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2022 iCON Virtual Chinese Health Forum
Take Charge of Your Health: Living Well Together with Diabetes

Free Online Event in Cantonese, Mandarin and English
November 19-20, 2022  |  1:30-4:00pm

Register here: https://bit.ly/3TIFovy

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June 27 & 28 |  8:30am – 5:00pm

ACoRN picks up where the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) leaves off. ACoRN provides the process, tools, skills and knowledge needed to assist in the stabilization of the at-risk and/or unwell newborn.

The purpose of the ACoRN workshop is to help care providers at the bedside to use a consistent systematic approach to answer the following questions:

• How do you identify an infant that is sick or “at-risk”?
• Does the infant require resuscitation at this moment?
• How do you stabilize the infant and initiate on-going care?
• How does working through the primary survey help to identify and prioritize all significant problems?
• How do you identify the likelihood of infection?
• How do you identify ‘all’ important clinical problems and initiate stabilization for each of them?
• How does one enter, work within and exit the various sequences in the algorithm?
• When do you need to consider transferring the infant to a higher level of care?
• What principles should you remember in order to best support the infant, the family and the health care team within which you work?

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The Addiction Care and Treatment Online Course (ACTOC) is a comprehensive 22-module online course for health care providers that diagnose and treat patients with substance use disorders using evidence-based treatments along a continuum of care.

Learners are awarded up to 20.0 Mainpro+/MOC Section 3 credits for completion of the Addiction Care and Treatment Online Certificate and up to 5.0 CNA credits for completion of the Substance Use and Addiction Nursing Certificate.

Although this course is targeted towards health care providers, it is open to the general public. Anyone interested in learning about substance use disorders is encouraged to register for this course.

-Complete online at your own pace (Self-paced)

Acknowledgments:

Designed in partnership by BC Centre for Substance Use, UBC Continuing Professional Development, and UBC School of Nursing.

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Find course dates via Heart & Stroke BC.

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is a video-based, Instructor-led, advanced course, builds on the foundation of basic life support (BLS) skills. It emphasizes the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR and takes healthcare provider training to the next level ─ highlighting the importance of high-performance team dynamics and communication, systems of care, recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute dysrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes.

• Systematic approach
• High-quality BLS
• Airway management
• Rhythm recognition
• Defibrillation
• Intravenous (IV)/intraosseous (IO) access (information only)
• Use of medications
• Cardioversion
• Transcutaneous pacing
• Team dynamics

Target audience: Healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies.

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LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THIS COURSE!

The APLS course curriculum ends on Nov 30 so this will be one of the last chances to take this course here in the lower mainland!  With a limit of 24 participants, make sure to reserve your spot early! 

Learn to assess and manage critically ill children during the first hours in the emergency department. Participants are recommended to have previously completed at least one PALS or APLS Course successfully.

Learning objective:

• Assess and manage critically-ill children during the first hours in the emergency department
• Detect an imminently toxic child and institute treatment without delay

Skills Learned:

• Assisted and mechanical ventilation
• advanced airway
• vascular access (intraosseous and central)
• chemical/electrical cardioversion

Target audience: physicians who are routinely involved in the care of critically ill or injured children, including emergency room physicians, pediatricians, and senior emergency medicine and pediatric trainees.

Upcoming:

APLS Course will be offered on Nov 25, 2025 at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Please contact UBC CPD for more information: cpd.info@ubc.ca

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*2022-2023 DATES*

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) is an international course that teaches participants the basic skills necessary for timely management of traumatic injury. The course includes didactic and practical sessions.

Learning Objectives

Participants will learn to identify injuries associated with major trauma, management of skills required for early resuscitation, and treatment of injured patients.

Skills

• Assess the patient’s condition rapidly and accurately
• Resuscitate and stabilize the patient according to priority
• Determine if the patient’s needs exceed a facility’s capacity
• Arrange appropriately for the patient’s inter-hospital transfer (who, what, when, and how)
• Assure that optimum care is provided and maintained throughout the evaluation, resuscitation, or transfer process

Target Audience

Physicians practicing emergency care.

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Vancouver Coa​stal Health

Below is a list of upcoming ATLS® courses being held at Vancouver General Hospital.  If you would like to register for a course, please email  TraumaEduc@vch.ca.

• November 21-22, 2022
• January 30-31, 2023
• March 6-7, 2023
• March 7, 2023 Refresher Course **Must meet registration requirements**
• April 17-18, 2023
• May 29-30, 2023
• May 30, 2023 Refresher Course **Must meet registration requirements**
• June 19-20, 2023
• November 27-28, 2023
• November 28, 2023 Refresher Course **Must meet registration requirements**

Register at https://vghtrauma.vch.ca/education/advanced-trauma-life-support-(atls)

Fraser Health Authority

Below is a list of upcoming ATLS® courses being held at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. If you would like to register for a course, please email atlsfha@gmail.com. Refresher courses are usually run in conjunction with all sessions.

• March 10-11, 2023
• June 23-24, 2023
• September 29-30, 2023
• November 17-18, 2023

Register at https://vghtrauma.vch.ca/education/advanced-trauma-life-support-(atls)

2023 ATLS Instructor Courses – Vanco​uver Coastal Health

If you have an interest in becoming an ATLS Instructor, please contact the VGH course coordinator at glen.purcell@vch.ca. If you would like to register for a course, please email TraumaEduc@vch.ca.​

• February 6-7
• September 14-15

For additional course listings in British Columbia, please visit the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) website. To access a list of the ATLS Coordinators located in Canada, please click here​.​

SUMMARY

The AIME course has been providing valued and practical hands-on airway management learning experiences for clinicians around the world for over 14 years. AIME educators are experienced (and entertaining) clinical instructors who understand the varied work environments of practicing clinicians. Whether you are a physician working in a large, high volume centre or a small remote setting, AIME will provide a practical approach for airway management in emergencies.

