Events

Mobilizing Measurement into Care: A Pilot Training for Mental Health Clinicians 

This two-day pilot course will be delivered to Foundry clinicians in May 2021. The agenda can be found here.

You can access the course guidebook and videos in the course materials page (requires site membership).

Date: Tuesday, 18th May, 2021 and Thursday, 20th May

Program: (All times are PDT)

Tuesday, 18th May, 2021
8.00-8.30: Check-in and virtual coffee
8.30-8.50: Welcome
8.50-10.00: Introducing youth mental health measurement 
10.00.-10.20: Break
10.20-11.15: Thanking Sponsors
What is measurement?
How do we measure health outcomes?
11.15-12.30: What makes a good measure?What are the purposes of measurement at Foundry?
How do we select the right measure that is fit for Foundry’s purpose?
Thursday, 20th May, 2021
8.00-8.30: Check-in and virtual coffee
8.30-9.20: Ethics of measurement
9.20-10.00: How to interpret scores from a measure?
10.00.-10.20: Break
10.20-12.20: What does this all mean practically at Foundry?​
12.20-12.30: Closing remarks and evaluations

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Measuring Youth Mental Health: A course design workshop

Date: Monday, February 24th, 2020
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Location: Room 101, Institute for Health and Social Policy, Charles Meredith House, 1130 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3.

Description: This workshop brings together clinicians, philosophers of science, youth representatives and health outcome researchers in order to design a course for clinicians on measuring youth mental health. The course will cover what we call “metrology for mental health” and aims to train clinicians in theoretical and practical aspects of measurement.

​We would like to thank the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University for hosting this event. 

Program:​

9:45	Welcome (light breakfast served)
10:00	“Metrology for Mental Health” Eran Tal (McGill)
11:00	“Conceptualizing and measuring the needs of young people with mental illness and substance use disorders to transform integrated health services and youth outcomes” Skye Barbic (University of British Columbia), Nina Krack (Foundry), and Emma McCann (Mental Health Advisory Council, Canadian Ministry of Health)
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Commentary by Nancy Mayo (McGill)
1:30	Commentary by Srividya Iyer (McGill, ACCESS Open Minds, and Douglas Hospital Research Centre)
2:00	Coffee break
2:30	Commentary by Susan Bartlett (McGill)
3:00	Commentary by Leah McClimans (University of South Carolina)
3:30	Commentary by Matthew Sample (Montreal Clinical Research Institute and McGill)
4:00	Brief closing remarks and thank you
4:15-6:30	Reception at Thomson House, 3650 McTavish, Montreal