9th Annual St. Paul's Emergency Medicine Update

Sept 29 - October 2, 2011, Whistler, BC

This conference will be of interest to ANY physician providing Emergency Care, from Rural to Urban, Part-Time to Full-Time, Residents to Seasoned Veterans. It will also be of interest to Emergency Nurses and Paramedics.

This year the conference will offer some NEW pre-conference workshops, along with some old favourites, small group workshops, concurrent tracks, debates, and much more!

To learn more about this conference and/or to register, visit the UBC CPD web site.

This conference is approved for up to 15.25 MAINPRO M1 and is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1)

CFPC 2011 Family Medicine Forum

November 3 - 5, 2011 - Palais des congrès, Montreal, Quebec

FMF 2011 combines the annual scientific assemblies of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, The Quebec College of Family Physicians (QCFP) and the annual workshops of the CFPC’s Sections of Teachers and Researchers.

To learn more about this conference and/or to register, visit the CFPC FMF web site.

This conference is approved for MAINPRO M1 credits.

2011 Pregnancy and Birth Conference

December 15-16, 2011, Marriott Toronto Eaton Centre, Toronto, ON

Topics: Diabetes: The ongoing nature of the problem and its impact on pregnancy; Diabetes: The neonatal management of the infant of a diabetic mother; Current knowledge on the management of the breech fetus; Preterm labour: New insights and old hormones; Pre-esclampsia: Why is it still a problem; PROM: Current state of the knowledge and management; The obese pregnant; Clinical use of medications in breastfeeding; Breastfeeding the preterm and near term infant; Simulating breastfeeding: What do we know about the medications that increase milk production; Breastfeeding: Milk expression and sustaining human milk feeding; Antenatal screening: What is new and how does it help; Complementary Medicine; and Assisted Reproductive Technology: Current state of the art and its impact.

Speakers: Denice Feig, Karel O’Brien; Howard Clarke, Robert Gagnon, Stephen Lye, Mark Walker, Wendy Whittle, Lynn McLeod, Thomas W Hale, Paula Meier, Karen Chong, Cathy Carlson-Rink, and Marjorie Dixon

To view the full program, click here.

For further details contact Judy Cardwell at cmicr@sunnybrook.ca.

International Gathering on Cultural Safety: Social and Health Equity for Indigenous Peoples

June 11-14, 2012, First Nations Longhouse, UBC, Vancouver, BC

Sharing our best practices and lessons learned in educating health professionals

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) will co-host an indigenous cultural competency conference in the spring of 2012. The conference will showcase progress made in British Columbia towards development of cultural competency training for health care professionals, and increasing cultural safety for Aboriginal people in BC.

NATURE AND SCOPE OF GATHERING: It is well recognized that Indigenous people experience significant and wide ranging health disparities. The sources of these disparities are complex and rooted in historic and contemporary inequities and involve many participants at several levels, including health systems, administrative and bureaucratic processes, healthcare professionals, and patients. As a result, providing leadership in this field can be challenging. Leadership in cultural competency education is vital and is aimed at improving the health knowledge and behaviour of health and other professionals working with Indigenous clients in Canada and abroad. Cultural safety addresses the need for systemic change within the health care field and in intersecting areas such as justice, education, social work and housing.

Download the "Save the Date Notice"

To learn more about this conference, please contact the Aboriginal People's Health special interest focus program.

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