Saving the Brain
Collaborative Stroke Care
Network
Fourth Annual Conference
March 5 - 6, 2010
Welcome
A Tribute to Dr. Neville Bayer
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STB mentor for
Southeast GTA
 leader in stroke care
 founding member of
the Canadian Stroke
Consortium
 committed to the
Ontario Stroke
Network
Introductions
OCFP Staff
 STB Steering Committee
 Guests
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OCFP Staff
Eilyn Rodriguez, Assistant Executive
Director, Research & Educational
Services
 Malachy Phelan
 Ryan Morley
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STB Steering Committee
Mary Manno, Chair; family physician
• Lisa Colizza, manager of Machealth programmes
• Andre Douen, stroke neurologist
• Andre Hurtubise, family physician
• Anthony Levinson, neuropsychiatrist and director of e•
Learning Innovation at McMaster
Bill McMullen, family physician
• Eilyn Rodriguez, OCFP
• Demetrios Jim Sahlas, stroke neurologist
• Gina Tomaszewski, SWO Regional Stroke Education
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Coordinator
Guests
Guests
Dr. D’Arcy Little
 Representatives of the Ontario Stroke
Network
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Regional Programme Managers
Regional Educators
Sponsors
Sanofi-Aventis & Bristol-Myers Squibb
 AstraZeneca
 Merck-Frosst & Schering-Plough
 Boehringer-Ingelheim
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The Ontario Stroke Strategy
Spring of 2003
The Ontario Stroke
Strategy
The Ontario Stroke Network
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Provincial Coordinating Council formed;
Executive Director Chris O’Callaghan
 champions identified, i.e. our own Dr. Jim
Sahlas, who can model Best Practices in
stroke care
 Best Practice lead Linda Kelloway
 OREG (Ontario Regional Educators Group) =
healthcare educators; chaired by HFSO; have
$$ to provide educational activities across the
stroke care continuum, including physician
education
Ontario Stroke Network Regions
1. Central East
2. Central South
3. West GTA
4. Champlain
5. Southeast
6. Northeast
7. Northwest
8. Southwest
9. North & East
GTA
10. Southeast
GTA
11. Toronto West
OSS Regional Managers
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Central East
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Champlain
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Jim Lumsden
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Cally Martin
Northeast
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Darren Jermyn
Shann Beck
Southeast GTA
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Sharon Mytka
North East & GTA
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Diane Hiscox
Southwest
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Southeast
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TBA
Northwest
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Kathryn LeBlanc
West GTA
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Cheryl Moher
Central South
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Jacqueline Willems
Toronto West
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Shelley Sharp
OREG
Regional Education
Coordinators
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Central East
 Kay Morrison
Central South
 Rebecca Fleck
West GTA
 Jodie Sutcliffe
Champlain
 Kelly Lumley-Leger
Southeast
 Sue Saulnier
Northeast
 Susan Bursey
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Northwest
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Southwest
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Pearl Gryfe
Southeast GTA
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Gina Tomaszewski
North East & GTA
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Richard Wilson
Krystyna Skrabka
Toronto West
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Gail Avinoam
Ontario Stroke Network
Know who your friends are…
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decompressor
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Ontario Stroke Network
Know who your friends are…
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Objective of
Collaborative Stroke Care
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To provide the tools and supports that
family physicians need to enhance their
ability to deliver primary and secondary
stroke prevention programs and
improve the quality of care for postacute stroke patients
Expected Outcomes
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Creation of formal linkages between
practising family physicians and their
peers
Provision of quick access to neurologist
colleagues in caring for patients with
cardiovascular illness of the brain
Enhancement of outcomes in primary
and secondary stroke prevention
How do we make it happen?
STB Mentoring Groups
Group
Number
MENTORING
GROUP
STROKE
SPECIALIST
MENTOR
TBA
ADJUNCT
MENTOR
FAMILY
PHYSICIAN
MENTOR
TBA
1
Central East
2
Central South
Sy eda Fatima
Jim Sahlas
Dwight
Stewart
Laurie Sellers
3
West GTA
Andre Douen
Ritesh Mistry
Kris Martiniuk
4
Champlain
Grant Stotts
TBA
5
Southeast
Jay Bhatt
Adam Steacie
6
Northeast
Jim Sahlas
Bill McMullen
7
Northwest
Dav id Howse
Claudette
Chase
8
Southwest
Richard Chan
9
North & East
GTA
Julia Hopy an
Noel Rosen
10
Southeast
GTA
TBA
TBA
11
Toronto West
Frank Silv er
Alan Bell
John
Ostrander
John Cle ment
Funding Mentoring Activities
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Mentors are paid for their time
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Each Mentoring Group has a small
annual budget
Mentoring Relationships
Mentoring Agreement
 Mentee/Mentor Expectations
 Rights and Responsibilities in the
Mentoring Relationship
 Request for Mentoring Form
 Mentor Response Form
 Medical/Legal Issues
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And it looks something like this…
2009 in review
stable membership with 90 mentees and
21 mentors
 established relationships with the Ontario
Stroke Network Best Practice leaders
and Regional Educators
 www.savingthebrain.ca in place
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Lessons learned
needs of Mentoring groups vary
tremendously in different regions of the
province
 leadership within the groups is key to
their success
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CME Credits
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Saving the Brain is accredited by the College
of Family Physicians of Canada for 12 Mainpro
C credits
 Credits are granted annually on submission of
the STB Follow Up questionnaire;
 Certificates mailed after Annual Conference
 New to STB? Credits based on one year of
active participation…
Follow-up Evaluation
More about that later…
Is it time to change gears?
Conference Overview
Agenda
Once again….
Those mentees who
complete and submit
their Conference
Evaluation Forms
and Follow-up
Evaluation Forms
by 3 PM on Saturday
will be eligible for a
prize to be drawn at
the end of the
Conference…
…an original work of art…
Gerry Manno is an elected member of the Society of Canadian
Artists (SCA) and the Colour and Form Society (CFS), active
in fine art groups in Canada and the USA. He is an
Instructor/Artist with the Richeson Group of Companies in the
USA.
Gerry paints most days. His works are displayed in collections
around the world.
Dr. D’Arcy Little
Interpreting CT Scans
Dinner