Learning Objectives:

• Be more confident and comfortable in making acute care airway management decisions.
• Have acquired a practical staged approach to airway management.
• Be able to choose the most appropriate method of airway management based on a variety of patient presentations.
• Make appropriate choices in the use of pharmacologic agents used to facilitate airway management.
• Know when and how to use various tools and adjuncts for managing the difficult airway.

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care.

For information on registration: www.aimeairway.ca

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Fri Jun 30, 2023  |  8:00–9:00 am PST

The final quarterly session of this series will feature two related topics – first, Dave Harris will describe how bringing low-satellite internet to rural communities is increasing equitable access to healthcare through the Bridging the Digital Divide Project. Second, Dr. Robert Moss and Dr. Virginia Robinson will speak about the Virtual ECHO project, which is using virtual tools to enable high-quality team-based care to support echocardiograms in the most underserved regions of our province.

ABOUT THE ROUNDS
Virtual Health Grand Rounds is a quarterly provincial rounds series for health-care professionals, health administrators, and IT colleagues to explore transformative, technology-enabled health-care delivery. The rounds spark discussion about the risks, benefits, and considerations for adopting technology to support patient-centered care.

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Friday, January 20, 2023  |  8:00am-9:00am PST

Join us for our next BC Virtual Health Grand Rounds with Dr. Christian Juhra, who will present on the considerations for and possibilities of using technology to enhance communication in health care.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Christian Juhra is the Head of Telemedicine at the University of Münster. He holds extensive knowledge in the field of caring for patients remotely and was awarded the Telemedicine Innovation Award in 2009. He participates in multiple working groups, such as the Telemedicine Working Group and the Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery Working Group for the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology.

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Dates

Complete online at your own pace (Self-paced)

 Register 

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Thu Nov 3, 2022 | 1730–1900 PDT

In honour of the 20th anniversary of the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Indigenous Pathway program, this webinar will celebrate the successes of Indigenous physicians working across the province. Through storytelling and practical advice, you will share successes with alumni of the program, learn about the importance of cultural safety and how to incorporate this into your medical practice.

After attending this webinar you will be able to:

• Describe cultural safety and anti-racism from Indigenous perspectives;
• Appraise your clinic/work setting’s approach to cultural safety;
• Apply practical steps to improve the cultural safety in your clinic/work setting; and
• Engage your Indigenous patients and their families in culturally safe relationships.

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Jan. 27, 2023 | Diagnostics & Radiology | 1 – 5 p.m. PST

• Zinging and Zaps — Workup for Neuropathic Pain
• Interpreting the CBC Beyond the Hemoglobin
• Cardiac Function Assessments
• Diagnostic Trends in PET/CT and MRI
• How Dense Are Your Bones?
• Imaging the Brain From the Benign to the Ominous
• Shoulder Pain — Which imaging is best?
• To FIT or Not — Colon Screening

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

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Oct. 21, 2022 | Gynecology & Urology | 1 – 5 p.m. PDT

• Interstitial Cystitis: Diagnosis, Management and Treatment for the Family Physician
• Chronic Pelvic Pain: Is it Endometriosis?
• A Rational Approach to Testing and Diagnosis of Testosterone Deficiency
• HRT in Menopause: What’s New in 2022
• Scrotal Masses: When To Be Concerned
• Ovarian Masses: What Not to Miss
• Post-Prostate Cancer Complications and Care
• Irregular Menstruation and Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding: Workup and Management

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

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Sept. 16, 2022 | Internal Medicine | 1 – 5 p.m. PDT

• Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease-like Illnesses
• Lipid Guidelines in 2022
• Advances in the Management of Stroke and TIA
• Abnormal Heart Rhythms — Focus on Atrial Fibrillation
• Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• ALT-AST-ALP-GGT: Approach to Elevated LFTs
• A Primary Care Approach to CKD Management
• Insulin 101 for Primary Care

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

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Dec. 2, 2022 | Ophthalmology & ENT | 1 – 5 p.m. PST

• Assessing Acute Vision Change
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Cataracts
• Glaucoma ‘Suspect’ Patients — How to Monitor and Manage
• Managing the Eye-tis: Conjunctivitis, Iritis, Episcleritis in Primary Care
• Vertigo: Differential Diagnosis and Update on Management of BPPV
• Diagnosis and Management of Oral Cancers, What Not to Miss
• Tinnitus and Early Onset Hearing Loss: Assessment and Management
• Chronic Sinusitis: Investigations, Treatment and When to Refer

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

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March 3, 2023 | Therapeutics | 1 – 5 p.m. PST

• Complex Regional Pain and Chronic Pain Syndromes: What Works, What to Avoid
• DMARDs in Connective Tissue Disease: When, Why and What to Monitor
• Foot Care in Primary Care: Plantar Fasciitis and Other Common Foot Disorders
• Management of Obesity: Newer Approaches, Diets and Medications
• Managing Opioid Use Disorders in Primary Care in 2023
• Migraine Treatment Updates: Prophylaxis and Treatments That Work
• Approach to Anal Outlet Bleeding: Hemorrhoids vs Fissures and Treatments in Primary Care
• Approach to Chronic Back Pain and Spinal Stenosis

UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next CME on the Run! 2022–2023 award-winning program with incredible speakers and popular topics.

