Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/06/2023
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Event Presentation: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Reflecting Together: 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (see details further below)

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The virtual event link will be sent to registrants upon registration and on the day of the event. All are welcome to attend this event.

Join our Collaborative Conversation on Wednesday, June 7 at 12:00 p.m. with Drs. Kathryn Fisher and Melissa Northwood, of the School of Nursing at McMaster University, Ethel Macatangay, Patient Care Director-Nephrology and Chronic Disease Management, Scarborough Health Network, and patient research partner, Frank Tang, on Assessing the Scalability of the Aging, Community & Health Research Unit Community Partnership Program (ACHRU-CPP): An Intervention for Older Adults with Diabetes and Multiple Chronic Conditions. 

A scalability assessment is the necessary first step in implementing (scaling up) an intervention to reach broader populations. This presentation focuses on the process used to assess the scalability of the Aging, Community & Health Research Unit Community Partnership Program (ACHRU-CPP), a self-management intervention for older adults with diabetes and multiple chronic conditions. Emphasis is placed on the engagement of key stakeholders in the process to make informed decisions about whether and how to strategically scale-up the intervention within the current policy and practice context. 

During this conversation between research partners, we will discuss:  

• The purpose of scalability assessment 
• Tools to assess scalability 
• Stakeholder involvement in scalability assessment 
• Challenges in assessing scalability 

Reflecting Together will take place immediately following this live webinar at 1:00 p.m. This is an opportunity for community members to come together and share their thoughts on the topics discussed during this event. We hope you will be able to join as we continue the conversation and take our learnings into action. 

The Collaborative is committed to the accessibility and inclusion of persons with disabilities. If you require any accessibility accommodations to ensure your full participation at this event, please email collabor@mcmcaster.ca and/or let us know when you register for this event. 

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Speakers 

Kathryn Fisher, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at McMaster University. She is actively involved in shaping the undergraduate nursing curriculum as it relates to health sciences and evidence-informed decision-making. Kathryn’s research focuses on chronic illness and multimorbidity in older adults. She is currently using her expertise in quantitative analyses to analyze population-level data with the goal of answering questions about the prevalence of chronic illness and multimorbidity, changes over time in disease prevalence, how multimorbidity shapes healthcare service use or other outcomes, measurement issues, and socio-demographic and other factors shaping the relationship between multimorbidity and service use. Kathryn is interested in improving clinical trial methods, with interests in linking quantitative results with those from implementation science, designing trials to support large-scale implementation, and linking patient-reported data with administrative data. 

Ethel Macatangay, RN, BScN, CNeph( C), MSH (M), is the patient care director of Nephrology and Chronic Disease Management at Scarborough Health Network, one of the key sites participating in the ACHRU-CPP study since its inception and continues to be involved in this scale up. Ethel provides leadership to the ongoing development and improvement of Nephrology and Diabetes Care in Scarborough; whose region has among the highest prevalence of Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease in the Province. Leveraging the learnings and outcomes of this study into the operations within the Scarborough Diabetes Program, assists in assuring effective and improved care for patients and families living with diabetes.

Melissa Northwood, RN, PhD, GNC(C), is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at McMaster University and an applied health researcher who conducts collaborative research with older adults and health and social care partners to improve the well-being of older adults, the culture of the practice environment, and the development of a learning health system. Her aim is to create highly relevant evidence that can be mobilized by the health and social care system to foster integration and address complexity. Melissa’s expertise and lengthy practice career in nursing informs her program of research. Prior to joining the School of Nursing in November of 2020, she practiced in acute, post-acute, outpatient, and home and community care settings with a focus on older adults with multiple chronic conditions. 

Frank Tang has been a professional engineer in nuclear engineering with Ontario Power Generation for almost three decades, and an adjunct professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) teaching information technology management and supply chain management courses. Of Chinese heritage, Dr. Tang became a patient research partner on the study, ACHRU Community Partnership Program for Diabetes Self-Management for Older Adults, to share his personal experience as a caregiver and as a person who is living with diabetes. He is also a patient partner with Diabetes Action Canada.