Tuesday, December 4
Concurrent Sessions – 3:45–5:00 p.m.

Concurrent 1A– Recruitment & Retention – Bridging the Gap: Integrating internationally educated health professionals into the system

Leading the Way -An Assessment/Certification Process that is Fair, Efficient and Valid for IEMRT’s

Co-Authors:

Christiane Menard, Elaine Dever, Charles Shields

Presenter:      

Anne Robertson

Prior Learning Assessment and Credentialing of Internationally-Educated Health Professionals

Co-Author:

Kurt H. Davis

Presenter:

Moira M. Grant

Integrating International Pharmacy Graduates into Canadian Pharmacy Practice

Co-Authors:

Robert Malatest, Chris Boughton, Marie Rocchi Dean

Presenter:    

Heather Mohr

How Internationally Educated Health Professionals fit into HHR Planning: Lessons from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia

Presenter:   

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

Concurrent 1B– Data, Research and Knowledge Translation - Planning the Health Workforce

The Oncology Nurse Role Function Study: Implications for HHR Planning in Oncology Care

Co-Author:  

Esther Green

Presenter:

Dr. Dauna Crooks

The Development of an Alberta Workforce Planning Strategy for Rehabilitation

Presenter:   

Joyce Vogelgesang

Needs-Based HHR Planning in the Americas

Co-Authors:  

Gail Tomblin Murphy, Allison Foster, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire

Presenter: 

Felix Rigoli

Workforce Planning - Employment Stabilization for New Nursing Graduates

Presenter:

Dr. Andrea Baumann

Concurrent 1C–Linking Education with HHR - Educating Them Together: Building Interprofessional Collaboration

Partners for Interprofessional Cancer Education (PICE): Cultivating Communities of Practice for Collaborative Patient-Centered Practice (IECPCP)

Co-Authors:

Anne Murray, Joan Sargeant, Andrea Hilchie-Pye 

Presenter:

Donna Denney

Inter-Professional Education: A Strategy to Support Health Human Resources

Co-Authors:

Anne O'Riordan, Christine Chapman; Jennifer Medves, Margo Paterson

Presenter:

Dr. Cori Schroder

"From, With and About":  Interprofessional Learning and Health Human Resources

Co-Authors:

Hope Beanlands, Blye Frank, Karen Mann, Judith McFetridge-Durdle, Ruth Martin Misner; Richard Rowe

Presenter:

Joan Versnel

Interprofessional Education - Provincial Partnerships that Foster System Change

Co-Authors:  

Lesley Bainbridge, Louise Nasmith, Grace Mickelson, George Eisler, Kathy Copeman-Stewart

Presenter:

Linda Sawchenko

Concurrent 1D– Getting the Right Mix - Creating a Stronger Workforce Through Innovations in Education

E-learning: An Innovative Educational Strategy for Critical Care Nursing in Ontario

Co-Authors:

Jocelyn Bennett; Judith Robinson Dean

Presenter:

Sandra Goldsworthy

Measuring the Physician Workforce from Training to Practice

Co-Author:  

Dr. Nick Busing

Presenter:  

Steve Slade

Practice-Driven Education: Creating Reality-Based, Responsive Programs for Professional   Practice Development.

Co-Authors:   

Cathy Ulrich, Suzanne Johnston, Tom Fulton, Norma John, Liz Lindsey

Presenter:   

Martha MacLeod

Building Cross-Cultural Competency Through Staff Training; Bimaadiziwin Training at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre

Co-Author:  

Roger Walker, Renee Lynn Southwind

Presenter:  

Esther VanGennip

Concurrent 1E– Data, Research and Knowledge Translation – Transforming CIHI Data into Information for HHR Planning

Taking CIHI Data and transforming it into Information for HHR Planning in Canada

Presenter:  

Annie Walker, Barb Worth, Lisa Little, Deanna Williams

Wednesday, December 5
Concurrent Sessions – 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

Concurrent 2A - Data, Research and Knowledge Translation - Making Data Work Better for You: Maximizing the use of administrative data

Measuring HHR Mobility in Canada: Databases and Data Issues

Presenter:  

Roger Pitblado

Maximizing Administrative Data for Strategic HHR Planning – an Employers Experience

