September 2017 • Volume 4 Issue 5
 
HCP Calendar of Events

The 2017 Toronto Geriatrics Update Course is a two-day continuing medical education (CME) program designed to provide physicians and frontline allied health professionals with the latest relevant and evidence-based best practices in caring for older patients. This year’s event features a series of lectures, workshops and case conferences that will address a variety of current issues in geriatric care such as caring for complex older patients with heart failure, the latest info on treating dementia, advance care planning, prescribing cannabis, caring for older Indigenous patients and more. Visit https://sinaigeriatrics.ca/events-and-education/geriatrics-update/ for more information.


Thrombosis Pearls and Perils 2017
Thrombosis Canada Annual Conference
November 11, 2017
Intercontinental Hotel, Front Street,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

For more information and to register:

www.thrombosiscanada.ca/2017annualconference


Friday, November 17, 2017
Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building
Toronto, ON

Friday, November 24, 2017
Sofitel Montréal Le Carré Doré
Montréal, QC

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Do you treat patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who exercise or wish to start?

The JDRF Performance in Exercise and Knowledge (PEAK) program offers the information you need to help manage physical activity and exercise in individuals with T1D. Read more


SickKids Paediatric Emergency Medicine Conference 2017

Our conference offers an engaging exchange of knowledge, ideas and innovations with world renowned expert faculty and evidence-based clinical applications for practice. This year the conference will focus on critical knowledge and skills to allow you to deliver high quality care to children in the acute care setting. Read more

 
 
Bulletin

Evidence-Informed Primary Care Management of Low Back Pain


Deprescribing Proton Pump Inhibitors Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline


Recommendations on Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Primary Care


Driver’s Guide: Determining Medical Fitness to Operate Motor Vehicles

 
Other Conferences

Primary Care Update: Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pharmacology 2017

October 6 – 8, 2017, New York City

Family Medicine Forum

Nov 8 – 11, 2017, Montreal, Quebec
 
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