Communications à des conférences

Ci-dessous figurent des communications faites à des conférences par des chercheurs du CRSRN - site de l'UL. Les communications apparaissent en ordre chronologique inversé. (Les noms en caractères gras sont des chercheurs ou des membres du personnel du CRSRN. Les noms avec un * sont des anciens chercheurs ou des anciens membres du personnel du CRSRN.) 2010 Delmege, M.G., J.C. Hogenbirk, and R.W. Pong. "Demographic characteristics of NOSM medical students associated with intended medical discipline and practice location." Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Northern Health Research Conference (NHRC). Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; June 4-5, 2010. Hogenbirk, J.C. and D.R. Robinson. "Economic contributions of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine to northern Ontario." Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Northern Health Research Conference (NHRC). Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; June 4-5, 2010. Mian, O., J.C. Hogenbirk, and R.W. Pong. "Changes in practice locations of graduates of the Northern Ontario Family Medicine program: A comparative analysis of 1993-2006 data from Scott's Medical Database." Poster presented at the Fifth Annual Northern Health Research Conference (NHRC). Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; June 4-5, 2010. Sherman, J.E., R.J. Swenson, R.W. Pong, R. Cooke, A. Rudnick, and M.G. Delmege. "Family health teams and mental health services in the North: Finding a niche." Poster presented at the Fifth Annual Northern Health Research Conference (NHRC). Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; June 4-5, 2010. Wenghofer, E.F., R.W. Pong, and P. Timony. "A closer look at Ontario's northern and southern rural physicians." Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Northern Health Research Conference (NHRC). Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; June 4-5, 2010. Hogenbirk, J.C. "Hitting a changing and moving target: Reflections on a dozen years of evaluating telehealth policy and services." Paper presented at e-Health 2010: From Investment to Impact. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; May 30-June 2, 2010. Sherman, J.E., J.R. Swenson, R.W. Pong, M.G. Delmege, R.G. Cooke, A. Rudnick, P. Ravitz, and P. Montgomery. "Visiting psychiatrists and shared care in northern Ontario: Research challenges." Paper presented at the 11th Canadian Conference on Collaborative Mental Health Care. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; May 13-15, 2010. Swenson, J.R., J.E. Sherman, R.W. Pong, M.G. Delmege, A. Rudnick, R.G. Cooke, P. Ravitz, and P. Montgomery. "Integration of mental health services in family health teams: Progress and challenges." Paper presented at the 11th Canadian Conference on Collaborative Mental Health Care. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; May 13-15, 2010. 2009 Pong, R.W. "Education and geographic maldistribution of healthcare providers: Some lessons from Canada." Invited paper presented at the Seminário Internacional sobre Fixação de Profissionais de Saúde em áreas remotas, isoladas e de maior vulnerabilidade. Recife, Brazil; November 1-3, 2009. Cheu, H. "A discourse of family medicine in rural practice." Paper presented at the Canadian Rural Health Research Society 8th Conference: "Rural Life, Health, Environment - The Full Spectrum". Kingston, Ontario, Canada; October 15-17, 2009. Hogenbirk, J.C., R.W. Pong, P. Timony, and C. Sloan*. "Impact of tourists and seasonal residents on health services use." Paper presented at the Canadian Rural Health Research Society 8th Conference: "Rural Life, Health, Environment - The Full Spectrum". Kingston, Ontario, Canada; October 15-17, 2009. Kitchen, P., A. Williams, and R.W. Pong. "The use of home-care services in rural Ontario I: A geographic analysis." Paper presented at the Canadian Rural Health Research Society 8th Conference: "Rural Life, Health, Environment - The Full Spectrum". Kingston, Ontario, Canada; October 15-17, 2009. Pong, R.W., R. Strasser, H. Cheu, and M.G. Delmege. "Students of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine: What differences do four years make?" Paper presented at the Canadian Rural Health Research Society 8th Conference: "Rural Life, Health, Environment - The Full Spectrum". Kingston, Ontario, Canada; October 15-17, 2009. Sherman, J.E., R.W. Pong, M.G. Delmege, J.R. Swenson, R. Cooke, and A. Rudnick. "Models of psychiatric outreach in northern Ontario: A survey of psychiatric outreach consultants." Paper presented at the Canadian Rural Health Research Society 8th Conference: "Rural Life, Health, Environment - The Full Spectrum". Kingston, Ontario, Canada; October 15-17, 2009. Swenson, J.R, J.E. Sherman, R.W. Pong, M.G. Delmege, A. Rudnick, and R. Cooke. "Integration of mental health services in primary care? A survey of family health teams in northern Ontario." Paper presented at the Canadian Rural Health Research Society 8th Conference: "Rural Life, Health, Environment - The Full Spectrum". Kingston, Ontario, Canada; October 15-17, 2009. Williams, A., P. Kitchen, and R.W. Pong. "The use of home-care services in rural Ontario II: Socio-demographic characteristics." Paper presented at the Canadian Rural Health Research Society 8th Conference: "Rural Life, Health, Environment - The Full Spectrum". Kingston, Ontario, Canada; October 15-17, 2009. Pong, R.W. "Changing practice patterns of aging physicians: A neglected dimension in medical workforce planning." Paper presented at the International Symposium on the Performance of a National Health Workforce. Neuchâtel, Switzerland; October 14-16, 2009. Tesson, G., R.W. Pong, R. Strasser, and M. Delmege. "An experiment in rural medical education in Ontario, Canada." Paper presented at the International Symposium on the Performance of a National Health Workforce. Neuchâtel, Switzerland; October 14-16, 2009. Caty, S.*, R.W. Pong, E. Rukholm, I. Koren, I. Michel, C. Sloan*, and O. Mian. "A decade of research on nurse practitioners in Ontario: Information, insights and impact." Poster presented at the 2009 Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) Health Research Showcase - Linking Health Research and Quality Health Care for Ontarians. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; October 8, 2009. Hogenbirk, J.C. "Impact of telehealth on health services utilization by members of First Nations communities in Northwestern Ontario: Preliminary investigations." Presented at the Canadian Society of Telehealth (CST) Conference, "The Changing Climate of Care - Telehealth's Role". Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; October 3-6, 2009. This presentation received a "Research Award: Honorable Mention" Pong, R.W., R. Swenson, J. Sherman, M. Delmege, R. Cook et al. "Shared or segregated? Comparing perspectives on primary mental health care in Northern Ontario." Presentation at the Ontario Psychiatric Outreach Program Annual Retreat. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; September 2-3, 2009. Strasser, R., R.W. Pong, H. Cheu, and C. Sloan*. "Redressing health inequalities through rural medical eduation: Lessons from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine." Workshop held and presented at the 9th WONCA Rural Health World Conference. Heraklion, Greece; June 12-14, 2009. Pong, R.W. "Health workforce issues in northern/remote regions: Issues and strategies." Invited presentation to the NCCID Northern Knowledge Exchange Forum. Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada; March 25-27, 2009. Young, N.L. "Transition to adult health care: Health status and health care utilization." Invited lecture to Laurentian University's Research Week. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; February 9-12, 2009. Pong, R.W. "Rural health human resources." Invited presentation at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Best Brain Consultation on "Improving Access to Healthcare in Rural and Remote Regions". Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; February 9, 2009. Strasser, R. "Future of Medical Education in Canada (FMEC)." Advisory Task Force on Implementation Strategy. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; January 29, 2009. Hogenbirk, J.C. "Rural and northern health data sources." Invited presentation at the Interdisciplinary Northern Rural Health Research Seminar, School of Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; January 6, 2009. Pitblado, J.R. and R.W. Pong. "Researching place and health: Some reflections." Invited presentation at the Interdisciplinary Northern Rural Health Research Seminar, School of Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; January 6, 2009. 2008 Strasser, R. "Selecting students for medical education in Northern Ontario and responding to the needs of people and communities: Canada's Northern Ontario School of Medicine". Presentations at the World Health Organization's Pan American Health Organization (WHO-PAHO) Conference. Havana, Cuba; November 30-December 3, 2008. Aboussad, A., C. Cases, and I. Michel. "L'évaluation d'impact sur la santé et les inégalités (ÉISI): Une pratique réaliste dans mon milieu?" 12e journées annuelles de santé publique: Rencontre francophone internationale sur les inégalités sociales de santé. Québec City, Québec, Canada; November 17-20, 2008. Michel, I. "Engaging in research... Where to begin?" Paper presented at the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS) Foundational Standard Workshop. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; November 14, 2008. Worley, P. and R. Strasser. "Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships: Maintaining and scaling up." LIC Faculty Panel at the Consortium on Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) Meeting. San Francisco, California, United States of America; November 12-14, 2008. Sloan, C.* and E. Rukholm. "The work of Ontario's nurse practitioners: Preliminary findings from a tracking study." Paper given at the Annual Nurse Practitioner Conference: Embracing New Horizons in NP Practice. London, Ontario, Canada; November 6-8, 2008. Strasser, R. "Welcoming/opening remarks." Partnership Opportunities in Research Gathering. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; November 4-6, 2008. Young, N.L. "Transition to adult health care: Health status and health care utilization." Invited lecture at the 4th Cerebral Palsy Conference. Québec City, Québec, Canada; October 30, 2008. Michel, I. and C. Warren. "Rallying the health sector to alleviate the health impacts of poverty in the Sudbury area." Paper presented at the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) Conference (A Public Health Summit). Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; October 26-29, 2008. Dressler, M.-P., F. Wang, W. Luo, J. Read-Guernsey, R.W. Pong, and M. DesMeules. "Mental health and illness trends in rural Canada." Paper presented at the 6th International Symposium on Public Health and the Agricultural Rural Ecosystem. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 19-23, 2008. Lightfoot, N., M. Marr, D. Graham, C. Lidstone-Jones, P. Williamson, R. Beaudin, G. Daybutch, and R. Strasser. "Aboriginal cancer research in Northeastern Ontario: Go to the people." Paper presented at the 6th International Symposium on Public Health and the Agricultural Rural Ecosystem. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 19-23, 2008. Yantzi, N.M., S. Wendorf, and L. Stevens. "Evaluating the inclusiveness of school playgrounds for children with physical disabilities." Presented at the 2008 Ontario Association of Children's Rehabilitation Services (OACRS) Conference. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; October 19-21, 2008. Strasser, R. "Diversity in generalism: Rural medicine around the world." Invited keynote address at the WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Annual Scientific Convention (ASC). Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; October 2-5, 2008. Strasser, R. "Rural medicine: An international perspective." Presentation at the WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Annual Scientific Convention (ASC). Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; October 2-5, 2008. Strasser, R. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine: Responding to local needs through community partnerships and distributed engaged learning." Presentation at The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) Conference. Bogotá, Colombia; September 27-October 2, 2008. Sherman, J.E. and R.W. Pong. "Models of psychiatric outreach for Northern Ontario." Paper presented at the Ontario Psychiatric Outreach Programs (OPOP) 2008 Annual Retreat. Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; September 18-19, 2008. Wenghofer, E., A.P. Williams, and D. Klass. "The contextual nature of physician performance and its implications for governance." Canadian Network for Research on Governance of the Health Workforce (CNR-GHW) Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; September 5-6, 2008. Wenghofer, E. "Introduction to critical appraisal." Presented at the Summer Institute in Research Methods 2008, School of Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; July 14-18, 2008. Yantzi, N.M. "Qualitative methods: A brief overview." Presented at the Summer Institute in Research Methods 2008, School of Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; July 14-18, 2008. Pong, R.W. "Rural-urban and intra-rural disparities in health: How does Canada fare and how does Canada compare with Australia?" Invited keynote address to the Inauguaral Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; July 6-8, 2008. Strasser, R. "" Invited keynote address to the Inauguaral Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; July 6-8, 2008. Strasser, R. "Leading innovations in health care and education." Program at the Harvard Macy Institute. Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America; June 15-20, 2008. Strasser, R. "Community-engaged programs from across the world: Northern Ontario School of Medicine." Presentation at the International Conference on Community Engaged Medical Education in the North (ICEMEN). Sudbury and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; June 9-14, 2008. Gauthier, A. P., M. Larivière, R.W. Pong, S. Snelling, and N.L. Young. "Understanding the impact of a unique socio-cultural and geographical context on physical activity." Paper presented at the Third Annual Northern Health Research Conference (NHRC). North Bay, Ontario, Canada; May 30-31, 2008. Snelling, S., E. Sears, and N.L. Young. "Canadian indicators of health for children in rural and northern regions." Paper presented at the Third Annual Northern Health Research Conference (NHRC). North Bay, Ontario, Canada; May 30-31, 2008. Wenghofer, E. "Organization and system factors affecting family physician performance." Paper presented at the Third Annual Northern Health Research Conference (NHRC). North Bay, Ontario, Canada; May 30-31, 2008. Strasser, R. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine: Responding to the needs of people and communities in Northern Ontario." Presentation at the Geneva Health Forum 2008. Geneva, Switzerland; May 25-28, 2008. Yantzi, N.M. and M.W. Skinner. "Providers of care in the home: Sustainable partners in primary health care?" Paper presented at the 2008 Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Québec City, Québec, Canada; May 20-24, 2008. Seto, L., J. Angus, E. Rukholm, and I. Michel. "Risk biographies: Making sense of cardiovascular risk in everyday life." Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America; May 14-17, 2008. Hogenbirk, J.C., R.W. Pong, and C.W. Sloan*. "A program of research on rural/northern physicians, medical education and practice at the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research." Poster presented at the Health Innovation, Research and Productivity Conference, Health System Planning and Research Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; May 12-13, 2008. Michel, I., P. Sutcliffe, and S. Laclé. "De bas en haut: Les voies locales pour l'établissement de politiques publiques favorables à la santé." 76e Congrès de l'Association francophone pour le savoir. Québec City, Québec, Canada; May 5-9, 2008. Curran, V., R.W. Pong, L. Fleet, S. Bornstein, M. Jong, R. Strasser, and G. Tesson. "A survey of rural medical education strategies throughout the medical education continuum in Canada." Paper presented at the 2008 Canadian Conference on Medical Education. Montréal, Québec, Canada; May 3-7, 2008. Strasser, R. "Distributed medical education emerging issues and challenges." Paper presented at the 2008 Canadian Conference on Medical Education. Montréal, Québec, Canada; May 3-7, 2008. Bates, J., P. Grand'maison, R. Strasser, D. Snadden, J. Lanphear, and M. Gaudreault. "How regional campus development in three medical schools in Canada are designed to address rural workforce shortages." Research presentation at the Fourth Annual Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Physician Workforce Research Conference. Crystal City, Virginia, United States of America; April 30-May 2, 2008. Young, N.L. "Child Health Indicators Project." Invited lecture at the Official Launch of the Community Research Network for Children and Youth of Greater Sudbury and Forum on Knowledge Mobilization, Laurentian University. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; April 2, 2008. Strasser, R. and S. Strasser. "Distributed community engaged learning: Medical education in the 21st century." Long Paper presented at the 13th Ottawa International Conference on Clinical Competence. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; March 5-8, 2008. Allaire, G. and I. Michel. "Second report on the health of Francophones in Ontario." Paper presented at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Sudbury and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; February 25, 2008. Strasser, R. "Education for rural practice in the 21st century." Invited plenary presentation at the 8th WONCA World Rural Health Conference. Calabar, Nigeria; February 20-23, 2008. Cote-Meek, S. "Decolonizing health and education research: Centering indigenous knowledges." Paper presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Forum. Toronto, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Ontario, and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; January 14, 2008. 2007 Strasser, R. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine: Responding to the needs of the people and communities of Northern Ontario." Invited keynote address at the Peace Country Health Medical Education Training Symposium. Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada; December 10, 2007. Strasser, R. "Can lessons from the frozen north be translated to the tropical north? From Northern Ontario School of Medicine to the Northern Territory." Public lecture at the Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University. Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; November 20, 2007. Strasser, R. and W. McCready. "Distributed community engaged learning." Brief report at the Meeting of Consortium on Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC). Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America; November 7-9, 2007. Sloan, C.* "Who's in charge? Managing the expansion of midwifery in Ontario." Paper given at the Seventh Conference of Canadian Association of Midwives. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; November 1-3, 2007. Tesson, G., R.W. Pong, and R. Strasser. "Distributed medical education as a solution to physician maldistribution: The case of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine." Invited presentation to the National Experiences in Assessing and Reducing Shortcomings and Negative Trends Affecting Human Resources of the Health System - An International Symposium on Health Workforce. Lisbon, Portugal; October 10-12, 2007. Berriault C., N. Lightfoot, M. Conlon, R. Bissett, and B. Gottfred. "Mortality and cancer incidence in Xstrata's Ontario nickel workers: Challenges, benefits, results, impact, and recommendations." 19th International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health. Banff, Alberta, Canada; October 9-12, 2007. Carosi A., N. Lightfoot, and K. Alkema. "Predictors of workplace absenteeism in cancer care workers." 19th International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health. Banff, Alberta, Canada; October 9-12, 2007. Strasser, R. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine: Responding to the needs of the people and communities of Northern Ontario." Paper presented at the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) Aboriginal Health Care Conference. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; September 25-27, 2007. Michel, I., J. Angus, E. Rukholm, J. Lapum, S. DelFrate, K. Timmermans, and L. Seto. "Locating barriers and supports: Studying the role of context and determinants of health in maintenance of heart healthy behaviour change." Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) 2007 Annual Conference. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; September 16-19, 2007. Pong, R.W. "Collaboration in research." Invited presentation to the annual retreat of the Ontario Psychiatric Outreach Programs. London, Ontario, Canada; September 6-7, 2007. Strasser, R. "Education for rural practice through distributed medical education." Keynote address at the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM) Symposium. Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America; August 8, 2007. Strasser, R. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine: Training generalists for rural and remote health care." Paper presented at the 18th Wonca World Conference. Singapore; July 24-27, 2007. Cohen, D. and R. Pitblado. "Distribution and migration of Canada's health care providers." Paper presented at the Spatial Econometrics Association Conference. Cambridge, United Kingdom; July 11-14, 2007. Skinner, M.W., N.M. Yantzi, and M.W. Rosenberg. "Neither rain nor hail nor sleet nor snow: The importance of weather in understanding the provision of home and community care." Paper presented at the XIIth International Medical Geography Symposium. Bonn, Germany; July 9-13, 2007. Yantzi, N.M. and N.L. Young. "Parents' experiences of advocating for the socio-spatial inclusion of their children with disabilities in the school system in Ontario, Canada." Paper presented at the XIIth International Medical Geography Symposium. Bonn, Germany; July 9-13, 2007. Strasser, R. "Towards unity for health: Challenges and opportunities for partnerships and health development." Paper presented at the North East Local Health Integration Network Governance Forum. North Bay, Ontario, Canada; June 15-16, 2007. Barnsley, J., W. Berta, J. Bloom, R. Cockerill, L. Jaakkimainen, C. Montgomery, R.W. Pong, Y. Talbot, and E. Vayda. "Ontario performance indicator study: Comparison of rural and urban primary care settings." Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; June 12-14, 2007. Carosi, A., N. Lightfoot, and K. Alkema. "Predictors of workplace absenteeism in cancer care workers." Paper presented at the Second Annual Northern Health Research Conference. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada; June 1-2, 2007. Pitblado, R. and R. Carrière. "Welcome to rural Canada doc! How long will you be staying?" Paper presented at the Second Annual Northern Health Research Conference. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada; June 1-2, 2007. Rukholm, E. and L. Carter. "Bringing together best practices from distance and continuing education: The best practices for stroke for nurses project." Paper presented at the Second Annual Northern Health Research Conference. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada; June 1-2, 2007. Sloan, C.W.*, R.W. Pong, and E. Rukholm. "Improving access to primary health care in Northern Ontario: Contributions of registered nurses in the extended class." Paper presented at the Second Annual Northern Health Research Conference. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada; June 1-2, 2007. Boydell, K.M., E. Stasiulis, M. Barwick, N. Greenberg, and R.W. Pong. "Knowledge translation and exchange in children's mental health in rural communities." Paper presented at Building on Family Strengths: Research in Support of Children and their Families Conference. Portland, Oregon, United States of America; May 29-June 2, 2007. Pong, R.W. "Rural poverty and health: What do we know?" Invited presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; May 29, 2007. DesMeules, M., C. Lagacé, W. Luo, R.W. Pong, R. Pitblado, I. Koren, D. Heng*, D. Manuel, R. Bollman, J. Guernsey, and A. Kazanjian. "How healthy are rural Canadians?" Paper presented at the Statistics Canada Socio-economic Conference 2007. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; May 28-29, 2007. Pitblado, R. and R. Carrière. "Up and down the MIZ gradient: Migration of Canada's health care workers." Paper presented at the Statistics Canada Socio-economic Conference 2007. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; May 28-29, 2007. Pong, R.W., M. DesMeules, D. Heng*, C. Lagacé, R. Pitblado, D. Manuel, J. Guernsey, A. Kazanjian, R. Bollman, and I. Koren. "Urban-rural and intra-rural variations in access to and use of health services in Canada." Paper presented at the Statistics Canada Socio-economic Conference 2007. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; May 28-29, 2007. Strasser, R. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine: Responding to the needs of the people and communities of Northern Ontario." Paper presented at the "Health Human Resources: Challenges and Solutions for Aboriginal Health" Forum. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; May 15-16, 2007. Pong, R.W., B. Minore, and M. Katt. "KT in rural/northern health: A case study." Invited presentation at the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Research Use Week. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; May 14-16, 2007. Rukholm, E., P. Bailey, R. Cull, and S. Moroso. "Developing research together - Building productive partnerships. Case study: Creating quality northern rural health workplaces." Invited presentation at the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Research Use Week. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; May 14-16, 2007. Strasser, R. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine: Responding to the needs of the people and communities of Northern Ontario." DME Panel at the 15th Annual Society of Rural Physicians of Canada Conference. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; May 10-12, 2007. Smith, P.M., N. Lighfoot, and B. Weaver. "Integration of social and behavioural sciences in medical curriculum in a new medical school." Paper presented at the 3rd National Conference of Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC). Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America; May 3-5, 2007. Strasser, R. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine: Responding to the needs of the people and communities of Northern Ontario." Paper presented at the MEDNorth Conference. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; April 20, 2007. Allaire, G. and I. Michel. "The state of health of Franco-Ontarians." Paper presented at the CHNET-Works Fireside Chat. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; April 5, 2007. Pong, R.W. "Rural health in Canada." Invited presentation to the 2007 Canadian Policy Briefing for the Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellows in Health Care Policy and Practice, organized by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; April 3, 2007. Pong, R.W., F. Lemire, and J. Tepper. "Physician retirement in Canada: What is known and what needs to be done." Paper presented at the 10th International Medical Workforce Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; March 20-24, 2007. Strasser, R. "Distributed education model: A workforce solution?" Invited keynote address at the 2007 Health Boards of Alberta Conference. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; March 11-13, 2007. 2006 Hogenbirk, J.C., R. Ramirez, S. Hardy, A. Ibanez, T. Kakepetum-Schultz, K. Houghton, D. Williams, R.W. Pong, and B. Minore. "An evaluation framework for Aboriginal telehealth networks: Lessons from the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Telehealth/NORTH Network Expansion Project." Paper presented at the Seventh Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Prince George, British Columbia, Canada; October 19-21, 2006. Lightfoot, N., R. Strasser, M. Maar, and K. Jacklin. "Lessons learned from conducting research with northern, rural and remote communities." Poster presented at the Seventh Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Prince George, British Columbia, Canada; October 19-21, 2006. Rukholm, E., P. Bailey, D. Bakker, R.W. Pong, M. Lemonde, and S. Porter. "Knowledge utilization: Creating quality northern rural health workplaces." Paper presented at the Seventh Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Prince George, British Columbia, Canada; October 19-21, 2006. Sloan, C.*, E. Rukholm, and R.W. Pong. "Recruitment and retention of nurses in small hospitals: It's all related." Paper presented at the Seventh Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Prince George, British Columbia, Canada; October 19-21, 2006. Tilleczek, K.* "Negotiating rural school cultures: Disengagement, bullying, and the pedagogy of hope." Paper presented at the Seventh Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Prince George, British Columbia, Canada; October 19-21, 2006. Wang, F., R.W. Pong, M. Desmeules, D. Heng*, and C. Lagacé. "Health service access and utilization in rural and urban Canada." Paper presented at the Seventh Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Prince George, British Columbia, Canada; October 19-21, 2006. Hogenbirk, J.C., R. Ramirez, S. Hardy, A. Ibanez, T. Kakepetum-Schultz, K. Houghton, D. Williams, R.W. Pong, and B. Minore. "Evaluation of the KOTH/NORTH Network Expansion Project: Evaluation framework." Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth/9e Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de télésanté. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; October 15-17, 2006. Hogenbirk, J.C., D. Robinson, R.W. Pong, K. Houghton, and S. MacPherson. "Evaluation of the KOTH/NORTH Network Expansion Project: Economic model." Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth/9e Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de télésanté. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; October 15-17, 2006. Canadian Society of Telehealth-Research Committee Concurrent Podium Sessions Award Boydell, K., E. Stasiulis, M. Barwick, N. Greenberg, and R.W. Pong. "Bridging the gaps in rural children's mental health through knowledge translation and exchange." Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Harvey Stancer Research Day. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; June 15, 2006. Hogenbirk, J.C., R. Ramirez, A. Ibanez, S. Hardy, R.W. Pong, D. Robinson, and B. Minore. "Economic evaluation of the KOTH/NORTH Network Expansion Project and application to other Aboriginal telehealth initiatives." Paper presented online at the "Gii-Kaan-Daan" Ontario First Nations Regional Telehealth Conference, "Aboriginal Know-How": Balancing Culture and Technology. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; June 14-15, 2006. Hogenbirk, J.C., R. Ramirez, R.W. Pong, K. Houghton, B. Walmark, and D. Williams. "Factors explaining uptake of telehealth in First Nations communities: The Keewaytinook Okimakanak telehealth experience." Paper presented at the First Annual Northern Health Research Conference. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada; June 2-3, 2006. Sloan, C.* and R.W. Pong. "Emergency department triage in Ontario: How are northern hospitals doing?" Poster presented at the First Annual Northern Health Research Conference. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada; June 2-3, 2006. McDonald, M., D. Heng*, T. Crichton, and R.W. Pong. "Ready-made in the North: Further training and clinical competence in a Northern Ontario family medicine residency program." Poster presented at the 12th International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence. New York, New York, United States of America; May 20-24, 2006. Hogenbirk, J.C., R. Ramirez, A. Ibanez, S. Hardy, R.W. Pong, D. Robinson, and B. Minore. "Evaluating First Nations telehealth." Paper presented online at the KO Telehealth Orientation and Training for the BC Aboriginal Telehealth Planning Partnership Team. Balmertown, Ontario, Canada; March 20, 2006. 2005 Hogenbirk, J.C., R. Ramirez, A. Ibanez, S. Hardy, R.W. Pong, D. Robinson, and B. Minore. "Evaluation of KOTH/NORTH Network: The evaluation framework." Paper presented at the First Nations/Aboriginal Telehealth Service Development Workshop. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; December 7-8, 2005. Hogenbirk, J.C., R. Ramirez, A. Ibanez, S. Hardy, R.W. Pong, D. Robinson, and B. Minore. "Evaluation of KOTH/NORTH Network: The numbers." Paper presented at the First Nations/Aboriginal Telehealth Service Development Workshop. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; December 7-8, 2005. Ramirez, R., A. Ibanez, J.C. Hogenbirk, S. Hardy, R.W. Pong, D. Robinson, and B. Minore. "Evaluation of KOTH/NORTH Network: Community voices." Paper presented at the First Nations/Aboriginal Telehealth Service Development Workshop. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; December 7-8, 2005. Heng, D.*, R.W. Pong, M. McDonald, and T. Crichton. "Do changing intentions pave the road of family medicine residency training in Northern Ontario?" Paper presented at the Sixth Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society & the First Conference of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health. Québec City, Québec, Canada; October 27-29, 2005. Kulig, J., N. Stewart, D. Morgan, M.E. Andrews, M. Macleod, and R. Pitblado. "Aboriginal nurses: Insights from a national study." Paper presented at the Sixth Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society & the First Conference of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health. Québec City, Québec, Canada; October 27-29, 2005. Pitblado, R., I. Koren, D. Heng*, and C. Lagacé. "Taxonomies of rural communities based on health determinant and health status indicators." Paper presented at the Sixth Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society & the First Conference of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health. Québec City, Québec, Canada; October 27-29, 2005. Pong, R.W., B. Chan, T. Crichton, J.T. Rourke, J. Goertzen, and B. McCready. "Big cities and bright lights: Why rural/northern-trained physicians opted for urban practice." Paper presented at the Sixth Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society & the First Conference of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health. Québec City, Québec, Canada; October 27-29, 2005. Sloan, C.* and R.W. Pong. "Accessing emergency care: Triage in small hospitals in Ontario." Poster presented at the Sixth Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society & the First Conference of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health. Québec City, Québec, Canada; October 27-29, 2005. Tilleczek, K.* "The silent "S" in health: The place of schools in the health of rural and northern children and youth." Paper presented at the Sixth Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society & the First Conference of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health. Québec City, Québec, Canada; October 27-29, 2005. Pitblado, J.R. and R.W. Pong. "Unequal distribution of healthcare providers: Rural-urban comparisons in Canada." Paper presented at the International Forum for Social Sciences and Health 2005 World Congress. Istanbul, Turkey; August 21-25, 2005. Pong, R.W. and J.R. Pitblado. "Strategies to overcome geographic distribution of physicians in Ontario: A study in policy changes." Paper presented at the International Forum for Social Sciences and Health 2005 World Congress. Istanbul, Turkey; August 21-25, 2005. Heng, D.*, I. Koren, R. Pitblado, and C. Lagacé. "Census subdivision taxonomies: Rural-urban continua continued." Poster presented at the 2005 Joint Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; June 27-30, 2005. Pitblado, R., R.W. Pong, I. Koren, D. Heng*, C. Lagacé, and M. Desmeules. "Unequal distributions of 'health': Canadian rural-urban comparisons." Paper presented at the International Conference in Memory of Two Eminent Social Scientists: C. Gini and M.O. Lorenz. Siena, Italy; May 23-26, 2005. Desmeules, M., R.W. Pong, C. Lagacé, and D. Heng*. "Place of residence and non-communicable diseases mortality risks: Are rural Canadians more at risk?" Paper presented at the Canadian Public Health Initiative/Léa Roback Research Centre sponsored Place and Health Research to Policy workshop. Val David, Québec, Canada; April 27-29, 2005. Pong, R.W., L. Buske, and K.V. Nagarajan. "The rural medical workforce in Canada: Swimming against the current?" Paper presented to the WHO and Institut d'Estudis de la Salut Symposium on Past Trends Assessment and Future Forecasts of Health Workforce. Barcelona, Spain; April 21-23, 2005. Tesson, G., V. Curran, R. Strasser, and R.W. Pong. "Adapting medical education to meet the physician recruitment needs of rural and remote regions in Canada, the US and Australia." Paper presented to the WHO and Institut d'Estudis de la Salut Symposium on Past Trends Assessment and Future Forecasts of Health Workforce. Barcelona, Spain; April 21-23, 2005. 2004 Pong, R.W. "There is a Third World in the First World when it comes to health research." Poster presented at Forum 8 - Global Forum for Health Research: Helping Correct the 10/90 Gap. Mexico City, Mexico; November 16-20, 2004. Boydell, K., R.W. Pong, T. Volpe, K. Tilleczek*, E. Wilson, and S. Lemieux*. "Family and service provider perspectives on pathways to mental health care for children and youth in rural communities." Poster presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Desmeules, M. and D. Heng*. "Overview of the landscape of doing rural health research with secondary data sources." Paper presented at the pre-conference workshop (October 21) "Doing Rural Health Research Using Secondary Data Sources", Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Eger, T., P. Dunn, A. Salmoni, and Virtual Reality Research Group. "Strategies to evaluate line of sight and driving posture for mobile mining equipment operators with a focus on vehicle design modifications and industry training." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Eger, T., A. Salmoni, and Virtual Reality Research Group. "Whole-body vibration exposure experienced by mining equipment operators." Poster presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Goudreau, G. and S. Hardy. "Promoting balance and wellbeing through healing with the drum: A Canadian Aboriginal." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Guernsey, J., Y.Y. Li, C. Lagacé, D. Heng*, M. Shookner, M. Desmeules, and R.W. Pong. "Patterns of health services use in rural Nova Scotia: Insights from the Canada's Rural Communities Study." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Hardy, S., B. Majumdar, and L. Tabobondung. "Aboriginal HIV/AIDS prevention: The UOI prevention model." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Heng, D.*, R.W. Pong, M. McDonald, and T. Crichton. "To stay or not to stay? How training family physicians in Northern Ontario influences this decision." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, G. Tesson, and R. Strasser. "Do rural physicians practice differently than urban physicians? Evidence from a Canada-wide survey of family physicians." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, R. Strasser, and G. Tesson. "Rural-urban differences in Canadian medical practice: The importance of physician, patient and geographic characteristics." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Horrigan, J.M., E. Rukholm, and P. Hill Bailey. "Hospital restructuring and the psychosocial/mental health of Northern Ontario nurses." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Lagacé, C., M. Desmeules, R. Semenciw, F. Wang*, D. Heng*, R.W. Pong, and R. Pitblado. "How healthy are rural Canadians? Insights from an analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey and the Canadian Cancer Registry." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Larocque, S. and S. Caty*. "Nursing students studying in the North practice in the North: Reality or myth?" Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Lemieux, S.*, J. Hogenbirk, and R.W. Pong. "Patient compliance with teletriage: Are there rural-urban differences?" Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. MacLeod, M., J. Kulig, N. Stewart, and R. Pitblado. "The nature of nursing practice in rural and remote Canada." Poster presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Medves, J., R. Pitblado, L. Zimmer, M. MacLeod, and N. Stewart. "Educational preparation of rural maternity RNs in Canada." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Michel, I., A. Ehrlich, and B.L. Wright. "Nurse practitioners as partners in public health in Northern Ontario - Recruitment and retention issues." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Montgomery, P., R. Pitblado, and R. Veluri. "Mothering and serious mental illness in Northern Ontario." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Pitblado, R., I. Koren, D. Heng*, and Claudia Lagacé. "Health region taxonomies II: Rural-urban continua in Canada." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Pong, R.W., M. Desmeules, R. Pitblado, and D. Heng*. "Why there is a place for place in health research? Placing rural health on the agenda." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Rukholm, E. and L. Carter. "On-line nursing education at Laurentian University: A well-kept secret." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Snelling, S., J. Hohenadel, and V. Sahai*. "Painting a picture of child health using primary and secondary data." Paper presented at the pre-conference workshop (October 21) "Doing Rural Health Research Using Secondary Data Sources", Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Tesson, G., J.C. Hogenbirk, R.W. Pong, and R. Strasser. "Medical education for rural practice: Some international comparisons." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. Tilleczek, K.*, R.W. Pong, K. Boydell, H. Cheu, E. Wilson, and T. Volpe. "Research goes to the cinema: Transforming rural health research into a documentary film." Paper presented at the Fifth Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference and the Fourth International Rural Nursing Congress. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2004. McDonald, M., D. Heng*, T. Crichton, and R.W. Pong. "You can train doctors in Northern and rural Ontario, but will they stay?" Poster presented at the 17th WONCA World Conference of Family Doctors. Orlando, Florida, United States of America; October 13-16, 2004. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, S. Lemieux*, L. Liboiron-Grenier*, and H. Lee. "Randomized controlled trial: Effect of nurse teletriage on deferrable medical visits." Paper presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth/7e Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de télésanté. Ville de Québec City, Québec, Canada; October 3-5 octobre, 2004. [The presentation won a "CST 2004 Concurrent Session Award".] MacLeod, M., J. Kulig, N. Stewart, and R. Pitblado. "The nature of nursing practice in rural and remote Canada." Paper presented at the pre-conference workshop (June 20) "Charting the Future: Rural and Remote Nursing in Canada", Biennial Convention and Annual Meeting of the Canadian Nurses Association, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada; June 20-23, 2004. Pitblado, J.R., I. Koren, D. Heng*, C. Lagacé, and M. Desmeules. "Health region taxonomies: Rural-urban continua." Poster presented at the Canadian Public Health Association 95th Annual Conference, "Population Health In Our Communities". St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada; June 13-16, 2004. Heng, D.*, J.R. Pitblado, I. Koren, and C. Lagacé. "Health region taxonomies: A focus on the rural-urban continua in Atlantic Canada." Paper presented at the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Forum, "Linking Health Promotion Research to Policy in Atlantic Canada". Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; June 1-2, 2004. Pong, R.W., J. Hogenbirk, and A. Lauzon*. "Are teletriage services reaching the right people? Findings from a pilot project." Paper presented at the Inaugural conference of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research. Montréal, Québec, Canada; May 25-28, 2004. 2003 Heng, D.*, R.W. Pong, J.R. Pitblado, M. Desmeules, and C. Lagacé. "Sources of data for rural health research: Development of an inventory of databases." Paper presented at the 5th International Symposium, "Future of Rural Peoples". Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 19-23, 2003. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, and S. Lemieux*. "Impact of telephone triage on medical service use: Implications for rural and remote areas." Paper presented at the 5th International Symposium, "Future of Rural Peoples". Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 19-23, 2003. Pitblado, R., M. MacLeod, N. Stewart, and J. Kulig. "The Nature of Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada Study: 2003 updates." Poster presented at the 5th International Symposium, "Future of Rural Peoples". Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 19-23, 2003. Tilleczek, K.*, K. Boydell, R.W. Pong, T. Volpe, and E. Wilson. "Pathways and barriers to mental health care for rural children and youth." Poster presented at the 5th International Symposium, "Future of Rural Peoples". Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 19-23, 2003. Tilleczek, K.*, N. Russell*, R.W. Pong, and S. Caty*. "The delivery of needs: Evaluating distance education for rural Ontario nurse practitioners." Poster discussion presented at the 5th International Symposium, "Future of Rural Peoples". Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 19-23, 2003. Hogenbirk, J., K. Byrne*, R.W. Pong, and L. Liboiron-Grenier*. "Environmental scan human resource issues." Paper presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; October 5-7, 2003. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, V. McFarland*, S. Lemieux*, and L. Liboiron-Grenier*. "Audit of telephone nursing advice." Paper presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; October 5-7, 2003. Volpe, T., K.M. Boydell, R.W. Pong, K. Tilleczek*, and E. Wilson. "Pathways to mental health care for children in rural and remote communities." Workshop presented at Canadian Mental Health Association Making Gains conference. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; September 30, 2003. Pong, R.W. "Striving to meet one's own needs - Outcomes of a 10-year 'experiment' in training family physicians in Northern Ontario." Paper presented at the "Making It Work: Recruitment and Retention in Remote Areas" conference. St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom; September 4-6, 2003. Strasser, R. "Planning for future rural medical education in Australia and Canada." Invited presentation at the "Making It Work: Recruitment and Retention in Remote Areas" conference. St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom; September 4-6, 2003. Pong, R.W. "iCare3: New frontier of health and well-being for older persons." Invited presentation at the "Positive Aging - Elders' Health: Formal, Informal and Self Care" Symposium. City University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong; July 3, 2003. Boydell, K.M., R.W. Pong, T. Volpe, N. Greenberg, K. Tilleczek*, and E. Wilson. "Family member and service provider perspectives on pathways to mental health care for children in rural communities." Poster session presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the Center for Research and Training in Family Support and Children's Mental Health. Portland, Oregon, United States of America; June 26-28, 2003. Strasser, R. "Community participation: The key to improving rural health." Invited presentation at the International Rural Network Conference. Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom; June 23-27, 2003. Tesson, G. "Training physicians for rural and remote settings in Canada and Australia." Invited presentation at the International Rural Network Conference. Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom; June 23-27, 2003. Goddard, M., D. Mowat, C. Corbett, C. Neudorf, P. Raina, and V. Sahai*. "The impacts of knowledge management and information technology advances on public health decision making in 2010." Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research. Borås, Sweden; June 1-3, 2003. Nagarajan, K.V. "Health and health care in the Sudbury area." Paper presented at Progressive Sudbury Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; May 2-3, 2003. Tilleczek, K.* "Muted resilience: Social paradox and the health of northern children and youth." Paper presented at Progressive Sudbury Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; May 2-3, 2003. Pong, R.W. and J. Hogenbirk. "Assessing teletriage in Northern Ontario." Invited presentation to the Health Telematics Unit, University of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta, Canada; March 20, 2003. Boydell, K.M., R.W. Pong, T. Volpe, N. Greenberg, K. Tilleczek*, and E. Wilson. "Rural realities in children's community mental health." Presented at the 16th Annual Research Conference: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa, Florida, United States of America; March 3-6, 2003. Pong, R.W. and J.R. Pitblado. "Measuring health and health care in rural Canada." Invited presentation at the "Measurement in Health Care: How, What, Why?" workshop. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; January 13-14, 2003. 2002 Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, S. Lemieux*, and V. McFarland*. "Who called Ontario's Telephone Triage Pilot Project?" Poster presented at the 3rd national conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; October 24-26, 2002. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, V. McFarland*, and S. Lemieux*. "The effect of telephone triage advice on informal care behaviour." Poster presented at the 3rd national conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; October 24-26, 2002. Lagace, C., M. Desmeules, R. Pitblado, R. Bollman, R.W. Pong, R. Semenciw, J.M. Dowler, and Y. Mao. "Patterns of mortality among young Canadians living in rural and urban communities." Paper presented at the 3rd national conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; October 24-26, 2002. Pitblado, R., D. Malaviarachchi, L. Madill, R. Cole, and G. Giles. "Mortality and disease incidence due to less common causes: Part I." Poster presented at the 3rd national conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; October 24-26, 2002. Tilleczek, K.