Medical Psychiatry Alliance: 2019 Annual Conference
Event date: -
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Each year the MPA Conference attracts a range of healthcare professionals, trainees, patients and family members who are dedicated to transforming the lives of patients living with both mental and physical health issues. The MPA was designed to create new models of care and to train current and future healthcare providers to better support patients and families with co-occurring mental and physical health conditions. Attendees to this year’s conference will learn about capacity building efforts in new models of care, education programs from undergraduate to practice and will have opportunities to explore how MPA clinical and education programs can be scaled to their local setting. Our conference program includes several leading researchers, educators, clinicians, learners and service users, in addition to many networking opportunities.
Objectives
- Disseminate and discuss innovative capacity building initiatives in integrated physical and mental health care.
- Identify opportunities for collaborative and partnering with medical psychiatry initiatives from education to clinical practice.
- Discuss the impact current medical psychiatry education interventions on learners from students to patients/families.
Aims
- Share opportunities for collaborating with MPA education and clinical programs across health care system
- Spread educational and clinical models for integrated physical and mental health care
- Support collaboration across MPA and other organizations
Target Audience
- Health care providers
- Trainees (fellows & residents)
- Hospital administrators
- Scientists
- MOHLTC representatives
- Invited members of public (patients, caregivers, general public)
2018 Medical Psychiatry Alliance Conference Insights Report
To learn more about the insights gathered from the 2018 Medical Psychiatry Alliance Conference and how this year’s conference is taking our learnings to the next level, please see the 2018 Insights Report
For more information and to register, visit: https://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/mpa/