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Everyday Mindfulness for Busy Clinicians – February 6, 2021
Full day workshop that will take place as a virtual event, online.
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Maximum Participation: 30 ophthalmologists
Facilitators: Rev. Andrew Blake and Dr. Agnes Wong
Language: Presentation will be in English
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfumrqDkpGdQRy5mZQSRht0TURRlggAev
Physician wellness is an important issue and a growing concern within the medical profession. The recently released CMA National Physician Health Survey (2018) revealed that physicians experienced high burnout (30%), depression (34%), and lifetime suicidal ideation (19%). In addition, surgical specialists had 1.74 higher odds (74% increase in odds) to report low emotional well-being than those practising in other areas. Research has demonstrated that both intrinsic (e.g., personal traits) and extrinsic factors (e.g., high workload, long working hours, poor work-life integration, practice environment) adversely impact physician wellness.
In this one-day workshop, we will address physician wellness by introducing and developing mindfulness skills in participants so that they could tackle these contributing factors more skillfully at personal, interpersonal, and system levels. The emphasis will be placed on experiential exercises and everyday strategies aim to enhance personal and situational awareness in a physician’s busy life. A variety of formats including mindfulness training, didactic sharing, dyad exercises, prose/poem reading, and group discussion will be used to ensure an interactive experience that is invigorating, informative, and practical.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Engage mindfulness skills in participants through the practice of different types of mindfulness training (formal and informal).
- Describe the contributing factors that lead to decreased physician wellness and burnout, and to learn skillful strategies to tackle them.
- Draw on a personal repertoire of mindfulness skills and strategies that can be applied in their daily lives.
Resources/Reference
CPD Credits
The workshop Everyday Mindfulness for Busy Clinicians is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by theCanadian Ophthalmological Society. You may claim a maximum of 5 hours.
Access Details
Kindly note that there is a maximum attendance of 30 participants, when you register you will be sent a confirmation email with the event details. To attend this event, please register online: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfumrqDkpGdQRy5mZQSRht0TURRlggAev
This program was delivered with financial support from an educational grant provided to the COS by the Canadian Medical Association, MD Financial Management and Scotiabank through the Affinity Agreement.
The Canadian Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Review Course
CNORC virtual meeting will be held online from January 16-17, 2021
Description/summary
This neuro-ophthalmology review course is a two day high yield course that is targeted for senior residents in ophthalmology and neurology. While intended for senior residents, it is also targeted for practicing physicians in ophthalmology or neurology who are interested in improving their neuro-ophthalmic diagnostic and therapeutic skills. For residents, this course offers an excellent review prior to the royal college exams. For practicing physicians, it is an update on the current evaluation and management of neuro-ophthalmic disorders.
The program is delivered by distinguished faculty in the field of neuro-ophthalmology. In addition to a number of didactic lectures, the main theme of this course is round table discussions and case based learning. The program is an excellent opportunity for the ophthalmology community to intermingle with the neurology community and make long lasting colleagues and friends.
Overall Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to demonstrate competency and confidence in their approach to different neuro-ophthalmic cases including proper history taking skills, exam, investigations, differential diagnosis, and management.
CPD Credits
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development. You may claim a maximum of 13 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
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The WSPOS – World Wide Webinars: Ocular Surface Disease in Children (Live Stream)
The WSPOS (World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) World Wide Webinars are a forum for discussion and where we can all come to learn from the experts. We believe that expertise resides all over the world.
Topic: Ocular Surface Disease in Children
Date : Saturday January 23, 2021
Time : 09:00 PM
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The WSPOS – World Wide Webinars: Wild field Imaging in Paediatric Ophthalmology (Live Stream)
The WSPOS (World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) World Wide Webinars are a forum for discussion and where we can all come to learn from the experts. We believe that expertise resides all over the world.
Topic: Wild field Imaging in Paediatric Ophthalmology
Date : Saturday 9 January, 2021
Time: 14:00 pm GMT
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PCC Rounds – DALK vs PKP: The ultimate in-house showdown
Joint International Rounds between Precision Cornea Centre (Ottawa, Canada) and University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
Topic: DALK vs PKP: The ultimate in-house showdown!
Presenter: Sonia Yeung, MD and Alfonso Iovieno, MD
Date: Tuesday December 15th, 2020
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00 pm (EST, UTC -5)
Registration: https://webinar.ringcentral.com/webinar/register/WN_zEOxaDIzSxSjZfZ88SidhQ
Ottawa Lead: Kashif Baig, MD
Vancouver Leads: Sonia Yeung, MD and Alfonso Iovieno, MD
The Precision Cornea Centre International Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Learning objectives:
1. To review DALK technique and management of complications
2. To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of PKP and DALK.
3. To compare the outcomes of PKP and DALK in single centre, metanalysis and registry studies
Prism Eye Rounds – “Best of 2020 GAASS Edition”
As we face this COVID-19 challenge together, The Prism Eye Institute is utilizing Zoom in order to maintain the meetings. All care providers are welcome to observe our presentations and submit questions through the messaging feature.
