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We received over 40 poster abstracts for the AFHTO 2021 Conference. Thank you to all those who applied!

A confirmation email has been sent to the contact person for each abstract.

If you are part of a group that has prepared a submission, please ensure your group contact has received the email with the subject: “Thank you for your AFHTO 2021 Conference Submission!”. (Please have them check their junk mail as well.)

If your contact person has NOT received this confirmation, please contact info@afhto.ca by August 6.

The confirmation email is your assurance that your submission has been received and will be reviewed by volunteers for participation at the conference.

Final posters will be selected later this month and notifications of acceptance sent by early September.

We look forward to seeing you at the AFHTO 2021 Conference!
Post-Pandemic Primary Care: Respond, Recover, Rebuild
October 27 & 28, 2021

Today is the deadline! Submit your poster abstract by 5:00 pm!

Email info@afhto.ca or call 647-234-8605 x1200 if you have any questions. We’re here to help.

Helpful links:

• Review submissions guidelines and tips
• Review conference theme descriptions
• Download the submission form template to start your draft now
• Submit your abstract online

For the first time ever, the AFHTO board invites all members to help them select the recipient of a Board award.

The Board award recognizes an individual (or a group) who is not an AFHTO member but has significantly contributed to the development and growth of team-based primary care within their local community or at the provincial level.

The winner(s) will receive their award(s) during the virtual Bright Lights Awards Ceremony at the AFHTO 2021 Conference on October 27, 2021.

Submit a nomination online for the Board Award category by August 20, 2021.

Find out more about the criteria here. You can find the nomination template here.

Other related updates: We’re currently in discussions with potential sponsors for AFHTO’s “Bright Lights” Awards, which recognize AFHTO members’ leadership, outstanding work and the significant progress being made to improve the value interprofessional primary care teams across Ontario deliver. Nominations will open soon, but members can get started by taking these things into consideration.

Submit your poster abstract- deadline August 3, 2021

We’ll be selecting content for our 5 core themes and we need your help. We want your insight, from system and policy-level discussions to patient-focused inquiries into the ways teams can better serve their communities now and as we transition to a post-pandemic reality.

Helpful links:

• Review submissions guidelines and tips
• Review conference theme descriptions
• Download the submission form template to start your draft now
• Submit your abstract online

All are welcome. Please pass this along to your peers, colleagues and network including those from other healthcare sectors, non-profits, and the academic and research communities.

Deadline to join a working group extended

The deadline to join a working group has been extended to today, July 9. Come behind the scenes and be the first to learn about new developments in the field, influence conference programming and discover the latest innovators in areas directly relevant to your work. Working group members also receive a discount off their registration fee.

For more information, you can contact us by phone (647-234-8605 x1200) or e-mail (info@afhto.ca).

It’s time to highlight primary care.

Present your ideas and initiatives at the AFHTO 2021 Conference:
       
Post-Pandemic Primary Care: Respond, Recover, Rebuild

We’ll be selecting content for our 5 core themes and we need your help. We want your insight, from system and policy-level discussions to patient-focused inquiries into the ways teams can better serve their communities now and as we transition to a post-pandemic reality.

The deadline to submit for an #AFHTO2021 presentation is
August 3, 2021, at 5:00 PM (EDT)

Review submission guidelines

Submit online

Reduced registration fee for poster presenters: For each approved poster, a presenter will be granted a $10 discount off the conference registration fee.

As a reminder, sessions will be streamlined this year and curated by staff (i.e., there will be panels and keynote speakers for example instead of concurrent sessions). We will continue to have regularly scheduled webinars focused on primary care teams’ needs for the rest of the year so as always send in your suggestions! For this conference, we welcome speaker suggestions.