Co-Author:   

Ed Wade

Presenter:

Kim Blanchard

The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's Allied Health Human Resources Database

Co-Authors:

Hussein Lalani, Jeff Goodyear

Presenter:  

Anshoo Kamal

Anatomy of a Doctor Shortage

Co-Authors:  

Kim McGrail, Rachael McKendry, Bob Evans, Charlyn Black, Greg Stoddart, Steve Morgan, Diane Watson

Presenter:

Morris L. Barer

Concurrent 2B– Recruitment and Retention - From Vinyls to iPods: Managing generational diversity in the workplace

From Research to Action: A Collaborative Approach

Co-Author:

Amanda Crupi

Presenter:    

Linda Silas

The Clinical Nurse Expert Assignment: A Retention Strategy

Co-Authors:   

Dr. Ginette Lemire Rodger, Linda Desrochers, Diane Fillion

Presenter:

Evelyn Kerr

A New Approach to New Graduate Recruitment and Retention

Co-Author:   

Cheryl Anne Smith

Presenter:

Robin Devey

Concurrent 2C– Linking Education with HHR - From the Chalkboard to the Bedside: Integrating education and HHR planning

Educating Health Workers: A Statistical Portrait

Co-Authors:   

Mary K. Allen, Sylvie Ouellette, Johanne Plante, Chantal Vaillancourt

Presenter:    

Rita Ceolin

The Need to Integrate Education Strategy Planning and Health Human Resource Planning

Co-Authors:   

Louise Nasmith, Dr. Joshua Tepper

Presenter:  

George Eisler

Utilizing Nursing Education Data to Inform HHR Policy and Planning

Co-Authors:  

Lisa Little, Jean Barry

Presenter:

Nancy Field

Cultural Safety for First Nations in Post-Secondary Education

Presenter:

Rose Sones

Concurrent 2D– Recruitment and Retention - Getting Them and Keeping Them: Innovative strategies for retaining new grads

Retention at the start of employment among new nurses: a generational perspective

Presenter:

Melanie Lavoie-Tremblay

Ontario's Nursing Graduate Guarantee

Co-Authors:  

Julia Cho, Adriana Ibarguchi

Presenter:   

Sophia Ikura-MacMillan

Could Health Professional Wellness Implementation Begin With Students? Exploring Students' Perspectives

Presenter:

Katharina Kovacs Burns

Nursing Internship Program for Novice Nurses: A Proven Recruitment and Retention Tool

Co-Author:  

Cheryl Anne Smith

Presenter:

Diane Fillion

Concurrent 2E– Data, Research and Knowledge Translation – Building a Happy, Healthy Workforce

Job Dissatisfaction in Registered Nurses Employed in Canadian Hospitals

Co-Author:

Margot Shields

Presenter:

Kathryn Wilkins

Building High Quality Work Environments Through Standard Quality of Worklife Indicators

Co-Author:

Melissa Barton

Presenter:

Christopher Dean

Work Environments and Nurse Migration

Co-Authors:

Lisa Seto, Kasey Liboiron, Aislinn Hemingway, Elana Ptack, Michelle Lalonde

Presenter:

Linda McGillis Hall

Canadian Health Care Workers Job Satisfaction Compared to Other Industries

Presenter:

Martha McLeod

Concurrent 2F– Data, Research and Knowledge Translation – Innovative Perspectives on HHR Planning

"Coffee talking" - Healthcare Worker Anecdotes as a Basis for Individual Perception and Action

Co-Author:

Yve Stott

Presenter:

Keith Jackson

The National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE): Addressing Human Resources for an          Aging Population

Co-Author:  

Lynn McDonald

Presenter:  

Anthony Lombardo

Demographic and Workplace Issues Concerning Aboriginal Health Human Resources

Co-Authors:   

Emily Lecompte, Kate Humpage, Cleo Big Eagle

Presenter:

Emily Lecompte, Kate Humpage, Cleo Big Eagle

Learning to Dance in Saskatchewan: a Case Study of Conflicting Perspectives

Co-Author:   

Larry Sanders, Paulette Campbell

Presenters:  