Topic: “Best of 2020 GAASS Edition” [A collection of the craziest cases of 2020 with our fellows from 2019, 2020 & 2021]
Moderator: Dr. Ike Ahmed
Date: Wednesday December 23, 2020
Time: 7:00 PM EDT,
Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vcEoTCyaSWiBcPFBrBRxuw
Accreditation:
Prism Eye Rounds are now a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. For each rounds, you will be able to claim a maximum of 2.0 credits. Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). More information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit.
If interested in presenting a case or topic, or to make suggestions, please contact our WEBINAR TEAM.
Access Details:
Learn more about the Prism Eye Webinar Rounds here.
Pre-webinar materials will be posted 1 day prior to meeting. Please return to download and review prior to the webinar as this will make your learning experience more complete.
The 5th Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society (APTOS) Symposium – Online
| As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society has been conducting monthly webinars since June 2020 and they are taking it further to organize an annual meeting online with free registration and CME credits for all participants. Featuring top-notch speakers from Korea and around the world, APTOS 2020 will showcase clinical applications of artificial intelligence in telemedicine and the role tele-ophthalmology plays in reaching the unreached and in difficult circumstances in which the physicians and the patients are miles apart. |
Date: Dec 12, 2020
Time: 09:20 – 15:30 (GMT+9)
Access Details
Registration is FREE. Please click the links below to register for the session(s) you are interested in:
- Opening & Plenary Session
- AI & Global Health + Lunch Symposium
- Technical Updates in AI: Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Medicine & Closing
- AI Workshop
Everyday Mindfulness for Busy Clinicians – January 9, 2021
Full day workshop that will take place as a virtual event, online.
Date: Saturday, January 9, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Maximum Participation: 30 ophthalmologists
Facilitators: Rev. Andrew Blake and Dr. Agnes Wong
Language: Presentation will be in English
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApc-mhqT4qGNE3lmF_7TLPCzMUWYQXZr8f
Physician wellness is an important issue and a growing concern within the medical profession. The recently released CMA National Physician Health Survey (2018) revealed that physicians experienced high burnout (30%), depression (34%), and lifetime suicidal ideation (19%). In addition, surgical specialists had 1.74 higher odds (74% increase in odds) to report low emotional well-being than those practising in other areas. Research has demonstrated that both intrinsic (e.g., personal traits) and extrinsic factors (e.g., high workload, long working hours, poor work-life integration, practice environment) adversely impact physician wellness.
In this one-day workshop, we will address physician wellness by introducing and developing mindfulness skills in participants so that they could tackle these contributing factors more skillfully at personal, interpersonal, and system levels. The emphasis will be placed on experiential exercises and everyday strategies aim to enhance personal and situational awareness in a physician’s busy life. A variety of formats including mindfulness training, didactic sharing, dyad exercises, prose/poem reading, and group discussion will be used to ensure an interactive experience that is invigorating, informative, and practical.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Engage mindfulness skills in participants through the practice of different types of mindfulness training (formal and informal).
- Describe the contributing factors that lead to decreased physician wellness and burnout, and to learn skillful strategies to tackle them.
- Draw on a personal repertoire of mindfulness skills and strategies that can be applied in their daily lives.
Resources/Reference
CPD Credits
The workshop Everyday Mindfulness for Busy Clinicians is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. You may claim a maximum of 5 hours.
Access Details
Kindly note that there is a maximum attendance of 30 participants, when you register you will be sent a confirmation email with the event details.
To attend this event, please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApc-mhqT4qGNE3lmF_7TLPCzMUWYQXZr8f
Webinar – COVID-19 Vaccine Foundations for Health Care Providers
AMMI Canada is hosting a Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) webinar to inform Canadian health care providers about the COVID-19 vaccines to increase their knowledge and confidence in the vaccines.
Topic: The Public Health Agency of Canada presents COVID-19 Vaccine Foundations for Health Care Providers.
Date: Dec 14-15, 2020
Time: 01:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Access Details: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Opening remarks by Dr. Howard Njoo, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer
Module 1 – Health Canada COVID-19 Vaccine Approval and the Role of NACI in COVID-19 Vaccine Planning
Speakers:
Dr. Megan Bettle, Health Canada and Dr. Caroline Quach, Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Objectives:
- To describe the Health Canada vaccine approval pathway for vaccines, including changes under the interim order and the status of current rolling submissions
- To underscore the guidance delivered and expected from the National Advisory
Module 2 – COVID-19 Vaccines in Canada
Speakers:
Dr. April Killikelly and Dr. Marina Salvadori, the Public Health Agency of Canada
Objectives:
- To compare the platform technologies used by candidate vaccines against SARS-COV-2/COVID-19.
- To discuss mRNA vaccines in development by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna
Module 3 – COVID-19 Vaccine Administration and Immunization Clinic Planning
Speakers:
Dr. Bryna Warshawsky, the Public Health Agency of Canada
Objectives:
- To describe the infection prevention and control requirements for safely providing COVID-19 vaccines given the ongoing circulation of SARS-CoV-2T
- To highlight key messages regarding vaccine storage and handling requirements
- To provide planning parameters and strategies for organizing mass immunization clinics
Things to note:
• The presentation will be delivered in English and French on two separate days and recorded.
• The recording will be made available on the AMMI Canada website immediately following the event.