Media Advisory
"Patient Safety" - Focus of the First Joint Health Professions Conference
Regina, September 11, 2007 - Featuring collaborative solutions to pressing health challenges, the Interdisciplinary Health Care Conference - "Collaborative Care Models to Advance Patient Safety" opens September 14, 2007. Co-hosted by the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacists (SCP), the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association (SRNA) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS), the conference will bring together over 300 Saskatchewan health professionals. The conference features numerous presentations and concurrent sessions on collaborative practice and patient safety.
Conference highlights include:
September, 14, 2007 - 'President's Banquet'
1930 - 2015 Ryan Sidorchuk, "Creating a Nation of Collaboration"
Sidorchuk is the Patient Safety Officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and has earned a reputation as one of Canada's leading advocates for patient safety.
September 15, 2007 - 'Collaborative Care Models to Advance Patient Safety'
0830 The Honourable Len Taylor, Minister of Health
0900 - 0945 Collaborative Leadership for Safety and Quality
Ray Joubert, BSP, Registrar, SCP
Dr. Dennis Kendel, MD, Registrar, CPSS
Donna Brunskill, RN, Executive Director, SRNA
1030 - 1130 Panel on Collaborative Models of Care
Dr. Werner Oberholzer, MD, Family Physician, Radville SK
Kim Borschowa, BSP, Pharmacist, Radville SK
Kay Steele, RN, Diabetes Educator, Carlyle SK
Dan Florizone, Panel Moderator, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Health Quality Council (HQC) and is CEO of Five Hills Regional Health Authority.
1500 - 1545 Michael Decter, "Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Best-Practice Health Care"
Decter is one of Canada's leading health policy advisors and former Chair of the Health Council of Canada.
Where: TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
When: September 14 & 15, 2007
For complete program details go to www.srna.org
For more information, or to schedule an interview, contact:
Maureen Belanger, Communication Coordinator
Phone: 1-800-667-9945 (Ext 243)
Cell Phone - (306) 533-3093
Last Updated: May 4, 2008