Update in Dermatology
2025-05-15 | Ontario
Update in Dermatology
May 15, 2025
The Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Hybrid Conference
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Sponsorship Opportunities
Early bird registration ends April 25, 2024 – register early and save!
The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development and the University of Ottawa, Division of Dermatology are proud to offer the 1-day course in Dermatology for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, residents and other interested primary care providers. This course will provide education in dermatology focusing on practical diagnosis and management. There will also be updates on the latest dermatology treatment options and newest discoveries in patient care. The speakers are drawn from the teaching faculty of the University of Ottawa Division of Dermatology and Community Dermatologists.
Questions? Please contact Kassaundra Black, Lead Coordinator.
*This course is offered in English only

Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians
2025-05-15 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-29 09:00 - 16:00 UTC | 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.

The Ottawa Hospital's Biennial HIV Updates 2025
2025-05-22 18:30 - 21:00 | The Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N9H4
The Ottawa Hospital’s Biennial HIV Updates 2025
May 22, 2025 | 18:00- 21:00 EST
The Westin Hotel, Ontario Room
11 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa
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There is no registration fee to attend this conference.
This course is intended to provide family physicians and other health-care providers with relevant and recent information about approaches to HIV prevention and the management of patients who are living with HIV. This course is a 3-hour event and consists of 4 presentations tailored towards family physicians, pharmacists and nurses. The presenters are experienced HIV Specialists who currently work in The Division of Infectious Diseases at The Ottawa Hospital.
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 2.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
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 the University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development for up to 2.0 Mainpro+ credits.

15th Symposium on Joint Preserving and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Hip: Hip Instability - A Consensus Meeting
2025-06-05 - 2025-06-07 | Hotel Le Concorde, 1225 Cours du Général-de Montcalm, Québec, Québec, G1R 4W6, Canada
15th Symposium on Joint Preserving and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the HipHip Instability – A Consensus MeetingJune 5-7, 2025 | In personHôtel Le Concorde (1225 Cours du Général-de Montcalm, Québec, QC)Register Now!View program or learn more!Sponsorship opportunities
The University of Ottawa, Division of Orthopaedics is proud to offer the 15th Symposium on Joint Preserving and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Hip to be held June 5-7, 2025 in historical Québec City, Canada. We have developed a 2 1⁄2 days symposium dedicated to a scientific and practice oriented discussion of current topics and controversies in treating the young adult with hip pain. The 2025 program will cover varying topics, including hip arthroscopy, femoro-acetabular impingement (FAI) / dysplasia, hip resurfacing, less invasive hip replacement surgery, as well as expert panels to discuss controversies of out patient joint replacement, dual mobility, resurfacing and large ceramic heads.
Overall Learning Objectives By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

Explain Differential Diagnosis and essential imaging of the painful pre-arthritic hip
Discuss current indications and results of osteotomies about the hip
Formulate a treatment algorithm for labral tears
Discuss the principles of hip arthroscopy
Explain techniques of labral repair as well as capsular management
Explain indications for new surgical approaches as well as their impact on rapid recovery programs
Explain investigation of the painful metal on metal total hip
Recognize the clinical indications for various implant designs for both primary and revision hip surgery.

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 17.25 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications
Live educational activities recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) are deemed by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) eligible for ECMEC®.
Questions? Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.
*This symposium is available in English only*

Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue
2025-06-12 | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Date/Time: Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 9:00AM to 4:00PM
Location: Roger Guindon Hall, FoM – Room TBD
Facilitators: Dr. Hilary Writer
Target Audience: All faculty members at the FoM
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Registration fee:

Residents: $400
Registrants Affiliated with uOttawa, Faculty of Medicine: $500
Registrants Not Affiliated with uOttawa, Faculty of Medicine: $2,500

Deadline to register is May 8, 2025
Course description:
Crucial Conversations is a leadership course that teaches skills for creating alignment and agreement by fostering open dialogue around high-stakes, emotional, or risky topics—at all levels of your organization. By learning how to speak and be heard (and encouraging others to do the same), you’ll begin to surface the best ideas, make the highest-quality decisions, and then act on your decisions with unity and commitment.
Questions? Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

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
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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).

7th North American Aortic Valve Repair Symposium (AVRS) Masterclass
2025-09-05 - 2025-09-06 | Ontario
7th North American Aortic Valve Repair Symposium (AVRS) Masterclass
September 5-6, 2025
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About the Masterclass
The 7th North American Aortic Valve Repair Symposium (AVRS) Masterclass is a two-day conference providing an immersive experience in all aspects of aortic valve reconstructive surgery, including aortic valve repair and the Ross procedure. The program includes live surgical cases with review and discussion of preoperative imaging, detailed intraoperative valve analysis, and covers the spectrum of surgical repair techniques. International experts in aortic valve surgery will describe repair techniques, highlight outcomes, and identify areas for improvement. In addition to live cases, the program includes videos of surgical procedures, presentation of clinical data and outcomes, panel discussion with experts in the field, as well as hands-on and interactive sessions.
Target Audience
This conference has been designed for cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, cardiac anesthesiologists, residents and fellows with an interest in aortic valve repair as well as other members of the care team.
Accreditation Statement
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 14.25 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications
Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology, Royal College MOC Section 1 credits are deemed to be substantively equivalent to EBAC CPD credits.
Live educational activities recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) are deemed by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) eligible for ECMEC®
Questions?
Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.
*This course is available in English only*

Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians
2025-09-16 08:30 - 2025-12-02 16:00 | 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/

Mini Medical School - Fall Series
2025-09-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-16 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-23 18:00 - 20:00 | The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y4E9, Canada
Fall 2025 Series
Thursday Evenings from 18:00 – 20:00
September 18, 2025 – October 23, 2025
The Ottawa Hospital – Norman Paterson Amphitheatre
1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
Learn More or Register Today!
Topics include:

Lessons on Empathy and Resilience from a Physician Leader
Gender Affirming Care
Operating Theatre: Anesthesia vs Surgery
Inspiring Lessons Learned from Inspiring Kids
Advances in Allergy and Immunology
Tales from the Life of a Rural General Surgeon
Life of Emergency Room Physicians: Real life stories from the real ‘Pitt’
Parkinson’s Disease: History, Hype and Hope
Life of a Military Physician
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Course Presentations
To ensure course participants receive the most up-to-date information and to lessen the environmental impact of our events, all available course materials will be posted to our participant website as soon as they become available. Printed course materials will not be available onsite.
We cannot guarantee that all course materials will be posted on the website.
Registration
Registration for the Fall 2025 is now open: REGISTER TODAY
*Early Bird registration valid until August 28, 2025.
Please subscribe to be added to the mailing list for future series.

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

Allergy and Clinical Immunology Update for Primary Care
2025-09-19 | Sala San Marco, 215 Preston St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7R1, Canada
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Update for Primary Care
September 19, 2025
In person
Sala San Marco Conference Center
215 Preston St, Ottawa ON K1R 7R1
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Register now!
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Join us for a one-day, high-impact medical education conference focused on the latest advances in Allergy and Clinical Immunology tailored for primary care providers. This event will provide practical, evidence-based updates on the diagnosis, management, and referral of common allergic and immunologic conditions encountered in primary care. Expert speakers will address topics such as food allergies, asthma, atopic dermatitis, drug allergies, immunodeficiencies, and the evolving role of biologics. Through interactive sessions and case-based discussions, participants will gain valuable insights to enhance patient care and improve clinical outcomes.
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 6.50 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
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 the University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development for up to 6.50 Mainpro+ credits.
OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course participants will be able to:

Apply current best practices in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of allergic and immunologic conditions across age groups, using evidence-informed strategies relevant to everyday clinical practice.
Enhance diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making by distinguishing between true allergic disease and common mimics, while recognizing when to initiate investigations or specialist referral.
Strengthen confidence in managing complex or evolving clinical scenarios through the application of updated guidelines, therapeutic advances, and critical appraisal of misinformation in allergy and immunology.

QUESTIONS?
Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

Best Practices and Emerging Therapies in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy Conference
2025-09-20 - 2025-09-21 | Ontario
Best Practices and Emerging Therapies in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy Conference
September 20 – 21, 2025
Brookstreet Hotel, 525 Legget Dr, Kanata, ON K2K 3G4
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Early bird registration ends August 22, 2025 – register early and save!
On behalf of the University of Ottawa Division of Gastroenterology, we would like to invite you to participate in the Best Practices and Emerging Therapies in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Therapeutic Endoscopy Conference, taking place on September 20th and 21st, 2025 at Brookstreet Hotel in Ottawa. This conference will review important topics of relevance to specialists who care for individuals with digestive diseases. Through didactic lectures, panel discussions, case-based breakout sessions and video demonstrations, experts in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology and therapeutic endoscopy will present evidence-based updates that are relevant to clinical 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 5.75 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
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 the University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development for up to 5.75 Mainpro+ credits.

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

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.
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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.

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
Register now!
View Course Program and Learn More
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*

Annual PGME Professional Development Day 2025
2025-11-18 08:00 - 16:00 | St. Elias Conference Centre, 750 Ridgewood Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Annual PGME Professional Development Day 2025
November 18, 2025 – 8h00-4h00
St. Elias Banquet Centre
This professional development day is a collaboration between the University of Ottawa Postgraduate Medical Education, Continuing Professional Development, and the Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (CiMED), designed for program directors, program administrators, competence committee chairs, and other leaders in PGME.
Click here to view the program
Register here

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!
View course program or learn more
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*

Faculty Affairs workshop series: Navigating Academic Promotion for Clinical Faculty Preparing for Promotion to Associate or Full Professor (Part 2)
2025-12-04 17:00 - 19:30 | Ontario
Faculty Affairs workshop series: Navigating Academic Promotion for Clinical Faculty
Preparing for Promotion to Associate or Full Professor (Part 2)
Register Now!