Larry Sanders, Paulette Campbell

Wednesday, December 5 (cont’d)
Concurrent Sessions – 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Concurrent 3A– Data, Research and Knowledge Translation - Public Health Human Resources in a Changing Landscape

The Public Health Physician Workforce: Doctors in Reserve but Few on the Front Lines

Co-Author:  

Lynn McIntyre

Presenter:  

Dr. Margaret L. Russell

Counting Public Health Nurses in Canada

Co-Authors:

Raisa Deber, Andrea Baumann, Audrey Laporte, Mohammad Alameddine,
Alina Dragan

Presenter:  

Jane Underwood

The Public Health Human Resources Enumeration Strategy: Data, Issues, and Projects.

Co-Authors:

F/P/T PHHR Enumeration Working Group and OPHP PHHR
Enumeration Steering Group

Presenter:

Ronald Wall

An Evidence-Based Approach to Assess Ontario Public Health Agencies’ Workforce Capacity to Implement

Co-Authors:

Melody Roberts, John Garcia, K.S. Brown, Karen Pieters, Caroline Silverman, Erika Steibelt

Presenter:  

Irene Lambraki

Concurrent 3B– Dollars and Sense: Examining compensation in HHR

Physician Reimbursement Policies and Implications for Research

Co-Authors:   

Morris L. Barer, Kim McGrail, Charlyn Black, Greg Stoddart, Diane Watson

Presenter:  

Robert Evans

Physicians Remuneration in Saskatchewan: Is it a Case of Incentive Misalignment?

Presenter:  

Mohamed Gheis

Inside the Ring -- Winners and Losers in B.C. Fee Wars

Co-Authors:   

Robert Evans, Kimberlyn McGrail, Rachael McKendry, Greg Stoddart,
Steve Morgan, Charlyn Black

Presenter:

Morris L. Barer

Presenting the Depth and Breadth of CIHI's Physician Data

Co-Author:   

Robert Kyte

Presenter:

John David Stanway

Concurrent 3C– Linking Education with HHR - Training Tomorrow's Physician Workforce

Regional Medical Education Campuses: an Innovative Approach to the Development/Deployment of Medical Human Resources

Co-Authors:

Dr. Joanna Bates, Alain Vanasse, Dr. Chris Lovato, Maria Gabriela Orzanco,
France Gagnon, Steve Slade, Sylvie Lamarche

Presenter:

Paul Grand'maison

International Medical Graduates’ Application to the University of Toronto’s Community Medicine       Residency Program

Co-Authors:

Dr. Fran Scott; Dr. Allison Chris; Dr. Rachel Rodin; Dr. Fiona Kouyoumdjian;
Dr. Lillian Yuan; Dr. Peggy Millson

Presenter:

Dr. Monica Hau

Medical Student Interest in Community Medicine: Findings and Recommendations from Focus        Groups

Co-Authors:

Dr. Ingrid Tyler, Dr. David Mowat, Dr. Jamie Hockin, Dr. Bart Harvey,
Dr. Lawrence Elliott, Dr. Jane Buxton

Presenter:  

Dr. Monica Hau

Link between students, medical programs, and choice of practice: Preliminary results from the University of British Columbia

Co-Authors:  

University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine:
Dr. Joanna Bates, Senior Associate Dean, Education; Dr. Chris
Lovato, Director, Evaluation Studies Unit; Ms. Caroline Murphy,
Assistant Director, Evaluation Studies Unit; Dr. Georges Pachev, Head, Assessment Support,

University of Sherbrooke, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences:
Ms. Sylvie Bourque, Measurement and Evaluation Coordinator, Medical
Program; Mr. Daniel Côté, Research and Evaluation Coordinator;
Dr. Paul Grand’Maison, Vice Dean, Predoctoral Studies; Ms. Sylvie
Lamarche, Coordinator, Medical Program; Dr. Maria Gabriela Orzanco,
Postdoctoral Fellow; Dr. Alain Vanasse, Professor, Department of
Family Medicine,

Association of Faculties of Medicine in Canada:
Dr. Steve Slade, Vice-President, Research CAPER/ORIS,

Presenter:   

France Gagnon

Link between students, medical programs and choice of practice: Preliminary results from the University of Sherbrooke

Co-Authors: 

University of Sherboorke:
Maria Gabriela Orzanco; Paul Grand'Maison; Daniel Côté; Sylvie Bourque; Sylvie Lamarche Association of Faculties of Medicine of: Steve Slade University of British Columbia: Joanna Bates; Chris Lovato; France Gagnon; Georges Pachev; Caroline Murphy

Presenter:

Alain Vanasse

Concurrent 3D– Data, Research and Knowledge Translation - Data Makes the World Go 'Round

The Interplay Between Complex HHR Questions and HHR Data Fundamentals

Co-Authors:

Karen Jackson, Dr. Deborah White

Presenter:  

Kevin Gerrits

Workforce Planning: the Key to Success

Presenter:   

Cheryl Anne Smith

Physicians' Current and Intended Level of Practice Activity: Results of Two Census Surveys

Presenter:  

James Ayles

Concurrent 3E– Recruitment and Retention - Why Are They Leaving? What Are We Doing To Keep Them?

Workplace Wellness, Education and Autonomy - A Key Staff Retention Strategy

Co-Authors:

Laura Garland, Melissa Anderson

Presenter:  

Margaret Melanson

HHR Distribution and Migration: Proxy for Enumerating HHR Recruitment and Retention?

Co-Author:  

Deborah Cohen

Presenter:

Roger Pitblado

Workforce Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of Rehabilitation Professionals: A Survey of Hospital and Home Care Settings

Co-Authors:  

Dr. Susan Jaglal, Dr. Aileen Davis, Dr. Linda McGillis Hall

Presenter:  

Diem Tran

Factors Contributing to Canadian Nurse Migration

Presenter:   

Linda McGillis Hall

Concurrent 3F- Getting the Right Mix - Mixing Apples and Oranges: Making skill mix work

Sustainability of Services - Implementing Nursing Skill Mix

Co-Author:

Cindy Goggan

Presenter:

Nancy E. Savage

Critical to Care: 'Ancillary' Workers in Health Care

Co-Authors:   

Pat Armstrong, Krista Scott-Dixon

Presenter:  

Hugh Armstrong

An Assessment of Oral Health Status, Treatment Needs and Supply of Dental Services in   Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Co-Authors:  

Leake JL; Birch S; Zakus D and Ghaznawi HI

Presenter:

Akram Qutob

Evolving Scope of Practice to Address the Skills Mix Required for a Collaborative Approach to Patient

Co-Author:    

Charles Shields

Presenter:

Anne Robertson

Thursday, December 6
Concurrent Sessions – 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Concurrent 4A– Data, Research and Knowledge Translation - Face Forward: Modelling and forecasting for Canada's health workforce

Projections of Physician Supply in Canada

Presenter:  

Lynda Buske

Measuring and Closing the Gap: HHR Forecasting for a Regional Workforce Based on Real             Time Payroll

Presenter:

Anne Harvey

Applying Operations Research to Health Human Resource Planning

Co-Authors:

Mariel S. Lavieri, Martin L. Puterman, Pamela A. Ratner

Presenter:   

Sandra Regan

Health Human Resources Modelling: Challenging the Past, Creating the Future

Co-Authors:

Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy; Dr. Stephen Birch, Dr. George Kephart;
Ms. Raquel Meyer, Dr. Christine Duffield

Presenter:

Dr. Linda O'Brien-Pallas

Connecting Human Resource Forecasts to Primary Care Patients Served

Co-Authors:

Hussein Lalani, Dan Singh, Sten Ardal, Carely Hay, Jiahui Wong, Amar Singh,
Delia D'Amore

Presenters:  

Gillian Mulvale, Dan Singh

Concurrent 4B– Recruitment and Retention - Building a Health Workforce in Rural and Remote Canada

Recruitment and Retention in Small Northern Resource Communities

Presenter:

Martha McLeod

Beyond the Numbers: Understanding the Human Dimensions of Health Human Resources in           Primary Care

Co-Authors:  

Dr. L. Cunning, Dr. N. Kenny

Presenter:

Nelly D. Oelke

Improving Retention Through the Development of a Capacity Building Strategy

Co-Author:

