Brian M. Wong

It is often said that structures give rise to the outcomes we observe (or every system is perfectly designed to get the results that it gets). Thus, a focus on process improvement without attention to addressing underlying structures may fall short when trying to lead changes at the macrosystem level. In this speaker series presentation, Brian Wong will explore a case example of a major effort to restructure and realign services made available to long-term care homes in OH-Toronto region as a way to illustrate the importance of attending to structures, relationships and context when leading change at the macrosystem level. 

Speaker Biography: 

Brian Wong, MD, FRCPC, is the Director of CQuIPS, a staff general internist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Wong received his MD and subsequent specialty training in General Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto. After completing his residency training in 2007, he undertook a research fellowship in patient safety funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. He has co-led several major QI training programs at the University of Toronto, including the Faculty-Resident Co-Learning Curriculum, the Certificate Course in QIPS and EQUIP, and worked with academic departments at the University of Toronto to establish criteria to recognize QI and PS activities for the purposes of academic promotion. Outside of Toronto, Dr. Wong has worked with several national and international organizations, including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Choosing Wisely Canada, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, to establish training programs and standards to build QI and patient safety capacity across the learning continuum.