Date: December 4, 2025
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm
Format: Virtual on Teams
Presenter: Dr. Sudhir Sundaresan

Description:
This highly interactive workshop is designed for clinical faculty who are actively preparing to apply for promotion to Associate or Full Professor. Through guided discussion and shared insights, participants will learn how to strategically organize their academic CV and application dossiers to reflect the standards of excellence established by the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. Exemplars from Faculty who have successfully navigated the promotion process in each area of academic focus will be shared. Participants will leave with concrete feedback to strengthen their applications and highlight their academic impact.
Target audience:
Clinical faculty at assistant or associate professor level who anticipate submitting their promotion application to the Departmental Teaching Personnel Committee (DTPC) in the next 1-3 years. All participants must come prepared with an updated academic CV.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Interpret Faculty of Medicine promotion criteria in relation to their individual academic contributions
Recognize the timelines and procedural steps involved in the promotion process
Organize their academic CV and promotion dossier to clearly demonstrate excellence, impact, and progression over time
Apply practical strategies to present evidence of excellence in clinical expertise, teaching effectiveness, leadership contributions, innovation, and scholarly output as relating to their area of focus
Integrate narrative and reflective elements to convey academic identity and sustained contribution
Identify common pitfalls in promotion submissions and approaches to strengthen the case for promotion
Outline the appeal process and reflect on the emotional repercussions of unsuccessful applications

Centre d’innovation en éducation médical (CiEM)
Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (CiMED)
Faculté de médecine | Faculty of Medicine
850 Peter Morand Crescent
Ottawa, ON K1G 5Z3
cimed@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.

Destination Family Medicine
2025-12-08 07:30 - 16:00 | University of Ottawa Skills & Simulation Centre
Destination Family Medicine
December 8, 2025
University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre
7:30 am – 4:00 pm
Learn more!
Registration Information
Students (Grade 9-12) – $200 +HST
Register now!
Interested in medical school? Learn what it really means to be a family physician.
Hands-on small group workshops will cover pediatric mental health; surgical procedures; anaesthesia; mentorship; rashes; women’s health; public health; palliative care; hospitalist care; ER skills; joint injections; gender affirming care and much, much more.
We are also offering a limited number of bursaries to help remove barriers to participation. This bursary will waive the registration fee for students who may face financial, geographic, cultural, or other attendance challenges. These participants will be known as “Principal’s Delegates” and will receive all the same programming as every other student and will be fully integrated in the program. To apply for a bursary, please complete this application form by September 21, 2025. Selected students will be notified in October. Please note that submitting an application does not guarantee a spot in the course.

Questions?
Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca
Sponsorship opportunities are available – learn more!

Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Course
2026-01-23 | St. Elias Conference Centre, 750 Ridgewood Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Course
Friday January 23, 2026
St Elias Banquet Centre Ottawa, Ontario
In person event

Registration now OPEN!

The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the Division of Nephrology are proud to again offer this 1-day conference in hypertension and chronic kidney disease for primary care physicians and other health care professionals. This conference has been designed to serve as a refresher in these two areas of practice. Click here for more information.
Sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact Kristen McCoy, Lead Coordinator for Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Course.
Questions? Please contact cpd@uottawa.ca.

The Canadian Neuro-ophthalmology Review Course 2026 (CNORC)
2026-01-24 08:00 - 2026-01-25 17:00 | The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, Ottawa, ON, Canada
The Canadian Neuro-ophthalmology Review Course
The Canadian Neuro-Ophthalmology Review Course is an interactive 2-day course that includes small group discussions and didactic teaching delivered by faculty including world-renowned neuro-ophthalmologists. All levels of learners are encouraged to attend, and Neurology and Ophthalmology residents in their senior years will benefit from the opportunity to consolidate neuro-ophthalmic knowledge in preparation for Royal College exams and clinical practice.
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Recherche 101
2026-01-30 08:00 - 2026-11-27 10:00 | Ontario
Recherche 101
À partir de janvier 2026
(offered in French only)
La recherche vous interpelle, mais vous ne savez pas par où commencer votre projet? Souvent, vous repoussez l’envie d’aller plus loin dans votre questionnement de peur de ne pas bien saisir toutes les étapes à satisfaire avant la publication? Vous vous sentez perdu.e lorsqu’il est question de remplir une demande d’approbation éthique? Certaines méthodes de recherche vous sont étrangères?
Ce programme court de 9 ateliers (s’étendant sur 1 an à raison d’un atelier de 2 heures par mois) vous permettra de mieux comprendre les phases permettant de mener à bien un projet de recherche, de la détermination de la question jusqu’à la publication. Il propose également des techniques et stratégies pratiques et efficaces, qui vous aideront à trouver du financement et à choisir les meilleurs instruments.
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PHASE 1 Foundations of Leadership for Clinicians - Winter/Spring 2026
2026-02-05 08:30 - 2026-06-11 16:00 | University of Ottawa Roger Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
PHASE 1 Foundations of Leadership – Winter/Spring 2026
(formerly known as Essentials for Academic Leadership)
*This course is offered in English only. To view information for the course in French click here.

Thursdays | 8h30-16h00

February 5
March 12
April 2
May 14
June 11

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

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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/
