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Infectious Disease & Gender Affirming Care

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Please join us for the 85th in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday January 17, 2025. In this session, we will provide an overview on circulating infectious diseases. We will also review adult gender affirming care including relevant guidelines, gender health, and treatments. The main program will be held from 7:55-9:00 a.m., with a potential extension until 9:15 a.m. for additional Q&A. We appreciate you submitting questions at registration to help us plan the session. View Past Sessions and Materialshttps://dfcm.utoronto.ca/past-covid-19-community-practice-sessions Panelists: Host: Moderator:

Clinical Application of the Long-Term Care (LTC) Fracture Prevention Recommendations for Frail Older Adults

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Long-term care (LTC) residents are more dependent, frail and vulnerable, and require more complex care than community-dwelling older adults. Yet many interventions intended to reduce fracture risk are not used consistently in LTC, and clinical practice guidelines for osteoporosis have focused on the care of adults living in the community. This program aims to address existing care gaps by illustrating the application of pharmacological and non-pharmacological fracture prevention recommendations with frail older adults in LTC. After active engagement in this program, participants will be better able to: Presented by: Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou BScN, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), FACP Professor of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine, McMaster University Executive Director, GERAS Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences Dr. Lynn Nash, MD, CCFP, FCFP MD, CCFP, FCFP, LMCFP Family Physician Retired Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University Presented in collaboration with the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy. There is no cost to attend. This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 1 Mainpro+ credit.

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