trump data, how individuals can trump organizations, and how you can redesign your healthcare. He will go from “big picture Health 2.0” to “small picture examples of innovation” from his Health Design Lab and other best practices. Participants will not only get up to speed on how patients are solving health problems, but also will be inspired to think about how they can engage the patients they care for.
Dr. Michael Evans received his BA in English Literature from McGill University in 1985 and his MD from McMaster University in 1993. He is a family physician and is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Evans’ current focus is using designed media to better inform Canadians about health. He is founding director of the recently launched Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital. The lab is redefining “interdisciplinary” as it is fusing diverse skill sets that range from film makers and marketers to designers and media experts and combining them with clinicians, researchers and patients.
Dr. Evans also engages the public through his work with common media whether through his Evidence-Based Radio show on CBC radio’s Fresh Air, his column in The Globe & Mail, or other media. Dr. Evans is founder of the renowned Mini-Med School at the University of Toronto. The Mini-Med School puts the public together with the University’s best medical professors. The program has been made into a series for TVO, featured weekly in the Toronto Star, Maclean’s, The Globe & Mail, and CBC radio.
Dr Evans’ work in engaging the public has been profiled on the National, Canada AM, and MacroWikiniomics this year. His recently published kids book, the Adventures of Medical Man, was chosen as one of the 2011 top non-fiction health book for kids by the Canadian Children’s Book News.
2011 Opening Plenary - Dr. Shoo Lee
Around the world in 80 days: EPIQ lessons for Canada
CAPHC is honoured to welcome Dr. Shoo Lee as our 2011 Plenary Speaker.
The Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ) project is taking best practice lessons from around the world and evaluating them for implementation in Canada. These lessons have the potential to dramatically change the delivery of perinatal and neonatal care in Canada, and significantly improve health outcomes and reduce costs of care. This session will discuss these impending changes and the implications for Canada.
Shoo Lee is a neonatologist, health economist and Professor of Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Public Health at the University of Toronto. He is Director of the Canadian Neonatal Network and leads a national effort to improve the quality of care in Canadian neonatal intensive care units.
