Agenda for Reducing Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Healthcare Sector

Reducing Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Healthcare Sector
Monday October 26, 2015
Hawthorn Hall, Toronto Airport West Hotel

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Agenda

Time                                      Session
8:00 - 8:30 Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome and introductions
Dr. Richard Wells, Director, CRE-MSD
8:45 - 9:00 Opening remarks
Dr. Catherine Brookman, Executive Advisor, Stakeholder Engagement & KTE, CRE-MSD
9:00 - 9:45

Panel - Setting the scene: Barriers and challenges

  • Erna Bujna - Labour Relations Specialist, Occupational Health and Safety/Workers' Compensation, Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)
  • Susan Fuciarelli, Director, Health, Safety and Wellness, Hamilton Health Sciences 
  • Susan VanderBent, Chief Executive Officer, Home Care Ontario
  • Henrietta Van hulle, Executive Director, Health & Community Services, Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA)
9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:45

Panel - What the research is telling us

  • Dr. Tilak Dutta, Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation 
  • Dr. Mike Fray, Senior Lecturer in Human Factors Design, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Barbara Silverstein, Senior Epidemiologist, Washington Department of Labor & Industries
10:45 - 12:00

Case based presentations

  • Matthew Lam, Occupational Therapist and WSIB Specialty Programs Coordinator, West Park Healthcare Centre
  • Jaimie Killingbeck, Program for Active Living Coordinator, Schlegel Village 
  • Arlene Whitehead, Director, Ambulatory Rehabilitation, Woodstock General Hospital  
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:15

Case based presentations

  • Rhonda Lammert, Senior Advisor of Occupational Health and Safety, CarePartners
  • Becky Chiarot, Occupational Health and Safety Officer & Cindy DePiero, Ergonomic and Wellness Consultant, Sault Area Hospital   
  • Dr. Tilak Dutta, Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
  • Ivy Nanayakkara, Manager, Occupational Health and Safety, Halton Healthcare
2:15 - 2:35

Facilitated wellness break
Dr. Jack Callaghan, Associate Director, CRE-MSD
Dr. Catherine Brookman, Executive Advisor, Stakeholder Engagement & KTE, CRE-MSD
2:35 - 3:45

Panel - Who, what and how to take action

  • Dr. Mike Fray, Senior Lecturer in Human Factors Design, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
  • Pam Mancuso, Vice President Region 1, Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)
  • Dr. Sandra McKay, Manager, Research & Evaluation, VHA Home Healthcare
  • Dr. Barbara Silverstein, Senior Epidemiologist, Washington Department of Labor & Industries
  • Henrietta Van hulle, Executive Director, Health & Community Services, Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA)
3:45 - 4:00 Closing remarks
Dr. Richard Wells, Director, CRE-MSD