The MSSU will host a second season of our LHS in Action webinar series. How do you move from national standards to real-world impact? Join us for a practical look at how the first-ever pediatric pain management standard is being implemented in Nova Scotia. Learn how Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP), IWK Health, and rural hospitals are working together to understand local needs, break down the standard into focused steps, and support improvement across diverse care settings.
Speakers: Dr. Katie Birnie – Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Patti Douglas – Clinical Implementation Specialist in Pediatric Pain Management
When: September 10, 2025, at 12pm AT
Where: Online (Teams)
Cost: Free
Register: Learning in Action: Transforming National Guidance in Pediatric Pain into Local Impact
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BRIC-NS Student Seminar Series: October 2025
The BRIC NS Student Seminar Series is an opportunity for students across Nova Scotia to share their completed or in-progress research.
Presentation Title: “Health Outcomes and Healthcare Access Experiences of Incarcerated and Recently Released Women in Rural Areas: A scoping review.”
Presenter: Clare Heggie, MA, PhD Candidate
Clare Heggie is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick, supervised by Dr. Martha Paynter. Her research is focused on the health impacts of incarceration and criminalization on women and gender diverse people, and she has been involved in a number of projects examining the experience of accessing reproductive healthcare in prisons. She is a recipient of a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship from SSHRC.
Date and time: October 16, 2025, 12-1pm, AST, via Zoom
Webinar Registration – Zoom
BRIC NS Primary Care Learning Series Registration : September 2025
Date et heure
17 sept. 2025 11:00 AM
Description
Dr. Beth McDougall, PhD, will present: “Validation and Application of a Needs-Based Complexity Case-Mix System for Community-Based Primary Health Care Planning and Research » Beth McDougall is a Senior Epidemiologist with Nova Scotia Health Performance and Analytics and has worked in health research for almost 20 years. She recently completed her PhD in Epidemiology and Applied Health Research at Dalhousie University under the supervision of Dr. George Kephart and is set to graduate in October 2025. She is passionate about health, with research interests spanning primary health care, mental health and addictions, health services research and clinical trials. She particularly enjoys contributing to projects that advance evidence-based decision-making in healthcare. In her spare time, Beth loves hiking and keeping up with her energetic 16-month-old and playful Labrador Retriever.
Family Physicians with a Geriatric Focus: Describing their Medical Practice Patterns and Impacts
BRIC NS Student Seminar Series – September 2024
Date et heure : 25 septembre 2024 à 11 h 00
Description : Dr. Rebecca Correia will be presenting « Family Physicians with a Geriatric Focus: Describing their Medical Practice Patterns and Impacts »Rebecca recently completed her PhD and began a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dalhousie University in the Department of Family Medicine. She is a health services researcher with interests in primary care, aging, health human resources, and medical education. She trained at McMaster University (PhD, Health Research Methodology, 2024) and the University of Waterloo (BSc, Honours Health Studies, 2019). Her dissertation included a modified Delphi study and two population-based observational studies to investigate the impacts of added competency training and focused medical practice among family physicians on caring for older adults. During her postdoc, Rebecca will lead mixed-methods, multi-provincial studies to understand the impacts of population aging on primary care needs and capacity.