The virtual CME on the Run! 2022–2023 is for health-care professionals who want short and focused sessions to keep updated on the latest evidence and best practices in patient care. Sessions run virtually over six Friday afternoons (Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Dec. 2, Jan. 27, March 3 and May 12) from 1 to 5 p.m. and cover eight talks in 3.5 hours with plenty of time for questions and answers. You can attend in real time or view the recorded content at a time of your choosing.

Register for the full series (21 Mainpro+ credits) or per day (3.5 Mainpro+ credits per day).

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The CRISP course is a two-day, high-acuity, high volume critical care training simulation program, designed to allow physicians and other emergency practitioners to acquire, review, and practice their skills in essential life-saving procedures.

The course travels to rural communities and provides a day of procedure training, procedural skills development and ‘actuation’, i.e. putting skills into action, followed by a day of in situ simulation training led by a team of experienced faculty. Participants are placed in interprofessional learning teams to encourage teamwork and communication. The main objective of the course is to bring high-quality simulation and procedural training to rural hospitals and provide an opportunity for emergency teams to practice management of infrequently encountered emergent scenarios.

Target audience: physicians, nurses and other practitioners who participate in patient care in a rural hospital.

For information on registration, please email: cpd@bcemergencynetwork.ca

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Tue Nov 1, 2022 | 1730–1900 PDT

Discussing goals of care with patients can be challenging to navigate. Nevertheless, it’s important that patients know what options are available to them regarding end-of-life care. Medical assistance in dying, or MAiD, provides eligible people the option to end their life with the assistance of a physician or nurse practitioner. Effective and compassionate communication of this option falls under the professional responsibility of clinicians to ensure patients have access to their preferred means of end-of-life care.

During this free accredited session, our highly experienced and knowledgeable medical experts will answer your questions, share their experiences and recommend best practices in discussing MAiD. The webinar will include a panel of presenters and participants will be prompted to ask their questions in real time using webinar technology.

Skills Gained:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to…

• Increase confidence and competence when talking about dying
• Introduce community and palliative care options, advance care directives and medical assistance in dying (MAiD) at various points in a patient’s journey.
• Identify barriers and tools to engaging in these discussions.
• Provide resources about end of life and MAiD to patients and families

For more information about format and connection details, visit the UBC CPD page.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023  |  12:00 to 1:00pm PDT

Presenter: Dr. Anna MacLeod, Dalhousie University

The Office of Faculty Development and the Centre for Health Education Scholarship are pleased to co-facilitate the CAME Webinar Series at UBC. Designed to bring practical, evidence and experience-based advice to Canadian health educators, the webinars offer the opportunity to engage online with an expert and with colleagues in a live discussion on a key topic in health professions education. You need to be affiliated with UBC to register. 

SUMMARY

Learn to use ultrasound to detect global cardiac activity, pericardial effusions, AAA’s, intra-abdominal hemorrhage and intra-uterine pregnancies.

The course is unique in that it has continually evolved as the instructor team gained insight into the way beginners learn this skill. Numerous techniques were developed to help the learner acquire a basic understanding of ultrasound image generation and interpretation, making the EDE Course the most effective teaching vehicle for this modality.

Although the EDE Course is occasionally offered as part of a conference, it was mainly designed to come to you if there is enough interest in your centre. There are a number of “off-the-shelf” courses; however, groups can also design their own custom course.

Target Audience: physicians practicing emergency care

For information on registration: www.edecourse.com

SUMMARY

The EDTU course is designed to provide physicians with a strong foundation in emergency ultrasound. The course emphasizes hands-on practical instruction to maximize participant learning. This is achieved with one-on-one bedside teaching on live models.

The course is a two-day program and will accommodate twenty learners. It is designed to facilitate the completion of most (if not all) of the required 50 supervised scans in each of the four areas (aorta, cardiac, abdomen, and pelvis). Target audience: Physicians practicing emergency care.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the basics of ultrasound physics, image generation and interpretation, and image artifact.
• Understand the different types of probes
• Complete most (if not all) of required 50 scans
• Generate limited focused images for all the primary applications of EDTU
• Understand the difference between EDTU and a formal ultrasound
• Understand how EDTU is to be used in the clinical assessment of patients and clinical algorithms for patient care.
• Identify anatomic structures on an ultrasound image that are necessary to interpret the primary examinations
• Understand the importance of establishing and maintaining a quality assurance program at your local ED.
• Learn the psychomotor skills necessary to generate accurate ultrasound images
• Understand the indications for and limitations of EDTU.

Information on registration.

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EQUIP Emergency is hosting two virtual Showcase events for all ED stakeholders with an interest in equity. The Study Leads will present the key findings and the EQUIP Equity Action Kit, including key resources they have developed specific to the ED (e.g., animations, tools, videos). They would like to hear from you about how the Action Kit and resources might be relevant to your work, and how they might best share these resources.

Showcase dates & times:

Monday, June 13 | 10:00am – 12:00pm (Zoom link)
Wednesday, June 29th | 11:00am – 1:00pm (Zoom link)

Please contact Cheyanne Stones, Research Manager, to RVSP and let them which showcase you wish to attend.

