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Joule COVID-19 Learning Series: Mindfulness Workshops

These 60-minute interactive, online workshops introduce the core components of Mindfulness Practice, an internationally recognized program to help physicians incorporate mindfulness into their clinical work. Instructors are graduates of the University of Rochester Medical Center Mindful Practice longitudinal internship program.

Webinar Details

Topic: Mindfulness workshops

Tuesday, June 2 – 8:00 pm (EDT)
Instructor: Dr. Anita Chakravarti
Language: English

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoceiprTIrGtH_nX0tpUtEyv_WUDHRhf_D

Monday, June 8 – 8:00 pm (EDT)
Instructor: Dr Jillian Horton
Language: English

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tduCppz8tGdzUDa9T-3yCfGqQPe_jHm9k

AAO Webinar Recording –Community Q&A: Things to Consider as You Prepare to Reopen Your Practice.

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Community Q&A: Things to Consider as You Prepare to Reopen Your Practice, by Sanjay D Goel, MD, Ann M Hulett, CMPE, Albert Castillo

View the full webinar recording here

MedEdTalks: Treatment Burden in nAMD – How to Address Barriers in Care

In this MedEdTalks Micro-CE podcast, Rishi P. Singh, MD, and Dilsher S. Dhoot, MD, discuss current barriers to care of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and other management considerations for providers.

Listen here.

Harvard Medical School – Clinical Management Through COVID-19 Webinar Series

Harvard Medical School -Clinical Management Through COVID-19 Webinar Series

It is hard to believe it has been over a month since the WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic and I can imagine we are all slowly starting to adjust to the new “normal.”  At times I feel completely bombarded by all of the information available about the pandemic – it really is coming at us from all fronts. Overflowing email inboxes, the news, social media, medical literature…the list just goes on! The rate of new information about COVID-19 seems to be exponential and it’s a challenge to keep up. I had been searching for a few “go-to” resources that would give high yield, digestible, up-to-date summaries on key COVID-19 topics. I wanted to share this month with you a great online, webinar series I have been really enjoying for the past few weeks. Harvard PGME has put together a special continuing education webinar series that is given by various Harvard affiliated faculty. Each week they cover two different COVID-19 related topics on two separate days. Each webinar is an hour in duration and if you cannot watch it live, it is recorded and may be viewed at a later date. It was very simple to register for the webinar and then log on to view it. If you want to watch one to get a feel for the style, I highly recommend watching the one titled “Immunological testing during COVID-19.”  It helped answer a lot of questions I had around immunity, testing, vaccines and also the big question “when and how is this going to end?”  While not an ophthalmology specific resource, I have found them to very useful and a great complement to the COS “A Path to New Vision” webinars.

Check it out here: https://postgraduateeducation.hms.harvard.edu/continuing-education/covid-19-resources-providers

Accredited for 1 AMA PRA category 1 credit; Unaccredited by Royal College of Canada

Recommended by Dr. Anu Mishra, MD, MS-HPEd

Practice Resource Centre Committee Member, Canadian Ophthalmological Society

Personal Protective Equipment Simulations (Online Modules)

Personal Protective Equipment Simulations (Online Modules)

First, do no harm. How do you keep yourselves, your patients, and your families safe when using Personal Protective Equipment while caring for patients in isolation? Personal Protective Equipment Simulations aims to prepare healthcare providers to care for patients who require droplet and contact isolation on medical admission units in the Calgary Zone, assuring adherence to existing infection prevention and control (IPC) protocols and avoid exposure to suspected pathogens. This course was co-developed with Calgary Medicine Emergency-Pandemic Operations Command (MEOC).

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the online modules, learners will be able to:

REGISTRATION

Online modules are available for anyone to self-register. FREE Self-registration The online self-learning modules are available on here.

ACCREDITATION

1.0 MOC Section 3 Self-Assessment / Mainpro+ Self-learning one-credit-per-hour

CONTACT: [email protected]

Disinfection Recommendations from the Manufacturers: Haag-Streit and Zeiss

May 5, 2020

Guidance During COVID-19: Disinfection Recommendations from the Manufacturers – Haag-Streit and Zeiss

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April 2020 Issue Highlights

The April 2020 issue of the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology (CJO) is now available online. Here are just some of the highlights in this issue:

Resident Perspectives + visual abstract: In this issue, our residents have summarized 5 articles that they feel are relevant to learners here in Canada and around the globe, including the article featured in our April visual abstract, Effect of 6-week washout period on intraocular pressure following chronic prostaglandin analogue treatment: a randomized controlled trial.

