Target audience: Clinicians within the HPA-OHT network by providing access to valuable resources, learning opportunities, and updates.

OHT Advancing Clinical Collaboration

What’s New: New AI Scribe Program to Ease Clinician Workload

For primary care leaders | 1-min read of the blurb, 3-min read of the full article

Why it matters:
Clinician burnout is rising, driven in part by documentation demands. A national AI Scribe Program will offer free one-year licenses to up to 10,000 primary care clinicians, helping reduce admin time and improve patient care.

Next steps:
✔ Identify clinicians who could benefit
✔ Stay informed on rollout details in your region
✔ Read how AI scribes support Connected Care goals

👉 Learn More

Newsletters

Stay informed with the latest news, updates, and developments from the Clinical Network Newsletter and Health Matters Newsletter. Keeping you connected with key updates relevant to primary care providers.

Clinical Network Newsletter

January 2025

This edition covers critical updates on the Huron Perth Primary Care Summit, locum support resources, recruitment programs, RSV vaccine guidance, and new care initiatives like the Unattached Care Clinic (UCC).

Archive:
November 2024
August 2024

HPA-OHT Health Matters Newsletter

Upcoming Events

Clinical Leadership Training

Target audience:
Physicians and Nurse Practitioners

Event Details:
✔ Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | 8:30am – 5:00 pm
✔ The Arden Park Hotel, 552 Ontario Street, Stratford

💡 Featuring:
Professor Brian Golden is the Sandra Rotman Chaired Professor in Health Sector Strategy at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and serves as Academic Director of its Global Executive MBA for Healthcare and the Life Sciences. He has significantly influenced Ontario’s healthcare policy through advisory roles and authored key reports, while also leading leadership development initiatives across public and private health organizations globally.

📓 Training Overview:
As a leading expert in health sector strategy, Professor Golden will deliver an impactful session designed to strengthen leadership in healthcare.

  • 8:30 am – 12:00 pm: Leader as Architect
    Explore how high-performing organizations are built through aligned systems and interdependent parts, continually redesigned by visionary leaders. This session provides a comprehensive framework for healthcare leaders to understand their potential impact and strategies for fostering organizational excellence. Discussions will highlight transformative approaches and opportunities for advancing primary care in Ontario.
  • 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Team Decision Making and the Leader as Coach
    This session focuses on persuasion, coalition-building, and coaching skills essential for leading change in HPA-OHT healthcare system. It will provide participants with actionable tools and tactics they can use in their roles as leaders of HPA-OHT (and Ontario’s) healthcare system and provide an assessment of one’s leadership style, including Leader as Coach.
Register Now

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Opportunities

Professional growth and development are vital for delivering quality care. We have curated a list of links to the Continuing Professional Development pages of major medical schools in Ontario. These resources provide information on upcoming workshops, seminars, and certification opportunities that are especially relevant for primary care professionals.

Ontario Medical Schools and CPD Pages

McMaster University – Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine

Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM University)

Queen’s University – School of Medicine

University of Ottawa – Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto – Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Western University – Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Rest of Canada – Medical Schools and CPD Pages

Dalhousie University – Faculty of Medicine

McGill University – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Memorial University of Newfoundland – Faculty of Medicine

Université de Montréal – Faculté de Médecine

Université de Sherbrooke – Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé

Université Laval – Faculté de Médecine

University of Alberta – Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of British Columbia – Faculty of Medicine

University of Calgary – Cumming School of Medicine

University of Manitoba – Max Rady College of Medicine

University of Saskatchewan – College of Medicine

We will also spotlight key learning opportunities that are most relevant to the needs of primary care providers within our network

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to reach out. For more information on how we can support your professional needs, contact us at oht@hpaoht.ca.