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Prism Rounds – Special Event: Surgical Feud!

Webinar Details

Date: MAY 9, 2020

Time: 12PM EDT

Special Event: Surgical Feud!
Two teams will battle it out with interactive case-based debates where top international eye surgeons are put on the spot to argue randomly assigned positions on complex and controversial subjects in today’s ophthalmology! This will be educational, fun and full of surprises!

Registration

Registration: Click here

Webinar – Retina Connect: Using OCT to Improve the Outcomes of Macular Surgery

The University of Toronto, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences invites you to RETINA CONNECT.

DATE: Tuesday May 12, 2020 4pm EST

TOPIC: RETINA CONNECT – Using OCT to improve the outcomes of macular surgery

SPEAKER: Stanley Chang, MD Professor and Former Chair, Dept of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center

Panelists:

Webinar ID: Please click the link below to join the webinar

Zoom Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84833735381pwd=RUFzY2VucGxpR1Y5dEFpbXh2QS9RUT09

Password: connect

CONTACT

Please contact Sandra Gauci [email protected] or Deepa Yoganathan / [email protected]  for more information and questions.

Webinar – McMaster Rounds: Cataract Surgical Teaching and COVID-19

Webinar Details 

Topic: McMaster Rounds: Cataract Surgical Teaching and Covid-19

Time: May 13, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Learning Objectives:

  1. Briefly recap cataract surgical teaching pre-covid.
  2. Explore challenges in resuming surgical teaching given covid restrictions.
  3. Explore strategies for resuming surgical teaching given covid restrictions.
  4. Following rounds, prepare a brief summary of proposed strategies including those contributed by participants through zoom chat box.  Distribute summary of proposed strategies to Program Directors and Academic Chairs nationally for their information/consideration.

Moderator/Presenters:

Zoom details:

Join Zoom Meeting: https://mcmaster.zoom.us/j/93611361424pwd=amVlcUNncThVdklXLysvcE9zZGgrZz09

Meeting ID: 936 1136 1424

Password: 975330

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Webinar–A Path to a New Vision: Virtual Care – COVID and Beyond

A PATH TO A NEW VISION: Virtual Care – COVID and Beyond

Are you struggling to provide ophthalmology care to your patients virtually during the pandemic?  We are excited to have Dr. Dawn Sim, Associate Professor at University College London and Director of Telemedine at the Moorfields Digital Laboratory as our guest speaker. 

They will be sharing their experiences with ophthalmology virtual care.  Given the current challenges of seeing patients in person, as well as the challenges of catching up on the backlog of patient visits in future, is virtual care going to be a practical option to assist us?  Join us to find out.

WEBINAR DETAILS

FACULTY

Moderator: Dr. Guillermo Rocha

Guest Speaker: Dr. Dawn Sim

Cross-Country Canadian Panel:

The Planning Committee is made of up members of the COS Council on CPD, Chaired by Dr. Colin Mann, and includes Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher, Dr. Varun Chaudhary, and Dr. Hady Saheb.

QUESTIONS

Please use the link below to submit questions in advance of the webinar: https://ca.surveygizmo.com/s3/50075021/APathtoaNewVisionQuestions

Your questions will help to guide the presentation by Dr. Sim and the provincial correspondents.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

ACCREDITATION

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 Canadian Ophthalmological Society. You may claim a maximum of 1 hour.

FUTURE WEBINARS

Going forward the COS webinar series A Path to a New Vision will take place on Thursdays at 4:00 pm EDT. Future topics may include Physician Wellness during COVID; Financial Implications of COVID-19; A Return to Elective Cataract Surgery.

This webinar series was delivered with financial support from an educational grant provided to the COS by Bayer.

CONTACT

Colleen Drake, Coordinator, Continuing Professional Development, Canadian Ophthalmological Society at [email protected] with any questions.

