Activities & Events

This rapid literature review explores the needs and challenges faced by male caregivers, identifying the available support services. Generally, these men encounter emotional, physical, social, economic, and legal challenges. The needs vary among populations, including men in general, those from ethnocultural communities, the LGBTQ2A+ community, rural areas, and senior men.

This review highlights the necessity of developing targeted interventions, tailored and inclusive support programs, as well as holistic and flexible approaches to address their diverse needs.

Objectives: 

• To determine the needs, issues, and best practices
  of male caregiving.
• To identify the various support services used by
  male caregivers.

Speakers: 

• Bertine Sandra Akouamba, PHD; LSSGB.: Scientific Advisor at the Health and Social Services Technology and Intervention Assessment Unit of the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal since 2018. Holding a doctorate in microbiology and immunology and a Lean Six Sigma certification, she has been developing evidence-based decision support tools since 2012.
• Sophie Audette-Chapdelaine: Scientific advisor at the Health and Social Services Technology and Intervention Assessment Unit of the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de Montréal, she has nearly 20 years of experience in research and scientific knowledge dissemination, particularly in health, law, and anthropology.

Exploring non-pharmacological approaches when managing behaviours

People living with a major neurocognitive disorder (MNCD) are vulnerable as their cognitive impairment distorts how they see and interpret their environment. This webinar will discuss how anxiety is the root of many behaviours exhibited by people with MNCD. With a better understanding of the reason why a person with MNCD can become anxious, intervenors can use non-pharmacological approaches to intervene and respond to the person’s need.

Speaker: 

• Meghan Williams, NSW: Meghan Williams is a Social Worker at the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre. With over 17 years of clinical experience in dementia and other related neurocognitive disorder care, she uses a person-centred approach to improve the quality of lives of families and individuals.

Presentation of research results from the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and clinical experience from the Grand Chemin.

The Internet and new technologies occupy a central place in our personal and professional lives. Young people, born into this digital environment, are daily users. However, for some, this use becomes excessive, leading to psychological, social and professional impacts as well as feelings of distress: this is what is known as cyberaddiction.

This webinar will offer an overview of current research into cyberaddiction among young people, while proposing concrete solutions to encourage healthy use of technology. It will also include a testimonial and a presentation by the Grand Chemin organization.

Objectives: 

• Recognizing the impact of cyberaddiction on the brain and hippocampus;
• Showing the complex profile of young people with problematic Internet use (UPI);
• Identifying solutions: everything is reversible.

Speakers: 

• DR. Véronique Bohbot, PHD.: Dr. Bohbot is an expert in the field of spatial memory. She uses virtual reality and neuroimaging to study the impact of technologies such as video games on the hippocampus and their consequences for healthy cognition, as well as stimulating memory and the hippocampus, thereby reducing the risk of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
• Marie-Josée Michaud: Ms. Michaud is a Coordinator of prevention services, consultant in addiction, screen and substance use disorders. With an exceptional ability to make complex ideas accessible and captivating, she transforms abstract concepts into tangible knowledge. She excels at creating a stimulating learning environment. She draws on her experience as a youth worker.

Exploring non-pharmacological approaches when managing behaviours

People living with a major neurocognitive disorder (MNCD) are vulnerable as their cognitive impairment distorts how they see and interpret their environment. This webinar will discuss how anxiety is the root of many behaviours exhibited by people with MNCD. With a better understanding of the reason why a person with MNCD can become anxious, intervenors can use non-pharmacological approaches to intervene and respond to the person’s need.

Speaker: 

• Meghan Williams, NSW: Meghan Williams is a Social Worker at the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre. With over 17 years of clinical experience in dementia and other related neurocognitive disorder care, she uses a person-centred approach to improve the quality of lives of families and individuals.

Presentation of research results and clinical examples

There has been an increase across Canada and around the world in death by suicide and Emergency Department visits related to suicidal ideation and attempts by young people, including those under 14 years old. This is particularly true for girls. This webinar will look at current knowledge in suicide in young people under 14 years old. It will include research results, guidelines, and clinical illustrations.

Speakers: 

• Marie-Claude Geoffroy, PhD : Marie-Claude is a psychologist, associate professor at McGill University, and a researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention and studies youth suicide, risk and protective factors. She also intervenes to improve youth mental health
• Michel Spodenkiewicz, MD, PhD: Child psychiatrist and researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. His research looks at the mental health of vulnerable youth, including suicidal behaviours and depression. Using quantitative and qualitative approaches, he aims to improve treatments by integrating diverse perspectives to create a global understanding of mental health.

