Public record of meeting, 5 June, 2023
Meeting of June 5 & 6, 2023,
In-Person Meeting
PRESENT
Task Force Members
- Ahmed Abou-Setta (co-Chair)
- Guylène Thériault (co-Chair)
- Scott Klarenbach
- Eddy Lang
- Kate Miller
- Keith Todd
- Donna Reynolds
- Henry Siu
- Nathalie Slavtcheva
- Patricia Li
- Jennifer Flemming
- Brenda Wilson
- Roland Grad
Task Force Fellows
- Ashraf Sefin
- Amanda Tzenov
- Shez Kassam
Task Force Alumni
- John Riva
- John LeBlanc
Task Force Administrators
- Daniela Cortinovis
- Théodora Lufitha
PHAC
- Maurica Maher
- Chantelle Garritty
- Casey Gray
- Melissa Subnath
- Laure Tessier
- Gregory Traversy
- Julie Wu
- Anne Brasset-Latulippe
- Leila Esmaeilisaraji
- Manoj Saraswat
- Teresa Kangappaden
Task Force Administrators
- Daniela Cortinovis
- Théodora Lufitha
ERSC
- David Moher
- Julian Little
- Lisa Hartling
- Jennifer Pillay
- Dria Bennett
- Lindsay Gaudet
- Nicole Shaver
Knowledge Translation
- Sharon Straus
- Robyn Beckett
- Sarah Deshpande
- Jeanette Cooper
- Vanja Grubac
- Fatiah DeMatas
- Mohamed Hassan
- Sidra Cheema
- Mame-Awa Lajante
- Danielle Kasperavicius
Communications
- Kim Barnhardt
Observers
- Gail Macartney
- Olivia Tseng
- Sona Dhaliwal
Regrets:
Chantal Plante (PHAC), Heather Limburg (PHAC), Melissa Brouwers (ERSC), Stéphane Groulx (Alumnus), Christine Fahim (KT), Arthana Chandraraj (KT), Richard Henry (Fellow)
MINUTES
Day 1
1. Welcome and Introductions
The Task Force held its June 2023 meeting in-person and virtually. Dr. Thériault opened the meeting and Task Force members approved the agenda. Brief guidelines on the proceedings of the meeting were provided. Roundtable introductions were done, and Dr. Thériault welcomed the new staff of the Task Force.
2. Communications Update
Ms. Barnhardt presented an update on the recent work of the Communications team and their ongoing initiatives.
3. Knowledge Translation (KT) Update
Ms. Beckett and Ms. Cooper from the Knowledge Translation (KT) team provided updates on recent KT activities and initiatives. This update included information on recently published and upcoming guidelines, new and upcoming KT tools, dissemination activities, the Clinical Prevention Leaders (CPL) Network, the Task Force Public Advisors Network (TF-PAN) initiative, and the 2022 Annual Evaluation.
4. Breast Cancer Update
Mr. Traversy presented the new United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft recommendations and sought a decision on proposed way forward for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Healthcare (CTFPHC)’s breast cancer guideline update.
5. Lung Cancer
Ms. Pillay presented the analysis plan for key question one (KQ1).
6. Methods
Ms. Subnath presented an update on ongoing methods items and processes for updating the manual. She also provided an update on the equity work.
7. Colorectal Cancer
Ms. Subnath presented the background information related to this topic.
8. Hepatitis C
Dr. Grad presented the key questions (KQs) and the PICOTs for feedback.
9. Vitamin D and Calcium
Dr. Klarenbach presented the revised key questions (KQs) and the draft PICOTs for feedback.
10. Verbal Update on Guidelines
The guideline working group chairs provided a brief update on each guideline.
11. Falls
Ms. Pillay and Ms. Gaudet presented the results of the systematic review.
12. Topics
Dr. Reynolds presented the next steps for confirmation methods, confirmation of cognitive impairment, as well as the topic selection process for 2024.
13. Next Steps and Adjournment
Drs Abou-Setta and Thériault thanked everyone for attending. The June 2023 Task Force meeting was adjourned.