Health Care Symposium Research Articles

The 15th Annual University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium: 2024 Pitch-O-Rama Competition

The University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium (UOHS) is a one-day undergraduate health conference aiming to increase awareness of the interdisciplinary field of health. Initially created by undergraduate students fourteen years ago, UOHS has grown to become the University of Ottawa’s largest healthcare conference with the goal of providing students with a holistic view of healthcare, fostering networking opportunities and encouraging the exploration of novel health disciplines to support their professional endeavors. The 2024 UOHS conference was held on January 27th, 2024, at 55 Laurier Avenue East in Ottawa. This year's conference theme, iHealthcare, aimed to prompt attendees to reflect on the transformative impact of technological innovations on patient care, diagnostics, and healthcare delivery. As a cherished tradition, the 2024 UOHS conference hosted Pitch-O-Rama, an Elevator Pitch Competition blending creativity with research innovation. Participants crafted and orally presented innovative research abstracts using slideshows. Participants were judged by a specially invited panel based on clarity, engagement, relevance to society, solving a knowledge gap worth funding, and creativity in presentation. This book will showcase the works of the winners and honorable mentions of the 2024 Pitch-O-Rama competition. For additional details about UOHS, please visit UOHS’s website: https://www.uohs-csuo.com/.

The University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium (UOHS) 2023 Pitch-O-Rama: Undergraduate Elevator Pitch Research Competition

The University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium (UOHS) 2023 Pitch-O-Rama: Undergraduate Elevator Pitch Research Competition

Addressing healthcare barriers faced by asylum seekers and refugees through an interprofessional symposium.

In this work, we describe an interprofessional healthcare symposium driven by the challenges faced by the local asylum-seeking/refugee population in Montreal. McGill University medical, nursing, dietetics, and social work students partnered with local experts to provide attendees with tools to better meet the needs of Montreal's migrant population. This student-led initiative, unique in its interdisciplinary and comprehensive nature, increased awareness of the needs of an underserved population while promoting student engagement in health advocacy and interprofessional collaboration. It also enhances the development of skills essential to provide culturally sensitive care.

A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Addressing the Why: An Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare Symposium.

Healthcare managers and clinicians are inefficient in the processes of workflows and documentation. The inefficiency is due in part by increasing demands of insurance companies, regulatory demands from the government, and human error. Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve healthcare processes by decreasing variability, thus improving patient and physician experience and patient outcomes. This project brings together a panel of five experts to discuss problems in medicine and some of the tools available through AI and technology to address these problems. The symposium modeled a "flipped classroom" format. The first five 20-minute modules were uploaded to a web-based platform for viewing in advance of the 60-minute moderated roundtable (Zoom, Zoom Video Communications, San Jose, CA, USA). The following themes emerged after reviewing the transcribed data: data privacy and access (N=3, number of times identified); process improvement (N=2); physician experience (N=1); value in data (N=2); and bias in healthcare and AI (N=3). For AI to become implemented on a large scale in healthcare, many areas will need continued discussion and research, including a continued look into how AI can add value to workflow and knowledge augmentation. In addition, standards for the implementation of AI and a methodical approach to the analysis of the effectiveness of algorithms coupled with training of healthcare professionals in the language of AI algorithms will be helpful to ensure that AI is integrated safely.

University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium (UOHS) 2022 Pitch-O-Rama: Undergraduate Elevator Pitch Research Competition

The University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium (UOHS) is a one-day undergraduate health conference that aims to increase awareness of the interdisciplinary field of health.  This conference engages students’ interest in health through seminars, interactive panel discussions,  and a  research-based elevator pitch competition.  UOHS was created twelve years ago by undergraduate students and has grown to become the University of Ottawa’s largest healthcare conference. Every year, UOHS hosts an event called the Pitch-O-Rama, during one of the conference’s seminar blocks. This event is an elevator pitch competition where individuals have the opportunity to present their healthcare-related research to an audience and panel of judges in a clear and engaging way. The goal of the Pitch-O-Rama is to have students communicate and share their scientific research with the community. The written submissions of the top 3 winners are highlighted in this abstract book. More details about UOHS can be found on our website: https://www.uohs-csuo.com/.&nbsp

