Your Weekly News & Updates
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New website coming soon
We’re working hard on the new AFHTO website, testing every feature to ensure it works for you.
Some of these include:
- Individual login
- Different access levels for triad and staff
- Refined search and more user-friendly features
We’re currently checking for bugs and glitches, but we’ll be revealing it within a couple of weeks. Stay tuned for the results!
Building Together registration deadlines this week
The deadlines to register for Building Together: How to become a high-performing team are Feb. 20 and Feb. 22 for the Ottawa and Toronto workshops respectively.
What makes a good team great? Join us at this FREE workshop on March 6 and 8 to find out.
Developed and presented with our research partners at Western University, originated with last year’s QI Enablers Study.
This is for every member of a primary care team. Everyone is welcome, from the official and unofficial leaders to the clinicians and the clerical staff. Team-building happens from the bottom up and the top down, and from all other directions as well.
When and where?
- Ottawa: Wed., Mar. 6, 2019
- Toronto: Fri., Mar. 8, 2019
For more information, check out our FAQ or the web post.
Teams continue to meet with MPPs
It’s great to see MPP meetings happening across the province! This work is helping to ensure MPPs understand and can speak to the value of team-based care. The legislature resumes today, and work around health care reform is expected to be a focus. Now is the time to meet with MPPs. Tools and resources are here, including the key points we encourage you communicate.
Call for submissions – Ted Freedman Award
The Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education is open to all healthcare organizations and recognizes those individuals or organizations that inspire, advocate and enable education in health, health services and healthcare management. Deadline is Mar. 15, 2019.
For submission guidelines and further information visit their site.
OCFP 2019 Awards call for nominations
Nominations are now open for the 2019 OCFP Awards, celebrating family medicine and the contributions that Ontario’s family physicians make with their patients, communities and our healthcare system. AFHTO members have won numerous awards, including Family Physician and Family Practice of the Year.
For additional information please visit their site. Deadline is Apr. 8, 2019.
Social Work Week Resources
Social Work Week will take place from March 4 – 10, 2019. The Ontario Association of Social Workers invites teams to participate in an online celebration by sharing what issue you turn into answers using their downloadable speech bubbles. You can use the hashtag #TurnIssuesIntoAnswers and/or #SocialWorkWeek2019
Social workers or teams can also use the speech bubbles to engage with one another in person and create a collage or poster in their workplace, transitioning this into a meaningful and interactive experience for all. You can access digital resources here.
Government Webcast Series: Strategic Planning and Public Complaints: Feb. 20, 2019
Attend this webcast on strategic planning and public complaints. Register now!
Building Together: How to become a high-performing team, Mar. 6 & 8, 2019
What makes a good team great? To find out, join us on March 6 in Ottawa and March 8 in Toronto. It’s free, interactive, and interprofessional! Register now for Ottawa and Toronto.
Spirometry Interpretation Workshop, Feb. 21, 2019
Learn the ins and outs of Spirometry at this workshop held in Stratford. Learn more here.
Considerations for Implementing the NP Role within your Team, Feb. 22, 2019
Join Beth Cowper-Fung, AFHTO’s President and Board Chair and Clinical Director of Georgina NPLC & Claudia Mariano, Manager, Practice and Policy, NPAO, for this interactive session. Register here
Team-Based Approaches to Chronic Pain Management: Opioid Stewardship, Feb. 28, 2019
Nearly 20% of Canadian adults experience chronic pain. This webinar will provide insights to help your patients manage their pain safely and effectively, and introduce you to the Opioids Clinical Primer. Register today.
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