Friday, April 20, 2012 (8:00am-4:00pm)

Making Health Care Whole:
Ethical Approaches to
Navigating a Fragmenting System

Providence Health Care's Annual Ethics Conference
Segal Graduate School of Business, SFU
500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC

Themes:

- Native Spirituality and Mental Health

- (Dis)Continuity of Care

- Decision Making and Medical Uncertainties

- Cross Cultural Issues

- Patient/Family Navigators

- Relationship-Based Care

- Health Care Providers as Patients

Targeted Audience:

This conference will be directed towards physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, ethics committee members and all members of the interdisciplinary team working in clinical, administrative, Pastoral or service settings.

Speakers and Panel Members:

Glen Bradford, Peer Navigation Services Coordinator, Positive Living

Society of BC

Marion Briggs, BScPT, MA, Practice Consultant, Interprofessional

Practice, Education and Research, Providence Health Care (PHC)

Anita Ho, PhD, Director, Ethics Services, PHC; Assistant Professor,

Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia (UBC)

Cheryl Jolliffe, MSW, RSW, Social Work Professional Practice

Leader, Social Work, PHC

Eduardo Jovel, PhD, Associate Professor, Aboriginal Health &

Natural Products Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Land and Food

System, University of British Columbia (UBC); Director, Indigenous

Research Partnerships

Robert Klitzman, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Director,

Masters of Bioethics Program, Columbia University

Jude Kornelsen, PhD, Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Centre for

Rural Health Research, Department of Family Practice, Faculty Of

Medicine, UBC

Rita McCracken, MD, CCFP, Become, Community Family Physician;

Lead Physician, Family Practice Wards, St. Paul's and Mount Saint

Joseph Hospitals; Associate Head, Department of Family and

Community Medicine; Vice Chair, Vancouver Division of Family

Practice; Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Faculty of Medicine

Perry Omeasoo, First Nations Mental Health Liaison Worker,

Strathcona Mental Health Team, Vancouver Community Mental Health

Services, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)

Dion L. Thevarge, RN, BScN, Team Leader, Aboriginal Patient

Navigator Program Aboriginal Health Strategic Initiatives, VCH

David Thompson, B.A. (Hons), MHSc, CHE, Vice President -

Seniors Care & Clinical Support Services, PHC

Dave Unger, BA, MSc (Bioethics), MD, CCFP(C), FCFP, Clinical

Associate, St. Paul's HIV Program; Clinical Instructor, UBC

Department of Family Medicine; Physician Ethicist, PHC and PHC

Research Ethics Board; Ethicist, BCCDC

Robert F Woollard, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Professor, Department of

Practice, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

CME Accreditation: To be advised

Fee is $100 (includes breakfast and lunch)

Free for PHC staff and physicians.

Seating is limited.

Download Program (draft)

Download Registration Form

Accommodation:

Delta Vancouver Suites

550 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

Room rates:

Delta Suite $149 (Single/Double)

Premier Suite $174 (Single/Double)

Deluxe Suite $189 (Single/Double)

Signature Club Suite $199/$219 (Single/Double)

Reservations at 604.689.8188 or toll free 1.888.663.8811 or

vancouversuites@deltahotels.com

Please quote the 'PHC Annual Ethcs Conference' when making reservations.

Questions: call June Monthatawil at (604) 806-9952 or email: jmonthatawil@providencehealth.bc.ca

The conference follows PHC's Pre Conference Workshop on April 19, 2012, Ethics in Pandemic Planning.