Focusing the Safety Spotlight: How Safety Intelligence Can Inform Systemic Patient Safety Initiatives

This panel discussion at the 2021 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Healthcare Symposium (HCS) touched upon several topics related to actioning safety intelligence to improve patient safety. The panel had representation from both Canada and England across a broad range of human factors expertise in healthcare: from the perspective of academic research, operational hospital work, patient safety incident investigation and national healthcare policy, and a nationwide healthcare liability insurer. The panelists began with defining safety intelligence and distinguishing between safety intelligence and safety wisdom. The panel provided an engaging and insightful discussion on several topics including data collection, analysis and actioning upon the insights gained. In addition, the panel discussed strategies for demonstrating value in improving patient safety, and emphasised the importance of aligning one’s work with existing initiatives in the organisation, as well as the importance of collaborating with various stakeholders across the system to affect meaningful change.

The University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium (UOHS) 2021 Pitch-O-Rama: Elevator Pitch Research Competition

The University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium (UOHS) is a one-day undergraduate health conference that aims to increase awareness of the interdisciplinary field of health. This conference engages students' interest in health through seminars, interactive panel discussions, and a research-based elevator pitch competition. UOHS was created eleven years ago by undergraduate students and has grown to become the University of Ottawa’s largest healthcare conference. Every year, UOHS hosts an event called the Pitch-O-Rama, during one of the conference’s seminar blocks. This event is an elevator pitch competition where individuals have the opportunity to present their health care-related research to an audience and panel of judges in a clear and engaging way. The goal of the Pitch-O-Rama is to have students communicate and share their scientific research to the community. The written submissions of the top 3 winners are highlighted in this abstract book.

University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium (UOHS) 2020 Pitch-O-Rama: Elevator Pitch Research Competition

The University ofOttawa Healthcare Symposium (UOHS) is a one-day undergraduate health conference that aims to increase awareness of the interdisciplinary field of health. This conference engages students' interest in health through seminars, interactive discussions, and a research-based elevator pitch competition. UOHS was created nine years ago by undergraduate students, and it has grown to become the University of Ottawa’s largest healthcare conference. Every year, UOHS hosts Pitch-O-Rama, an elevator pitch competition during one of the conference’s seminar blocks. This is an event where undergraduate students have the opportunity to present their health care-related research to an audience and panel of judges in a clear and engaging way while winning prizes and certificates. The abstracts of the top three presentations at the UOHS 2020 Pitch-O-Rama are highlighted in this abstract booklet.

Summary of the First Annual Rocky Mountain Healthcare Symposium.

The Medical Center of Aurora, in Aurora, Colorado (USA), served as the host institution for the First Annual Rocky Mountain Healthcare Symposium. The objectives of the Symposium were to offer a series of lectures, provided by a group of internationally recognized leaders in clinical medical research on “How to conduct clinical medical research,” and to allow medical residents from regional training programs to highlight their research. Twelve programs, from four US States, were represented. Oral presentations were given for selected abstracts with awards given for best posters and presentations. While the First Annual Symposium was generally viewed as successful based upon feedback metrics, survey results provided both subjective and quantitative foundation for improvements.

A Linguistic Approach for Facilitating the Interpretation of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Symposium Proceedings: An Efficient Method for Real-Time Literature Review

The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) has for some time been a leader in facilitating the discussion of human factors in health care. We hoped to capture essences of these discussions through reviewing and analyzing the last ten years of health care-related HFES Annual Meetings Proceedings and the last six years of the HFES Health-Care Symposium Proceedings. Because of the large number of papers, we utilized semi-automated means to process the Proceedings abstracts. These semi-automated means included methods in natural language processing (NLP), computational linguistics (CL), and corpus linguistics. We provide example approaches for visualizing linguistic themes within this body of text that may contribute to efforts in prospective risk awareness within health care. We also suggest an initial framework that is amenable for longitudinal, living, and interactive visualizations into this important and growing body of work.