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023  |  1:00-2:00pm

Intravenous fluid resuscitation is established first line treatment for sepsis-associated hypoperfusion. The rationale is to correct hypovolemia and optimize stroke volume. Over the past decade evidence has emerged of harm associated with excess positive fluid balance in ICU patients with septic shock. Clinical trials undertaken in Africa have indicated harm from aggressive initial volume resuscitation but translating these results to other settings is problematic. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign has recently downgraded their recommendation for at least 30ml/kg of IV crystalloid to be administered for resuscitation in septic shock citing a paucity of evidence to support this practice. The uncertainty has led to some clinicians favoring the earlier introduction of vasopressors as a fluid sparing strategy. The effect on clinical outcomes is unclear and is this is the subject of ongoing international trials.

Speaker: Dr. Stephen MacDonald, BSc MBChB PhD DCH FRCPE FACEM; WA Health/Raine Clinician Research Fellow; Staff Specialist Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor, Medical School, University of Western Australia, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

View the event poster here

Location: DHCC 2267
Zoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/ and click on ‘Join a Meeting’
Meeting ID: 91318 343657  Passcode: 343657

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Join us for a workshop focused on fostering diversity and inclusion in health research. Current patient engagement practices result in a narrow pool of perspectives being reflected in patient-oriented research. This session will discuss a project funded by the BC SUPPORT Unit to develop educational modules to support the inclusion of more diverse people in health research, including d/Deaf, disabled, rural and remote, LGBTQ2S+, immigrant, racialized, refugee and ethnocultural communities. Speakers will also provide an overview of the Tapestry Tool: an open-source online learning platform that allows users, authors, viewers, students and instructors to collaborate in the development of content.

In this workshop you will learn:

• Why diversity and inclusion in health research matter
• What the Tapestry Tool is
• Pragmatic strategies to support the inclusion of more diverse people in health research

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Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm (PST)

This fifth Indigenous Speaker Series session features a panel that brings together BC health care organizations and their senior representatives to discuss the work of cultural safety, cultural humility, and the broader work in regards to the recommendations from In Plain Sight, Truth and Reconciliation, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan. This important and timely dialogue will highlight the work being undertaken across the province in an effort to reconcile and redress the relationship between Indigenous peoples and health care professionals and systems.

Visit the event page for more information and to register.

This virtual event is presented by the Indigenous Speakers Series.

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Frontiers in Overdose Prevention: Buprenorphine/Naloxone Microdosing in Emergency Departments
Wednesday, December 14  |  9:00 am – 10:00 am

Learners will be able to:

• Recognize emergency department visits as opportunities to identify people at high risk for overdose
• Understand pharmacology of buprenorphine/naloxone as it relates to patient care
• Understand rationale and evidence basis for buprenorphine/naloxone microdosing
• Understand objectives, design, and progress of an innovative study evaluating buprenorphine/naloxone standard dosing and microdosing from emergency departments (EMED study)

Presenter:
Dr. Jessica Moe, MD FRCPC DABEM MSc MA
Emergency Physician; Assistant Professor, UBC DEM; Clinician Scientist BCCDC

Zoom ID: 93725 021134 / Passcode: 021134

SUMMARY

The Hands-On Ultrasound Education (HOUSE) program gives rural physicians the training and confidence to integrate point-of-care ultrasound into their practice. This customizable, traveling, hands-on ultrasound training program was created for rural physicians.

By providing education that is customized for each community, the program meets the needs of learners with a wide range of pre-existing skills. HOUSE delivers learning in a relaxed and fun environment with an instructor to student ratio of 1:2. To learn more visit: www.house.ubccpd.ca

We offer a large menu of options: choose from acute care, obstetrics, and internal medicine indications, or mix and match.

About the Hands-On Ultrasound Education Program

SUMMARY

The IH Rural Mobile Simulation Program was designed to provide instruction on emergency medicine concepts and to provide an opportunity for rural providers of emergency care to practice potentially life-saving skills. Like emergency medicine, this program is designed to be flexible to varying levels of experience, knowledge, and background. The course facilitators create a non-threatening, informal environment in which emergency care scenarios can be practiced.

With the high‐fidelity human patient simulators, we are able to create close to real life experiences in sites’ own emergency or trauma room, utilizing their supplies, equipment, and staff while building or enhancing relationships within the inter-professional teams.

Skills:

Focus: to enhance medical skills and knowledge, teamwork, and communication by placing more emphasis on learning that involves real‐time assessment and feedback.

• Simulation can be used to improve clinical decision‐making and psychomotor skills (e.g., airway management, trauma, resuscitation) within a multi‐disciplinary environment
• Simulation reduces medical errors through improved teamwork
• Scenarios can be tailored to meet the needs of the learners
• Training can be conducted in a setting that minimizes time pressures present in the clinical environment

Target audience: physicians, RNs, LPNs, RTs, Lab, BCAS, Students, Residents, Managers, and Administrators.

Information on registration.

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Join us on May 10, Bear Witness Day, for a webinar on IGBA+ and its role in supporting equity at PHSA

Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) is an analytical tool that supports equitable and inclusive policy, process, and program development. Indigenous Gender Based Analysis Plus (IGBA+) is linked to GBA+ but differs by placing Indigenous people and their ways of being at the foundation of analysis.

Join guest speaker, Julie Bartlett, lead for IGBA+ and GBA+ at the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, in a webinar on IGBA+ with linkages to Jordan’s Principle: understand the differences between IGBA+ and GBA+, how to approach work from an IGBA+ perspective, explore our own biases and how take actionable steps to move from cycles of inaction to action.

May 10 is Bear Witness Day, an important date in the history of Jordan’s Principle ,which makes sure all First Nations children living in Canada can access the products, services and supports they need, when they need them.

Registration is now open for the webinar on May 10 from 12 noon to 1:00 pm – visit Slido to share your questions in advance.