May 21st, 2024: Attitudes of Early Chidcare Staff toward Inclusive Education

Presentation of research results

Given new policies on inclusivity, studies on inclusivity in school settings show significant link between the attitudes of the staff and the quality of inclusion for children in early childood care settings. It is the first experience with integration for these children, and few studies have looked into staff attitudes on inclusive education in such settings. 

Speaker: 

• Catalina Mejia-Cardenas, PhD/Psy: Catalina has worked at the CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'île-de-Montréal since 2020.She provides psychotherapy to users and clinical support to intervention teams. She is also part of the autism and intellectual disabilities diagnostic assessment team. She holds a graduate diploma in autism intervention and a PhD in psychology. Catalina has over 10 years' experience working with autistic individuals. In addition to her clinical work, she also lectures at UQÀM.

April 23rd, 2024: Opioid Use Disorders: Meeting needs to support recovery

Presentation of research results

Opioid use disorders (OUD) and their impacts have increased in recent decades, affecting a heterogeneous group of people. It is estimated that a significant proportion of people affected by an OUD receive no evidence-based treatments to reduce the negative consequences of opioid use. A series of structural, clinical and individual obstacles hinder both access to treatment and continuation of treatment. Our work highlights different profiles of individuals with an OUD, as well as their needs, experiences, and recovery objectives, in order to provide services that are better adapted.

Speakers: 

• Michel Perreault, PhD: Researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and an associate professor in the department of psychiatry at McGill University. He is also an adjunct professor in psychology (UQÀM) and in addiction (Université de Sherbrooke), as well as a researcher with the Institut universitaire sur les dépendances, the Réseau information scientifiques du Québec and the Québec Pain Research Networt.
• Léonie Archambault, PhD: Researcher with the Institut universitaire sur les dépendances at the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal. From
  2012 to 2013 she worked at the Douglas Research Centre on a number of opioid-related projects under the supervision of Michel Perreault
• Isabelle Boisvert: Patient partner and speaker with experiential knowledge. Responsible for partnerships with and for the laboratory of Dr. Julie Bruneau (Centre de recherche du CHUM/ICRIS-CRISM Québec).

Severe mental illness is associated with cognitive deficits that impact daily functioning and hinder recovery. The efficacy of psychosocial interventions that support cognitive health is well established, though not widely implemented. The use of digital technology gained some ground during the COVID-19 pandemic, improving access. This webinar will focus on the latest advances in this field.

• DELPHINE RAUCHER-CHÉNÉ, MD, PhD:
  Dr Raucher-Chéné joined the Douglas Research Centre in May 2023 as a new clinician and researcher and has worked as a psychiatrist since 2010. Alongside her clinical work, she furthered her research training, completing a doctorate and a post-doctoral fellowship at McGill University / Douglas (from 2019 to 2021). Dre Raucher-Chéné also joined McGill University as an Assistant Professor in 2023. Her research program focuses on the development of a comprehensive understanding of the cognitive psychopathology of severe mental illness, across stages, from neuroimaging to remediation.

February 27, 2024: The Why and How of Implementing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).

Angle of the webinar: presentation of research findings

Presentation in French
Question period in both languages

Cancer treatment can sometimes have side effects that aren’t sufficiently known or treated. One way to address these is to have all patients regularly complete standardized questionnaires about their side effects. These questionnaires are commonly referred to as Patient-Reported Outcome Measures or PROMs.The presentation will look at the e-IMPAQc project, which aims to roll out PROMs across Québec.

Speakers:

• SYLVIE LAMBERT, RN, PHD.: Sylvie Lambert is an associate professor at the Ingram School of Nursing at McGill University and a researcher at St. Mary’s Research Centre. She is known nationally and internationally for her publications. She has received numerous awards for her research, particularly in the fields of patient education, research on caregivers, and patient reporting of results.

January 30^th, 2024: Applying the DIALOG+ model of care for psychiatric outpatients with severe mental illness in combination with Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis.

Angle of the webinar: presentation of research findings

Mostly in English. Questions can be asked and answered in either language (French or English)

DIALOG+ is an evidence-based, UK open access measurement-based  tool for eliciting from people with severe mental illness their satisfaction with both life domains (quality of life) and their experience of care, and the domains for which they would like help.

