presents
Dr. Danielle Martin
Vice President of Medical Aﬀairs &
Health System Solutions at
Women’s College Hospital,
UofT Associate Professor,
and Family Physician
The Power of Bifocal Vision:
How Practitioners and Policymakers
Can Change the World
Health professionals strive as advocates and agents to look beyond our individual
patients and address system-level determinants of health. But the best way to bridge
between the level of the individual and the level of the system in our daily work
remains less clear, whether we act as front-line providers or system-level policymakers.
In order to improve health we must construct the perfect bifocal lens, one that allows
us to see clearly what is needed both up close and at great distances. How can “social
justice” be brought into the daily practice of health care providers, and how can policy
makers and system leaders fully engage with the citizens they seek to help?
In this talk Dr. Danielle Martin will explore the power of bifocal vision, why it is so
rare, and how we might work together to achieve it.
The talk will be particularly relevant to trainees and practitioners in the health
professions as well as those in public policy and the business world who want to make
the world a better place.
Wednesday, May 13
at 4:30 pm
Etherington Hall,
Queen’s University