Leveraging Health Care Simulation Technology for Human Factors Research: Closing the Gap Between Lab and Bedside.

We describe health care simulation, designed primarily for training, and provide examples of how human factors experts can collaborate with health care professionals and simulationists-experts in the design and implementation of simulation-to use contemporary simulation to improve health care delivery. The need-and the opportunity-to apply human factors expertise in efforts to achieve improved health outcomes has never been greater. Health care is a complex adaptive system, and simulation is an effective and flexible tool that can be used by human factors experts to better understand and improve individual, team, and system performance within health care. Expert opinion is presented, based on a panel delivered during the 2014 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Health Care Symposium. Diverse simulators, physically or virtually representing humans or human organs, and simulation applications in education, research, and systems analysis that may be of use to human factors experts are presented. Examples of simulation designed to improve individual, team, and system performance are provided, as are applications in computational modeling, research, and lifelong learning. The adoption or adaptation of current and future training and assessment simulation technologies and facilities provides opportunities for human factors research and engineering, with benefits for health care safety, quality, resilience, and efficiency. Human factors experts, health care providers, and simulationists can use contemporary simulation equipment and techniques to study and improve health care delivery.

‘HTA for Crisis’: sharing experiences during the 7th EBHC Symposium

‘HTA for Crisis’ – 7th Evidence-Based Health Care Symposium organized by the Central and Eastern European Society for Technology Assessment in HealthcareKrakow, Poland, 8–9 October 2012The Central and Eastern European Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care was founded in Krakow, Poland in 2003. On October 8th and 9th, the 7th symposium took place titled ‘HTA for Crisis’. This meeting was attended by over 250 decision makers, evidence-based specialists, healthcare managers, commercial company personnel and experts. The symposium was principally divided into four main themes: insurance in times of crisis; importance of pricing of health services in times of crisis; managing welfare benefits in times of crisis and Health Technology Assessment in crisis-laden countries. The symposium finished by debating potential ways forward for healthcare systems in times of crisis.

Paper of the Year Award 2011 and 2012

In recognition of the high standard of papers submitted to the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, the editorial board in collaboration with the Nordic Congress of General Practice proudly announce the Paper of the Year award. The winner of each year will be granted participation free of charge to the Nordic Congress of General Practice in Tampere 2013, and will be given a specific time slot in relation to the plenary sessions in order to present the Paper and the research it constitutes. The candidates will be found among all first authors of papers published in the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care in 2011, and among those published in 2012. It is possible to nominate first author candidates who have published the Paper of the Year in the Scandinavian Journal Primary Health Care in 2011 and in 2012, respectively. The nominations should be sent to the national colleges. A specific focus is put on the nominations from each of the Nordic societies who should nominate the first authors who they believe should be honoured with the Paper of the Year award, and do a presentation to a full audience at the Nordic Congress in Tampere 2013. Each of the Nordic colleges will nominate four candidates. The final decision of who is going to be assigned first author of the Paper of the Year award in 2011 and 2012, respectively, is judged by the full editorial board of the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. The decision is based on explicit criteria: Impact, Application, Usability, Dissemination, Originality, Methods, and Presentation. The final decision will be made in May 2013 and the two winners will be contacted immediately by the Nordic Federation of General Practice. Deadline for sending nominations to national colleges is 1st February 2013. Deadline for the national colleges to send in nominations to the editorial board is 1st April 2013. For further advice and information about the award please contact The Editorial Office at www.sjphc.org The two winners will also be invited to participate at the traditional Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Symposium at the Nordic Congress.

