Date: Thursday, February 10th, 2022

Time: 8:00 am

Speakers: Dr. Sara Wester, Dr. Erin Shriver, Dr. Femida Kherani

Topic: Session 1 Oculoplastics.

The panelists will answer questions posed from the original webinar series or submitted in advance and will provide real-life professional mentoring and advice as experienced OCP specialists. This informal webinar format will allow for ample participation from all to share questions and make comments and encourages discussion among participants.

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Date: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022

Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Topic: Current Status of Gender Equity in Ophthalmology

Speaker: Dr. Yvonne Buys

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Please see some recommended readings below.

Buys YM, Canizares M, Felfeli T, Jin Y: Influence of age, sex, and generation on physician payments and clinical activity in Ontario, Canada: An age-period-cohort analysis. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2019;205:184-96

Buys YM, Canizares M, Felfeli T, Jin YP: Trends in payments among male and female ophthalmologists in Ontario from 1992 to 2018. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2021.07.011.

Each month, you receive curated journal summaries providing new medical updates, a source of continuing medical education credits and where to go for more in-depth reviews. In addition, our audio commentaries tell you whether the new information confirms current protocols or suggests a practice change. With our new and improved mobile app, you can access Practical Reviews on the road, during workouts, between patients — whatever is easiest and most convenient.

This is continuing medical education your way.

With AudioDigest’s acclaimed state-of-the-art series of ophthalmology audio lectures, you’ll gain the knowledge and resources you need to be ready for anything to keep your ophthalmology practice healthy and strong.

AudioDigest brings together the most essential and up-to-date audio lectures in the field of ophthalmology, in which top ophthalmologists and other leading experts share their knowledge and techniques in presentations that are easy to follow, in an audio format that’s easy to use.

Conference to Move Online

Date: Saturday, February 5th, 2020

Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, the Toronto Cataract Conference (TCC) scheduled for Saturday, February 5, 2022, will be held online instead of in person. The online conference will be free of charge however pre-registration is required. Register here for online access.

Note: All registrants for the in-person conference will be refunded in the coming weeks. A separate registration is required to attend the online conference, so please register to secure your spot.

Faculty: Ike Ahmed, Steve Arshinoff, Rosa Brage-Mele, Jeb Ong, Amandeep Rai, Josh Teichman

Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Yeu MD

“My evolving approach to astigmatism management”

“Emerging medical and surgical presbyopic treatment options”

Section 1. Cataract Challenges

Our group of surgeons will present challenging cases and discuss pearls in management.

 Section 2. IOL Challenges

A rapid-fire case-based discussion on challenging IOL calculations and selection.

Objectives:

• Work through challenging and controversial cases in a case-based interactive format.
• Understand medico-legal ramifications of cataract surgery delivery in Canada.
• Leverage new technology to improve cataract outcomes.
• Approach and manage comorbidities presenting with cataract.

Dates: June 19, June 26, July 10, July 17, July 24, August 7 

VISCO is a free virtual ophthalmology course that aims to increase accessibility to expert ophthalmology knowledge, no matter what stage you are in your medical training.

The course is composed of two parts:

1. six weekly workshops presented by ophthalmology faculty and residents across Canada, and
2. a high-yield structured reading guide using curated resources that is meant to provide background knowledge to supplement the workshops.

During the course, you will have opportunities to win prizes and learn ophthalmology from incredible teachers.

The content and objectives of this course are based on a curated list of learning objectives endorsed by Canadian Undergraduate Medical Education Leads in Ophthalmology and reference resources from the Association of University Professors in Ophthalmology (AUPO) and the Medical Council of Canada (MCC).
By participating in these workshops, participants can claim Section 2 credits in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Each video reviewed can be claimed for 0.5 credits.

The Canadian Retina Society’s Annual Meeting is the premier event for retina specialists in Canada. Now in its ninth year, we are pleased that the 2021 Annual Meeting will provide the same high caliber and meaningful educational content as always – this year, delivered via virtual webinar.

Topic: Global Retina Leaders

Date: November 20th, 2021

Time: 11:30am – 3:30pm EST

Speakers:

• David Steel, MD (UK)
• Andre Maia, MD (Brazil)
• Dante Pieramici, MD (USA)
• Elliott Sohn, MD (USA)
• Paul Chan, MD (USA)
• Richard Spaide, MD (USA)
• Amani Fawzi, MD (USA)
• Charles Wykoff, MD (USA)
• Robyn Guymer, MD (Australia)
• Anat Lowenstein, MD (Israel)
• Ramin Tadayoni, MD (France)
• Michael Ip, MD (USA)

Utilizing the virtual platform to its fullest capacity, this year’s agenda will engage 12 world-renowned international speakers, all thought leaders in their respective fields of medical and/or surgical retina.

Registration is accessed via the website.

Date: June 8th – 11th, 2022

Location: The Ritz Carleton, Berlin, Germany

The Information Packet for the 45th Macula Society Annual Meeting is now available! 

Click on the link below for more details and to register:

October 2021

Canadian ophthalmologists have asked the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) to provide guidance with regard to physician fees for services that are presently uninsured by provincial and territorial health insurance in many jurisdictions.

COS commissioned Health Intelligence Inc, an independent and well-respected health research firm, to conduct a study using recognized methodologies to determine fair market value for these uninsured services. Their report, along with the underpinning formulae, are provided following this summary.

Read the full Article here: