October 21 to 23, 2010

Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 21 to 23, 2010we celebrated the Tenth Anniversary of the Halifax Symposium and marked the end of this interesting series.

Download the Final Program2010 Final Program Download

For this Tenth Anniversary, the Organizing Committee invited back some of our great faculty from previous programmes. We wish we could have brought back every speaker who has contributed to the legacy of this series, but because of time and financial limitations, we had to limit our choices for this year’s program. These speakers were challenged to reflect on what they previously presented and to provide an update on their topics in light of current thinking. We also asked them to give their perspectives on what the next decade should or might bring.

Accreditation

MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION
Attendance at this program entitles certified Canadian College of Health Service Executives members (CHE / Fellow) to 6.5 Category II credits toward their maintenance of certification requirement.

Who Will Attend

Healthcare and legal professionals and leaders with an active interest in patient safety, quality, organizational development and health system improvement will attend the Symposium. Here is a sampling of the delegates you can expect to meet:

  • Quality leaders
  • Healthcare organization CEOs and senior staff
  • Professional association and licensing body representatives
  • Healthcare professionals from all disciplines
  • Members of the judicial community
  • Lawyers, especially those practicing in health law
  • Medical directors of healthcare organizations and government agencies
  • Senior government representatives

Space is limited. This meeting has traditionally sold-out in advance of the early-bird deadline.

Halifax Symposium attendees can expect:

  • A challenging learning opportunity, designed for senior leaders and clinicians in healthcare
  • A program that allows every registrant to participate in every session, and that contains no profession-specific sessions
  • Themes that are academic in focus, and that examine issues from a variety of perspectives
  • Speakers who are selected for their expertise, and not because they represent a discipline, a profession, or an organization
  • Sessions that explore the safety experiences of other industries
  • A conference that has limited capacity, so as to preserve the intimacy of the interactions among delegates and speakers

Latest Updates!


Poster Abstract Download

The poster abstract document has recently been posted. You can download the document here or visit the abstract submission page.

Congratulations to the poster award winners who were announced in Halifax!

Best Poster:
Standardizing nursing shift handover
Jody Tone, Mount Sinai Hospital
Jocelyn Bennett, Mount Sinai Hospital

Best Student Poster:
Patient versus Occupational Safety Culture: Competing forces or two sides of the same coin?
Natasha Scott, Saint Mary's University
Mark Fleming, Saint Mary's University

Speaker Handouts

To help minimize our impact on the environment, we are not printing hard-copies of the presentation handouts for those inattendance in Halifax. Speaker handouts will be posted as they become available. All presentation files are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. This is a list of the latest speaker handouts that have been posted:

Pre-Conference 1

Sabina Robin - 21 Oct
Joan Dawe - 21 Oct
Cecilia Bloxom - 21 Oct
Amir Ginzburg - 23 Oct

Pre-Conference 2

Ed Etchells - 21 Oct
Savik Ramkay - 21 Oct
Kathleen Sutcliffe - 21 Oct
Kathleen Sutcliffe - 21 Oct
Sir Michael Rawlins - 21 Oct
Jim Hornell - 21 Oct

Core Program

Thursday, October 21

Anthony Easty - 3 Nov
Anita Srivastava - 3 Nov
Karima Velji - 3 Nov
James Paul - 3 Nov

Friday, October 22

Jim Reason - 21 Oct
Margaret Murphy - 22 Oct - revised
Ross Baker - 21 Oct
Rhona Flin - 22 Oct - revised
John Banja - 21 Oct
Jacqueline Vischer - 21 Oct
Drew Dawson - 21 Oct
Mark Graber - 21 Oct

Saturday, October 23

Charles Vincent - 23 Oct - revised
Rob Lee - 23 Oct - revised
Dave Musson - 23 Oct - revised
Albert Wu - 23 Oct - revised
Aaron Lazare - 21 Oct
Deb Prowse - 22 Oct
Jim Hornell - 23 Oct
Pat Croskerry - 1 Nov - revised

Handouts are also posted on both the speakers page and the program pages.

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