University of Ottawa - Office of Continuing Professional Development

2024 Ottawa Anesthesia Skills Integration and Simulation for Family Practice Anesthetists
2024-05-04 | uOttawa Skills and Simulation Centre, 725 Parkdale Ave, 1st Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K0A1X0, Canada
This one-day course includes interactive workshops and theatre-based simulation scenarios with FPA colleagues in a safe and collegial environment. You also get a whopping three Mainpro credits per hour! Don’t wait too long to sign up as space is limited to twelve participants and it has sold out quite quickly in the past. Also, please feel free to forward this link to any interested colleagues.
Saturday May 4, 2024
University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre (725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, Ontario)
22.5 Mainpro+ Credits
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This program is full! To be placed on a waitlist, please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

MAiD 2024 - The Changing Landscape
2024-05-03 - 2024-05-04 | Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y4E9, Canada
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and experience MAiD2024 — Canada’s only annual conference serving the diversity of professionals in MAiD! Hosted by the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers, MAiD2024 will provide you with a high quality learning and development experience alongside MAiD experts in Canada.
Friday, May 3, 2024 to Saturday, May 4, 2024
Hybrid Conference
In person location: Shaw Centre (55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario)
12.00 RCPSC Section 1 Hours | 12.00 Mainpro+ Credits | 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
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Registration Fees and Information
Register before April 3, 2024 and save!
Registration for in person attendance closes on April 28, 2024. Onsite registration will be available, should space permit.
Don’t Miss Out!
ATTEND two days of sessions with experts and top-notch speakers and additional pre-conference sessions
NETWORK with colleagues and experts in MAiD
DISCOVER new and helpful resources in person and virtually
EXPAND your network, learn something new, and be inspired
By the end of this conference, participants will be able to:
Interpret the legislation governing MAID
Describe the current challenges in MAID nationally
Discuss future potential directions for MAID in Canada
Questions?
Please contact Kaitlin Moberg, Lead Coordinator, MAiD2024 – The Changing Landscape

Essentials for Practice Improvement for Ontario Physicians: Cohort 1
2024-04-26 - 2024-05-31 | Virtual Program
Quality Improvement (QI) for busy family physicians: making changes YOU care about!
This interactive, experiential learning program is designed for Ontario family physicians, specialists and their teams who are looking to advance their quality improvement skills and those who are working on their CPSO QI/QA practice improvement plans. This course is designed for clinicians who want to improve patient care and outcomes, achieve efficiency, reduce care costs or advocate for a change that is needed in your setting.
April 26, 2024, May 17, 2024 and May 31, 2024
Virtual Conference
9 RCPSC Hourse | 9 Mainpro+ Credits
Plus, the opportunity to earn up to 34+ additional credits for independent work through CPSO!
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Register Now! Register Before March 20, 2024 and Save!
Early Bird Rate: $435 + HST per person
Regular Rate: $450 +HST per person

Group rates available when registering 3+ individuals from the same organization, please contact cpd@uottawa.ca for more information.

Who should attend? (Experience with Quality Improvement: Limited to None)
Ontario family physicians and specialists and their teams who are looking to advance their quality improvement skills and those who are working on their CPSO QI/QA practice improvement plans. This course is designed for clinicians who want to improve patient care and outcomes, achieve efficiency, reduce care costs or advocate for a change that is needed in your setting.
This is an interactive, experiential learning program designed to provide a practical approach to quality improvement through skill development, the identification of practice data sources, leveraging your EMR and the application of QI tools to develop a practice improvement plan and its implementation.
There will be 3 virtual 3 hour sessions with didactic and interactive learning, breakout sessions with trained QI coaches, as well as practice enhancement facilitation by OntarioMD + other QI support between sessions to assist in application of knowledge gained.
By the end of the program, the learner will be able to:
Complete a QI practice plan (such as CPSO or QIIP)
Identify data sources for use in practice assessment
Prioritize an area(s) for improvement in practice
Develop an approach to implementing a beneficial change
Assess the impact of the improvement change
Establish a system to enable ongoing and future improvements

Questions?
Please contact Laura Darbon, Lead Coordinator, Essentials in Practice Improvement for Ontario Physicians

73rd Annual Refresher Course for Family Physicians
2024-04-17 - 2024-04-19 | Ottawa Conference & Event Centre, 200 Coventry Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 4S3, Canada
This comprehensive course is designed to provide family physicians and other health-care providers with relevant and recent information about approaches to the diagnosis and management of conditions across the breadth of family medicine in both rural and urban settings. Each day consists of a combination of lectures and workshop sessions designed specifically for family physicians and healthcare providers which allows course attendees to customize their learning experience.
April 17-19, 2024
Partial Hybrid Conference
Ottawa Conference and Event Centre (200 Coventry Road)
18 RCPSC Section 1 Hours | 18 Mainpro + Credits | 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
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Register before March 15, 2024 and save!
Registration for in person attendance closes on April 14, 2024. Onsite registration will be available, should space permit.
Overall Learning Objectives:
By the end of this conference, participants should be able to identify and discuss relevant and recent information about approaches to the diagnosis and management of conditions across the breadth of family medicine in both rural and urban settings.
Questions?
Please contact Laura Darbon, Lead Planner, 73rd Annual Refresher Course for Family Physicians.

Mini Medical School - Spring 2024 Term
2024-04-04 - 2024-05-09 | The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y4E9, Canada
Mini-Medical School is a popular and ever-growing concept being offered all over Canada and the United States for the public. It is an innovative and entertaining series of lectures on medicine and health that are ‘just like going to medical school’ (but without the long hours and hard work!). You won’t get a license to practice medicine, but you will learn a tremendous amount and leave a more educated consumer of the health care system.
Registration for the Spring 2024 Term of Mini Medical School is FULL. To be notified of future offerings, please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.
April 4, 2024 – May 9, 2024
Thursday Evenings from 18:30 – 20:30
The Ottawa Hospital – Norman Paterson Amphitheatre (1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9)
Conference Website
Register before March 4, 2024 and save!
Onsite registration will be available, should space permit.
Questions?
Please contact Kaitlin Moberg, Lead Coordinator, Mini Medical School.
