University of Ottawa - Office of Continuing Professional Development

Crucial Influencer – 1 day course
2025-05-14 08:30 - 16:00 UTC | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Crucial Influencer – 1 day course
Target Audience: All faculty members from the Faculty of Medicine
Speaker: Ms. Sara Munroe
Location: in person at the FoM, Roger Guindon Hall, Room TBD
Wednesday May 14, 2025 | 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Deadline to register May 11, 2025
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Ces cours et le formulaire d’inscription sont en Anglais seulement.
Price:

Residents: $400 per course or $800 for all three courses ($6,700 savings!)
Registrants Affiliated with uOttawa, Faculty of Medicine: $500 per course or $1,000 for all three courses ($6,500 in savings!)
Registrants Not Affiliated with uOttawa, Faculty of Medicine: $2,500 per course or $5,000 for all three courses ($2,500 in savings!

Fees include all materials and lunch.
Cancellation Policy: Refunds less $75 administrative charge will be issued for cancellations received in writing by May 11, 2025. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after that date.
Course Description:
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.
Questions? Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians
2025-05-15 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-29 09:00 - 16:00 | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
PHASE 1 Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians – Winter/Spring 2025

Target Audience: All faculty members from the Faculty of Medicine
Speaker: Mr. Ayoub Chobah
Location: in person at the FoM – Roger Guindon Hall – Room TBD
Price: $400 Early Bird deadline ends December 19, 2024 (course value is $3000 – 80% discount)
$600 December 20, 2024 to January 16, 2025 – included all materials and lunch
(formerly known as Essentials for Academic Leadership)
*This course is offered in English only
Thursday January 23, 2025 from 8:30AM to 3:30PM
Thursday March 27, 2025 from 8:30AM to 3:30PM
Thursday April 24, 2025 from 8:30AM to 3:30PM
Thursday May 15, 2025 from 8:30AM to 3:30PM
Thursday May 29, 2025 from 8:30AM to 3:30PM
Cancellation Policy: Refunds less $75 administrative charge will be issued for cancellations received in writing by January 16, 2025. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after that date.
Course Description:
Foundations of Leadership is a series of 5 workshops aimed at providing clinicians and non-clinicians with tools to successfully lead and manage teams.
Participants will develop an understanding and skills of how to:

Lead a process rather than manage it
Manage various types of team members effectively and deal with conflict
Get the most out of team members and keep them motivated
Introduce and manage change

Participants will also be apprised of legal implications and emerging trends as it relates to managing team members. Completion of the program will be acknowledged by a certificate in leadership from the Office of Continuing Professional Development.
Questions? Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

2025 Ottawa Curriculum for Perinatal Mental Health
2025-10-17 | The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y4E9, Canada
2025 Ottawa Curriculum for Perinatal Mental Health
Friday, October 17, 2025
The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, Amphitheatre
1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y4E9
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Early bird registration ends September 19, 2025 – register early and save!

The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the Department of Psychiatry are proud to present this 1/2-day hybrid course at The Ottawa Civic Hospital, Amphitheatre.

The focus of this year’s course is on Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, with updates and clinical applications of the new Canadian Perinatal Mental Health guidelines. In live seminars, you will hear directly from perinatal mental health experts on how to identify, support, and treat pregnant and lactating individuals in today’s complex healthcare environment. The morning closes with a comprehensive panel of community resource providers to showcase their integral roles in the stepped care model. There will also be the opportunity to ask questions directly to perinatal psychiatrists.
This course will be of interest to ALL perinatal care providers, including obstetricians, family doctors, psychiatrists, midwives, nurses, doulas, social workers, occupational therapists, psychotherapists, lactation consultants, and learners.

Questions? Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.
*This symposium is available in English only*

2025 Fall EK Koranyi Review Course in Psychiatry
2025-11-24 - 2025-11-28 | Ontario
2025 Fall EK Koranyi Review Course in Psychiatry
NEW DATES! November 24 – 28, 2025
Virtual Course
Register now! Early bird registration ends October 26, 2025 – register early and save!
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The E.K. Koranyi Review Course in Psychiatry is a yearly, intensive review of psychiatry, meant to help Canadian Psychiatry Residents prepare for their Royal College Exams, as well as provide an update for practicing psychiatrists, featuring 23 lectures over 5 days.
Unable to attend the full conference live? All sessions will be recorded and available post-course for viewing, along with all of the presenter’s materials until May 31st, 2026.
Overall Learning Objectives

List areas of psychiatry for which their knowledge is current
List areas of psychiatry that contain new knowledge for the participant
Describe how they plan to incorporate this new knowledge into their practice

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 University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development. You may claim a maximum of 38.75 hours (credits are automatically calculated). Credits are only applicable for sessions that were attended live.
*This symposium is available in English only*

2026 University of Ottawa Simulation-Based ECT Course for Practitioners
2026-02-08 08:00 - 17:00 | University of Ottawa Skills & Simulation Centre
2026 University of Ottawa Simulation-Based ECT Course for Practitioners
*This course is offered in English only
Elevate Your ECT Skills with Cutting-Edge Training!
February 8, 2026
In person course
University of Ottawa, Skills and Simulation Centre
725 Parkdale Ave, 1st Floor, Ottawa, ON K1Y4E9
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Experience a simulation-based ECT course, scientifically proven to boost your skills, knowledge, and confidence more effectively than traditional methods. Join us for dynamic, hands-on sessions led by top experts in the field.
Founded by Dr. Kiran Rabheru, this is the first simulation-based ECT course proven to increase skills, knowledge and confidence for ECT practitioners in a randomized-controlled trial compared to traditional training methods. (J ECT 2013, 29(4):291-6) The Ottawa Hospital and the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre deliver world-class care to their patients every day in affiliation with the University of Ottawa. Together, they work collaboratively to ensure a high standard of patient safety by training health-care providers such as physicians and nurses through education and research.

Questions?
Please contact Kaitlin Moberg kmoberg@uottawa.ca, Lead coordinator, ECT Course 2026

2026 Precision Child and Youth Mental Health Conference
2026-05-11 - 2026-05-12 | National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ontario, K1P 5W1, Canada
2026 Precision Child and Youth Mental Health Conference
May 11 – 12, 2026
National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
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13 RCPSC Section 1 Hours
With unprecedented potential to transform child and youth mental health, PCYMH is rapidly moving us towards precision care guided by data about each patient’s unique biological, environmental, and lifestyle characteristics.
Join us for a stimulating two days of discovery and discussion with colleagues in beautiful Ottawa, Canada’s capital.
This program is offered in English only
Overall Learning Objectives
At the end of this conference, participants will be able to:
Define at least two components of Precision Child and Youth Mental Health (PCYMH).
Describe one major finding each in PCYMH research involving genetics, biomarkers, artificial intelligence (AI) data science, or preventive/treatment interventions.
List two concerns about the use of PCYMH in clinical care.
List two opportunities for better mental health care using PCYMH approaches.
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 University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development. You may claim a maximum of 13.00 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Questions?
Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca

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.
