2023 Workshop – Rochester, MN

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 1Wednesday, September 13, 2023
7:30 – 8:30Registration (refreshments provided)
8:30 – 8:45 AMWelcome 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 AMLarge 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 AMTransition 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 PMLarge 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 PMSupporting patients and their caregivers through complex chronic illness
Sarah McCarthy, PhD
7:00 – 9:00 PMSocial and Dinner
(RSVP required)
Day 2Thursday, September, 2023
7:30 – 8:30 AMRegistration (refreshments provided)
8:30 – 9:15 AMPlenary: The experience of Undercared for Chronic Suffering
Christina LaVeccia, PhD, Kasey Boehmer, PhD, MPH, NBC-HWC
9:15 – 10:15 AMLarge Group Workshop: To Be Named
10:15 – 10:30 AMCoffee break, transition to small group breakout rooms
10:30 – 12:00 PMSmall 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 PMLarge Group Panel Session: To Be Named
3:00 – 3:30 PMCoffee Break (refreshments provided)
3:30 – 4:15 PMPlenary: To Be Named
4:15 – 5:00 PMQ&A/Reflections
Day 3Friday, September 15, 2023
7:30 – 8:00 AMRegistration (refreshments provided)
8:00 – 8:15 AMWelcome and Housekeeping for the Day
8:15 – 9:00 AMPlenary: Why Capacity Coaching?
Kasey Boehmer, PhD, MPH, NBC-HWC
9:00 – 9:30 AMCoffee Break
9:30 – 10:45 AMPlenary: Coaching patients and their caregivers
Cassie Kennedy, MD
10:45 – 11:00 AMBreak
11:00 – 12:15 PMExperience 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 PMLUNCH!
1:15 – 3:15 PMPractice 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 PMCoffee Break
3:45 – 4:15 PM      Q&A, Reflections