Office of Continuing Professional Development

Friday, December 10, 2021, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (EST) - SAVE THE DATE

Offered Virtually

The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute are proud to offer this 1-day virtual course in Cardiology for primary care physicians. This course serves as a refresher of current guidelines and standards for the work-up and management of common cardiac presentations as well as an update on the latest innovations in cardiology.

Registration will open in Fall 2021!

Overall Learning Objectives
By the end of the educational activity, participants will be able to:

• Review and integrate newly published data and guidelines that affect how cardiovascular care should be delivered;
• Describe and evaluate pathways for testing and management of cardiovascular conditions;
• Describe ways to improve primary care referral practices and patient outcomes.

To learn more about the event, click here

Friday, October 29, 2021, 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM (EDT)
4.5 Mainpro+ credits | 4.5 Hours (Section 1)

Offered Virtually

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 related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This conference will allow participants to interact virtually with mental health specialists through various presentations.

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

• Discuss relevant up-to-date topics of mental health in primary care;
• Provide information on access to community resources for primary care providers and families;
• List some ways the pandemic has affected mental health and how to mitigate these.

For more information or to register, click here

Title: Crafting an effective virtual flipped classroom

Date/Time: Monday November 22, 2021 | 12:00PM to 1:00PM
Facilitator: Dr. Stella Yiu

 Course description:
Medical educators have proposed using flipped classroom to encourage active, in-depth learning for students. In this interactive webinar, we will go through how to craft an effective flipped classroom using evidence-based educational research, with particular adaptation for the virtual environment.

Learning objectives:
At the end of the session participants will be able to:

• Select appropriate existing pre-class materials;
• Apply strategies to increase student preparation;
• Build virtual classroom activities to encourage higher order thinking.

 
This session has been pre-approved for the Teaching Skills Attainment Award.

1 Mainpro+ credits | 1 Hours (Section 1)

For more information or to register, click here. 

Contact: christine.cool@uottawa.ca