Program at a Glance

Thursday, October 21 to Saturday, October 23, 2010

Please Note: This program is subject to change. Additional program information will be posted as it becomes available.

While much of the healthcare system requires redesign to advance healthcare safety, human performance remains a vitally important factor in this most human of all high-hazard endeavours. How workers perceive, think, and perform can make the difference between death and life, suffering and successful treatment, or illness and wellness.

Thursday, October 21, 2010


07:00 - 17:00 Registration
0800 - 1645 PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT 1: Disclosing, Informing and Investigating: Supporting a Culture of Safety
0800 - 1600 PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT 2: The Economics of Healthcare Safety
1800 - 1930 IMPLEMENTING PATIENT SAFETY RESEARCH RESULTS: CPSI-funded research presentations
19:30 - 21:00 HALIFAX 10 - OPENING RECEPTION AND REGISTRATION

Friday, October 22, 2010

Friday Core Program Detail

0730 - 0815 Breakfast/Registration/Poster Viewing
0830 - 0915 OPENING
0915 - 1015 KEYNOTE
The noughties revisited and a hesitant peek into the 'teens' / Jim Reason
1015 - 1045 Break and Poster Viewing
1045 - 1215 THEME 1: WHY WE'RE ALL HERE
From tragedy to truth / Margaret Murphy
Better safety needs better measurement / Ross Baker
1215 - 1315 Lunch and Poster Viewing
1315 - 1430 THEME 2: VARIATIONS IN PERFORMANCE
Senior leaders - emerging from the safey shadow / Rhona Flin
Narcissism and performance variations: applications to the normalization of deviance / John Banja
1430 - 1500 Break and Poster Viewing
1500 - 1700 THEME 3: FACTORS SHAPING PERFORMANCE
The influence of the working environment / Jacqueline Vischer
Fatigue management / Drew Dawson
Diagnostic error - back to the future / Mark Graber

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Saturday Core Program Detail

0730 - 0815 Breakfast/Poster Viewing
0830 - 0930 KEYNOTE: Risk and safety in medicine - revisited / Charles Vincent
0930 - 1100 THEME 4: LESSONS FROM ELSEWHERE
The management of risk and safety investigation - the need for an integrated approach / Rob Lee
Our own stories / Dave Musson
1100 - 1200 Lunch and Poster Viewing
1200 - 1330 THEME 5: WHEN PEOPLE ARE HARMED
The second victim / Albert Wu
Medical encounters and everyday life - why apologies heal / Aaron Lazare
1330 - 1400 Break and Poster Viewing
1400 - 1530 THEME 6: MOVING TO IMPROVEMENT
Why the system can't wait / Jim Hornell
Why patients can't wait / Deb Prowse
1530 - 1630 The last word
Pat Croskerry

What to Expect at the Symposia

The Halifax Series has evolved into Canada's flagship event in healthcare safety. Participants from previous meetings have consistently remarked about the meeting being innovative, cutting edge, and intellectually challenging.

The meeting is different by design. In developing the early programs, the founders of the Halifax Series sought inspiration within healthcare and in other industries around the world for different ideas, knowledge, skills and attitudes which would present opportunities for the improvement of healthcare safety in Canada. The Halifax Series Organizing Committee has diligently continued this approach.



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