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Focus on City of Lakes FHT
City of Lakes FHT has shared a video that covers their mission, vision and introduces their interdisciplinary healthcare team and services. Watch it on our site.
Youth Opportunities Fund registration deadline Oct. 9
Ontario Trillium Foundation’s (OTF) Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) announced the deadlines for three grant streams.
AFHTO members may be eligible for the System Innovations Stream, which supports collaboratives that are strengthening the quality and responsiveness of systems so they work better for youth facing systemic barriers.
Organization Registration Deadline: Oct. 9, 2019
Grant Application Deadline: Nov. 6, 2019
Up to $250,000 per year
2 to 6 years
Executive Director OHT Mentorship Program
Many changes are happening across the health care sector, and teams are at varying levels of planning and participation in the development of an OHT.
If you’re an executive director who’s part of a team that’s ‘in development’ or ‘in discovery,’ and would benefit from guidance or support from an ED who’s in full application, please complete this short survey by Friday, October 18. You’ll be connected with an ED who can offer insight on successes, challenges and lessons that they’ve been learning along the way!
Members in the media
Belleville NPLC: holding a “Pap Party” during Cervical Cancer Awareness week
East Wellington and Guelph FHTs: feature on the Guelph and Area OHT
Minto Mapleton, Mount Forest and Upper Grand FHTs: Minto council receives report on Rural Wellington Ontario Health Team
North Durham FHT: Durham continues to push for an Ontario Health Team
Windsor FHT: feature on their Bright Lights award-winning team care centre
Collaborative Governance workshop slides
The slides from this Sep. 17 preconference workshop, Collaborative Governance: Moving at the Speed of Trust, which explored different ways of approaching the initial governance structure of an OHT, are now available on our site.
Ontario Health Team digital supports
The eHealth Centre of Excellence (eCE) is committed to supporting the OHTs throughout the application and selection process. To understand exactly how the eCE can support OHTs with the digital health components outlined in the full application, read eCE’s Role in the Full OHT Application.
Call to create transition fund to support patient medical homes in primary care
On Oct. 3 leaders from the Canadian Association of Social Workers, the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Nurses Association and the College of Family Physicians of Canada called on federal party leaders to commit to establishing a targeted $1.2 billion Primary Health Care Transition Fund. Read the news release here.
Call for applications – TUTOR-PHC 2020
Transdisciplinary Understandings and Training on Research – Primary Health Care, is a one-year, pan-Canadian interdisciplinary research capacity building program that has been training primary and integrated health care researchers and decision-makers from family medicine, nursing, psychology, epidemiology, social work, occupational therapy, education, policy and many other disciplines since 2003.
The call for applications is open to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, mid-career clinicians, and decision makers in primary health care. For more information, please go to the website. Please contact Project Coordinator, Rob Van Hoorn (tutor@uwo.ca) if you’re interested in applying. Deadline is Dec. 2, 2019.
ECHO Concussion pilot
Starting Nov. 13, ECHO at UHN will be launching a NEW 10-session pilot on Concussion. The series will focus on diagnosing and managing patients with concussions and applying the current guidelines.
This is online interactive case-based learning fully funded by the Ministry, where you will connect with an inter-professional team of experts including physiatry, neurology, neuropsychiatry and family medicine. To register or find out more, visit their site.
Essential Skills For Social Work With Groups, Oct. 14- Dec. 10, 2019
A 4-part modular course to expand existing social work knowledge and refine group work skills, held by the OASW. Learn more here.
Liver Disease in Primary Care: Approach to Fatty Liver, Oct. 17, 2019
Part of ECHO Liver quarterly evening series. Find out more here.
PHC Connect, Nov. 8, 2019
Physiotherapists working in primary health care organizations across Ontario are invited for an interactive day of networking, professional development, and discussion hosted by the Ontario Physiotherapy Association at Burlington FHT. Attendees will hear from guest speakers about the changing health environment, the impact, and opportunities for primary health care and physiotherapists working in this sector. Click here for more information and to register. For any questions, please contact Maryam Ahmed at mahmed@opa.on.ca.
Annual Toronto Geriatrics Update Course, November 1 & 2, 2019
Learn about topics such as osteoporosis updates, capacity assessments, managing dementia and reducing falls among older patients. Hosted by the Sinai Health System and UHN. Coupon code available here.
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