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2012 Conference Resources

Conference Chair, Lloyd Craig, shared the top five priorities for psychologically safe and healthy workplaces.

Notes from delegates' morning discussion.

Notes from delegates' afternoon discussion.

In our morning program, Dr. Ali Dastmalchian and Claudia Steinke provided an overview of studies on workplace health promotion, key factors that contribute to better outcomes and the role of empowerment in implementing change.

In our afternoon program, Dr. Joti Samra offered an overview of several free resources available to help employers and employees assess, improve and maintain mental health.

The respective executive directors of the registered nursing regulatory bodies in Canada requested the Canadian Nurses Association and Canada’s Testing Company, Assessment Strategies Inc., to facilitate the update and revision of the core entry-level competencies for nurse practitioner practice in Canada. Through a series of teleconferences, electronic communications, subgroup work and one face-to-face meeting, the Canadian Nurse Practitioner Core Competency Framework (2010) was completed.

Welcome to CHA Learning

CHA Learning, the Canadian Healthcare Association's distance learning provider, has offered professional development opportunities to healthcare professionals from across Canada for over 55 years. Every year, between 500 and 600 adult learners take advantage of CHA Learning's distance learning offerings to broaden their knowledge base within their chosen careers. Courses range from food services management, health information management, general healthcare management, to quality improvement, long term care management, and risk management and safety in health services.

The story of healthcare in Canada today is one of growing numbers of chronically ill patients poorly served by a system designed for acute, episodic care. Changing that story is essential. But is it possible? And how?

The solution, it’s generally agreed, lies in community-based, multidisciplinary teams dedicated to the care of chronically ill people who face multiple health challenges but respond to well-managed, co-ordinated care. Integrated care delivered by teams with a patient-centred focus that emphasizes self-management is the key to keeping the chronically ill from the recurrent crises that send them back to hospital. But how can that world be created?