ACSC Scientific Program

Scientific program is subject to change. All times listed are MT (Mountain Time) and all events will take place at the Edmonton Convention Center unless otherwise indicated. Program items listed in the main plenary room (Hall B) will be broadcast live and recorded to be available at a later date.

(*SI) - Simultaneous interpretation will be available for this session (English/French) ; SI is only available to in-person participants.

All times given are in Mountain Daylight Time.

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Education to Action:

Preventing Maternal Mortality in Canada

 

At the end of this summit, participants will be able to:
  • Share information about activities across Canada that are focused on the prevention of maternal mortality;
  • Identify infrastructure and processes and ways to improve data collection required for Maternal Mortality Review in order to effect change;
  • Learn how to ask, advocate, lobby and work together with decision-makers and politicians.
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Room Name: Foyer

Breakfast

07:30 AM to 08:30 AM
Room Name: Hall B

Summit welcome (*SI)

08:30 AM to 08:45 AM
Room Name: Hall B

Updates since 2023 Summit (*SI)

08:45 AM to 09:00 AM
Room Name: Hall B

A “National Report” on maternal mortality in Canada (*SI)

09:00 AM to 09:15 AM
Room Name: Hall B

It’s a balance: Reflecting on listening, consent and
collaboration in healthcare practice (*SI)

09:15 AM to 09:45 AM
Room Name: Hall B

How to develop and implement infrastructure and processes
(*SI)

09:45 AM to 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
Room Name: Hall B

Barriers and facilitators to data collection (*SI)

10:45 AM to 11:30 AM

Session Details

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
  • Name the officials responsible for death investigation in Canada;
  • Describe the kinds of deaths these officials are responsible for investigating;
  • List the three most common approaches to death review that are in place in Canada;
  • List two major organizations that could promote best practices in death investigation.
Speakers:
Room Name: Hall B

Standards and critical incident review: Local, provincial
and national (*SI)

11:30 AM to 12:15 PM
Room Name: Foyer

Lunch

12:15 PM to 01:00 PM
Room Name: Hall B

Using data for education, reporting and dissemination of
lessons learned (*SI)

01:00 PM to 01:45 PM
Room Name: Hall B

Working together to effect change (*SI)

01:45 PM to 02:30 PM

Break

02:30 PM to 02:45 PM
Room Name: Hall B

How can we use technology that can improve care - what's
in the pipeline? (*SI)

02:45 PM to 03:15 PM

Session Details

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
  • Identify how technology such as big data and artificial intelligence can be used in diverse ways across the continuum of maternal care;
  • Discuss how bias towards technology can impact perceptions about different forms of technology and AI applications;
  • Determine how to scope the function of a given AI to better understand the scope of its use to mitigate bias in its development.
Speakers:
Room Name: Hall B

Developing “Calls to Action” (*SI)

03:15 PM to 03:45 PM
Room Name: Hall B

Summary, next steps, and closing remarks (*SI)

03:45 PM to 04:00 PM

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