Author: Jacqueline Kueper

Dan and Jaky were invited to present at the Artificial INTELLIGENce for efficient community based primary healTh CARE (INTELLIGENT-CARE) workshop at Laval University on 20 September 2019, hosted by Drs. France Légaré, Samira A. Rahimi, and Mélissa Côté.

Their presentation helped open the one-day workshop by introducing AI to the diverse group of attendees (researchers, patients, clinicians, etc.) and by providing an overview of the body of research that includes AI and primary care. (Preprint:  https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/19003913v1)

The remainder of the day consisted of a few more presentations, such as physician perspectives on AI for family medicine and potentials of AI in LMIC countries; lively group discussions on topics including risks, benefits, and challenges of AI for primary care; and connecting with new and old friends and colleagues. Stay tuned for results from the workshop to be published.

More information about the grant that funded this workshop: http://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/funding/detail_e?pResearchId=8795357&p_version=CIHR&p_language=E&p_session_id=

Congrats ⁦@RahimiSamira⁩ pic.twitter.com/rROblycmGC

— France Legare (@SDM_ULAVAL) September 20, 2019

 

Mozhgan and Jaky attended Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day on June 5. Jaky presented on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Primary Care: What Research Has Been Done and How Do We Move Forward?’ We opted for an interactive poster design to encourage and begin gathering feedback and questions on the current and future state of AI research for PHC—one of our major findings from the scoping review being presented was low involvement of PHC researchers in the field. It was also great to meet and re-connect with people from the TUTOR-PHC program, which Jaky graduated from this spring!

 

This past winter Jaky had the opportunity to join a planning committee for the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC https://www.cfpc.ca) forum on ‘Imagining the Future of Family Medicine’. The CFPC’s annual forums are designed to bring together family medicine leaders from across Canada to explore a challenging topic, network, and provide input towards strategic objectives. This year’s Forum was a partnership between the CFPC and Associated Medical Services (AMS) Healthcare (https://www.ams-inc.on.ca) and focused on artificial intelligence and virtual technology. As a member of the planning committee contributed her researcher perspective and knowledge based on a scoping review on artificial intelligence and primary care that Dan and she are working on. She also had the opportunity to attend the two day Forum. Day one included presentations and discussions around AI and VC; Day two focused on medical education and how to prepare future doctors for effectively working with increasing levels of technology. Lots of great discussions and tackling of challenging questions! It was clear that Forum attendees care deeply about patients and about the wellbeing of people working in healthcare. Stay tuned for a White Paper and research priorities to be published by AMS.

Jaky attended the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making in Montreal, Oct 14 – 17, 2018, to present our work on the “Impact of Social Determinants of Health Information on Predictive Models for Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Health Care.”

I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to attend the 31^st annual Canadian Student Health Research Forum in Winnipeg, MB from June 12 to 14. CSHRF brings together doctoral students from across Canada to participate in a poster competition and present research on all things health related – from genetics to health policy. Western’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry sent one student from each graduate department, accompanied by the associate Dean of Medicine, Dr. Susanne Schmid. I had a lot of fun representing the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and received honourable mention for our work on “A Topic Modelling Approach to Understanding the Body of Research on Artificial Intelligence and Primary Care.” In addition to student presentations there were networking activities, professional development sessions, and Gairdner Symposium.