City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds: André Picard

2018 Barnet Berris Lecture

Fixing medicare: What are the impediments to health reform

André Picard

André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and the author of five books, including the current bestseller Matters of Life and Death: Public Health Issues in Canada.
He is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University and has received honorary degrees from six Canadian universities, including the University of Toronto.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Summarize the pros and cons of Canada’s medicare system through an examination its history.
2. Discuss the financial, political and administrative barriers to reforming Canada’s health system.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the evolving social contract between government, patients and health professionals. 
4. Reflect on the necessary systemic changes to meet evolving societal needs through dialogue with representatives of the pharmacy community.

Hosted at:

• Sinai Health – Mount Sinai Hospital
  18th floor Auditorium

Interactive videoconference:

• Baycrest
  Telehealth boardroom
• Markham Stouffville
  A2317/18
• Michael Garron
  Gray Steele conference room
• Sinai Health
  Bridgepoint: G.001
• St. Josephs
  Sunnyside Lounce
• St. Michael’s
  LKSKI: Keenan Research Centre auditorium - 2nd fl.
• Sunnybrook
  Bayview: McLaughlin Lecture Theatre, EG 61
  St. John's Rehab: S3 332
• Trillium Health Partners
  Credit Valley: ADMIN Meeting Room #1 (4F119)
  Mississauga: Clinical Admin Building, CA4 Large Boardroom “A”
• University Health Network
  Toronto General: Medical Education, Eaton Ground 025/026
  Toronto Western: Main auditorium, 2W 401
• West Park
  R3 Sunroom
• Women's College
  Auditorium, 2501

Webcast available

Questions will be accepted via email at uoft.cwmgr@gmail.com and Twitter.  

Evaluation & Attendance

Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.

CWMGR Poster - 18-03-21.pdf