Breakfast Webinar: Highlights and Implications of the Ontario Science Table's Brief on Primary Care

On October 3, 2022, the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (OST) released its final brief, a 3-part exploration of how primary care responded to and was affected by the pandemic, and implications for ongoing health system planning and policy.

• Part 1 examines the essential role PHC played in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the one it continues to play in managing the fallout from the pandemic, and the one it will play in helping ensure we’re prepared for the next public health emergency. 
• Part 2 describes the great challenge this presents to PHC providers and teams as they are being relied upon to deliver much more care without additional support.
• Part 3 presents a deeper examination of five key lessons learned and shared in the first two parts.

In this webinar, we heard from a panel of primary health care experts who contributed to that brief. They shared some of the most significant findings and implications of that report. Participants came away with a deeper understanding of how primary health care providers and organizations pivoted to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly changing needs and constraints it presented; how the pandemic continues to affect population health and the role of primary care; and how both care delivery and the health care system will need to adapt to so that primary health care organizations can continue to provide high-quality, equitable care in the face of all these changes.

The webinar was recorded, and the recording can be viewed below. The slide deck is available here.

If you have questions for the panelists, please email them to Jennifer.Rayner@AllianceON.org or DocDanielle.Martin@utoronto.ca

#Panelists

	Dr. Imaan Bayoumi, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at Queens University, Family Physician, Member of the Ontario Science Table
	Dr. Danielle Martin, Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, Famly Physician at Women's College Hospital, Member of the Ontario Science Table
	Dr. Jennifer Rayner, Director of Research and Evaluation at the Alliance for Healthier Communities, Adjunct Research Professor at Western University, Contributor to the Ontario Science Table Briefs on Primary Care

 

#Partners

This webinar is presented in partnership with the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) and the Nurse Practitioner--Led Clinic Association (NPLCA).