University of Ottawa - Office of Continuing Professional Development

The 2nd annual Ottawa SIMposium
2025-06-20 | uOttawa Skills and Simulation Centre, 725 Parkdale Ave, 1st Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K0A1X0, Canada
The 2nd annual Ottawa SIMposium
June 20, 2025
uOttawa Skills and Simulation Centre
In person event
Learn more!
Register now!
Designed for healthcare professionals, educators and those with a general interest in healthcare simulation activities, this one day event will explore the latest innovations in simulation-based education, system design, and clinical training.
Through expert-led discussions, attendees will engage in interprofessional collaboration, discover cutting-edge simulation technologies and methodologies, and gain valuable insights into best practices for integrating simulation into healthcare
education.
We are excited to welcome a diverse audience of healthcare professionals from Ottawa and beyond, all dedicated to leveraging simulation to improve education, safety, and system performance.
Deadline to register: June 17 2025, 11:59PM (EST)
ACCREDITATION
This activity has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 5.75 Mainpro+® Certified Activity 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 5.75 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians
2025-09-16 08:30 - 2025-12-02 16:00 UTC | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians – Fall 2025 – Last chance for the Early bird

*This course is offered in English only
Foundations of Leadership is a series of 5 workshops aimed at providing clinicians and non-clinicians with tools to successfully lead and manage teams.
Tuesdays, 8h30-16h00

September 16
October 7
October 28
November 25
December 2

*Early bird deadline is August 20, 2025
Information and registration
Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Loeb Research Building, Main Floor, Room 158
725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
Email: christine.cool@uottawa.ca
http://med.uottawa.ca/professional-development/

Les influenceurs francophones en médecine : de la recherche à la pratique - série webinaire
2025-09-24 19:00 - 2025-11-19 20:00 | Ontario
Les influenceurs francophones en médecine : de la recherche à la pratique – série webinaire
(offered in French only)
Chaque mois, la FMC vous offre un webinaire sur un sujet d’intérêt en pratique médicale, pour discuter des données probantes et leur application en pratique pour les médecins et autres professionnel·le·s de la santé.
Nous invitons comme conférencier·ière·s des leaders francophones qui ont changé la pratique médicale et donc les soins aux patient·e·s, à travers leurs contributions en recherche, aux lignes directrices, à l’éducation médicale et autres.
Wednesdays, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

November 19, 2025
January 14, 2026
February 18, 2026
March 18, 2026
April 15, 2026
May 20, 2026

Information and registration
Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Loeb Research Building, Main Floor, Room 158
725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
Email: christine.cool@uottawa.ca
http://med.uottawa.ca/professional-development/

CRUCIAL SERIES (Fall 2025)
2025-09-25 08:30 - 2025-12-10 16:00 | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
CRUCIAL SERIES

FoM members special pricing
*$500 each course or $1000 for all 3

Crucial Conversations for Accountability – 2 day course
Thursdays, 8:30 to 4:00

September 25
October 16

MANAGING PERFORMANCE IS MORE THAN A PROCESS—IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE – Sure, there are fancy software and tools to make performance management seamless and easy. But any manager who’s struggled to close a significant performance gap or anyone who has ever walked out of an annual review feeling like they’ve just been processed rather than prioritized knows there’s nothing easy about it. Deflated and disenchanted people don’t improve, and neither do results. In reality, performance management is about addressing your people’s behavior routinely and consistently. It’s about candidly coaching through challenges and holding people accountable for lapses in behavior. It’s about identifying goals, fast-tracking careers, and in the process, improving your bottom line. These are communication skills—the difficult kind that may not come naturally, but when learned, mean the difference between managing people and managing process. The good news is these accountability skills are replicable and learnable. We’re all just a few crucial skills away from learning how to manage people and performance daily and directly.
Information and registration

Crucial Influence – 1 day course

Wednesday, 8:30 to 4:00

November 5

THE NEW SCIENCE OF LEADERSHIP: When facing persistent, resistant challenges, leaders often surrender to poor results or invest in change efforts that waste time and resources. And yet it’s possible to influence behavior with surprisingly predictable success. For the past thirty years, we’ve studied leaders with a proven ability to influence rapid, profound and sustainable change. And here’s what we know: human behavior is grounded in six sources of influence. Effective leaders know how to leverage and apply these sources to influence real results. Influencer goes beyond corporate perks and charismatic personalities to teach a method for changing ingrained human behavior. Leaders learn how to achieve better results by changing human habits that are extraordinarily difficult to alter—especially those that mire down teams and organizations. Drawing on the skills of the world’s best change agents and five decades of social-science research, Influencer teaches why people do what they do and how to help them act differently.
Information and registration
Getting Things Done – 1 day course
Wednesday, 8:30 to 4:00

December 10

The Getting Things Done® (GTD®) methodology was developed 30 years ago by New York Times bestselling author David Allen. The course teaches skills to manage the constant flow of requests, tasks, and interruptions people face at all levels of the organization. By learning how to capture, clarify, and organize incoming requests, people are more likely to make strategic decisions about where to invest their time and energy, focus on the right priorities, and prevent critical projects from slipping. When used consistently and collectively, GTD skills also give teams a “way of working” for improved results. The in-person experience of Getting Things Done is an engaging classroom course rich with peer discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching. Delivered in one day, this in-person course offers the best in traditional learning and development.
Information and registration

Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Loeb Research Building, Main Floor, Room 158
725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
Email: christine.cool@uottawa.ca
http://med.uottawa.ca/professional-development/

Endocrinology and Diabetes Update for Primary Care
2025-10-03 | St. Elias Conference Centre, 750 Ridgewood Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Endocrinology and Diabetes Update for Primary Care
October 3, 2025
St. Elias Centre
750 Ridgewood Ave, Ottawa ON K1V 6N1
In person conference
Learn more!
Register now!
COURSE DESCRIPTION
University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development and the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, TOH, are proud to offer this 1-day in person course in Endocrinology and Diabetes for primary care physicians. This popular course serves as a refresher of current guidelines and standards for the work-up and management of common endocrine disorders and diabetes therapies.
OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the educational activity, participants will be able to:

Outline approaches to diagnosing common endocrine disorders
Prescribe new therapies for diabetes and endocrine disorders
Identify patients who require specialized care by an endocrinologist etc.

QUESTIONS
Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

14th Update in Cardiology
2025-12-05 | University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y4W7, Canada
14th Update in Cardiology
Friday, December 5, 2025
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Click here for more information!
Register TODAY!
The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute are proud to offer this 1-day course in Cardiology for primary care physicians and specialists in cardiovascular medicine. This course serves as a refresher of current guidelines and standards for the work-up and management of common cardiac presentations as well as an update on the latest innovations in cardiology. This is a must attend event for primary care physicians and specialists in cardiovascular medicine.
Sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact Kristen McCoy, Lead Coordinator by email at kmccoy@uottawa.ca. For additional information, please visit.
Questions?
Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

Crucial Series (Winter/Spring 2026)
2026-02-11 08:30 - 2026-06-09 16:00 | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Crucial Series (Winter/Spring 2026)

FoM members special pricing
*$500 each course or $1000 for all 3

Crucial Conversations for Accountability – 2 day course

Tuesdays, 8:30 to 4

May 26, 2026
June 9, 2026

MANAGING PERFORMANCE IS MORE THAN A PROCESS—IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE – Sure, there are fancy software and tools to make performance management seamless and easy. But any manager who’s struggled to close a significant performance gap or anyone who has ever walked out of an annual review feeling like they’ve just been processed rather than prioritized knows there’s nothing easy about it. Deflated and disenchanted people don’t improve, and neither do results. In reality, performance management is about addressing your people’s behavior routinely and consistently. It’s about candidly coaching through challenges and holding people accountable for lapses in behavior. It’s about identifying goals, fast-tracking careers, and in the process, improving your bottom line. These are communication skills—the difficult kind that may not come naturally, but when learned, mean the difference between managing people and managing process. The good news is these accountability skills are replicable and learnable. We’re all just a few crucial skills away from learning how to manage people and performance daily and directly.

Information and registration

Crucial Influence – 1 day course

Wednesday, 8:30 to 4:00

February 11, 2026

THE NEW SCIENCE OF LEADERSHIP: When facing persistent, resistant challenges, leaders often surrender to poor results or invest in change efforts that waste time and resources. And yet it’s possible to influence behavior with surprisingly predictable success. For the past thirty years, we’ve studied leaders with a proven ability to influence rapid, profound and sustainable change. And here’s what we know: human behavior is grounded in six sources of influence. Effective leaders know how to leverage and apply these sources to influence real results. Influencer goes beyond corporate perks and charismatic personalities to teach a method for changing ingrained human behavior. Leaders learn how to achieve better results by changing human habits that are extraordinarily difficult to alter—especially those that mire down teams and organizations. Drawing on the skills of the world’s best change agents and five decades of social-science research, Influencer teaches why people do what they do and how to help them act differently.

Information and registration

Getting Things Done – 1 day course

Wednesday, 8:30 to 4:00

April 22, 2026

The Getting Things Done® (GTD®) methodology was developed 30 years ago by New York Times bestselling author David Allen. The course teaches skills to manage the constant flow of requests, tasks, and interruptions people face at all levels of the organization. By learning how to capture, clarify, and organize incoming requests, people are more likely to make strategic decisions about where to invest their time and energy, focus on the right priorities, and prevent critical projects from slipping. When used consistently and collectively, GTD skills also give teams a “way of working” for improved results. The in-person experience of Getting Things Done is an engaging classroom course rich with peer discussion, real-time practice, and group support and coaching. Delivered in one day, this in-person course offers the best in traditional learning and development.

Information and registration

Bureau du développement professionnel continu
Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculté de médecine | Faculty of Medicine
Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa
Édifice Loeb | Loeb Building
725 Parkdale Ave (WM158) Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5 Canada
uOttawa.ca/faculte-medecine | uOttawa.ca/faculty-medicine

Creating Space 16: The Impact of Identities on Health and Wellbeing
2026-04-19 08:00 - 2026-04-21 17:00 | Ontario
Creating Space 16: The Impact of Identities on Health and Wellbeing
April 19-21, 2026 | Ottawa, Ontario
In Person Conference
Registration now open!

