Evaluation – 20220608 CSCC 2022 Symposium 4

Session Title: The Clinical Toxicology Lab and the Forgotten Public Health Crisis Presenters:

Dr. Navdeep Tangri, Chair, Canadian Society of Nephrology Taskforce on Race and Kidney Function

Ryan Sneath, Executive Director, EMS and Patient Transport Operations

Dr. Byron Berenger, MSc, MD, FRCPC, D(ABMM), Medical Microbiologist, Calgary Laboratory Services & Provincial Lab Alberta

Wade Hawkins, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
  1. Identify the clinical scenarios where administration of POCT by non-laboratory personnel provides for greater access of health service
  2. Describe the role of the laboratory professional in delivery of POCT by non-lab professionals
  3. Identify the drivers of POCT standardization in non-laboratory setting
  4. Define the opportunity for resource stewardship in POCT in non-lab setting
1. Please rate the Sessions overall by choosing the appropriate number: Rating Scale:1 Strongly Disagree, 2 Disagree, 3 Neutral, 4 Agree, 5 Strongly Agree
Sufficient time was allowed for audience participation/active learning.
The facilities were satisfactory.
The session was free from commercial bias.
Overall, I would rate this Symposium as excellent.
2. Please assess the Speaker by choosing the appropriate number: Rating Scale:1 Strongly Disagree, 2 Disagree, 3 Neutral, 4 Agree, 5 Strongly Agree
The opioid crisis, drug checking and clinical laboratory: is there a link? - Dr. Christophe Stove, Ghent University, Laboratory of Toxicology

Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:
  1. Point out the advantages and limitations of microsampling
  2. Choose for what application(s) microsampling may be useful
  3. Discuss the utility of microsampling for toxicology testing
Clarity of Voice
Met Stated Objectives
Balanced & Unbiased
Relevant to Practice Overall
Time for Active Learning
3. Please assess the Speaker by choosing the appropriate number: Rating Scale: 1 Strongly Disagree, 2 Disagree, 3 Neutral, 4 Agree, 5 Strongly Agree
Harm reduction/Safe consumption sites, Drug Checking and Clinical Laboratories - Dr. Christiana Stefan, Clinical Biochemist/Toxicologist, Laboratory Director, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:
  1. Describe drug checking as a public health response to reduce the harms associated with substance use and prevent overdose
  2. Understand the role of the clinical laboratory in drug checking and related legislative requirements in Canada
  3. Discuss the service goals of the Toronto’s Drug Checking Project for drug identification
  4. Evaluate the importance of advanced analytical strategies in the identification of novel drugs
  5. Discuss outcomes of Toronto’s Drug Checking Project regarding drug findings, laboratory, clinical and public health impacts
Clarity of Voice
Met Stated Objectives
Balanced & Unbiased
Relevant to Practice Overall
Time for Active Learning
4. Please assess the Speaker by choosing the appropriate number: Rating Scale: 1 Strongly Disagree, 2 Disagree, 3 Neutral, 4 Agree, 5 Strongly Agree

Beyond the Sample: The humanity of harm reduction and opioid agonist therapy in Alberta - Christina Zagnelli, Outreach Team Nurse Practitioner, Alberta Health Services
Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

  1. Develop an understanding of harm reduction strategies, challenge stigma and assumptions around substance use and the approaches needed to turn the tide on the public health crisis of drug poisonings;
  2. Integrate knowledge of established and emerging approaches to opioid agonist therapy into the clinical laboratory setting;
  3. Recognize the role of clinical chemistry in a public health crisis; demonstrate awareness of the broader social implications of provincial strategies to address the drug poisoning crisis, availability of harm reduction services, and the integration of novel opioid agonist therapies
Clarity of Voice
Met Stated Objectives
Balanced & Unbiased
Relevant to Practice Overall
Time for Active Learning
5. Please assess the Speaker by choosing the appropriate number: Rating Scale: 1 Strongly Disagree, 2 Disagree, 3 Neutral, 4 Agree, 5 Strongly Agree

Beyond the Sample: The humanity of harm reduction and opioid agonist therapy in Alberta - Rachel Edwards, UVIC
Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

  1. Develop an understanding of harm reduction strategies, challenge stigma and assumptions around substance use and the approaches needed to turn the tide on the public health crisis of drug poisonings;
  2. Integrate knowledge of established and emerging approaches to opioid agonist therapy into the clinical laboratory setting;
  3. Recognize the role of clinical chemistry in a public health crisis; demonstrate awareness of the broader social implications of provincial strategies to address the drug poisoning crisis, availability of harm reduction services, and the integration of novel opioid agonist therapies
Clarity of Voice
Met Stated Objectives
Balanced & Unbiased
Relevant to Practice Overall
Time for Active Learning
6. As a result of attending this session, I am planning to: (please check one)
a) Discuss the session with my colleagues
b) Pursue additional learning activities.
c) Complete a Personal Learning Project.
d) Not change my practice.
3) Change my practice.
8. Please indicate which CanMEDS roles you felt were addressed during this educational activity. (Select all that apply)

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