Quality and patient safety (qps) rESEARCH SPEAKER SERIES
QPS Reseach Speakers Series virtual sessions are held quarterly. Their aim is to enhance knowledge, build capacity and networking opportunities in quality improvement and patient safety research in Nova Scotia.
Each session includes a speaker focused on methods and a speaker focused on current QPS research/projects in Nova Scotia. The target audience is quality improvement and patient safety practitioners and researchers and patients in the healthcare system at Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health.
This series would be of interest to quality and patient safety leads, researchers, health centre staff, residents, patients, and trainees.
Session recordings may be made available, please contact [email protected]
Each session includes a speaker focused on methods and a speaker focused on current QPS research/projects in Nova Scotia. The target audience is quality improvement and patient safety practitioners and researchers and patients in the healthcare system at Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health.
This series would be of interest to quality and patient safety leads, researchers, health centre staff, residents, patients, and trainees.
Session recordings may be made available, please contact [email protected]
On April 15, 2025, the sixth Quality and Patient Safety Research Speaker Series was held. The theme was "Patient Outcomes in Care".
Dr. Katie Dainty presented on "Patient Reported Outcome Measures and Incorporating Patient-Centred Evaluation in Integrated Care". Dr. Rob Green presented on "Trauma Nova Scotia Trauma Consult Service: How Quality Improvement Shaped Practice Change".
Dr. Katie Dainty presented on "Patient Reported Outcome Measures and Incorporating Patient-Centred Evaluation in Integrated Care". Dr. Rob Green presented on "Trauma Nova Scotia Trauma Consult Service: How Quality Improvement Shaped Practice Change".
On October 15, 2024, the fifth Quality and Patient Safety Research Speaker Series was held.
Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw presented on "Audit and Feedback in Quality Improvement Research Methods". Alex Banks presented on "Supporting a culture of data driven decision-making at IWK Health".
Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw presented on "Audit and Feedback in Quality Improvement Research Methods". Alex Banks presented on "Supporting a culture of data driven decision-making at IWK Health".
On June 11, 2024, the fourth Quality and Patient Safety Research Speaker Series was held.
Dr. Linda Li presented on "Measuring the impact of patient engagement in quality improvement research". Debbie LeLievre presented on "Patient Experience at Nova Scotia Health".
Dr. Linda Li presented on "Measuring the impact of patient engagement in quality improvement research". Debbie LeLievre presented on "Patient Experience at Nova Scotia Health".
On February 15, 2024, the third Quality and Patient Safety Research Speaker Series was held.
Dr. Andrea Tricco presented on "Evidence Synthesis Methods for Quality Improvement Work". Dr. Shannon MacPhee presented on "Using Behaviour Change Theory to Classify Safety Reviews at IWK Health".
Dr. Andrea Tricco presented on "Evidence Synthesis Methods for Quality Improvement Work". Dr. Shannon MacPhee presented on "Using Behaviour Change Theory to Classify Safety Reviews at IWK Health".
On October 26, 2023, the second Quality and Patient Safety Research Speaker Series was held.
Dr. Justin Presseau presented on "Behaviour Change Methods in Quality Improvement Research". Dr. Greg Hirsch presented on "Continuous Quality Improvement in Nova Scotia".
Dr. Justin Presseau presented on "Behaviour Change Methods in Quality Improvement Research". Dr. Greg Hirsch presented on "Continuous Quality Improvement in Nova Scotia".
On June 20, 2023, Dr. Janet Curran, hosted the inaugural Quality and Patient Safety Research Speaker Series virtually.
Dr. Patricia Trbovich presented on using "Human Factors to Identify Quality and Safety Gaps and Develop Strategies to Address the Gaps". Dr. Katie Gardner presented on "Challenges and Opportunities in Quality Improvement Research in the Emergency Department".
Dr. Patricia Trbovich presented on using "Human Factors to Identify Quality and Safety Gaps and Develop Strategies to Address the Gaps". Dr. Katie Gardner presented on "Challenges and Opportunities in Quality Improvement Research in the Emergency Department".
