Calendrier des événements

Friday, October 13 2023 | 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
Virtual

*Ce cours est offert uniquement en anglais

This focus of this year's course is SAFETY.  Live seminars will address how to balance suicide and child safety assessment while providing trauma-informed and culturally safe care. The morning closes with a panel presentation from community resource providers. Accredited pre-recordings will cover the screening and treatment of common perinatal mental illnesses, with an opportunity to ask questions to perinatal psychiatry experts. 

This course will be of interest to ALL perinatal care providers, including obstetricians, family doctors, psychiatrists, midwives, nurses, doulas, social workers, occupational therapists, psychotherapists, lactation consultants, and learners.

For more information and to register for the course, please visit the course website!

Saturday, October 14, 2023 | 7:50am – 4:00pm

Westin Ottawa | In-person conference

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This one-day symposium will provide an opportunity to discuss the current state of management of Diseases of the Aorta, including aneurysms and dissections. The program will include didactic presentations, panel discussions, and case presentations by leading International & Canadian Vascular Specialists. 

For more information and to register, visit the event’s website

Friday, October 20, 2023 | 8:00 am to 3:30 pm

Offered virtually

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The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the Department of Psychiatry are proud to present this 1-day virtual course designed to provide family physicians and other primary health care professionals with relevant and up-to-date information about practical Mental Health topics. This conference will allow participants to interact virtually with mental health specialists through various presentations.

At the end of the conference, participants will be able to:

• Implement an approach to challenging mental health conditions
• Identify where to refer and what to do in the meanwhile
• Reflect on successes of existing practices and how well family physicians have responded to patient mental health needs during the pandemic

For more information and to register for the course, please visit the course website!

Friday November 3, 2023 | 8:00am to 4:00 pm
6.0 RCPSC Section 1 Hours  |  6.0 Mainpro+ Credits

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, Ottawa | Hybride

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University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development and the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, TOH, are proud to offer this 1-day hybrid course in Endocrinology and Diabetes for primary care physicians. This popular course serves as a refresher of current guidelines and standards for the work-up and management of common endocrine disorders and diabetes therapies.

For more information and to register, visit the event's website

Thursday, November 2, 2023 - Friday, November 3, 2023 | 8:00 AM ET – 12:00PM ET

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This year’s Ethics Symposium: Health Care System Transformation, promises to again deliver the same high-quality education sessions, informative panels with exerts, question and answer periods, and case-based learning, all related to Health Equity. Once again, you’ll get to enjoy the symposium online with live sessions!

We have again expanded our symposium this year into two half-day morning sessions, English only. All staff, students, and volunteers of health care organizations are welcome!

At the end of this symposium, participants should be able to:

• Explore complex emerging ethical issues in our health care system
• Develop strategies for navigating these issues, and corresponding ethical considerations
• Illustrate the importance of ethical decision-making in navigating complex changes

For more information on the event, visit the event's website. To register, visit the registration site

Sunday November 12, 2023 | 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
9.0 RCPSC Section 3 Simulation (SIM) Hours

Live, in person course
University of Ottawa, Skills and Simulation Centre , 725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, Ontario

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Founded by Dr. Kiran Rabheru, this is the first simulation-based ECT course proven to increase skills, knowledge and confidence for ECT practitioners in a randomized-controlled trial compared to traditional training methods. (J ECT 2013, 29(4):291-6) The Ottawa Hospital and the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre deliver world-class care to their patients every day in affiliation with the University of Ottawa. Together, they work collaboratively to ensure a high standard of patient safety by training health-care providers such as physicians and nurses through education and research. With a combination of online modules and in person sessions and workshops, this one-day program allows participants to practice ECT in a simulated environment.

For more information and to register, visit the event's website

Friday, November 17, 2023 | 8:00am – 4:00pm

Virtual Conference

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The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the Division of Gastroenterology are proud to present this 1-day course designed to provide family physicians and other primary health care professionals with relevant and up-to-date information about gastroenterology. This conference will also allow participants to virtually network with division members through plenary sessions and small group workshops.Our cutting-edge virtual conferencing platform captures all the benefits of an in-person conference experience, but allows us all to conveniently participate online. Plus, sessions will be recorded and participants will have access to this content for one year.

For more information and to register, visit the event’s website

Friday, November 24, 2023
Section 1: 22.50 hours

University of Ottawa Skills & Simulation Centre

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This highly interactive and practical in-person course is designed to help family physicians develop and refresh a variety of key procedural and communication skills.

Small group sessions at the University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre will allow experts to demonstrate specific skills. Participants will have opportunities to practice skills using models or simulated patients while receiving facilitated instruction and feedback intended to develop skill comfort and confidence.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Reflect on previous experience, and their own practice and learning needs and challenge themselves
• Acquire or refresh skills (psychomotor, clinical, counseling/communication) relevant to family medicine practice
• Plan to acquire equipment or other tools required to use the skills in their own context

For more information and to register for the course, please visit the course website

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Friday, December 8, 2023 | 8:00am – 4:00pm

University of Ottawa Heart Institute | Hybrid Conference

Registration opening soon!

January 15^th to 19^th, 2024 | Virtual
Section 1: 37.5 hours

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The E.K. Koranyi Review Course in Psychiatry is a yearly, intensive review of psychiatry, meant to help Canadian Psychiatry Residents prepare for their Royal College Exams, as well as provide an update for practicing psychiatrists, featuring 23 lectures over 5 days.

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• List areas of psychiatry for which their knowledge is current
• List areas of psychiatry that contain new knowledge for the participant
• Describe how they plan to incorporate this new knowledge into their practice

For more information and to register for the course, please visit the course website!

* Cet événement est offert en français

Multiple Cohort Dates:

Registration now open!

English Cohort 1: February 5-9, 2024
French Cohort 1: February 5-9, 2024
English Cohort 2: February 13-17, 2024

Section 1: 31.0 hours | Mainpro+ credits: 31.0 hours

The Foundations of Medical Leadership is a 4.5 day (in-person) workshop aimed at providing physicians with tools to successfully lead and manage teams. A virtual half-day session will be offered 6 months following the in-person course to discuss how tools and strategies practiced during the workshop sessions are being applied within your team. The course facilitator is also available for ad-hoc one-on-one coaching sessions during this 6-month period.

By the conclusion of the course, participants will develop skills that will enable them to:

For more information and to register for the course, please visit the course website!

* Please note that if you are a Faculty member at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine, you can attend this course free of charge. For information regarding the Faculty Development's Essentials for Academic Leadership Series please visit the Faculty Development website

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February 10^th and 11^th, 2024
Hotel Bonaventure Montréal, Montréal, Quebec | Hybrid

*Cet événement est offert uniquement en anglais

email Kassaundra.richards@uottawa.ca to be notified for when registration launches

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Friday, February 23, 2024

Virtual Conference

Registration opening soon!

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Friday, March 22, 2024

Virtual Conference

Registration opening soon!

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April 17 – April 19, 2024

Ottawa Conference and Event Centre | Hybrid Conference

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Friday, May 24, 2024

Hybrid Conference

September 26-27, 2024
Brookstreet Hotel, Ottawa, ON

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Program and registration information coming soon! For additional information, please visit the symposium website