P. James Ruiter

Family Practitioner | Obesity Medicine

200-717 Richmond Street London Ontario, N6A 1S2 Show map

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Jim is the Vice President and Medical Director at SALUS GLOBAL. His role among others is to manage the operations, maintenance and evolution of Patient Safety Programs (including: MORE^OB and AMPRO^OB). He is also responsible for the editing of their clinical content.

Following 20 years of rural obstetrical practice, his experience with the MORE^OB Program as a participant, Core Team member and as a facilitator, led him to London, Ontario and the Salus Global Corporation.

He has been involved in Primary Care Networks (PCN) since their inception as a physician lead, utilising them as a vehicle to improve patient care and healthcare access in his town. He is the lead author of the Kehewin Project, a new model for prenatal care delivery in an aboriginal community. As he became more involved in the process of change in medicine as it pertained to the PCN, he became interested in the process of change in the culture of medicine.

He retired from practice an Assistant Clinical Professor in the department of Family Medicine at the University of AlbertaÊ¼s Faculty of Medicine. He is committed to sustainable high quality rural obstetrics, Patient Centered Care and to the world of Patient Safety.

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Education and Training

University of Alberta

Board Certification

Member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada

Provider Details

Male English, French 37 years of experience

Areas of expertise and specialization

Patient Safety

Faculty Titles & Positions

Local, Regional, National, and International Lectures on Patient Safety -

Professional Society Memberships

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

Articles and Publications

What do you attribute your success to?

Listening to Patients

Areas of research

Patient Safety.
Impact of Patient Safety innitiatives on patient outcomes.

Teaching and speaking

Teaching:
1991 - 2007, Clinical Lecturer, in the department of Family Medicine of the University of Alberta.
2007 - 2010, Assistant Clinical Professor in the department of Family Medicine of the University of Alberta.
2005 - present, active trainer in the MOREOB Program training many teams from coast to coast to coast.
Speaking:
2005: Presented to Alberta Medical Association Representative Forum re: PCN’s.
2005: Presented to Second Round PCNs re: experiences of PCN formation.
2006: Presented to the Third Round PCNs re: experience of PCN formation.
2006, June 6: Main Speaker Videoconference in regards creation of PCN, sponsored by Peace Health Authority, Alberta
2006, June 14: Assisted in a presentation at the Alberta Health & Wellness sponsored Jack Silversin Workshop in Calgary.
2009, Swiss Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology AGM, Fribour, Switzerland. Presented in French
2009, ISQua, Oral Poster Presentation, Dublin, Ireland. Presented in English.
2010, Co-Presented a Workshop on Event Review, ACOG ACM San Francisco, CA. Presented in English.
2010, ISQua, Oral Paper Presentation, Paris, France. Presented in English.
2010, Enfanter le Monde, Parallel session, The interdisciplinary Approach, a Promise of the future, Quebec City, Canada. Presented in French.
2011, Association of Ontario Midwives. Presented a Workshop on No Harm Event Review and Root Cause Analysis. Hamilton, Canada.
2011, Ontario Hospital Association. The MOREOB Program and its impact. Toronto, Canada. 2011, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève Patient safety Conference (Plénière ENSEMBLE, sécurité en salle d’accouchement).Keynote: La Collaboration Interdisciplinaire ou Comment transformer les Compétences en Performance Le Programme AMPROOB, MOREOB. Geneva, Switzerland. Presented in French. 2011, Hospital Insurance Reciprocal of Canada, Risk Management Webinar series: Beyond MOREOB 2011, April, Saudi Arabia Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 20th Annual General Meeting, presented a plenary on the MOREOB Program. Riyadh, KSA. 2012, January, ACOG co-sponsored O+G Conference with the National Guard Health Affairs. Keynote speaker: Application of the IOM Safety Recommendations. Riyadh, KSA. 2013 May, Grand Rounds on Patient Safety to Family Physicians, specialists and Midwives. Hamilton, St Joe’s hospital. 2012 June, SOGC ACM, co-presented a workshop on Patient Safety in Obstetrics. 2013, June, RCOG Oral paper presentation, Liverpool, presented in English. 2014, January, Grand Rounds, Rochester General Health System. 2014, March, 3rd International Indigenous Women Meeting: Pannel member: Cultures of Safety; Providing Optimal Obstetric Care Break out session: Workshop on the Value of Analyzing No Harm Events Round Table Host