Janet Gordon

Presenter:   

Florence Tarrant

Developing Northern and Rural Health Human Resources: A Partnership in Knowledge         Exchange and Research

Co-Authors:

Cathy Ulrich, Suzanne Johnston, Tanis Hampe

Presenter:  

Martha MacLeod

Rural Practice Education:  A Tool for Recruitment and Retention of Health Care Providers

Co-Authors:

Lesley Bainbridge, Kathy Copeman-Stewart

Presenter:  

Linda Sawchenko

Concurrent 4C– Getting the Right Mix – Collaborating for Care: Making the system work for the patient

McMaster Family Health Team Inter-professional Mentorship and Evaluation (MIME) Program

Co-Authors:

Linda Hilts, Patricia Idenouye; Cathy Risdon MD, CCFP, FCFP, DMan (Cand)

Presenter:

Gina Agarwal, Linda Hilts

Building Human Resource Capacity and Improving Access to Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery Through an Advanced Practice Physiotherapy Role

Co-Authors:   

Robarts SF, Kennedy D, MacLeod AM, BA; Gollish J,

Presenter:    

Jennifer Winter Di Cola

Strengthening the Strategic HHR Planning in the Americas – Lessons Learned

Co-Authors:

Carlos Rosales, Felix Rigoli, Allison Foster

Presenter:

Marie-Gloriose Ingabire

Delivering Quality, Affordable Primary Healthcare to Rural Canadians

Co-Author:   

Dr. Peter Istvan

Presenter:  

Donna Kearney

Innovative Models of Pharmacy Practice

Co-Authors:

Candace Fedoruk, Jim Blackburn, Barbara Wells

Presenter:  

Janet Cooper

Concurrent 4D- Recruitment and Retention - Leadership in HHR: Exploring reality in today's world

The strategic community—a strategy for transforming the organization of inter-institution work

Presenter:

Madeleine Audet

Quest to attract and retain health managers: an issue at the heart of knowledge

Presenter:

Martine Renaud

Emerging Health Leaders: The Next Generation of Canadian Health and Health Care Leaders

Co-Author:

Adrienne Hagen

Presenter: 

Emily Gruenwoldt, Adrienne Hagen

Succession Planning for Front Line Nurse Managers

Presenter:

Nancy E. Savage

Development and Implementation of a Strategy for the Recruitment, Education and Retention of Critical Care Nurses across Ontario

Co-Authors:   

Nancy Xisto, Marsha Pinto

Presenter:   

Jocelyn Bennett

Concurrent 4E- Recruitment and Retention – Trends in Attrition, Absenteeism, and the Impact of Employment Categories

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Co-Authors:

Ryanna Brown, Andrea Porter-Chapman

Presenter:

Lori Kirby

The Importance of Nurse Employment Categories in Determining Exit Rates from Nursing

Co-Authors:

Audrey Laporte, Carey Levinton, Raisa Deber, Linda O'Brien-Pallas,
Andrea Baumann, Kanecy Onate

Presenter:

Frieda Waisberg

Ontario Respiratory Therapists: An analysis of the Inflow and Stickiness across Employment           Settings

Co-Authors:

Audrey Laporte, Frieda Waisberg, Robyn Hastie, Raisa Deber

Presenter:

Brenda J Gamble

Working Conditions of Nurses & Absenteeism: Is there a Causal Relationship? An Empirical           Analysis Using 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses

Co-Author:

Juan Wang

Presenters:

Sameer Rajbhandary, Kisalaya Basu

Comparison of Ontario Occupational Therapists who work full-time versus ones who work equivalent to full-time

Co-Authors: 

Kenneth C. K. Lam, Brenda J. Gamble, Michel Landry, Audrey Laporte, Susan Rappolt, Molly Verrier, Paul Williams, Raisa B. Deber   

Presenter:  

Robyn Hastie

Comparison of Ontario Physiotherapists who work full-time versus ones who work equivalent to full-time

Co-Authors: 

Robyn Hastie, Brenda J. Gamble, Michel Landry, Audrey Laporte, Susan Rappolt, Molly Verrier, Paul Williams, Raisa B. Deber

Presenter:

Kenneth C. K. Lam