Second Annual WRHA Mental Health Outpatient Quality Improvement Day

Second Annual WRHA Mental Health Program Outpatient Quality Improvement Day

May 3, 2016

Goals of the Day:  To improve skills in Quality Improvement (QI), cross-share Quality Improvement (QI) project ideas, enhance awareness of evidence-based programs that can be implemented in clinical practice.
Planning Committee: Jitender Sareen, Lisa Knechtel, Debbie Frechette, Heather Forrest, Eric Sigurdson, Laurence Katz, Doris Dong, Matt Lander, Lynda Kong, Jacquelyne Wong, Sarah Warden

Videos of Morning Presentations

Mental Health Program Quality Roadmaps
Adult: Quality Roadmap – Heather Forrest
Child and Adolescent: Quality Roadmap – Doris Dong
Quality Roadmap Toolkit- WRHA Quality Improvement and Patient
Is Exercise an Evidence-based treatment option for PTSD and anxiety-related psychopathology?
Gordon Asmundson PhD University of Regina

Powerpoint Presentations from Interprofessional teams on QI projects

Gold Award for Best Project – Brownwyn Fontaine and Cynthia Puttaert
Evaluating an Occupational Therapy Service for Individuals with Mood Disorders
Silver Award for Best Project – Tanya Sala and CBT Class Team
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Classes
Bronze Award for Best Project – Nadia Mackinnon and Brownwyn Fontaine
Occupational Therapy Distress Tolerance Group

 

Doris Dong and Dr Andrew Hall – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Suicide Risk Assessment Quality Initiative

Dr Andrew Hall, Deb Melanson – Moving Beyond Colonization – Partnerships in Adolescent Mental Health

Dr Gary Altman, Sydnee Swan and Jennifer Phillips – Improving Patient Flow Using Groups

Dr Geoffrey Konrad and CODI Team – Naltrexone Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder

Dr Jeffrey Waldman and Ken Mackenzie – Changes in Forensic Services

Dr Tanya Sala and Mood and Anxiety Disorders Service – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Classes

Karen Burgess and Adult Eating Disorders Team – What is a Follow-Up Group

Lin Conover and CODI Team – DBT Evening Education Classes

Nadia Mackinnon and Bronwyn Fontaine – Occupational Therapy Distress Tolerance Group

Bronwyn Fontaine and Cynthia Puttaert – Evaluating an Occupational Therapy Service for Individuals with Mood Disorders

Stewart Wakeman and Team – The Development of an Integrated Mental Health Team

Marie Dusecina – I Just Want My Life Back! – Use of the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) to Assist Client Reintegration into Life Roles

Tina Curtis and STEP – Schizophrenia & Treatment Program – CBT for Psychosis Group