OBJECTIVES

Explore the impact of arts and humanities in health professions education and practice, including their role in fostering better outcomes.
Engage with the arts’ and humanities’ contribution to health professional wellness and create opportunities for growth and development
Elevate the voices of people with lived experience and build bridges between patients, the health care system and different culture

Professional identity formation is complex: Navigating our various identities affects our personal health, wellbeing, and our relationships with colleagues and those we care for. The arts and humanities (including indigenous ways of knowing, history, literature, poetry, theater, the performing arts, audio and video recordings and the visual arts) are often woven into the teaching, learning, development and practice of health professions. These holistic, integrated approaches deliver better outcomes for patients and their communities. They help clinicians develop insight, reduce burnout and compassion fatigue by making sense of their experiences not only as clinicians but also as learners and members of inter-disciplinary teams.
This exploration of identity and lived experience engenders culturally responsive, safe, healthcare settings, lowers barriers to care, and promotes empathy, communication skills and perspective-taking. Sharing voices and perspectives through the arts and humanities leads to advocacy for social and cultural change.
“Identity”, the theme of this year’s conference of the Canadian Association of Health Humanities, is foundational to health and wellbeing. This conference is the opportunity to creatively share how the arts and humanities improve healthcare and health professional education. And it will highlight opportunities to explore how notions of personal, professional or team identities can facilitate growth or change.

QUESTIONS?
Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

Did That Cross a Line? A Practical Guide to Professionalism for Faculty
2026-05-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Program
Did That Cross a Line? A Practical Guide to Professionalism for Faculty
Format: Virtual webinar via Zoom
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM
Presenters: Dr. Anna Byszewski and Dr. Sudhir Sundaresan
Accreditation: 2.00 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits | 2.00 RCPSC Section 1 Hours
Register now!

Professionalism is more than a policy — it is a daily practice that shapes our workplace and the learning environment, supports psychological safety, and defines our culture at the Faculty of Medicine. Yet, it is also one of the most challenging areas to navigate in real life. As faculty members, we are expected to model professional behavior, recognize when boundaries are crossed, and respond appropriately when concerns arise involving learners or colleagues.
This interactive, case-based session brings professionalism out of the abstract and into real scenarios drawn from clinical and educational practice. Together, we will explore grey zones, develop confidence in identifying and addressing lapses, and learn how to support a respectful and inclusive workplace. This session is suited to all faculty members, especially front-line teachers and educational leaders committed to fostering excellence in the learning environment.

Bureau du développement professionnel continu
Office of Continuing Professional Development

Faculté de médecine | Faculty of Medicine

Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa

Édifice Loeb | Loeb Building
725 Parkdale Ave (WM158) Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5 Canada

uOttawa.ca/faculte-medecine | uOttawa.ca/faculty-medicine

45th Annual Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conference
2026-06-06 08:00 - 2026-06-09 17:00 | Ontario
Save the Date!
45th Annual Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conference
June 6th – 9th, 2026
Delta by Marriott St. John’s Hotel and Conference Centre, St. John’s, Newfoundland
The Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is a national organization of child and adolescent psychiatrists and other professionals in Canada, committed to advancing the mental health of children, youth and families through promotion of excellence in care, advocacy, education, research and collaboration with other professionals. Join us in June 2026 for our annual conference!
More information will be available soon! To be notified when registration opens, please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

Foundations of leadership - Phase 1
2026-09-08 08:30 - 2026-12-08 15:30 | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Foundations of leadership – Phase 1
Tuesdays, 8:30-3:30PM
September 8
September 29
October 20
November 17
December 8, 2026
Information and registration
Bureau du développement professionnel continu
Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculté de médecine | Faculty of Medicine
Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa
Édifice de recherche Loeb, salle 158 | Loeb Research Building, room WM158
725, avenue Parkdale, Ottawa (Ontario) | 725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, ON
K1Y 4E9
https://www.uottawa.ca/faculte-medecine/formation-continue
https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-medicine/professional-development

CRUCIAL SERIES
2026-09-09 08:00 - 2026-11-25 16:00 | uOttawa Faculty of Medicine, Canada
CRUCIAL SERIES
Crucial Conversations for Accountability – 2 day course
Wednesdays September 9 and 23, 2026 | 8:00 to 4:00
Information and registration
Crucial Influence – 1 day course
Wednesday October 28, 2026 | 8:00 to 4:00
Information and registration

Getting Things Done – 1 day course
Wednesday November 25, 2026 | 8:30 to 4pm
Information and registration

Bureau du développement professionnel continu
Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculté de médecine | Faculty of Medicine
Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa
Édifice de recherche Loeb, salle 158 | Loeb Research Building, room WM158
725, avenue Parkdale, Ottawa (Ontario) | 725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, ON
K1Y 4E9
https://www.uottawa.ca/faculte-medecine/formation-continue
https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-medicine/professional-development
