10 lesser-known ways your pharmacist can help you meet your healthcare goals

We typically think of pharmacists as the professionals who dispense our medications, answer our medication questions, and ensure that our medications are going to be safe and effective.  But we can utilize our pharmacists for so much more!  From prescribing for minor ailments and ordering lab tests to ensuring we are using climate conscious medications, this presentation covers some of the lesser-known ways that pharmacists can help us achieve our healthcare goals.

Presenter:
Jennifer Bolt, BScPharm, PharmD, MHA
Research and Development Pharmacist, Interior Health

Clinicians as data curators: Implications for data quality

This presentation discusses clinician roles in shaping data quality in electronic health records and digitalized health systems. Impacts on downstream data use and clinical care provision are also discussed.

Presenter:
Charlene Ronquillo, RN, PhD
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development
University of British Columbia Okanagan

A Partnership in Research webinar supported by the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, UBC Okanagan

Designing technologies to support learning and social connection for older adults

Joanna presents two new technologies that are being developed in her lab. HelpCall enables older adults to get technology assistance over a remote video call such as Zoom. LegacySphere facilitates intergenerational communication in embodied virtual reality.

Presenter:
Joanna McGrenere, Professor and Co-Head Department of Computer Science
University of British Columbia Vancouver

eDAPT lab: Learn More

May the imagined force be with you: staying strong and steady through imagined practice

Motor imagery is the imagined practice (or mental rehearsal) of a movement. In this presentation, we discuss how we can use motor imagery to help us perform smooth and steady movements as we age, and after stroke.

Presenter:
Sarah Kraeutner, PhD
Assistant Professor and Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar
Department of Psychology, Irving K Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan

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The social experience of chronic pain

Over 8 million Canadians live with chronic pain. Dr. Holtzman reviews the latest research demonstrating a connection between social relationships and the experience of pain, as well as implications for the effective treatment of pain.

Presenter:
Susan Holtzman, PhD, RPsych
Associate Professor, Psychology
Lead Investigator of the Connection, Health and Technology (CHaT) Lab
Irving K Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of British Columbia Okanagan

New developments in Nav-CARE: the Compassionate, Dementia Inclusive Communities toolkit

The Compassionate, Dementia Inclusive Communities toolkit provides practical advice for organizations aspiring to improve support for persons living with dementia and their care partners using a compassionate community approach. The purpose of this presentation is to describe the theoretical and practical development of this toolkit, specifically the weaving together of three community development lenses: compassionate communities, dementia inclusion, and volunteer navigation. We also share early developments of the implementation of this toolkit in 6 unique communities in BC, Alberta, Ontario, and the Yukon.

Presenters:
Kelly Ashford, PhD
Project Manager for EU Navigate Project

Kelli Sullivan, MA
Research Facilitator – Palliative and End-of-Life research, UBC Okanagan

A Research to Practice Webinar
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention and North Okanagan Hospice Society

Child and Youth Healthy Futures: A community-engaged health equity lab

The Child and Youth Healthy Futures Lab at UBCO aims to enhance the health and wellbeing of children and youth. The lab conducts research to understand the structural and social determinants of health inequities, with a focus on underserved and equity-deserving young people. This webinar highlights some of the lab’s recent projects on youth mental health and mental health care use, population-level trends in racial discrimination experiences and adolescent mental health, and predictors of youth homelessness.

Presenter:
Carla Hilario, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Faculty of Health and Social Development
University of British Columbia Okanagan

A Partnership in Research webinar
Supported by the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, University of British Columbia Okanagan