You can get familiar with GBA+ through the Government of Canada’s free online modules (2 hrs.) or check out Kimberlé Crenshaw’s short video on intersectionality.

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Friday, November 4, 2022, 12:00pm – 1:30pm PT (rescheduled from Oct 28)

Join us for iCON-VCH’s Indigenous Health Round “Indigenous Patient Experience in Health Care”.

Certified for up to 6 Mainpro+® credits!

Free to attend!

SUMMARY

Join your midwife colleagues in this small group workshop (max. 30 participants) to learn about developing improved resiliency and an increased capacity to provide trauma-informed care.

This is an introductory session that starts at the beginning of this complex topic, where emphasis is placed on fusing understanding of physiology with improved clarity on what we see clinically, and provides tools for effective responding.

Format

• Moderator and presenters visible via webcam
• Presentation slides visible on the webinar
• Audio live through your computer speakers
• Your questions sent via Zoom chat or anonymously on slido (see below)
• Participants will be asked to have their cameras on as part of the interactive period

SUMMARY

These ultrasound modules are intended to provide a further understanding of some of the ultrasound scans performed bedside in the emergency department. This is a pilot project to teach basic ultrasound concepts in an online interactive format.

We want you to think critically about how you might manage a patient with these images generated. The modules are not intended to replace an ultrasound course, nor replace image generation skills. Hands-on practice along with formal instruction is also required.

Modules include:

• Aorta ultrasound
• Ocular ultrasound
• FAST ultrasound
• Lung ultrasound
• Cardiac ultrasound

REGISTER HERE

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December 1^st, 12pm-1pm PST

Hosted by CRISM in collaboration with the CRISM BC node, this roundtable webinar aims to regroup clinicians in a discussion on the implementation and expansion of flexible models of care for the clinical management and treatment of prescription opioid use disorder. We will hear from a multidisciplinary group of expert clinicians including researcher Dr. Eugenia Socias, physicians Dr. Alana Hirsh, Dr. Paxton Bach, and Dr. Patricia Caddy, pharmacist Mona Kwong, nurses Emma Garrod and Zachary Matieschyn.

After outlining the findings of the national OPTIMA trial, which ran from 2017-2020, this multidisciplinary panel of clinicians will discuss some of the key considerations, barriers, and benefits around the practice and prescription of take-home doses of OAT, such as with BUP/NX, in the context of British-Columbia. Through this discussion, the panel will explore next steps on how to optimize and expand flexible models of care for OAT in clinical practice.

Zoom Registration:

https://echo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuceqqqTwsGNBJQ2ALFLxVs_2MyYsvsjo_

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• Find BC course dates via Heart & Stroke BC
• Info on 1-day PALS Renewal Course registration via BC Children’s Hospital

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) is a video-based, instructor-led, advanced course, that focuses on a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, PALS treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation and team dynamics to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.

This course is designed for healthcare providers who either direct or participate in the management of respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest in pediatric patients, as well as others who need a PALS course completion card for job or other requirements.

Skills:

• Perform high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) per Heart and Stroke
• Foundation basic life support (BLS) recommendations
• Differentiate between patients who do and do not require immediate intervention
• Recognize cardiopulmonary arrest early and begin CPR within 10 seconds of recognition
• Apply team dynamics
• Differentiate between respiratory distress and failure
• Perform early interventions for respiratory distress and failure
• Differentiate between compensated and decompensated (hypotensive) shock
• Perform early interventions for the treatment of shock
• Differentiate between unstable and stable patients with arrhythmias
• Describe clinical characteristics of instability in patients with arrhythmias
• Implement post–cardiac arrest management

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care

SUMMARY

The PATS course is a simulation-based course that has been developed by local trauma experts at BC Children’s Hospital to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the management of trauma in pediatric patients.

PATS makes use of online modules, simulation cases as well as skill stations to provide healthcare providers with high-yield and up-to-date information in a safe learning environment. Local BCCH protocols and resources are also reviewed and emphasized. This one-day course includes the use of expert role-modelling vignettes and hands-on practice. Each participant will be allocated to an interdisciplinary team consisting of physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists.

As there are no didactic lectures provided during the course, prerequisite online modules must be completed in advance. Access the course materials by logging in to the PHSA Learning Hub at http://learninghub.phsa.ca and search for “PATS” or “Pediatric Advanced Trauma Simulation”.

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care, ED and ICU RNs, and RTs.

For information on registration, please email: jallaire@cw.bc.ca

SUMMARY

Pediatric Critical Care Learning (PCCL) Sessions bring together providers from across British Columbia to learn from case presentations. The goal is to support the provision of high quality pediatric care utilizing best and wise practices. Providers from all sites are welcome to join and/or submit cases.

ABOUT THE PCCL SESSIONS:

• When – 3rd Friday of every month at 1-2pm
• Who – Provincial and Interdisciplinary
• Where – Virtual (via Zoom)
• What – 2 de-identified cases presented by providers from a range of communities across BC
• How – The PICU team at BCCH will facilitate the interactive discussion

The facilitation team is committed to supporting culturally safe and equitable care. Sessions will not be recorded.

View the program poster here.

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SUMMARY

This course is designed to allow physicians to acquire and review their skills in essential life-saving emergency procedures including:

• Needle Cricothyrotomy and transtracheal jet ventilation
• Open Cricothyrotomy
• Needle Thoracostomy
• Chest Tube insertion
• Intraosseous Vascular access
• Pericardiocentesis
• Central line Vascular access, landmark technique
• Ultrasound-guided Central line vascular access
• Crisis Resource Management and cognitive error mitigation

PEMP combines online modules with an intensive immersive hands-on simulation experience that allows for realistic and clinically relevant practice of the procedures followed by integration of the procedures into the overall care of a simulated critically ill child.

