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Canada’s Forum on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
April 28-30, 2009

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.

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 further information, please visit our website at: http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/news/canada_forum_2009.html

Call for Abstracts

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute invites you to submit an abstract for a poster presentation at Canada’s
Forum on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement being hosted in Toronto, Ontario at the Westin Harbour Castle on April 28-30, 2009.

With the increasing national and international focus on patient safety, the need for a broad forum for learning
has been identifi ed. Canada’s Forum on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement will provide multiple learning streams with a national and international fl avour. 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.

With the key message of patient safety and quality improvement, the forum will:

• Focus on the needs and expectations of front-line practitioners and decision-makers;
• Appeal to a broad multi-disciplinary audience;
• Be focused on learning and skill development;
• Include topics that cross the continuum of care.

To obtain more information please visit our website at:
http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/news/canada_forum_2009.html

We thank all those who apply.
Deadline for submissions: November 15, 2008

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