Fireside Chat
Interprofessional Primary Care Teams, A Vision for Primary Care. A conversation with Dr. Sacha Bhatia
We are pleased to announce our October 24 fireside chat with Dr. Sacha Bhatia, Senior Vice-President, Population Health & Value Based Health Systems, Ontario Health: Interprofessional Primary Care Teams, A Vision for Primary Care
Moderated by Gloria Jordan, CEO, Hamilton FHT, this session will be an important opportunity to hear about plans for primary care and the likelihood of these plans coming to fruition. We encourage attendees to join and to submit questions by Oct. 8, 2024, to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFHTO24firesidechat.
This event is now open to non-members as well. Fees are available here.
Register before tomorrow’s early bird deadline!
Updates
- Westin hotel rooms are getting full. Book here before tomorrow, Oct. 2 to get the group rate. After tomorrow, all rooms will be released and the group rate will no longer be available.
- Reminder- the early bird deadline applies to both virtual and in-person registration. Take advantage of all the options- single day or full conference registration. See what’s available for virtual attendees here.
- Sessions filling up - some concurrent sessions are nearly full. If you’ve already registered and haven’t picked your sessions yet, don’t hesitate- do it now before your preferred session is gone!
- Reminder- we have volunteer opportunities onsite for deeply discounted registration, such as registration desk, attendee assistance at breakfast and lunch and wayfinding. Email us for more information.
Conference Highlights:
- Q&A with Ontario Health for EDs and Admin Leads (moderated by Duff Sprague, CEO, Peterborough FHT)
- Opening Plenary - Integrating Caregivers as Partners in Care: Momentum for a Whole-System Approach
- AFHTO "Bright Lights" Awards Ceremony – Awards will be presented at lunchtime on October 24, 2024, for a celebration recognising the outstanding patient-centred care interprofessional primary care teams across Ontario deliver. Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
- Thirty concurrent sessions and 47 posters in 4 core streams from diverse organisations, highlighting best practices and innovations in primary health care.
- Closing Plenary- Empowering Primary Care Teams: The AI Advantage
- On- demand sessions for those who can’t get enough content and those tuning in from home
- Programs available exclusively to AFHTO members
- Leadership Triad Session – Leadership workshop for board members, board chairs, EDs and Lead MDs/NPs of AFHTO member organizations
- NEW- Let’s Talk About… sessions
- IHP Profession-Based Networking Sessions
- … and more! See the Conference Schedule for the current agenda.
Patients and students welcome! For general information, you can visit our conference page.
We look forward to seeing you at the AFHTO 2024 Conference!