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Theatre Arts: The CMPA surgical safety course
April 25th to 27th, 2023 | Ottawa

We are looking forward to welcoming you to Theatre Arts: The CMPA surgical safety course. This intensive course has been designed to empower physicians and their perioperative teams to improve their OR environment and foster safe surgical care.

Here is some of the educational and logistical information you will need over the course of the three days.

Course Material and Pre-Course Reading

Your experience at Theatre Arts will be enhanced if you have completed the pre-readings before arriving in Ottawa. Journal Club materials are selected on the basis of content to foster discussion around unifying themes, rather than value for critical appraisal.

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Course Agenda

Tuesday, April 25th
Wednesday, April 26th
Thursday, April 27th

Day 1 – Tuesday, April 25th

  • 07:00 Registration
  • 08:00 Welcome and introductions
  • 08:45 Collective competence
  • 09:30 Project work
  • 10:15 Break
  • 10:30 Complex systems and wicked problems
  • 11:30 Journal Club #1: What does it mean to be a social animal?
  • 12:15 Lunch
  • 13:00 Energizer
  • 13:15 “Discover”: Facilitated team discussions
  • 14:15 Break
  • 14:30 “Discover”: Facilitated team discussions (cont’d)
  • 15:30 “Dream”: Aim statements
  • 16:30 Close
  • 17:00 Networking reception (location TBD)

Logistical Information

The CMPA will host an offsite networking reception on Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 at 17:00 to 19:00. More details to follow.

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Theatre Arts will take place at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel (100 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5R7).

Participants are responsible for booking and covering the cost of their travel and accommodations. The CMPA has reserved a block of rooms at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel at a preferred rate of $ 195 per night. The group rate is on room availability within the block.

This rate is valid for the nights of April 24th to April 27th, 2023 and the deadline to book is March 24th, 2023. Should you require room reservations for days leading up to or after the course, please contact the hotel directly to make separate arrangements.

Bookings can be made online or by telephone. If booking by telephone, please use group reservation ID “Canadian Medical Protective Association”.

The Marriott
100 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5R7
613-238-1122

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The CMPA will be providing participants with a list of all participants’ names, institutions, and email addresses at the beginning of the course. If you do not wish to be included on this list, please email us at [email protected].

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The CMPA will be taking photographs and video recordings during the course that may be used for marketing, promotional, educational, or other purposes. If you do not wish to have your image recorded, please email us at [email protected].

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Questions? Contact us at [email protected]