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The education day will cover:
- 1- Principles of Quality Improvement (QI)
- 2- The Role of Data Analytics in QI
- 3- Compassionate Patient Communication
- 4- Dealing with Challenging Patients
- 5- Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Diagnostic Imaging
- 6- Artificial Intelligence and QI
- – Ms. Valentina Al Hamouche, MSc., Health Systems Management, MRT(R), CEO
- – Mr. Alan Thibeau, MA, RT(NM)
- – Dr. Christo El Morr, PhD, Health Informatics
Short Biographies
Ms. Valentina Al Hamouche: Valentina holds an M.Sc. Health Systems Management, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK and B.Sc. (Hons) in Radiography Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK Applied Health Sciences Department, Division of Radiography. She has also received a FAETC: Further Adult and Education Teacher’s Certificate from the College of North-East London, UK (1991), and a Diploma in Radiologic Technology American University of Beirut-Medical Centre Radiologic Technology Training Program, Lebanon. In 1994, she has pursued further education and training in radiation safety sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste Italy. She has over 25 years of radiography teaching experience at different Universities in Canada and abroad. She is a registration committee member at the College of Radiological Technologists of Ontario (CMRTO). She is certified with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT). In 2017 she founded VCA Education Solutions for Health Professionals, Inc. In 2018, she was nominated for the OAMRS Practitioner of the Year award; and lately, she was appointed to represent CMRTO at Accreditation Canada.
Mr. Alan Thibeau, MA, RT(NM): Following 37 years of dedicated service, Alan retired from the Ottawa Hospital (TOH) in May 2018. In his most recent role, as Professional Practice and Radiation Safety Manager within medical imaging, he was responsible for ensuring safe practice, high quality imaging and the provision of appropriate education for approximately 350 medical radiation technologists (MRTs) and sonographers. He was also responsible for the safe application of x-rays throughout TOH. In June 2018, Alan completed a Master of Education through Athabasca University. He is currently working as a Nuclear Medicine consultant, specializing in radioimmunotherapy applications.
Dr. Christo El Morr, PhD, Health Informatics: Christo El Morr is an Associate Professor of Health Informatics and the Health Informatics Certificate Coordinator at the school of Health Policy and Management, York University. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Compiègne University of Technology. His cross-disciplinary research covers health informatics and computer engineering. His research interests focus on Health Virtual Communities, Mobile Communities, e-collaboration, particularly in the domain of Chronic Disease Management and health promotion: Peripheral Arterial Disease, Kidney Diseases and Mental Health. His work in Global eHealth addresses Human Rights, Equity, and Gender Based Violence challenges. He also has research interests in Health Services and Patient Quality of Care (e.g. readmission patterns, dose reduction). He has published books, chapters, and articles in these areas including the “The first of its kind” book in Canada about Health Informatics from a Canadian perspective. He is a Research Scientist at North York General Hospital and work with collaborators from Saint Michael’s Hospital. In 2016, he received recognition as York U Research Leader. He has published many books, chapters, and articles in these areas including an upcoming book in Health Data Analytics.
