Tips: For main idea questions, focus on the first speaker and the opening lines.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Whether to hire a new hospital administrator for Northwestern Ontario.: No hospital administrator recruitment is proposed.
• Whether to transfer physiotherapy patients to a facility in Sudbury.: Travel to Sudbury is presented as a problem contributing to the case for local expansion, rather than a proposal to transfer patients.
• Whether to close the physiotherapy unit to save costs.: The proposal concerns expansion and phasing; closing the unit is not proposed.

Correct Answer: The person on the left thinks the capital costs could crowd out other priorities like the MRI upgrade.

Why this is correct: The person on the left warns that six treatment bays and two full-time therapists require major capital spending that could crowd out the promised MRI upgrade.

Tips: Follow the scope of the question and distinguish the stated point from other suggestions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The person on the left wants to wait until a new hospital wing is built first.: The person on the left does not insist on a separate new wing first.
• The person on the left is concerned that expansion would require provincial legislation.: New legislation is not the concern.
• The person on the left believes physiotherapy is not a priority for the community.: The person on the left does not dismiss community need for physio.

Correct Answer: Patient flow data showing physio backlogs are delaying hospital discharges.

Why this is correct: The person on the right cites two winters of patient-flow data showing physio backlogs delay discharges and contribute to hallway medicine.

Tips: Follow the scope of the question and distinguish the stated point from other suggestions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A comparison of physiotherapy rates across all Ontario hospitals.: An all-Ontario rate comparison is not cited.
• Feedback from physiotherapists who want to work at the hospital.: Therapist recruitment feedback is not the evidence.
• A petition signed by community members requesting more services.: A community petition is not the evidence.

Correct Answer: Renovating the space first and adding only one therapist initially.

Why this is correct: The person on the right means renovating the south-wing space first and starting with one therapist.

Tips: Follow the scope of the question and distinguish the stated point from other suggestions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Building the full expansion but opening it to patients gradually.: Opening a full staffed expansion gradually is not this plan.
• Starting with outpatient services before adding inpatient care.: An outpatient-then-inpatient sequence is not proposed.
• Hiring all therapists now but delaying the construction.: Hiring all therapists before construction reverses the proposed sequence.

Correct Answer: It must be limited to twelve months with a review of utilisation data.

Why this is correct: The person on the left would support a pilot only if capped at twelve months, with utilization reviewed before extension. Even one additional therapist means a long-term salary commitment, which explains the operating cost concerns.

Tips: Follow the scope of the question and distinguish the stated point from other suggestions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• It must include all six proposed treatment bays from the start.: Starting all six bays is not the person on the left's condition.
• The province must guarantee funding for at least five years.: Five-year provincial funding is not required in the person on the left's statement.
• A second physiotherapist must be hired within the first month.: Hiring a second therapist within a month is not required.

Correct Answer: Patients in Thunder Bay are travelling to Sudbury for outpatient physio.

Why this is correct: The person on the right says Thunder Bay patients are travelling to Sudbury for outpatient physiotherapy and calls that unsustainable and poor for outcomes.

Tips: Follow the scope of the question and distinguish the stated point from other suggestions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Physiotherapists may leave Thunder Bay for better-paying positions.: Therapists leaving for better pay are not mentioned.
• Insurance companies may refuse to cover physiotherapy referrals.: Insurance refusal is not mentioned.
• The hospital may lose its provincial accreditation.: Loss of accreditation is not mentioned.

Correct Answer: A Northern Ontario Heritage Fund grant would make exposure manageable; without it, the numbers need another review.

Why this is correct: The person on the right conditions manageable exposure on securing the grant and wants another look at the numbers if it is not secured.

Tips: For condition questions, listen for if and provided that phrases.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A provincial guarantee of all salaries is required before any design work.: The person on the right discusses a Heritage Fund grant and reassessing numbers without it; no complete salary guarantee is stated.
• The city must cover all costs, making any grant unnecessary.: City coverage of all costs is not reported.
• All staffing should be committed regardless of the grant outcome.: The person on the right qualifies the financial exposure by the grant outcome rather than committing regardless.

Correct Answer: Clearer projections from the Finance team.

Why this is correct: The person on the left says the person on the left is not permanently opposed but needs clearer Finance projections because other departments also need resources.

Tips: Follow the scope of the question and distinguish the stated point from other suggestions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A board vote approving the full expansion immediately.: The person on the left asks for clearer Finance projections, not immediate full approval.
• A commitment to postpone all decisions until the MRI upgrade is complete.: The person on the left does not require completion of the MRI upgrade first.
• An outside consultant's review instead of Finance projections.: The person on the left asks for Finance projections, not an outside replacement review.