Webinar Wednesday – Evidence-based Guidance on AI Usage in Primary Care: CEP’s AI Learning Centre

The Centre for Effective Practice has launched the AI Learning Centre, a rapid-response resource designed to enhance AI literacy among Ontario’s primary care practitioners and support informed AI usage in clinical practice.   

The webinar will use common practitioner questions to highlight key AI Learning Centre content, including:

-What’s available to use right now, and what are some practical tips to help me use it?  

-What’s the risk level for using AI to support different kinds of tasks in primary care?  

-Are there regulations governing AI use in primary care in Ontario?  

-How do machine learning-powered tools differ from traditional digital health tools, and why should I care?  

-How might AI impact the doctor-patient relationship, and what are best practices for addressing this? 

In addition, we’ll explore how CEP’s AI Learning Centre is prioritizing collaboration with external partners and experts to develop responsive, iterative guidance for primary care clinicians while reducing duplication and noise in the system.

Presented by:

Anne Dabrowski is CEP’s Director of Information Services and leads the Information Services team in developing the strong evidence base that underpins CEP’s knowledge translation projects. Anne’s expertise in developing evidence-grounded content is a key contributor to the scope and design of CEP’s high-calibre tools.  

A librarian with expertise in clinical design and evidence synthesis, Anne is the chief architect of CEP’s COVID-19 Resource Centre, a comprehensive repository developed in 2020 for primary care clinicians that received over 150,000 users. With broad experience in facilitation, Anne is keenly interested in finding innovative ways to help healthcare workers and KT professionals navigate an ever-changing information landscape. Anne holds a Master of Information from the University of Toronto. 

Dr. Payal Agarwal is a primary care physician and respected health system leader with deep expertise in digital health in primary care and hospital settings.

As the Integrated Chief Medical Informatics and Innovation Officer at Grand River and St. Mary’s Hospitals, Dr. Agarwal co-leads the hospitals’ clinical digital strategy. Dr. Agarwal holds additional leadership appointments as the Learning Health System Lead for the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, the Medical Director, Digital Health at the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) and a Fellow in Digital Health and AI with AMS Healthcare.  

She holds a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Toronto, a Master of Health Services Research from the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo.