2017 Integrative Health Institute Conference: Contemporary Insights for Optimizing Health
The Integrative Health Institute conference promotes knowledge translation and networking for health care providers, academics, learners, health administrators, and other key stakeholders. This year's conference themes are 1) chronic pain, 2) mental health, and 3) health system transformation.
Items in this Collection
- 3University of Alberta. Integrative Health Institute
- 2Jeff Allen Productions, Inc., - Videographer
- 1Boon, Heather
- 1Gaudet, Tracy W.
- 1Indigenous right to health
- 1Jeff Allen Productions Inc., - Videographeer
- 32017/10/27
- 12017, November
- 1Acupuncture - Law and Legislation - Canada - Ontario
- 1Aspirational model of health care
- 1Ayurvedic medicine - modern practices
- 1Chinese medicine - modern practices
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2017-10-27
University of Alberta. Integrative Health Institute
This is the agenda from the one-day conference of the University of Alberta's Integrative Health Institute. The conference was held from 7:30 a.m. to 5:p.m. on October 27, 2017 in Bernard Snell Hall, with break-out events in nearby venues. Breakout sessions focused on Indigenous health,...
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IHI 2017 Conference - Afternoon Workshops poster
2017-10-27
University of Alberta. Integrative Health Institute
This poster contains photographs and biographical notes for the speakers who presented workshops at the 2017 IHI Conference in Edmonton, AB.
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IHI 2017 Conference - Speed Talk Presenters poster
2017-10-27
University of Alberta. Integrative Health Institute
This poster includes photographs and biographical notes for the four presenters who gave speed talks at the IHI 2017 Conference in Edmonton, on October 27, 2017.
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Indigenous Health Challenges
2017-10-27
Dr. Esther Tailfeathers works as a physician with Alberta Health Services in both Fort Chipewyan, in northern Alberta and Blood (Kainai) Indian Reserve in southern Alberta. Dr Tailfeathers speaks about the state of the health of Indigenous people in Alberta. She also addressed the determinants...
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Indigenous Health: Path to Reconciliation
2017-11-01
Indigenous right to health, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Residential Schools, Littlechild, Wilton, Traditional medicine
Dr. Wilton Littlechild, IPC, CM, FP, QC, Granchief, Treaty 6 Nations addressed the 2017 Integrative Health Conference at the University of Alberta. Dr. Littlechild presented images of the Ermineskin Residential School and spoke of his 14 years in three different schools. He spoke of the genesis...
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Regulation of Traditional Medicine (Be Careful What You Wish For)
2017-10-27
Dr. Heather Boon, Professor and Dean, Leslie Dean Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto speaks to the process of regulation of traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture in Ontario and the unexpected consequences of regulation on some members of the practitioner community. Dr. Boon...
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Teamwork: Improved patient Experience, Patient Care and Patient Safety
2017-10-27
Dr. Maeve O'Beirne, University of Calgary speaks to what makes health care teams effective and the importance of strong teamwork in health care environments.
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The Impact of History on Traditional Asian Medicine
2017-10-27
Dr. Dominik Wujastyk of the Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta discusses the practices of "ancient" medicines in the modern world. Iconography of the presence of medical practices in the modern world.
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The Radical Redesign of Healthcare: The Why, What and How
2017-10-27
Whole Health is an approach to health care that empowers AND equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their life to the fullest. Asks "What do people live for?" Concludes with a video of a true story of 5 octogenarian Taiwanese men, all with illnesses who decide to...