Patient-centred outcomes in perioperative research on opioid minimization.
Excellent scoping review from Michael Verret, Manoj Lalu Dan McIsaac and PACT that shows how much work is left to do.
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IMAGINE your parent or grandparent going to hospital in #Ontario and being discharged to an understaffed and unsafe #LTC facility over an hour away, without any choice. It's happening right now to adults in ON thanks to
Stan Cho Doug Ford

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Our team - funded by Stem Cell Network CIHR-ICRH / L'ISCR des IRSC and OSSU Tweets - is investigating how to make patient engament a reality in lab based research. Link to our first newsletter below. Dr. Dawn Richards, PhD Stuart G Nicholls (Post: @SGNicholls)

#STRIVETrial of virtual, home-based prehab before major surgery has been running for 1.5 days
2 participants enrolled already!
#PREHAB , CIHR OttawaAnesthesiology Ottawa Methods Centre

Older adults living with #frailty want to return home after surgery. It's important to feel physically ready + to have clear information about what to expect with recovery. Informal caregivers are essential. Access to virtual support is desired. Paper:
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Preoperative frailty assessment: just do it! rdcu.be/drp0R Dan McIsaac Alexa Grudzinski OttawaAnesthesiology CJA - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Our program lead, Dan McIsaac featured by IARS360 on the success of our #prehab research program, which was initially supported by the IARS360 #MentoredResearchAward
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@ottanesthesia The Ottawa Hospital School of Epidemiology and Public Health

It was so special being able to attend my convocation for my PhD in Aging & Health Queen's University with my loving & supportive parents today. These 2 are my best pals and I feel so grateful for them. We did it 🎓💜💚💛

Measurements of Healthy Ageing. A special issue by World Health Organization (WHO) answering the challenge to measure healthy ageing has with a plethora of ways to collect and analyse data. academic.oup.com/ageing/issue/5… #HealthyAgeing British Geriatrics Society Oxford Academic OUP Medicine Oxford Journals

It has been a busy week for us!

We were pleased to present posters about depression in older adults clinical guidelines and our new/upcoming social isolation and loneliness guidelines during AFHTO.

#depression #socialisolation #loneliness #clinicalguidelines

Find yourself a team (like AIMS Research Group led by Dan McIsaac) that all genuinely cares about the same thing: helping patients prepare for surgery with #prehab . Pictured here are some amazing prehab coaches and research staff OttawaAnesthesiology. 👟🥗🤳

Do you want to receive training on assessing #frailty using the Clinical Frailty Scale? Check out the below link to access our online training module presented by Sigourney AIMS Research Group
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Exciting to see the interest in our upcoming #prehab trial TOH Quality & Patient Safety conference presented by Karina Branje & Juliette. The STRIVE Trial Dan McIsaac is an RCT of virtually-supported prehab compared to control for adults preparing for surgery. Launching in 2024 The Ottawa Hospital

Dr. Noha Khalil from AIMS Research Group presenting The ALOFT Trial set to launch The Ottawa Hospital OttawaAnesthesiology in early 2024. A RCT of general vs neuraxial anesthesia for patients having lower limb revascularization surgery. TOH Quality & Patient Safety

Electronic medical record strategies The Ottawa Hospital to reduce inappropriate pregabalin prescribing on the Acute Pain Service. Great work by Drs Tierney, Abbas and team OttawaAnesthesiology. Looking fwd to next steps looking at pain outcomes. Presented TOH Quality & Patient Safety conference.

Rounding out the afternoon, Dr. Nick Held speaks on “Understanding the experiences of Canadian Armed Forces
Veterans participating in aquatic exercise for lower extremity musculoskeletal pain.” #CIMVHRForum
Trauma and Recovery Research Unit

Join our team! AIMS Research Group is looking to hire 2 new Clinical Research Assistants at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Work with us to improve how older adults recover from surgery!
Check out the job postings here:
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A model to predict level of adherence to prehabilitation in older adults with frailty having cancer surgery - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia #CJA #CJA 2023 #Anesthesia #Anesthesiology buff.ly/44QHb6W Julia Frances Shaw Colin J.L. McCartney Greg Bryson, MD, FRCPC Dan McIsaac Emily Hladkowicz

Just as I enter the first week of my PhD, my last master's paper finally gets published! Immensely grateful for the support of Dan McIsaac and CFN over the years.

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