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care.

SUMMARY

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Join the BC Children’s Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre and School Health Promotion team for a free webinar series for anyone working to promote mental health in school communities. In this webinar, Dr. Hasina Samji, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University and a Senior Scientist in Population Mental Wellbeing at the BC Centre for Disease Control, will discuss mental health and well-being in BC from recent findings from the Youth Development Instrument (YDI) and the Kids and COVID project – with a focus on protective factors and recommendations. The BC Children’s team will also discuss resources available to support the well-being of students in school communities.

Register here

SUMMARY

Date: Wednesday, September 14
Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am

The learning objectives for this presentation are to:

• define acute-onset atrial fibrillation presentations in the ED
• review recent evidence for acute AF/AFL
• review 2021 CAEP Best Practice Guidelines
• review the RAFF4 clinical trial

Presenter: Dr. Ian Stiell, Distinguished Professor and Senior Scientist, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa

Locations (in person)
Kelowna: KGH – CAC235
New Westminster: RCH – 0025
Victoria: RJH CA 130
Vancouver: DHCC 2263
Vancouver: SPH – LT 1477

Click here for Zoom details

SUMMARY

Wednesday, November 9  |  9:00 am – 10:00 am

Learners will be able to:

• Describe the current role of emergency physicians in trauma care in BC
• Recognize opportunities for emergency providers to improve trauma care

Presenter:

Dr. John Taylor, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Emergency Physician and Trauma Team Leader at Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH)

Locations (in person):

Kelowna – KGH – CAC235
New Westminster – RCH – 017
Victoria – RJH CA 130
Vancouver – DHCC 2263
Vancouver – SPH – LT 1477

SUMMARY

Wednesday, January 11  |  9:00 am – 10:00 am

Learners will be able to:

To recognize the challenges with pediatric mild traumatic brain injury from the family and clinicians’ perspectives
To adapt our clinical management of children and youth with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) with concussion symptoms
To update our anticipatory guidance counseling when managing children and youth with mTBI with regard to post concussion symptoms

Presenter

Dr. Dr. Quynh Doan, MDCM, PhD; Clinician scientist, Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Director of Clinical Research and Interim Senior Executive Director, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

To attend:

Zoom ID: 92014221648 / Passcode: 221648

SUMMARY

Date: Wednesday, March 8
Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the components of peripheral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
2. Understand the differences between venoarterial and venovenous ECMO
3. Understand the evidence for ECMO in respiratory failure and cardiac arrest
4. Understand the stages and management of hypothermia
5. Understand the role of ECMO in hypothermia

Presenter
Sonny Thiara, MD MPH
Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care Medicine at UBC

Locations (in person)
Kelowna – KGH – CAC235
New Westminster – RCH – 017
Victoria – RJH CA 130
Vancouver – DHCC 2263
Vancouver – SPH – LT 1477

Zoom ID
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/92014221648
Zoom ID: 92014221648 / Passcode: 221648

SUMMARY

Date: Wednesday, May 10
Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Learning Objectives

1. To learn about the history of racism and colonialism in medical research, both nationally and internationally.
2. To appreciate that there is always a cost to knowledge.
3. To understand methods to begin to address historical injustices in medical research and to initiate respectful collaboration.

Presenter

Frank Scheuermeyer, MD MHSc
Clinical Associate Professor and Interim Research Director, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

Locations (in person):

• Kelowna – KGH – CAC235
• New Westminster – RCH – 017
• Victoria – RJH CA 130
• Vancouver – DHCC 2263
• Vancouver – SPH – LT 1477

Virtual:

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/92014221648
Zoom ID: 92014221648 / Passcode: 221648

SUMMARY

Wednesday, June 29th at 7pm ET

• Identify the current burden of disease and microbiology with respect to skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs; cellulitis and abscess) in the ED setting;
• Optimize the management of skin and soft tissue infections for ED patients;
• Develop diagnostic acumen in detecting more serious deep space infections like necrotizing fasciitis;
• Utilize a case-based approach for treating SSTIs in the emergency department setting using new antimicrobials.

This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 1.00  Mainpro+ credits.

SUMMARY

Join Dr. Virginia Robinson on Friday August 19, 2022 (12:00pm – 1:30pm) for a talk on Heart and Lung Ultrasound for Shock.

• Overview of RUSH protocol for shock
• Learn how to perform and interpret trans thoracic views of the heart in relation to shock
• Learn how to perform and interpret lung views in relation to shock
• Review cases where POCUS can increase diagnostic certainty as to the cause of shock and reduce harm
• Tips and tricks on how to move quickly and avoid pitfalls

SUMMARY

June 24, 2022 | 1200-1300 PDT | 1 hr

Join Dr. Tracy Morton on Friday June 24, 2022 for an introduction to POCUS for shock.

About Dr. Morton

Tracy Morton grew up in northern Alberta, and he now lives and works on Haida Gwaii since 2000. He is a father of two boys. Professional interests include emergency, oncology and of course, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) which has made his work managing patients so much easier. He works with RCCBC promoting POCUS education and practice support for rural practitioners in BC. Outside of medicine, he rides bikes, listens to podcasts, meditates, travels and spends time with family.