Bright Lights update

We’re currently in discussions with potential sponsors for AFHTO’s “Bright Lights” Awards, which recognize AFHTO members’ leadership, outstanding work and the significant progress being made to improve the value interprofessional primary care teams across Ontario deliver. Nominations will open soon, but members can get started by taking the following into consideration:

1. Unlike previous years, the awards will not be based on conference themes. Instead, most will focus on how teams have taken care of their communities during the pandemic. We’re celebrating you and all you have done for Ontarians during a very challenging period.
2. There will be two special awards- one for small, rural, and Northern teams and another for local-level research i.e., research performed beyond your mandate as a primary care team.
3. We’ll be promoting nominations before the conference, so please consider sending in a 30 -90 second video providing an overview of your initiative as part of your nomination.

Conference key dates:

• June 30, 2021– Applications for conference posters open
• July 2021– Bright Lights nominations open
• August 3, 2021– Deadline to submit poster abstracts
• July-early August 2021– Conference registration opens
• October 27 & 28, 2021– AFHTO 2021 Conference

Do you know anyone with interesting and innovative initiatives to share? Please forward this email to your colleagues, community partners and stakeholders to make sure everyone has an opportunity to present their initiatives.

And don’t forget, the deadline to join a working group is next Thursday, July 8. Come behind the scenes and be the first to learn about new developments in the field, influence conference programming and discover the latest innovators in areas directly relevant to your work. Working group members also receive a discount off their registration fee.

For more information, you can contact us by phone (647-234-8605 x1200) or e-mail (info@afhto.ca).

Join a working group

You can make an impact by joining a working group today. Come behind the scenes and be the first to learn about new developments in the field, influence conference programming and discover the latest innovators in areas directly relevant to your work. Working group members also receive a discount off their registration fee.  

Please extend this invitation along to your patients, colleagues, and staff. Having diverse voices, especially patients, in the working groups helps us build a varied and relevant program.

Conference Themes

We’re setting up working groups for posters and the Bright Lights Awards program. Sessions will be streamlined this year and curated by staff (i.e., there will be panels and keynote speakers for example instead of concurrent sessions). We will continue to have regularly scheduled webinars focused on primary care teams’ needs for the rest of the year so as always send in your suggestions! For this conference, we welcome speaker suggestions so let us know your thoughts as the five conference themes will focus on:

1. Beyond our walls: expanding access to interprofessional team-based care
2. Primary care leading in health system transformation
3. Harnessing the power of relationships
4. Right care at the right time: building digital models of care
5. Equity as the foundation in delivery of care

(Full descriptions here)

Working Group Details

Concurrent program working group members:
The task requires a total of 4-10 hours of effort in August, specifically:

• June 29 to July 30: AFHTO staff will manage the call for proposals process.
• August 4 to 18: each working group member individually reviews and scores poster abstracts for their program.
• August 19 to 27: working groups will meet via Zoom to review scores and determine the program for this theme.

Sign up by July 8, 2021, to confirm your participation and select your preferred conference theme.

“Bright Light” Awards Review Committee:
The task requires a total of 6-12 hours in August, specifically to individually review and score nominations followed by a group teleconference to determine the award winners. Sign up by July 8, 2021.

We may also need volunteers “onsite” during the conference itself. There may be other duties as we update our conference program but like other volunteers described above, onsite volunteers will receive discounted conference registration. Sign up today.

Registration Fees for Conference Working Groups:

• Conference working group members and presenters receive a discount off their registration fee (to be announced shortly)
• We understand patients face additional financial and time pressures and do not want the registration fee to limit participation in a working group. Patients participating in full in a conference working group will be eligible for complimentary registration (to be determined once the working group task is complete).  

AFHTO members still receive a significant discount on conference registration fees (coming soon).

Conference key dates:*

• June 29, 2021 Call for poster and Bright Lights opens
• July 30, 2021 Deadline for poster and Bright Lights submissions
• July 2021 Conference registration opens
• October 27-28, 2021 AFHTO 2021 Conference

*All dates subject to change, except the conference dates.

To our sponsors, the sponsorship prospectus is coming soon. For more information, you can contact us by phone (647-234-8605) or e-mail (info@afhto.ca).