Speakers:

• Eric Latimer, PhD.: his research has focused on evidence-based practices for people with severe mental illness. These practices have included Assertive Community Treatment, the Individual Placement and Support model of supported employment, Strengths Model Case Management and Housing First for people who are also experiencing homelessness. 
• Manuela Ferrari, PhD.: She applies participatory design to e-Mental Health interventions to enhance access to care, treatment, and client engagement with services. She has helped create different digital technologies and intervention for clinical use, including video games, apps, digital assessment and monitoring platform, and virtual reality training.

December 19^th: 

Simulation in the context of psychosocial issues: a case study on screening for conjugal violence.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• All healthcare professionals in contact with clients.

A case study by the Ingram School of Nursing’s Satoko Shibata Clinical Nursing Laboratories has helped to better identify psychosocial needs in all clinical settings, so that the risks of conjugal violence can be addressed early on.

Presentation in French with bilingual Q&A.

Speaker:

• HUGO MARCHAND, RN, BNI, CCNE:  He is part of a newly created advisory committee for online education within the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. At the ISoN he has developed and facilitated simulations based on social issues. He gives regular workshops on education and simulation for healthcare professionals across the McGill healthcare network.
• CATHERINE LEBLANC, RN, BSCN:  She has been a Faculty Lecturer at the Ingram School of Nursing (ISoN) since 2017. She has taught simulation in the ISoN Satoko Shibata Clinical Nursing Laboratories since her start at the school. Since January 2023 she is also the Associate Director of the Satoko Shibata Clinical Nursing Laboratories. She has taken numerous courses in simulation, including one given by the Royal College of Physicians.

October 31^th:  Can we do without IPC advisors?

TARGET AUDIENCE

• IPC advisors, nurses, managers, and healthcare workers or employees within the healthcare network interested in IPC

During the pandemic, IPC advisors usually assigned to hospitals and residential centres across the CISSS’ and CIUSSS’ were called on to support and manage community outbreaks and outbreaks in private facilities (PSRs and private CHSLDs) on their territory.

For greater insight into potential strategies for retaining infection prevention and control employees, the Delegated Directorate—Infection Prevention and Control at the MWI CIUSSS carried out a study on the reasons why nurses stay on the IPC teams and what contributed or would contribute to making them want to stay.

Speaker:

• RAMONA RODRIGUES, RN, BSc, MSc(A), CIC, CNS-IPC, FAPIC, Delegated Director—Infection Prevention and Control, MWI CIUSSS An active member of the Table nationale de la PCI, Ramona has over 36 years’ experience in IPC. She also coordinates the undergraduate course in Infection Prevention and Control at McGill University’s Ingram School of Nursing.
• NATHALIE PIGEON, RN, BScN Manager—Infection Prevention and Control

April 20^th: Measures to promote Hospital Fluidity

TARGET AUDIENCE

Everyone in the healthcare network

Presentation in French

Learn more about how our CIUSSS measures performance indicators for patient flow so that every day we can implement clinical actions and improve the qualityand accessibility of care for our users.

Speakers:

PIERRE LEMAY, Associate Director—Quality, Assessment, Performance and Ethics Directorate (QAPED)

ALESSANDRA TAVERNESE, Planner—Programming and Research, Fluidity Program

May 2^nd: Using augmented reality in Spine Surgery

TARGET AUDIENCE

Everyone in the healthcare network

In surgery, the use of Augmented Reality supported surgical navigation techniques is not novel; however, existing systems often require the surgeon to shift attention from the operating field to the monitor where specific patient information is displayed. A “Surgical Reality System” will be presented that provides patient-specific information using highly accurate integrated coordinate system.

Speakers:

ANTONIA ARNAERT, Associate Professor at the McGill University Ingram School of Nursing; Associate Member of the McGill University Department of Surgery, Division of Experimental Surgery; Global Oncology Associate Member of the McGill University Department of Oncology; Associate Member of the St. Mary’s Research Centre, and an Associate Researcher at the Integrated Health and Social Services Center Outaouais (CISSS de l’Outaouais).

June 20^th: THE INNOVATION PROCESS: Myths, Facts, and Scope

TARGET AUDIENCE

Innovation skeptics and supporters within the health and social services network

Presentation in French

The innovation process is too often compared to a path littered with obstacles. Where to start? How to innovate? How to report the results and, at the same time, get your colleagues and workplace on board in this new era?

Speaker: