Registration for Care that Fits 2023 is now open! Click here to register. Register by June 30 to receive the Early Bird discount!
Care that Fits 2023 will be held September 13-15, 2023. It is the sixth offering of a three-day course that gives participants a kind and careful frame for healthcare: Minimally Disruptive Medicine (MDM) and Shared Decision Making (SDM).
The course is designed to provide participants both conceptual and practical knowledge of the topic and is divided into brief lectures and interactive workshop sessions. Lectures are intended to provide a conceptual overview of MDM and SDM and of our research work to-date. Interactive workshops focus on giving participants tools that they can use directly in clinical practice, research, or teaching. Workshops provide space for conversations that consider practical steps to implement MDM/SDM tools and concepts into practice, and about ways to help develop MDM/SDM further.
The course is intended for healthcare team members interested in applying the concepts of MDM/SDM in practice, for researchers interested in contributing to the ideas, tools, practice and implementation of MDM/SDM, and for patients with chronic conditions, particularly those leading advocacy work, or involved in engagement activities.
| Day 1 | Wednesday, September 13, 2023 |
| 7:30 – 8:30 | Registration (refreshments provided) |
| 8:30 – 8:45 AM | Welcome Address and Housekeeping Information Kasey Boehmer, PhD, MPH, NBC-HWC |
| 8:45 – 9:30 AM | Is my patient overwhelmed? Advances in understanding treatment burden Viet-Thi Tran, MD, PhD |
| 9:30 – 10:00 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 – 11:00 AM | Large Group Workshop: Cost conversations to support patient financial capacity Christina LaVecchia, PhD, Nataly Espinoza Suarez, MD, Maria Belen Mateo Chavez, MD, Elizabeth Golembiewski, PhD, MPH |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Transition to small group breakout rooms |
| 11:00 – 12:30 PM | Small Breakout 1: To Be Named Small Breakout 2: Understanding the patient experience through qualitative research, Kasey Boehmer, PhD, MPH, NBC-HWC Small Breakout 3: Did shared decision making happen? Advances in SDM measurement, Ian Hargraves, PhD and Marleen Kunneman, PhD Small Breakout 4: On care, Victor Montori, MD, MSc |
| 12:30 – 2:30 PM | Poster presentations and networking lunch Lunch provided |
| 2:30 – 3:45 PM | Large Group Workshop: Designing patient-centered interventions Ian Hargraves, PhD, Maggie Breslin, MDes Cory Schaffhausen, PhD, Summer Allen, MD |
| 3:45 – 4:15 PM | Coffee Break (refreshments provided) |
| 4:15 – 5:00 PM | Supporting patients and their caregivers through complex chronic illness Sarah McCarthy, PhD |
| 7:00 – 9:00 PM | Social and Dinner (RSVP required) |
| Day 2 | Thursday, September, 2023 |
| 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Registration (refreshments provided) |
| 8:30 – 9:15 AM | Plenary: The experience of Undercared for Chronic Suffering Christina LaVeccia, PhD, Kasey Boehmer, PhD, MPH, NBC-HWC |
| 9:15 – 10:15 AM | Large Group Workshop: To Be Named |
| 10:15 – 10:30 AM | Coffee break, transition to small group breakout rooms |
| 10:30 – 12:00 PM | Small Breakout 1: To Be Named Small Breakout 2: Understanding the patient experience through qualitative research, Kasey Boehmer, PhD, MPH, NBC-HWC Small Breakout 3: Did shared decision making happen? Advances in SDM measurement, Ian Hargraves, PhD and Marleen Kunneman, PhD Small Breakout 4: On care, Victor Montori, MD, MSc |
| 12:00- 2:00 PM | Lunch and chat (Topic TBD) Lunch Provided |
| 2:00 – 3:00 PM | Large Group Panel Session: To Be Named |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Coffee Break (refreshments provided) |
| 3:30 – 4:15 PM | Plenary: To Be Named |
| 4:15 – 5:00 PM | Q&A/Reflections |
| Day 3 | Friday, September 15, 2023 |
| 7:30 – 8:00 AM | Registration (refreshments provided) |
| 8:00 – 8:15 AM | Welcome and Housekeeping for the Day |
| 8:15 – 9:00 AM | Plenary: Why Capacity Coaching? Kasey Boehmer, PhD, MPH, NBC-HWC |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:30 – 10:45 AM | Plenary: Coaching patients and their caregivers Cassie Kennedy, MD |
| 10:45 – 11:00 AM | Break |
| 11:00 – 12:15 PM | Experience Coaching Kasey Boehmer, PhD, MPH, NBC-HWC, Nicole Guerton, MS, NBC-HWC, Sara Dick, MS, PMP, CSM, Melissa Mapes, NBC-HWC |
| 12:15 – 1:15 PM | LUNCH! |
| 1:15 – 3:15 PM | Practice your coaching skills: Four Patient Cases Kasey Boehmer, PhD, MPH, NBC-HWC, Nicole Guerton, MS, NBC-HWC, Sara Dick, MS, PMP, CSM, Melissa Mapes, NBC-HWC |
| 3:15 – 3:45 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 – 4:15 PM | Q&A, Reflections |