Lab Q Con 2025 Schedule

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Monday, June 16th
Time Speaker Topic
7:30 Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Zu-hua Gao, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS, FRSM

Professor and Head
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
Provincial Program Medical Director, BC Cancer
Attending Pathologist, BC Cancer Vancouver
Research Scientist, BC Cancer Research Institute

 Welcome message, acknowledgements
8:15-8:45 Dr. Lucy A. Perrone,

Donald B. Rix Professor of Laboratory Quality

Director, Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management, UBC

 Welcome message, Acknowledgements

Promoting diagnostic quality in the interest of the patient
8:45 – 9:15 Ms. Eileen Davidson

“Chronic Eileen”,

Patient Advocate, Patient Voices Network of BC

 Personal patient perspectives on the role of diagnostic medicine
9:15 – 9:45 Craig Ivany

Chief Provincial Diagnostics Officer

PLMS

Provincial Health Services Authority

 Laboratory System Quality and Performance – Personal patient perspectives on quality through the continuum of care.
9:45 – 10:15 Katherine (Katie) Monai,

and

Constance (Hope) Byrne

Strategic Leads for Medical Biochemistry and Medical Microbiology, PLMS

 Diagnostic Services Monitoring and Evaluation- BC’s Provincial Lab Medicine Services’ Discipline Advisory Committees

 
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 Dr. Marthe Charles

Microbiology Laboratory Director, VGH

 Use of disruptive technology and lab automation to improve quality.
11:00-11:30 David Goldfarb, MD

Microbiology Laboratory Director, BC Children’s

 Skip the Trauma and Diagnose Mycoplasma! – a quality improvement initiative for the diagnosis of respiratory tract infections in children
11:30-12:00 Robby Chen
Manager, PLMS Analytics
Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)		 Lab Results Anomaly Detection: A Case Study on Dashboard(s) for Quality Improvement
12:00 – 12:15 Community Q&A
12:15 – 13:30 Hosted Lunch in the Paezole Health Education Centre Atrium
13:30-14:00 Joanne Isber, MBA, MLT, MLS

Program Director-Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Coroner Services & Forensics
Interior Health, BC

 Lessons from the field: – workforce engagement on quality
14:00 – 14:30 Devena Steinmann, MA, BSc, MLT

Senior Director, Laboratory Operations,

Laboratory Medicine & Pathology

Fraser Health

 From Bench to Belonging: Reimagining Orientation and Engagement in the Lab Medicine Workforce
14:30-15:00 Carolyn Shiau, MD

Anatomic pathologist
Fraser Health

 Resource Utilization in Anatomic Pathology – Back to Basics
15:00 – 15:30 Christine Yamniuk
Cheryl LauAlberta Precision Labs		 From Data to Action: Improving Healthcare Outcomes
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:30

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

Topic: Enablers of Laboratory System Performance and Quality

Facilitated by: Dr. Lucy Perrone

The panel will include speakers from the day to participate in a round-table discussion and Q&A with the audience.
16:30 Dr. Lucy A. Perrone Closing remarks
17:00-17:30

VGH Lab Tour- open to in-person delegates only
(Please sign up at the LabQCon registration desk as spots will be limited)
17:00 – 19:30

Networking Reception

 

 

Tuesday, June 17th
Time Speaker Topic
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 Dr. Lucy A. Perrone Welcome message, Acknowledgements.
8:45-9:15 Christine Bruce, MHA, CHE, MLT

Senior Director, University Health Network, Toronto Ontario

 Cross-Matched for Change: A Leadership Call Towards Patient-Centered Practice
9:15 – 9:45 Colin Carey

Senior Program Manager,
Diagnostic Accreditation Program, British Columbia

 BC’s Accreditation Perspectives on community-based Point of Care testing
9:45 – 10:15 Jennifer Roberts BSc, MLT,MEd

Senior Program Manager,
AC Diagnostics, Ontario

 Accreditation Perspectives of Laboratories and Point of Care testing sites.
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Corey Murray, MBA, MLT

Senior Provincial Director,
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
NL Health Services,
Newfoundland

 Newfoundland and Labrador Health Accord – The blueprint for Laboratory Services
11:00-11:30 Mary Kinloch, MD, FRCPC

Gynecologic Pathologist

Area Department Lead, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan

 Practical Pre-analytic Optimization for Molecular Testing Success in Anatomic Pathology
11:30 – 12:00 Kristin Rosinski

Strategic Lead – Transfusion Medicine,
Provincial Blood Coordinating Office, Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services
Provincial Health Services Authority

 Collaborating for Quality in Changing Landscapes; Transfusion Medicine Culture in BC
12:00 – 12:20 Amanda VanSpronsen, MLT, PhD

Associate Professor, Lab Medicine & Pathology

University of Alberta, Edmonton

 The Unseen Stewards: Medical Laboratory Professionals as Diagnostic Quality Partners
12:20 – 12:30 Community Q&A
12:30 – 13:30 Hosted Lunch Break
13:30 – 13:50 Mr. Phillip Morehouse,

National Director of Quality, LifeLabs

 Simple Tool = Big Results!! Using PDCA to improve Quality and Change Adoption!!
13:50 – 14:10 David Seccombe MD, PhD FRCPC

Managing Director
Canadian External Quality Assessment Laboratory (CEQAL)

 The BC Creatinine Standardization Program as a model for accuracy-based point of care testing in community programs.
14:10 – 14:40 Alison Bodnar,

CEO Pharmacists Association of Nova Scotia

 Pharmacies – Meeting community testing needs
14:40 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:00 PANEL DISCUSSION

 

Topic: Quality expectations for outpatient and Point of Care settings

 

Facilitated by: Dr.. Lucy Perrone

Sheila Woodcock, QSE consulting Inc.

The panel will include speakers from the day to participate in a round-table discussion and Q&A with the audience.
16:00 – 16:30 Community Q&A Discussion
16:30 Closing remarks
Post conference survey