Workshops

The HHR conference 2007 is pleased to offer the following workshops as part of the conference program:

Recent Developments in Pan Canadian Health Human Resources Planning in Canada

Presented by Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada

The workshop will provide information on the Framework for Collaborative Pan-Canadian Health Human Resources Planning developed by the federal/provincial/territorial Advisory Committee on Health Delivery and Human Resources and how the Framework will lead future activities of the Health Human Resource Strategy.  Health Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch will demonstrate the linkages of the Framework with the Aboriginal Health Human Resource Initiative which focuses on recruitment and retention of Aboriginal peoples in health careers and cultural competencies in educational curricula.  The federal/provincial/territorial Public Health Human Resources Task Group will inform participants about the joint federal/provincial/territorial Pan-Canadian Framework for Public Health Human Resources Planning and discuss initiatives undertaken by the federal/provincial/territorial Public Health Network to implement the Framework.

So you think you need a database? Here’s what you should consider….

Presented by Canadian Institute for Health Information

This workshop is intended to share knowledge on how HHR planning information can be gathered, how an HHR database is developed, and highlight existing sources of HHR data.  Workshop attendees will here from multiple perspectives including data providers, CIHI, Statistics Canada and the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control. Participants should gain a sense of what factors should be considered in developing and maintaining a database (including resource requirements, alignment with existing standards, privacy, data limitations, and other challenges) as well as alternative information sources available for HHR planning, monitoring and evaluation.  This workshop will be of particular interest to health professional colleges/regulatory authorities and associations, ministries of health, and individuals with an interest in database development and HHR planning data.

Knowledge to action: what makes it work and why?

Presented by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

This pre-conference workshop, hosted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), will explore how research evidence can help inform decision making to improve Canada's health system, including public health, with a focus on health human resources. Through a number of case examples and an open dialogue, it will aim to shed light on best practices and lessons learned from real-life knowledge translation collaborations. It will also provide an opportunity for researchers, decision makers and other health system stakeholders to discuss what works, what doesn't, and why, when it comes to using evidence to inform decision making.