ABOUT THE SECTION
Year Created: 2009
The Section of Patient Safety and Quality Assurance held its inaugural meeting on 12 July 2010, at the CAP-ACP Annual Meeting in Montreal, QC.
Executive:
- Chair: Dr. Monalisa Sur (Hamilton, ON)
- Vice Chair: Dr. Virginia Walley (Toronto, ON)
- Past Chair: Dr. Catherine Ross (Hamilton, ON)
- Secretary: Dr Alice Lytwyn
Members-at-Large:
- Dr. Bernard Têtu (Quebec City, QC)
- Dr. Raymond Maung (Kamloops, BC)
- CAP-ACP President, Ex-Officio
Objectives:
Members:
Members shall be members or associates in good standing of the CAP-ACP, who have an interest in patient safety and quality assurance as they relate to Pathology.
The Section includes:
- Canadian Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Quality Control Academic Program (cIQc)
- CAP-ACP National Standards Committee for High Complexity Laboratory Testing
News:
- Canadian Partnership Against Cancer 2013-14 Update: Engagement of Canadian Pathology Community
- Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Quality Initiative in Interpretive Pathology Project Overview
- International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting - Newsletter April 2014
- International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting - Newsletter October 2014
Presentations:
- 2017 PSQA Symposium - Symposium: Patient Safety and Quality Assurance
- 2016 PSQA Symposium - Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Symposium: The Landscape of Workload Assessment of Canadian Pathologists
- 2015 PSQA Symposium - Symposium: Patient Safety and Quality Assurance: Jurisdictional Quality Plans and Indicators in Interpretative Pathology: Experience in Canada and Abroad
- 2014 PSQA Symposium -
- The Implementation of Medical Revalidation in the UK - How Histopathologists Do It - Peter N. Furness
- Interpretive Quality Assurance in Pathology: Where Are We Going In Canada? - John Srigley and Gunita Mitera
- 2013 PSQA Symposium - Interpretive Diagnostic Accuracy and Error - Raouf E. Nakhleh and E. Douglas Bell
- 2012 PSQA Symposium - Quality Management in anatomic Pathology: Case Studies, Analysis and Outcomes - Beverley A. Carter and Stephen Raab
2011 PSQA Symposium
- Errors in Cancer diagnosis Involving Pathologists: Is It all About Slide Reading Skills? - Hardeep Singh
- Organizational Culture for Patient Safety - Ron Westrum
- Reporting and Responding to Adverse Events Triggered by Errors in the Clinical Laboratory - E. Douglas Bell
2010 PSQA Symposium
- Error Reduction and Prevention ini Surgical Pathology - Raouf Nakhleh
- The Role of Histopathology EQA Schemes in Revalidation / Recertification - Raymond McMahon
- Change in Management of Medicine - Jared Schwartz
- Future of Cytopathology - Mark Stoler
2010 PSQA Summit
- The US Approach to Quality Assurance in Surgical Pathology - Raouf Nakhleh
- An Overview of UK EQA Histopathology Schemes - Raymond McMahon
- Laboratory Quality Indicators: Results of a National Survey of CAP Members, June 2010 - Diponkar Banerjee
- Global Plan of Quality-Assurance in Anatomic Pathology in Québec - Bernard Têtu
- QA: The View from the East: Professional Interpretaion and its Quality Management - an Ontario Perspective - Terence Colgan
Documents Developed:
- CAP-ACP Guidelines for the Investigation of Alleged Irregularities in Surgical Pathology Practice
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CAP-ACP Clinical Immunohistochemistry Checklists: Part I and Part II
Listes de verification de l'immunohistochimie clinique du CAP-ACP: Partie I et Partie II - Guidelines for the Review of Pathology in the Research Context
- Pan-Canadian Cervical Screening Initiative Reporting on Histopathology Specimens from the Cervix and Vagina - Consensus Statements May 2013
Other QA Resources:
- CMA Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Canadian Society of Cytology
- College of American Pathologists: CAP Cancer Protocols
- CAP Cancer Protocols Education Sessions (Canadian Partnership Against Cancer)
- Interpretive Diagnostic Error Reduction in Surgical Pathology and Cytology
- Pathology and Staging Standards (Canadian Partnership Against Cancer)
- Ontario: Standards2Quality
- Ontario: Pathology Quality Management Program Standards – Implementation Guide
- Ontario: Work2Quality
- UK Pathology Quality Assurance Review
- National Quality Assurance Intelligence System (Ireland)
Other Resources:
- Canadian Medical Protective Association
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Canadian Patient Safety Institute
An independent not-for-profit corporation, operating collaboratively with health professionals and organizations, regulatory bodies and governments to build and advance a safer healthcare system for Canadians. - Health Canada-Santé Canada - Resources on Quality Health Care
Upcoming QA Events:
Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Award:
Award Terms of Reference
Past Executive: 2015-17
Chair: Dr. Catherine Ross (Hamilton, ON)
Vice Chair: Dr. Monalisa Sur (Hamilton, ON)
Past Chair: Dr. Laurette Geldenhuys (Halifax, NS)
Secretary: Dr. Virginia Walley (Toronto, ON)
Members-at-Large:
Dr. Bernard Têtu (Quebec City, QC)
Dr. Raymond Maung (Kamloops, BC)
CAP-ACP President, Ex-Officio: Dr. Martin Trotter (Calgary, AB)