2010 Patient Safety Symposium: Furthering Parent Involvement in Patient Safety

June 10th I spoke with parents Denise Clayton and Jane Ford at the 6th Annual Patient Safety Symposium about expanding parent participation in patient safety. I was asked to join the Partners in Patient Safety Committee which has an outstanding record of joint staff and parent work on safety initiatives. One of my particular interests is the Required Organizational Practise of Accreditation Canada related to "Client and Family Role In Safety" (see page 9 of the ROP document), specifically, that "Staff uses written and verbal approaches to inform and educate clients about their role in promoting safety".

6th Annual Patient Safety Symposium is on Thursday June 10, 2010 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM: "Partnering in Patient Safety for a Better SickKids"

SickKids Patient Safety Symposium shines a spotlight on the work to keep patients safe from harm, to learn from adverse safety events and to create a culture of safety that includes the family and leads to effective changes by the bedsides and in the operating rooms.

In preparation for Accreditation Canada 2010, this year’s symposium will focus on enhancing awareness of the required organizational practices (ROPs) that organizations must have in place to enhance patient safety and to minimize risk. By highlighting presentations and activities underway throughout our organization, staff will have an increased awareness of ROPs focusing on the following patient safety areas: patient safety culture, communication, medication use, worklife, infection prevention, fall prevention and other risks. (Event details).

The Accreditation 2010 online resources include a full list of these required organizational practises in the ROP Handbook (PDF, 719Kb).

The Symposium includes three parent speakers, a rep on the Families as Partners in Patient Safety Committee and two reps on the Family Centred Care Advisory Council.

7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Registration
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Welcome/Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM	Leadership’s Role in Patient Safety Joseph D’Cruz Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM	Role of Leadership at SK’s Dr. Lawrence Roy Interim Vice-President, Medical and Academic Affairs
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM	Safe Surgery Checklist Dr. Chris Hayes Medical Officer, CPSI; Medical Dir. Quality & Patient Safety, St. Michael’s Hospital
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM	SickKids Safe Surgery Checklist Dr. James Robertson Staff Anaesthetist, SickKids
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Coffee Break/Posters
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	"Disclosure Policy" Janice Campbell Risk Manager, SickKids
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	Presentation on 'Just Culture' and 'Accountability' Aileen Killen Director, Patient Safety Program, Memorial Sloan-Ketting Cancer Centre, New York, NY
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Adverse Events related to narcotics Dr. Conor McDonnell Associate Staff; Anaesthesia, SickKids
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Medication Management- Accreditation Emily Musings Executive Director of Pharmacy, University Health Network
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Family Related Topics 1) FCCAC (Family-Centred Care Advisory Committee) Denise Clayton (Family Rep.) Jonathan Blumberg (Family Rep.) 2) FPPS (Families as Partners in Patient Safety Committee) Jane Ford (Family Rep.)
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Infection P & C topic (TBD) Rick Wray Director, Infection Prevention & Control, SickKids
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Virox Study: Knowledge, Attitudes & Behaviours of PSA’s Dr. Anne Matlow Medical Director, Patient Safety and Infection Prevention and Control
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM	Poster Awards/Presentations
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Safe Environment Initiative: - Safe Sleep - Falls/Entanglement Prevention Pam Hubley Associate Chief of Nursing, Practice; SickKids Rita Damignani QA/Patient Safety Coordinator, SickKids
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Team Capacity Building: Report on SCOPE project Michael Rothstein Infection Control Practitioner, SickKids
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Closing Remarks