Practice Realities Panels

Each year, our videotaped Practice Realties panels address a new set of questions to support the next generation of Ontario chiropractors. Much of the insights these expert panels share are relevant from year to year. Browse the videos of our presenters and the featured questions from past Practice OpportUnities to help prepare for your evolving career.

2024

2024 Practice Realities Panel with OCA CEO
Questions/Discussion Points:
1. As a chiropractor, what are the best practices that you have used to enhance patient outcomes?

2. How have you connected in your community with other healthcare professionals? How has this helped your practice and your patients?
3. There is an increased focus on health and wellness post pandemic. What advice would you give to students graduating in the coming years to benefit from this focus?
4. How do you see the face of the profession changing in the future?
5. Please discuss one or two challenges you’ve faced in your career and the actions you’ve taken to overcome them.
Moderator & Panelists:
Dr. Richa Sharma – Moderator
Dr. Ellen Chin
Dr. Paolo De Ciantis
Dr. Alykhan Jamal

2023

Practice Realities panel 2023
Questions/Discussion Points:
1. Describe how patient-centered care is used in your practice to enhance patient experience and outcomes?

2. In what ways have you built a collaborative interprofessional relationship (interdisciplinary practice) and how has this helped your practice and your patients?
3. What are your biggest pandemic takeaways that have positively affected how you do things now?
Moderator & Panelists:
Dr. Moez Rajwani – Moderator
Dr. Demetry Assimakopoulos
Dr. Kirstie Griffiths
Dr. Adam Solis

2022

Practice Realities Panel 2022
Questions/Discussion Points:
1. Describe how patient-centered care is used in your practice to enhance the patient experiences and outcomes?

2. How do you address certain barriers, such as mental health, in patent-centered care?
3. Discuss one or two challenges that you have faced in your career and the actions you have taken to overcome them.
4. How has COVID-19 impacted your practice?
Moderator & Panelists:
Dr. Moez Rajwani – Moderator
Dr. Marco De Ciantis
Dr. Hera Khayyam
Dr. Stephen Gray

2021

2021 virtual Practice Realities Panel
Questions/Discussion Points:
1. Describe how patient-centered care is used in your practice to enhance the patient experience and the outcomes that you achieve?

2.Discuss one or two challenges that you have faced in your career and the actions you have taken to overcome them.
3. How has COVID-19 impacted your practice – What changes have you had to make in your practice? Do you have any advice for the audience about how they should prepare themselves for the new world that we are living in?
Moderator & Panelists:
Dr. Moez Rajwani – Moderator
Dr. Nardine Bekhit
Dr. Anjelica Mazzella 
Dr. Patrick Welsh 

2020

Practice Realities Panel 2020
Questions/Discussion Points:
1. Describe how patient-centered care is used in your practice to enhance the patient experience and outcomes.
2. Discuss challenges in your career and the actions you have taken to overcome them.
3. Describe collaborative relationships you developed and how they have helped your practice and your patients. 
Moderator & Panelists:
Dr. Moez Rajwani – Moderator
Dr. Dwight Chapin 
Dr. Evelyn Lock
Dr. Alena Russo 

2019

Practice Realities Panel 2019
Questions/Discussion Points:
1. Describe how patient-centered care is used in your practice to shape your patients’ experience?
2. Please discuss challenges in your career and the actions you have taken to overcome them.
3. Describe collaborative relationships you developed and how they have helped your practice and your patients.
4. What has been the driving force behind the success of your career and what advice do you have for our future chiropractors?
Moderator & Panelists:
Dr. Moez Rajwani – Moderator
Dr. Amy Brown
Dr. Michelle Camastra
Dr. Darcy Driscoll

2018

Case Studies:
1. Judy, just 1 month out of chiropractic school,  has an opportunity to buy a sustainable chiropractic clinic and is facing negotiation challenges with the current owner…
2. Tom graduated with a significant student loan and spent months looking for an associate opportunity…
3. Cindy opened a new clinic 6 months ago. Her clinic was in a steep growth curve but is now slowing down and she is noticing patients are not returning to follow her treatment plans…
Moderator & Panelists:
Dr. Geoff Outerbridge – Moderator 
Dr. Melanie Abbott-Cambridge
Dr. Richard Magder
Dr. Nekessa Remy  

2017

Practice Realities Panel 2017
Questions/Discussion Points:
1. Describe how patient-centered care is used in your practice to shape your patients’ experience?
2. Please discuss challenges in your career and the actions you have taken to overcome them.
3. Describe the collaborative relationships you developed and how your practice and patients benefit?
4. What has been the driving force behind the success of your career and what advice do you have for our future chiropractors?
Moderator & Panelists:
Dr. Shawn Thistle – Moderator 
Dr. Theresa Lisk 
Dr. Raquel Marques
Dr. Shima Shahidy

2016

Practice Realities Panel 2016
Videos/Discussion Points:
1.
Patient-centered Care
2. Collaborative Care
3. Professional Development
4. Key Takeaways + Q & A
Panelists:
Dr. Hilary Allen
Dr. Sarah Simison
Dr. Scott Wilson