Abstract LB-44: Sister to sister

Abstract Mission Statement: To empower the minority community to take a more active role in meeting their health needs. Goals: To educate African American women & families about the importance of early detection of breast cancer, breast self-exam (BSE), clinical breast exam (CBE) and mammograms; to inspire and recruit survivors to participate in Women In Touch (WIT); to educate and gain the trust of minority women about enrolling in clinicals trials. Our Services: Wig bank, protheses, transportation, health care symposium, presentations at churches or civic groups, support group meetings, quarterly newsletters and financial assistance referrals. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr LB-44. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-LB-44

Letter to the Editor

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and ResearchVolume 41, Issue 2 p. 163-163 Other SectionFree Access Letter to the Editor Asrul Akmal Shafie BPharm (Hons), PgDipHealth Econ, PhD, Asrul Akmal Shafie BPharm (Hons), PgDipHealth Econ, PhDSearch for more papers by this authorXin Yun Khor, Xin Yun Khor BPharm (Hons) Student [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali BPharm (Hons), MPharm (Clin Pharm), PhD, Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali BPharm (Hons), MPharm (Clin Pharm), PhD Associate Professor Discipline of Social & Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, MalaysiaSearch for more papers by this author Asrul Akmal Shafie BPharm (Hons), PgDipHealth Econ, PhD, Asrul Akmal Shafie BPharm (Hons), PgDipHealth Econ, PhDSearch for more papers by this authorXin Yun Khor, Xin Yun Khor BPharm (Hons) Student [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali BPharm (Hons), MPharm (Clin Pharm), PhD, Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali BPharm (Hons), MPharm (Clin Pharm), PhD Associate Professor Discipline of Social & Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, MalaysiaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 13 April 2015 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2055-2335.2011.tb00686.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. References 1Trap B, Hansen EH, Hogerzeil HV. Prescription habits of dispensing and non-dispensing doctors in Zimbabwe. Health Policy Plan 2002; 17: 288– 95. 2Ho N. Should only pharmacists dispense medicines. Proceedings of the Healthcare Symposium of the Malaysian Medical Association Selangor; 2009 Jan 18; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 3 SA Sameerah, LM Lian, editors. Malaysian statistic on medicines 2006. Kuala Lumpur: Pharmaceutical Services Division and Clinical Research Centre, Ministry of Health Malaysia; 2009. Volume41, Issue2June 2011Pages 163-163 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Stem Cells and CAM

It is no exaggeration that stem cells are a hot topic in the international biomedical arena. In California we are particularly and actually aware of this fact. We started the new year on January 12 with a Stem Cell Technology Conference focusing on senescence. More than a year after California voters elected to give $3 billion in bonds to fund stem cell research, and with the measure stalled in legal proceedings, professors and researchers met to discuss the proposition and other related concerns at UCLA for a stem cell symposium February 5, 2006 (1). At this event, called ‘Stem Cells: Promise and Peril in Regenerative Medicine’, several stem cell research experts discussed various topics, all with the goal of illuminating the complex problems of Proposition 71 and its implications. The symposium was organized by the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics, the UCLA Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine and the UCLA School of Law. Six days later, there was a similar event: the UCLA 10th Annual Health Care Symposium. One of the four speakers was Irving Weissman, MD, director of the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. For those interested in evolution, Weissman has devoted a good portion of his career to understanding the origins of stem cells in colonial tunicates (2). Then just under a month later, on March 3, there was another 1-day symposium: ‘Stem Cells, Pathways and Cancer: From Biology to Therapy’. The two main topics covered aspects of cancer stem cell biology, models and disease and of cancer stem cell pathways as therapeutic targets. Stem Cells on CAM: Ears and Teeth on the CAM

The 11th National Nursing Home Health Care Symposium

The 11th National Nursing Home Health Care Symposium

Health care symposium on individual and organizational behavior

Health care symposium on individual and organizational behavior