MED-X: Medical Entrepreneurship Nexus
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Mission
Advance health innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship.
Moonshot Goal
Incubate a billion-dollar valuation company.
Leaders
- Mark Larché, PhD
- Sarrah Lal, MBA, MEng, LLM
- Jeremy Hirota, PhD
MED-X serves as a nexus for entrepreneurship and commercialization initiatives within and outside of the university. We connect market potential with resources and people to accelerate growth. Join us in creating the first billion-dollar life sciences company spun out of McMaster University.
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News
Communities of Practice Update June 26, 2023
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Brighter World ➚
Fourteen Faculty members make 2022 list of highly cited researchers
Knowledge Translation
Brighter World ➚
Preventing AMR in hospitals: Q&A with infectious disease expert Dominik Mertz
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Quality Improvement & Patient Safety (QIPS)
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Mission
Community of Practice which supports higher-quality patient care increases the capacity to conduct QIPS work through the training and education of clinicians and contributes to a new stream of academic output at McMaster University, its affiliated hospitals and the healthcare region.
Moonshot Goal
World-renowned Quality & Patient Safety conference and activities.
Leaders
- Seychelle Yohana, MD, MSc(QIPS), FRCPC
- Ramona Neferu, MD, MSc (QIPS), FRCPC
- Mohammad Refaei, MD, MSc, FRCPC
- Clare O’Connor, RN, BScN, MSc
The QIPS Community of Practice’s (CoP) vision is to improve the quality of care through collaboration between academic departments and our partner hospitals. The overarching goal is to support each other in our QIPS endeavors and to offer a platform for shared learning.
Projects
Fractures-Readmission Reductions
Leaders: Alfred Cividino, MD, FRCPC, FACR, Arthur Lau, MD, FRCPC
Obstetric Medicine
Leaders: Serena Gundy, MD, FRCPC, Anna Mathew, MD, MPH, FRCP(C)
Obstetric Medicine
The development of a multi-disciplinary clinical, research and academic initiative in obstetric medicine (maternal medicine) focuses on innovative models of care provision, interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge translation. This CoP will emphasize linkages with other CoP’s and local maternal and obstetric care providers to amplify shared priorities. It will include members from the Departments of Medicine, Obstetrics, Family Practice and Midwifery.
Mission
To transform the care provided to all women with medical conditions in pregnancy in Hamilton through innovative collaborative care, generating research to inform practice and improve outcomes and creating future leaders in maternal medicine through engaging and inclusive education.
- We leverage our broad network of obstetric medicine specialists to provide exceptional collaborative care
- We foster interdisciplinary research and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives to improve antenatal and postpartum outcomes
- We use our clinical and research platforms to facilitate life-long learning for trainees and faculty
- We utilize pregnancy and postpartum windows as opportunity to effect change in long-term women’s health
- We place an urgent clinical focus on vulnerable populations most likely to lose health care access and disproportionately suffer adverse obstetrical events (BIPOC, PUD, homeless)
Moonshot Goal
By 2035, we have established an international-renowned interdisciplinary academic and clinical practice approach, providing comprehensive maternal medical care throughout the preconception, antenatal and postpartum period.
Our overarching clinical goal is to place all women with medical conditions of pregnancy in the center of their care circle. We will accomplish this goal by developing a seamless network of clinicians providing individualized medical care, leveraging digital/virtual technology and fostering a strong community and academic partnerships.
Our specific, measurable clinical goals are in the following areas of care:
- Preconception
- Antenatal
- Postpartum
The short-term focus in each area will be on high-obstetric risk medical conditions or those requiring multiple specialty care providers. It will expand to capture low-medium obstetric risk medical conditions in the medium term.
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Communities of Practice Update June 26, 2023
Communities of Practice
Brighter World ➚
Fourteen Faculty members make 2022 list of highly cited researchers
Knowledge Translation
Brighter World ➚
Preventing AMR in hospitals: Q&A with infectious disease expert Dominik Mertz
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Leadership
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Mission
Advance leadership development.
