PR01: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Bootcamp 2.0
Yejin Jeong, BA; Steven Lin, MD

Wednesday, November 20th | 8:00 am-12:00 pm

This preconference workshop will cover essential topics including: (1) AI/ML fundamentals and applications and their relevance to primary care (2) Practical strategies for implementing and evaluating AI/ML interventions (3) Hands-on exploration of Large Language Models (LLMs), focusing on prompt engineering and ChatGPT (4) Future directions and opportunities in AI/ML for primary care research.

Prerequisite Knowledge Needed:
Basic familiarity with primary care research methodologies and concepts is recommended. No prior experience with AI/ML technologies is required, as the workshop will provide foundational knowledge in an accessible way and practical guidance suitable for all levels of expertise. By attending this preconference workshop, participants will gain actionable insights and practical skills to harness the potential of AI/ML to address challenges and drive innovation in primary care.

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Describe various AI/ML applications and their relevance to primary care.
2. Describe frameworks and approaches to selecting use cases and designing AI/ML implementation evaluations.
3. Effectively utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) for research and analysis.

Fee: $105

PR02: CASFM Research Methods: Unveiling the Mechanisms of Effect, A Workshop on Causal Mediation Analysis
Pamela Fernainy, BS, MPH, MSc

Wednesday, November 20th | 8:00 am-12:00 pm

This workshop aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of causal mediation analysis techniques, ranging from conceptual foundations to practical applications.

Prerequisite Knowledge Needed:
Other than a familiarity with linear and logistic regression, no prior knowledge is required for participation in this workshop. Participants who are interested in following along the demonstration of causal mediation should have basic knowledge of programming in R.

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Define causal mediation within the context of the causal inference framework.
2. Interpret and explain results from studies that have applied causal mediation.
3. Apply causal mediation methods in their own research and with their own data.

Fee: $105 

PR03: NAPCRG Trainee Pre-conference: Strengthening Primary Care through an International Lens
Taylor Bosworth, BSc, MD/PhD Student; Bryce Ringwald, MD; Chloe Warpinski; Noad Belay, MD; Kimberley Norman, PhD; Ashley Chisholm, MSc, PhD Candidate; Meghan Gilfoyle, PhD, MSc

Wednesday, November 20th | 10:00 am-2:00 pm | only available for trainees and mentors

The trainee pre-conference workshop will consist of skill building and career development sessions, as well as relevant topical sessions on primary care challenges and opportunities in different jurisdictions. This workshop will consist of didactic sessions (e.g., presentations), as well as group discussion and activities. This pre-conference workshop will allow for ample opportunity for both formal and informal discussion with peers.

Prerequisite Knowledge Needed:
None

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

1. On completion of this session the participants should be able to describe key challenges, innovations, and opportunities to improve primary care across different jurisdictions.
2. On completion of this session the participants should be able explain important strategies and next steps to building a strong and resilient primary care system in different contexts.

Fee: $0

PR04: CASFM: The Nature of Data
Ginetta Salvalaggio, MD, CCFP, MSc, CCFP (AM); Jon Salsberg, PhD; Kimberly Fulda, DrPH; Arya Rahgozar, PhD; Kate Vickery, MD, MSc; Lara Nixon, MD, FCFP, CCFP(COE); Rosellen Roche, MD, PhD, FHEA; Alexander Singer, MD, CCFP; Ian Bennett, MD, PhD

Wednesday, November 20th | 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

Researchers from across the CASFM working groups will present their perspectives on how to address power asymmetry within data, including: Data sovereignty, and how participatory approaches can help manage multiple epistemologies (Participatory Health Research working group); How to leverage practice-level patient and provider data infrastructure (Practice Based Research Network working group); Identifying and prioritizing topics for AI/machine learning investments, and how to transform data into meaningful information (Health Information Technology working group); and Understanding dynamics and adaptations to local systems through feedback from grounded data and learning (Complexity Science working group).

Prerequisite Knowledge Needed:
None

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Identify and select data that is appropriate for primary care research questions.
2.  Act as competent data stewards able to manage multiple ways of knowing.
3. Recognize the difference between data and information, and leverage data to drive system adaptation and improvement.

Fee: $105 

PR05: Patient/community engaged research: characteristics of the “Just Right Research Team”
Raymond Haeme, MS; Maret Felzien, MA; Vivian Ramsden, PhD, RN, MCFP (Hon.); Kirk Mason, BSc, MDes Candidate; Norma Rabbitskin, RN; John Westfall, MD, MPH

Wednesday, November 20th | 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

In this workshop, members of the PaCE Committee will make several short presentations to highlight various aspects of what might be considered as characteristics of the “just right research team” including aspects of the WHO’s Astana Declaration, principles of engaged research, aspects of primary care research, knowledge translation, education and advocacy.

Prerequisite Knowledge Needed:
No prerequisite knowledge needed - only experience with a healthcare system and/or research and/or an interest in learning about one or the other

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Define primary care research and participatory processes.
2. Describe the importance of engaging patients and community members on the research team.
3. Describe the characteristics of the “just right” research team.

Fee: $0 

PR05: How might we cultivate equity meta-governance? A Call-to-action for NAPCRG members
Rick Botelho, MD, MRCGP, ABFM, ACLM

Wednesday, November 20th | 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

Equity meta-governance is about co-creating fair rules, fair play, fair games, fair opportunities, and fair rewards to benefit all on a healthy planet. How might we learn to: 1) Distinguish between moral-amoral-immoral uses and abuses of power? 2) Negotiate shared meanings about fairness to enable ethical power-sharing and co-elevate egalitarianism? 3) Deliver exponential opportunities to solve our wicked problems that arise from ineffective governance, inept stewardship, incompetent leadership, and degenerative and un-sustainable practices of living beyond planetary boundaries?

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Implement first principles and simple rules for co-creating generative-strategic dialogues about equity.
2. Enhance ethical literacy about the distinctions between virtues and values to discern the distinctions between moral-amoral-immoral uses and abuses of power.
3. Cultivate equity meta-governance to redress our meta-crisis of systemic power abuse dynamics sets up our poly-crisis of wicked problems. 

Fee: $105