F.Y. Eye column: As always, we’re pleased to feature Dr. Ian McIlraith’s column, which summarizes recent research and news stories that might be of interest to ophthalmologists. This month, he looks at publications on neuromyelitis optica disease progression, optic nerve ultrasonography for diagnosing increased intracranial pressure, and idiopathic intracranial hypertension as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

An excellent line-up of review articles, original research and more, including:

Follow the CJO on social media:

Twitter: @CanJOphth

Instagram: @cjo_jco

Facebook: CanJOphth

Recommended COVID-19 Resources

Recommended COVID-19 Resources

On 11 March 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic. What seemed to be overnight, our clinical, academic and personal lives turned upside down grappling with this new reality. COVID-19 has and will continue to impact communities and cities across Canada.  

Ophthalmologists – not unlike our colleagues across medicine – have many questions. How do I protect myself and my patients from COVID-19? How do I decide which clinical activities to continue and which to temporarily put on hold? Are there unique ocular implications of COVID-19?

These are some of the many questions we are facing. While there are no easy answers, there are several resources available to guide Canadian ophthalmologists in navigating these unchartered waters. The Practice Resource Committee (PRC) has compiled a list of some available resources for use. With this pandemic evolving ever so quickly, new and updated resources will become available. Please continue checking this page to stay informed on the latest recommendations to assist you in your practice and feel free to drop us a line if you come across a resource you would like to suggest. Finally, we also strongly encourage you to refer to your provincial or territorial guidelines for the standards that apply to you and your practice.


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Self-care

Recommended by Zainab Khan, MD, FRCSC
Practice Resource Centre Committee Member, Canadian Ophthalmological Society

Wellness during the pandemic

Wellness during the pandemic

If there was ever a time for physicians to take one’s physical and mental health seriously, it is now.

This situation may last for weeks and quite likely months.  The WHO warns us to prepare for “a marathon, not a sprint”.

 We will be facing difficult decisions that can create distress. How long can our patients safely wait with ‘non emergent’ problems? How will we cope with and manage the backlog of patient visits and surgeries once things are back to “normal”? Do we lay off techs/office staff during the slowdown, and if so- how will they manage financially with the loss of employment?

Trainees are dealing with uncertainty and disruption of their training and future employment- especially those that have been preparing for their Royal College exams. Further Information: https://residentdoctors.ca/

 

Of course, there is also the constant worry that we or a family member may test positive, or that we could unknowingly be a vector for transmission.

Remember to:

Take appropriate precautions at work

Take appropriate precautions outside of work to not infect others

 Support your family’s health and wellness

 Take care of your own health and wellness

Remember there are provincial physician resource programs to support you if needed. Don’t be afraid to ask for help if you need it.

Some additional references and resources:

Video Webinar: Coping with Uncertainty about the Coronavirus, ComPsych, March 2020
https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/uw-carelink/webinar-coping-with-uncertainty-coronavirus-covid-19

Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak, WHO, March 12, 2020
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/mental-health-considerations.pdf?sfvrsn=6d3578af_10

Resilience and stress inoculation during COVID-19, Ontario Medical Association
https://dfcm.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/physician_resilience_and_stress_incoculation.pdf

A clinician’s guide: managing COVID-19 stress and anxiety, Canadian Medical Association
https://boldly.joulecma.ca/home/managing-covid-19-stress-and-anxiety

CDC Resources

  1. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/managing-stress-anxiety.html 
  2. https://emergency.cdc.gov/coping/responders.asp   

Doctors Manitoba
https://doctorsmanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-PHW-Guide-FINAL.pdf

Headspace
https://www.headspace.com/ 
(Free access for all healthcare professionals right now)

COS Physician Wellness Steering Committee
Dr. Lisa Gould, Chair
Dr. Rishi Gupta
Dr. Lorne Bellan
Dr. Colin Mann

March 27, 2020