SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE CONFERENCE
Thursday May 19, 2005
Holiday Inn Harbourview, Dartmouth

7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.   Registration

8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.   Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:40 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.   Making Health Care Safe — How is Our System Faring? 
                                  Erna Buffie, CBC, writer/producer of Nature of Things 
                                  documentary, Killed by Care – Making Medicine Safe

9:55 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.   Role of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute –
                                    Philip Hassen, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Patient
                                    Safety Institute

10:15 a.m. –10:45 a.m.   Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m. –11:45 a.m.   Breakout Sessions

• Strategies to Obtain a Safe Medication Use System - Neil MacKinnon, Associate Professor, Pharmacy Administration, Dalhousie University
• The Human Factor in Patient Safety - Patrick Croskerry, Clinical Consultant in Patient Safety, Capital Health
• Exploring Possible Connections Between Workplace Violence and Patient Safety —
  Theresa Fillatre, Director, Health Services, Capital Health

11:45 a.m.- 12:45 p.m.   Lunch

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.   Breakout Sessions (all three repeated)

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.    Breakout Sessions (all three repeated)

2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.    Refreshment Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.   Panel: Creating a Culture for Safe Health Care

• Moderator: Costas Halavrezos, host of Maritime Noon, CBC Radio

Panelists

• Administration — Evelyn Schaller, VP Patient Care Services, Cape Breton District Health Authority
• Public Protection/Ethics — Jeff Kirby, Ethics Consultant, Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University
• Health Care Professional — Bonnie Salsman, Pharmacy, Medication Safety and Management Consulting Services
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute — Philip Hassen, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Patient Safety Institute

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Conference Wrap-Up, with Bill Carr, Motivational Speaker

5:00 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.   Closing Remarks

Conference Sponsors
College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Nova Scotia
College of Occupational Therapists of Nova Scotia
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Nova Scotia
College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists
Nova Scotia College of Physiotherapists
Nova Scotia Department of Health