*, S. Caty*, R.W. Pong, I. Michel, and S. Lemieux*. "Assessing the continuing education needs of nurse practitioners in rural Ontario." Paper presented at the 3rd national conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; October 24-26, 2002. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, S. Lemieux*, and V. McFarland*. "Northern Ontario's Teletriage Pilot Project: Description of callers." Paper presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; October 3-5, 2002. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, V. McFarland*, and S. Lemieux*. "Does a telephone triage service affect informal care behaviour?" Poster presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; October 3-5, 2002. Parker-Taillon, D., R.W. Pong, P. Jennett, J. Finley, P. Brockway et al. "The development of a national framework of guidelines for telehealth." Paper presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; October 3-5, 2002. Pitblado, J.R. "Defining 'rural' in the context of 'health': The need for both quantitative and qualitative descriptors." Invited presentation to the Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; September 5, 2002. Pitblado, J.R. "Assessing rural health: Toward developing indicators for rural Canada." The Senator Norman M. Paterson Visiting Professorship presentation. Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; September 4, 2002. Pitblado, J.R. "Where have your nurses and physicians gone? Internal migration patterns of Canada's rural nurses and physicians." Invited presentation to the Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; September 4, 2002. Pong, R.W. "Broadening the perspective on rural health manpower: Lessons learned from the Health Transition Fund projects in Canada." Paper presented at the 5th General Conference of the Federation for International Cooperation of Health Services and Systems Research Centers (FICOSSER). Chersonissos, Greece; June 12-14, 2002. Boydell, K.M., R.W. Pong, T. Volpe, K. Tilleczek*, and E. Wilson. "The rural experience of continuity of care: Results of community consultations." Poster presented at Canadian Association of Pediactric Health Centres Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; June 9-12, 2002. Pong, R.W. and J. Hogenbirk. "Reimbursement of telehealth services: Issues and current status." Paper presented at the Canadian Health Economics Research Association conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; May 22-25, 2002. Pong, R.W., A. Irvine*, and C. McChesney. "Bringing services to where they are needed: The chemotherapy outreach program in Northeastern Ontario." Paper presented at the 5th WONCA World Conference on Rural Health. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; April 28 - May 5, 2002. Tilleczek, K.* "Mirrors and passages: Examining the health and social nexus for rural youth." Paper presentation at the Qualitative Health Research Conference. Banff, Alberta, Canada; April 4-6, 2002. 2001 Lam, Z. , R.W. Pong, A. Salmoni, and L. Martin*. "Informal care survey among Chinese Canadians in Toronto." Paper presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Chinese Elderly: Enhancing Life Quality of the Elderly in the New Century. Shanghai, People's Republic of China; October 23-25, 2001. Pitblado, J.R., J. Medves, and F.A. Roy. "Demographic and workplace profile of registered nurses in rural Canada." Paper presented at the 2nd Scientific Conference and Annual Meeting - Health Research in Rural and Remote Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 19-21, 2001. Demeules, M., C. Lagacé, S. Jones, J.M. Dowler, R. Semenciw, G. Li, and R.W. Pong. "Patterns of mortality in rural and urban Canada." Poster presented at the Second Scientific Conference of the Rural Health Research Consortium - Health Research in Rural and Remote Canada: Taking the Next Step. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 18-21, 2001. Howard, A., M. Beveridge, K. Tilleczek*, and P. Rothe. "National strategy for injury prevention and control in Canada." Presentation at the Congress on Cultural Perspectives on the Global Burden of Injury (organized by the World Health Organization and the Karolinska Institute). Stockholm, Sweden; September 10-14, 2001. Martin, L.* and R.M. Zhou. "Environment and desire for social contact: Do they affect the well-being of seniors?" Paper presented at the 17th World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; July 1-6, 2001. Caty, S.*, I. Michel, R.W. Pong, and D. Stewart*. "The graduates of the Ontario Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Education Program: Where are they practicing?" Paper presented at the 2nd International Research Conference. Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; May 2-4, 2001. Pong, R.W. "From the outback to the outport: Rural health across 16 time zones." Invited videoconference presentation to the 6th National Rural Health Conference. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; March 4-7, 2001. Pitblado, J.R. "Learn how to use the bootstrap technique to estimate variances." Paper presented at the Ontario Health Survey Workshop. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; February 27, 2001. 2000 Pong, R.W., L. Buske, and A. Irvine*. "Projected demographic changes among Canadian family physicians: Challenges for medical workforce planning." Paper presented at the Physician Workforce Studies: Present State and Future Prospects conference. Paris, France; December 11-13, 2000. Caty, S.*, I. Michel, R.W. Pong, and D. Stewart*. "The 1997 and 1999 nurse practitioner graduates: Are they working as nurse practitioners? If so, where?" Poster presented at the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and Nurse Practitioners Association of Ontario Y2Care 2000 conference - Updates in Primary Health Care: Nurse Practitioner. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; November 3-4, 2000. Caty, S.*, I. Michel, R.W. Pong, and D. Stewart*. "The transition phase NP graduates: Where are they practising?" Poster presented at the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and Nurse Practitioners Association of Ontario Y2Care 2000 conference - Updates in Primary Health Care: Nurse Practitioner. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; November 3-4, 2000. Pong, R.W. "Reimbursement for telehealth practice: Policy issues." Invited presentation at the Canada E-Health 2000 Conference. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; October 22-24, 2000. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, M. McDonald, and J.V. Mulloy*. "Factors that influence practice locations of graduates of the Northeastern Ontario Family Medicine Program." Poster presented at the Rural and Remote Health: Exploring the Issues, Making the Connections conference. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2000. Irvine, A.*, R.W. Pong, C. McChesney, and C. DesRochers. "Impact of an outreach chemotherapy program on rural cancer patients." Paper presented at the Rural and Remote Health: Exploring the Issues, Making the Connections conference. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2000. Pearson, D.A.*, A. Irvine*, R. Pitblado, and R.W. Pong. "Development of a rural health indicators meta-database." Poster presented at the Rural and Remote Health: Exploring the Issues, Making the Connections conference. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2000. Pitblado, J.R. and R.W. Pong. "Where have the rural docs gone?" Paper presented at the Rural and Remote Health: Exploring the Issues, Making the Connections conference. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2000. Pitblado, J.R. and D. Williams. "Health and the National Atlas of Canada." Paper presented at the 91st Annual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association and 51st Annual Conference of the Ontario Public Health Association (joint conference). Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23, 2000. Pong, R.W., A. Irvine*, I. Grava-Gubins, and C.A. Renaud. "Changing demographics in the physician workforce: Implications for rural health in Canada." Paper presented at the Rural and Remote Health: Exploring the Issues, Making the Connections conference. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; October 21-23; 2000. Irvine, A.* and J.R. Pitblado. "Perceptions vs. reality: The fit between family physician self-rated geographical classifications and standard geographic classifications." Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; October 19-21, 2000. Pong, R.W., J.R. Pitblado, and A. Irvine*. "A strategy for developing health indicators for rural Canada." Invited presentation at the International Joint Commission Consensus Conference on Environmental Health Surveillance. Québec City, Québec, Canada; October 10-12, 2000. Pong, R.W. "Developing telemedicine policies: Issues and challenges." Invited presentation at the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care "Telemedicine Think Tank" conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; September 6-8, 2000. Pong, R.W., J. Hogenbirk, M. McDonald, and J. Mulloy*. "Medical training and practice locations: A tale of two programs." Poster presented at the 4th WONCA World Rural Health Conference. Calgary, Alberta, Canada; August 15-19, 2000. Pong, R.W. "Rural health research." Invited presentation at Public Issue Forum ("Who Cares for Rural Health?") of The Ontario Rural Council. North Bay, Ontario, Canada; July 10, 2000. Pong, R.W., J.R. Pitblado, and A. Irvine*. "Measuring disparities in rural-urban health conditions: Feasibility of developing health indicators for rural Canada." Poster presented at the Inaugural Conference of the International Society for Equity in Health. Havana, Cuba; June 29-30, 2000. Caty, S.*, I. Michel, R.W. Pong, and D. Stewart*. "The employment situation and profile of the graduates of the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Education Program." Invited presentation at the Ontario Hospital Association Nurse Practitioner Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; February 22, 2000. 1999 Hamilton, R., J. Mulloy* and R.W. Pong. "Choosing and building a career in rural practice." Workshop presented at the Provincial Forum on Rural Medical Education - First Annual Conference of Ontario Faculties of Medicine. Kingston, Ontario, Canada; November 25-26, 1999. Hogenbirk, J., R.W. Pong, and D.A. Pearson*. "Reimbursing physicians for telehealth practice: Barriers and policy options." Paper presented at the First Global Conference on the Evaluation and Diffusion of Telehealth. Calgary, Alberta, Canada; October 21-23, 1999. Pong, R.W. "The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and rural health research in Canada." Paper presented at the Rural Health Research Consortium. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; October 14-16, 1999. Pong, R.W. "Physician licensure issues in telehealth practice: Some policy options." Paper presented at the conference on Shaping the Future: Qualification Recognition in the 21st Century. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; October 12-15, 1999. Caty, S.*, I. Michel, R.W. Pong, and D. Stewart*. "The graduates of the Ontario Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Education Program - Where are they practising?" Poster presented at the Nurse Practitioners Association of Ontario annual conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; September 17-18, 1999. 1998 Reamy, J. and R.W. Pong. "Physician workforce composition by gender: Implications for managing physician supply." Paper presented at the 4th FICOSSER General Conference. Cuernavaca, Mexico; July 28-30, 1998. Pong, R.W. "Cost-benefit of HIV testing and human resources implications." Paper presented at the Scientific Meeting to Review the Vertical Transmission of HIV in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; June 11, 1998. Caty, S.*, I. Michel, R.W. Pong, and D. Stewart*. "Nurse practitioners as primary health care providers." Paper presented at the 89th annual conference of the Canadian Public Health Association. Montreal, Québec, Canada; June 7-10, 1998. Irvine, A.*, R.W. Pong, and D. Stewart*. "Students dream but babies decide: Intended practice settings of midwifery students in Ontario and factors influencing their decisions." Paper presented at the OISE Midwifery Symposium. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; April 18, 1998. 1997 Wanke, M.L., L.D. Saunders, W.J.B. Church, and R.W. Pong. "A framework for planning and evaluating community-based health services in Canada." Paper presented at the 14th International ISQua Conference on Quality in Health Care. Chicago, Illinois, United States of America; November 12-15, 1997. Sahai, V.*, K.V. Nagarajan, and R.W. Pong. "Screening pregnant women for HIV in Ontario: Economic implications." Paper presented at the 7th Canadian Conference on Health Economics. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; August 21-23, 1997. Pong, R.W. "Changing sex composition in the Canadian physician workforce: Implications for health care." Poster presentation at the Canadian Population Society annual meeting. St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada; June 9-11, 1997. Pong, R.W. "Defining underservice for sustainable program development." Presentation at the conference on Physician Recruitment and Retention in Rural and Northern Ontario. Valley East, Ontario, Canada; May 12, 1997. Pong, R.W., A. Salmoni, and S. Heard. "Old-timers and newcomers: The changing profile of the older population in Elliot Lake." Paper presented at the Elliot Lake: Northern Community in Transition conference. Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada; January 24-25, 1997. Pong, R.W., A. Salmoni, and S. Heard. "Physician resource implications of the changing demographic structure in Elliot Lake." Paper presented at the Elliot Lake: Northern Community in Transition conference. Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada; January 24-25, 1997. 1996 Pong, R.W. "Aging as a resource." Invited key-note presentation at the conference on Rediscovering the Elderly: Choices and Opportunities for Older and Younger Generations in an Aging World. Wellington, New Zealand; December 7, 1996. Caty, S.*, R.W. Pong, L. Houle*, I. Michel, and D. Stewart*. "Nurse practitioner students: Who are they? A comparison of 1995 BScN-prepared students with diploma-prepared students." Paper presented at the National Interdisciplinary Health Research Conference. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; November 28-30, 1996. Pong, R.W. "Developing a flexible health workforce in Canada: An overview of the issues." Invited presentation at the Towards Developing a Flexible Health Workforce conference. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; October 16-17, 1996. Pong, R.W., B. Rowe, and J. Mulloy*. "Educating physicians for rural practice in Ontario: Assessing initial outcomes." Paper presented at the FICOSSER Conference on Quality in Primary Health Care and Rural Health Practice. Barcelona, Spain; September 25-27, 1996. 1995 Pong, R.W., S. Caty*, B. Minore, and M.E. Hill. "Evaluation of palliative care education programs in northern Ontario: Logistical and methodological challenges." Paper presented at Evaluation '95 - International Evaluation Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; November 1-5, 1995. Pong, R.W., S. Caty*, B. Minore, and M.E. Hill. "An evaluation of the 'train the trainer' model in community-based palliative care education programs." Paper presented at the 6th Canadian Palliative Care Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; October 15-17, 1995. Pong, R.W. and R. Pitblado. "Comparisons of regional variations in the utilization of medical and dental services in Ontario." Paper presented at the Sixth Canadian Conference on Health Economics. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; August 24-26, 1995. Pong, R.W. "In search of solutions: Ontario's experience in meeting underserviced area needs." Paper presented at the 18th Annual National Conference of the National Rural Health Association. Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; May 17-20, 1995. Minore, B., S. Caty*, R.W. Pong, and M.E. Hill. "Approaches to palliative care education for interdisciplinary providers in northern Ontario." Paper presented at the 3rd Australian National Hospice Palliative Care Conference. Perth, Western Australia, Australia; May 10-12, 1995. 1994 Hodgetts, G., R. Wilson, M. Godwin, R.W. Pong, and E. Najgebauer. "Factors influencing practice locations of male and female graduates of a family medicine residency program." Poster presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; October 3, 1994. Pong, R.W. "Physicians' practice location preferences and government medical manpower distribution strategies: Will the twain ever meet?" Poster presented at the Physician Workforce Conference of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; April 24, 1994.