SUMMARY

Friday, August 25, 2023  |  12:00pm-1:00pm PDT

Join Dr. Kevin Fairbairn for a talk on Pediatric MSK Ultrasound.

DR. KEVIN FAIRBAIRN

Kevin is an emergency physician who lives and works in Nelson BC. He completed his training as a family physician in Chilliwack with UBC, and then followed this with the CCFP-EM program at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Looking for ways to improve patient care, Kevin was inspired by the possibilities of POCUS and pursued a POCUS fellowship with UBC at St. Paul’s. He is excited to be involved with ultrasound education and is looking forward to the continued evolution of POCUS!

SUMMARY

Friday September 15, 2023  |  12:00pm-1:00pm PDT

Join Dr. Virginia Robinson for a talk on POCUS for skin and soft tissue.

DR. VIRGINIA ROBINSON

Virginia Robinson moved to Fernie, BC 20 years ago to ski and mountain bike and never left.  She practices maternity and emergency medicine and spends as much time as possible outdoors gardening. Virginia has been using POCUS for over 15 years and teaches both the UBC HOUSE OB and EM courses. She is the rural lead for the Intelligent Network for POCUS and a co-lead of the RCCBC provincial POCUS initiative with Dr. Tracy Morton.  As part of her passion for POCUS she is a disciple of “patient centred” and “closer to home” care.

SUMMARY

Point-of Care Ultrasound for Obstetrical Care

Emergencies in the First Trimester
Date: February 10, 2023 | 1200–1300 PST
Speaker: Dr. Virginia Robinson

Emergencies in the Third Trimester
Date: March 3, 2023 | 1200–1300 PST
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Kotaska

Postpartum Emergencies
Date: March 31, 2023 | 1200–1300 PST
Speaker: Dr. Virginia Robinson

Therapeutic Abortion Management
Date: May 5, 2023 | 1200–1300 PST
Speaker: Dr. Tracy Morton

This series of virtual rounds will be based on rurally focused POCUS topics, learnings and situations. The Rural POCUS Rounds series aims to increase the use of, experience with, and community surrounding point-of-care ultrasound for rural based healthcare providers.

The rounds will seek to:

• improve rural POCUS skills and confidence.
• build a POCUS community of practice including mentoring, and ultimately better patient care.

Each session will include presentation-style learning and time for volunteered case studies. Attendees will have an opportunity to share real-life scans and work through specific scenarios.

Zoom link, and session information will be emailed to those who have registered prior to each session.

SUMMARY

Thursday, January 26, 2023  |  0800–0900 PST 

Rural Rounds provides rural healthcare providers with up-to-date and relevant medical education through interactive Zoom presentations. If you practice or support rural communities in British Columbia, you are encouraged to join these engaging sessions!

Key Speakers
Dr. Graham Dodd

SUMMARY

Thursday March 30, 2023 | 0800–0900 PT 

More information and registration link here.

SUMMARY

OCTOBER 6, 2022 / 12-1pm PST

Who is the session for?

Health care providers working in hospitals (emergency department, general and pediatric inpatient units) across BC. However, the sessions are open to all health care providers regardless of place of work.

What will you learn in the session?

Participants will:

• Build on current knowledge regarding components of the Mental Status Exam specific to children/youth
• Review pediatric mental health initial screening and assessment tools to identify focus of intervention/treatment
• Understand the importance of a collaborative approach and team communication

It will consist of a short presentation, followed by case based discussion and question period. The session will be recorded for later viewing.

Download the event flyer for more information and the event zoom link.

SUMMARY

With expanding access to Provincial eHealth viewers, private practice medical clinics in British Columbia are expected to implement appropriate security practices to ensure private patient information and the medical practice are protected. Designed in partnership with the Doctors Technology Office, this introductory course supports medical clinics to improve their current security practices. Learn how to create a culture of security, better train your staff, limit the risk of a cyberattack, and protect the privacy of patient information through this interactive one-hour online module.

Learn more.

SUMMARY

Wednesday, March 8 | 11:00am PT

Learning Objectives

1. To share the developments of digital health in EM.
2. To highlight the spectrum of perspectives of Digital Health in the EM community today.
3. To consider how the EM discipline may participate in digital health in the future.

Moderator – Kendall Ho

Presenters

• Elyse Berger Pelletier
• Kiran Grant
• Rob Grierson
• Alecs Chochinov
• Howard Ovens

Registration complimentary for CAEP members, $100 for non-members.

SUMMARY

Date: Friday Oct 28, 2022
Time: 0800-1600hrs
Location: Surrey Memorial Hospital Simulation Centre

A one-day simulation based course involving the team-based resuscitation of critically injured trauma patients. There will be 3 simulation scenarios, and an airway station including surgical airway practice on animal models.

Crisis resource management (CRM) principles of leadership, closed loop communication, teamwork, resource utilization, situational awareness, and problem solving will be emphasized during the debriefing sessions. Resuscitation management priorities and strategies in various clinical scenarios will be highlighted, as well as review of latest evidence and clinical practice guidelines during small group discussions.

A knowledge of ATLS based principles for physicians is essential, and this course will build on the basics of ATLS.

SUMMARY

A one-day simulation-based course involving the team-based resuscitation of critically injured trauma patients. Principles of crisis resource management and resuscitation management priorities and skills will be highlighted, as well as reviewing latest evidence and clinical practice guidelines, taking into account available resources and regional trauma guidelines. Knowledge of ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) based principles are essential and this course will build on the basics of ATLS.

Target Audience: Urban or Rural Emergency physicians, emergency RN’s and RT’s involved in the initial management of severe trauma patients.

