Annual Meeting
PLENARY SESSIONS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13
8:20 - 9:20 a.m.
Why do we always end up here? Evidence-based medicine's conceptual cul-de-sacs and some off-road alternative routes
Hear Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Health Care and Director of the Health Care Innovation and Policy Unit at The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, discuss how, in her view, medicine has come adrift from its humanistic roots, sold out to a reductive and technocratic model of professional practice and - some say - become the pawn of politicians and commercial interests. This lecture will draw on contemporary work in the humanities and social sciences to propose more fruitful directions for medicine to go.
Learning Objectives
- Be challenged to think differently about the philosophical basis of clinical practice.
- Revisit their own assumptions about what counts as rigor when researching clinical practice.
- Think how interdisciplinary links with the humanities and social sciences might enrich them personally and professionally.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14
8:00 - 8:50 a.m.
Multimorbidity in Primary Care: Let's Recognize and Deal with the Elephant in the Room!
Multimorbidity, the elephant in the room, is seldom seen as a priority research are by funding agencies. Martin Fortin, MD, internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in this field, will discuss the reasons for the lack of recognition of this issue and what improvements could be made if it received the recognition is deserves.
Learning Objectives
- Review the different concepts related to multimorbidity.
- Provide an overview of the research on multimorbidity.
- Discuss potential key elements of the research agenda on multimorbidity in primary health care.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
From Innovation to Sustainable Implementation the translational Research Challenge in Primary Care
In this presentation Kevin Grumbach, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, will discuss the translational research challenge, the science of implementation and dissemination, engaged approaches to research, and case studies that illustrate successful applications of these principles.
Learning Objectives
- To appreciate the gap between piloting innovations and implementing change on a broader scale.
- To identify how research can facilitate the translation of innovation into systematic changes in practice and policy in primary care.
- To understand key principles of implementation and dissemination science and community engaged research that can be applied to translational research in primary care.