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
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
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
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
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
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
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