For information on registration, please email: cpd@bcemergencynetwork.ca

SUMMARY

The SEMP course allows physicians providing emergency care to acquire, review and practice their skill in essential life-saving emergency procedures including:

• • Needle cricothyrotomy and transtracheal jet ventilation
  • Open cricothyrotomy
  • Needle thoracostomy
  • Guide-wire chest tube placement
  • Intraosseous vascular access in adults
  • Intraosseous vascular access in children
  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Central line vascular access, landmark technique
  • Ultrasound-guided central line vascular access

• Crisis resource management and strategies to reduce cognitive errors.

Course Format: Hands-on simulation course using highly-realistic task-trainers and human patient simulators combined with pre-course online modules. 24 participants maximum.

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care; also open to interprofessional teams of physicians, nurses, paramedics, and respiratory therapists

For information on registration, visit the UBC CPD SEMP page.

SUMMARY

OCTOBER 27, 2022 / 12-1pm PST

Who is the session for?

Health care providers working in hospitals (emergency department, general and pediatric inpatient units) across BC. However, the sessions are open to all health care providers regardless of place of work.

What will you learn in the session?

Participants will:

• Build on current skills to support children and youth with mental health conditions
• Review/Learn strategies for how to manage medication refusal
• Review pediatric mental health care planning tools

It will consist of a short presentation, followed by case based discussion and question period. The session will be recorded for later viewing and can be found on the Child Health BC website under “Formal Learning.”

Download the event flyer for more information and the event zoom link.

SUMMARY

The use of bedside ultrasound by clinicians to guide invasive emergency and critical care procedures has been proven to improve success and reduce complications and is rapidly becoming established as the standard of care. UGEMP provides an opportunity to acquire and maintain the skills required to perform such procedures using Ultrasound-guidance.

Human models will allow for demonstration of human surface landmarks, real-time ultrasound image generation, and human ultrasound anatomy. Ultrasoundable task-trainers that simulate the tactile feel of human tissue will allow for the repeated practice of invasive procedures without harming the human models. The instructors will demonstrate the procedure and will supervise the learners’ performance of the procedures in small groups. Formative evaluation in the form of immediate feedback provided by the instructor will help the learners to monitor their progress and guide their learning.

Skills:

• Thoracentesis
• Chest Tube Placement, open and Seldinger techniques
• Central venous line placement
• Peripheral intravenous line placement
• Pericardiocentesis
• Abscess drainage
• Subcutaneous Foreign Body localization and removal
• Arthrocentesis
• Lumbar Puncture
• Paracentesis

Target audience: physicians practicing emergency care

For information on registration, visit the UBC CPD UGEMP page.

SUMMARY

Interior Health Emergency Department Grand Rounds:
Updates in Emergency Management of Acute Respiratory Illness in Children

February 28, 2023  |  5:00pm-6:00pm PST

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

• Evidence based treatments
• Indications for imaging
• Indications for admission

Presented by Badrinath Narayan MD, FRCPC

See event poster for more information.

Click here to register.

SUMMARY

October 4, 2022 | 9am – 4pm

While this virtual education day is for nurses, physicians, and all staff who provide emergency care to patients at any of the Vancouver Coastal rural sites, staff at any VCH-PHC Emergency Department are also very welcome to participate.

What will be covered?

• Initial Management of the Peri-Arrest Trauma Patient and Trauma Pediatric Patient in the ED
• Challenging M&M Cases
• Telehealth Support
• Ventilator Support and Pediatric Ventilator Support
• Cardiac Testing and Low Risk Patients
• Live simulation from a VCH rural site and live debriefing with all attendees

Download the event flyer. View the full event agenda & zoom details.

_{This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 5.5 Mainpro+® credits.}

SUMMARY

iCON-VCH Indigenous Health Round
Thursday, January 26, 2023; Friday, February 10, 2023 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT

Join UBC’s interCultural Online health Network (iCON) and VCH Indigenous Health for two upcoming Indigenous Health Round sessions titled “Anti-Racism: Where Do I Start?” and “What is an Ally and Who Says So?”.

These FREE online, interactive webinar sessions will take place at 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT on Thursday, January 26, 2023, and Friday, February 10, 2023, respectively.

Expert Speakers:

• Dr. Laurie Harding, author and Adjunct Professor at UVic with extensive experience in facilitation and education in Indigenous cultural safety and Indigenous anti-racism
• Dr. Linda Diffey, a member of the Peepeekisis Cree Nation in the Treaty 4 region and Indigenous Scholar in Community Health Sciences and Ongomiizwin Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing

The Indigenous Health Round is open to healthcare providers, allied healthcare professionals, Indigenous Traditional Practitioners, health administrators, health policy makers, healthcare workers, and affiliated faculty, staff and students.

Session registration link：https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ljvZOJNk9rIr8G

For more details: https://indigenous.iconproject.org/

SUMMARY

September 13, 2023 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Globally, sepsis is responsible for nearly one in every 5 deaths, and in Canada, sepsis effects 75,000 individuals per year. Sepsis occurs when an infection results in vital organ damage, and any infection can lead to sepsis. Gaining an understanding of sepsis early in your healthcare education is critical to ensuring you are delivering the best possible care for patients with sepsis.

At this event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from health care providers and sepsis researchers working to improve outcomes for children and adults with sepsis in BC and worldwide, appreciate the gravity of sepsis through the experience of a survivor, and network with like-minded individuals who are passionate about combatting sepsis. Together, we can make a difference and save lives.

More information and full schedule here.