Please see below for the following updates:

• REMINDER: Annual Medical Staff Re-appointments
• REMINDER: Nominations now open:  SMHDOM Master Clinician Award, Dr. Michael R Freeman Award for Integrity and Professionalism, and the Dr. Michael Ward Mentorship Award
• Important Update-CMaRS/LMS
• Code Orange simulation in St. Michael’s Emergency Department on March 28
• Patient Safety Education Series

CMaRS went live for all of UHT –  all physicians should have received an email from CMaRS.

If you did not receive the CMaRs email today, please contact Narisha Jiwa at [email protected]

Please be sure to complete your re-appointment before March 31!

Nominations are open for the following SMH DOM Awards:

• SMHDOM Master Clinician Award
• Michael R Freeman Award for Integrity and Professionalism
• Michael Ward Mentorship Award

Nomination deadline is March 31^st.  Please see the attached emails for more details about these awards.

There seems to be some confusion on accessing the LMS now that UHT has changed to Elevate.

A reminder that for cmars reappointment all medical staff will continue to use the old LMS, we will switch over to Elevate after reappointment.

The link to use is in cmars and in the attached, if you would like to circulate within your departments for the ones who still need to complete cmars.

https://lmsreappointment.unityhealth.to/

For any questions please email: [email protected]

A Code Orange (external disaster) simulation will take place on the morning of March 28 from roughly 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the St. Michael’s Emergency Department (ED). This simulation is being conducted for training and emergency preparedness purposes.

Please note that the simulation will include the presence of a variety of partners and will use a variety of spaces throughout the hospital, including the trauma bay, Acute A zone, main ED waiting room, acute ED waiting room, operating room and ambulance bay.

The trauma bay will be briefly unavailable during the exercise, but an alternative room will be designated in the ED for trauma patients. All other spaces will remain open to patients and function as usual.

If you have questions or concerns please contact Dr. Rachel Poley. 

Patient Safety Education Sessions

The Patient Safety Team is offering three interactive educational sessions via zoom that are open to all staff to attend. We hope that you will consider registering if you are looking to build your patient safety knowledge.

We will be capping each of these modules to 60 participants. First come first served! If you happen to miss it, not to worry as we will be offering again!

1. Patient Safety Culture – Wednesday March 27^th 2024, 1pm-2pm
2. Human Factors – Wednesday April 24^th 2024, 1pm-2:30pm
3. Patient Safety Event Review – Wednesday May 29^th 2024, 1pm-2pm

What’s In It for Me?

• Better understand why error occurs in healthcare
• Learn easy-to-apply patient safety principles
• Learn how to incorporate a patient safety lens in your day to day work
• Learn more about the event review process at Unity Health and how to apply it
• Connect with colleagues across Unity Health and learn with/from one another
• Participation certificates available for each session
• Patient Safety Champion lanyard pin upon completion of all three sessions per attendee

Click on the link(s) below to register for 1 to all 3 of the sessions:

Module 1: Patient Safety Culture, Wednesday March 27, 2024, 1pm-2pm

https://ca01web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5csceuorjkuHNc1RhuXUWvtD84sEO8a1Exg

Module 2: Human Factors, Wednesday April 24, 2024, 1pm-2:30pm

https://ca01web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Yvf-murDksHNF5nqlUT1fJivlpf79YTc4k

Module 3: Patient Safety Event Review, Wednesday May 29, 2024, 1pm-2pm

https://ca01web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Itc-qvqz4pHdTekBpr1wEEaWX2PVqdYt5v

Upon registration please add the meeting to your calendar to save the link.

Contact Sarane Poon at [email protected] for any questions or more information.