BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250516T020128EDT-5060oFzVsC@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250516T060128Z DESCRIPTION:Canada’s universal health system is facing an unprecedented cri sis: one in six Canadians lack a primary care provider and health needs po st-pandemic are surging. Knowledge and know-how to overcome this crisis ha ve never been in greater demand.\n\nJoin us for the fourth seminar in the 3rd edition of the Global Primary Health Care seminar series “Health worke rs and frontline care in the post-COVID-19 context” which draws on evidenc e and insights\, both local and global\, on how to revitalize Canada’s hea lth workforce and primary care\, which was initially scheduled in Septembe r. This seminar series is a collaboration between the Department of Family Medicine and the School of Population and Global Health at ϲ Univers ity.\n\nThe limitations of current approaches to delivering primary care a re even more evident since the COVID-19 pandemic. Even among people who ha ve access to dedicated primary care providers\, there is significant varia tion in patient experience and satisfaction. Indeed\, to be effective and accepted\, health care has to be person-centered and smoothly navigate the intersections of differing health as well as social needs for each indivi dual. This balance is perhaps most critical in primary care\, where long-l asting trust-based relationships between patients and health workers are e ssential to success.\n\nIn this context\, the aim of this seminar is to di scuss what makes care person-centered and what role health workers play in making person-centered care a reality.\n\n\n When: Wednesday\, November 15 \, 2023\, from noon to 1 p.m\n Where: Zoom and Room 1201\, School of Popula tion and Global Health\, 2001 ϲ College\n\n\nRegister for the seminar \n\nSpeakers\n\n\n \n Katherine Rouleau\, MD | Professor\, Department of Fa mily & Community Medicine\, University of Toronto\n Hannah Shenker\, MD | F amily Physician\, La Maison Bleue\, and Assistant Professor\, Department o f Family Medicine\, ϲ University\n \n\n Panelist Bios\n\n Dr. Katherine Rouleau is a professor of family medicine  in the Department of Family & C ommunity Medicine (DFCM) at the University of Toronto with an interest and expertise in global health. She has practiced and taught comprehensive fa mily medicine at Unity-St-Michael’s Hospital for almost 30 years. At the D FCM\, Katherine is Global (PHC) Lead in the Office of Health System Partne rship and director of a WHO Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Pr imary Care. Her clinical and leadership interests have centered on improvi ng health equity and addressing the complex health needs of individuals an d communities impacted by adverse determinants of health. Over the past de cades\, Katherine has built on lessons learned from patients and colleague s through\, and about family medicine to strengthen high-quality comprehen sive primary care at the core of PHC-oriented health systems in Canada and globally\, including as a consultant for the WHO.\n\n Dr. Hannah Shenker i s a Montreal based family physician with a special interest in maternal-ch ild health and obstetrics. She is a graduate of ϲ Medical School\, wh ere she also completed a residency in Family Medicine and fellowship in Ma ternal-Child Health. Dr. Shenker began her career at the Inuulitsivik Heal th Center in Puvirnituq\, Quebec\, a community hospital that serves the ge ographically isolated Inuit population of Nunavik\, Quebec. She resettled in Montreal in 2012 and has since been practicing family medicine obstetri cs at the Jewish General Hospital\, the CLSC Côte des Neiges\, and La Mais on Bleue. Her urban practice has a focus in immigrant and refugee health. She is an assistant professor in Family Medicine at ϲ University wher e she is presently Program Director for the Enhanced Skills Program in Mat ernal Child Health.\n\n Seminar series on “Health workers and frontline car e in the post-COVID-19 context”\n\n Across the country and globally\, there are visible cracks in the primary healthcare system. In Canada alone\, mi llions lack access to a dedicated family physician or equivalent frontline provider\, and unsurprisingly visits to emergency rooms are increasing\, further straining an over-stretched system. Central to an effective primar y health system is a sufficient number of empowered and satisfied health w orkers. Instead\, shortages of key health personnel\, grievances\, burnout and turnover have been seen across the country\, and globally not only pl acing the general population at risk but also aggravating working conditio ns for other health workers. These challenges are due to many factors\, in cluding choices about the health workforce and the broader contexts within which health systems function. Learn more about the series.\n\n DTSTART:20231115T170000Z DTEND:20231115T180000Z LOCATION:Room 1201 and Online\, ϲ College 2001\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1G1\, 2001\, avenue ϲ College SUMMARY:How can we make person-centered care a reality? 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