Mindfulness & Resilience Self-Compassion Training for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) Building Resilience and Preventing Burnout

Mindfulness & Resilience Self-Compassion Training for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) Building Resilience and Preventing Burnout

Date and time: Tuesdays 6:00pm – 7:00pm from May 26 -June 30, 2020

Fee: $120 + HST (6 week online course)

Program Overview

Self-Compassion Training for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) is a 6-hr evidence-based healthcare adaptation of Mindful Self-Compassion, the empirically supported program of Dr. Kristin Neff at UT Austin and Dr. Chris Germer at Harvard Medical School. This brief training aims to improve wellbeing and personal resilience in healthcare professionals by teaching mindful self-compassion skills to deal with distressing emotional situations as they occur at work and at home.

Learning Objectives

As a participant of the program you can learn tools to use throughout the day to:

Registration

Sessions held online. Registration: Click here

Contact

[email protected]

Management of Retinal Disease in the Time of COVID-19 – Present and Future Challenges

LIVE – Webcasts and webinars Management of retinal disease in the time of COVID-19 – Present and future challenges

Date : Friday, 8 May 2020

Time : 5.00 – 6.30 pm CET

WEBINAR DETAILS

View-only live streaming will be available on this page.

Vision: Medico-Legal Concerns for Ophthalmic Care in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COS CPD Council will offer a webinar series on topic information, relevant to ophthalmologists across Canada.

Going forward the COS webinar series A Path to a New Vision will take place on Thursdays at 4:00 pm EDT. Future topics may includePhysician Wellness during COVID; Virtual Ophthalmic care during and after COVID.  

WEBINAR DETAILS

Date: Thursday, April 30th
Time: 4:00 pm EDT
Zoom Link to register for the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DYW8jPrVSP2C5iV3Omrfdw
Language: English presentation, French questions may be submitted

FACULTY

Moderator: Dr. Guillermo Rocha
Guest Speaker: Dr. Richard Mimeault, CMPA

Cross-Country Canadian Panel

The Planning Committee is made of up members of the COS Council on CPD, Chaired by Dr. Colin Mann, and includes Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher, Dr. Varun Chaudhary, and Dr. Hady Saheb.

QUESTIONS

Please use the link below to submit questions in advance of the webinar: https://ca.surveygizmo.com/s3/50074417/A-Path-to-a-New-Vision-Questions Your questions will help to guide the presentation by Dr. Mimeault and the provincial correspondents.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

ACCREDITATION

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 Canadian Ophthalmological Society. You may claim a maximum of 1 hour.

FUTURE WEBINARS

The Canadian Ophthalmological Society is excited to bring you this webinar series: A Path to a New Vision, which deals with COVID-19 related topics for Canadian Ophthhalmologists. Invited guests will provide expert information and a panel of ophthalmologists from across the country that provide a snapshot of current ophthalmic practice in Canada.  Future topics may include Physician Wellness during COVID; Virtual Ophthalmic care during and after COVID; Virtual Care/Teleophthalmology.  

This webinar series was delivered with financial support from an educational grant provided to the COS by Bayer.

CONTACT

Colleen Drake, Coordinator, Continuing Professional Development, Canadian Ophthalmological Society at [email protected] with any questions.

Webinar – Retina Connect: Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology – Reinventing the eye exam

The University of Toronto, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences invites you to RETINA CONNECT.

DATE: Tuesday May 5, 2020 4pm EST

TOPIC: Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology – Reinventing the eye exam

SPEAKER: Pearse Keane, MD FRCOphth Associate Professor, University College London. Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Panelists

Webinar ID: Please click the link below to join the webinar

CONTACT

Please contact Sandra Gauci [email protected] or Deepa Yoganathan / [email protected]  for more information and questions.

Webinar: KPro Study Group – Biointegration & Long Term Retention

KPro Study Group is hosting a webinar on Saturday, May 2 at 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET.

Topic 1: Biointegration
Title: Integration of different devices
Moderators: Jean Marie Parel and Christopher Liu

Talks:

Topic 2: Long Term Retention
Title: Profiles on longest retention; 5-year and beyond
Moderators: Jose Guell, Jose de la Cruz

Case presentations from around the world:

Access Details

To register for this webinar visit: www.kpro.org/webinar