Moonshot Goal
World-renowned medical leadership development program.
Leaders
- Smita Halder, MBChB, PhD, MRCP
- Simerpreet Sandhanwalia, MD, FRCPC(EM)
- Sandra Ramelli, MBA, BEd, BComm
- Tim Karachi, MD, FRCPC
News
Communities of Practice Update June 26, 2023
Communities of Practice
Brighter World ➚
Fourteen Faculty members make 2022 list of highly cited researchers
Knowledge Translation
Brighter World ➚
Preventing AMR in hospitals: Q&A with infectious disease expert Dominik Mertz
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Education & Innovation
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Mission
Advance teaching and scholarship.
Moonshot Goal
Launch Future of Education conference.
Leaders
- Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE, FRCPC, DRCPSC
- Sarrah Lal, MBA, MEng, LLM
- Meera Luthra, MD, FRCP(C)
News
Communities of Practice Update June 26, 2023
Communities of Practice
Brighter World ➚
Fourteen Faculty members make 2022 list of highly cited researchers
Knowledge Translation
Brighter World ➚
Preventing AMR in hospitals: Q&A with infectious disease expert Dominik Mertz
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Virtual Care
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Mission
Advance virtual care, determine best practices.
Moonshot Goal
Centre of Excellence in Virtual Care.
Leaders
- Ted Xenodemetropoulos, MD, FRCPC
- Juan Guzman, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Given the unprecedented pace and scale of change in the requisite mechanism of healthcare delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic, all faculty within the Department of Medicine (DoM) have been obligated to rapidly adapt to marked changes in both clinical and academic domains of their faculty appointment. In the absence of standardized and, ideally, validated approaches to the integration of virtual care into clinical practice and academia, significant heterogeneity with possible suboptimal outcomes has likely occurred. As such, the current CoP proposal encompasses the systematic assessment, standardization and optimization of virtual various activities in both clinical and academic domains within the DoM.
News
Communities of Practice Update June 26, 2023
Communities of Practice
Brighter World ➚
Fourteen Faculty members make 2022 list of highly cited researchers
Knowledge Translation
Brighter World ➚
Preventing AMR in hospitals: Q&A with infectious disease expert Dominik Mertz
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Hamilton Physician Assistant
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Mission
This initiative will lead to broader adoption of the PA profession within our McMaster community and ensure representation of the PA profession within
hospital, community, and academic settings.
Moonshot Goal
Become a best-practice hub for Physician Assistants
within the greater Hamilton area.
Leaders
- Kristen Burrows, CCPA, PhD
- Anna D’Angela, BHSc-PA, CCPA, MBA, CHE
- Deanna Lautenbach, HBKin,BHScPA, MSc,CCPA
- Siobhan Manning, BHSc-PA, CCPA
- Olivia Ramsay, BHSc-PA, CCPA
News
Communities of Practice Update June 26, 2023
Communities of Practice
Brighter World ➚
Fourteen Faculty members make 2022 list of highly cited researchers
Knowledge Translation
Brighter World ➚
Preventing AMR in hospitals: Q&A with infectious disease expert Dominik Mertz
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Patient and Family Engagement in Research
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Mission
To create a community of like-minded individuals committed to working together to champion patient and family engagement in research.
Moonshot Goal
To have McMaster’s Faculty of Health Sciences recognized as a national leader in implementing patient and family engagement in research.
Leaders
- Andrea Cross, PhD, MSc
- Samantha Micsinszki, PhD, RN
- Olaf Kraus De Camargo, MD
- Karen Beattie, PhD
- Katherine Morrison, MD, FRCPC
- Michelle Batthish, MD, MSc
- Lindsay Akrong, MSc
- Mark Matsos, MD
News
Communities of Practice Update June 26, 2023
Communities of Practice
Brighter World ➚
Fourteen Faculty members make 2022 list of highly cited researchers
Knowledge Translation
Brighter World ➚
Preventing AMR in hospitals: Q&A with infectious disease expert Dominik Mertz
Communities of Practice