Events

Please join us for the 90th in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday May 2, 2025. In this session, we will provide an overview on circulating infectious diseases.

Please join us for the 91st in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday May 23, 2025. In this session, Dr. Allison McGeer will provide an overview on circulating infectious diseases.

ADHD is often missed due to its shared characteristics with anxiety and depression, or because patients have multiple mental health conditions in addition to ADHD.

Please join us for the 92nd in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday June 6, 2025. In this session, we will provide an overview on circulating infectious diseases.

In this workshop, facilitators will share insights from the 2023 updated clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada, as well as actionable tools for screening, diagnosing and optimizing care.

Poverty has a profound impact on health across the life course, with impacts on both physical and mental health. Primary Care Providers can play a key role in supporting patients to connect to income supports.

New family doctors are often hesitant to continue prescribing opioids for patients, including to those who need opioids for pain management. However, opioids can be a helpful treatment for pain and it’s important for family doctors to know how to prescribe them effectively.

Please join us for the 93rd in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday June 27, 2025. In this session, we will have a brief overview of infectious diseases.

Please join us for the 94th in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday July 18, 2025. In this session, we will share a brief overview on infectious disease and discuss TB test interpretation and treatment for latent TB.

New nicotine delivery systems, policies and evidence are evolving to include nicotine pouches, ‘heat sticks’, and vaping products. Family physicians may be unfamiliar with emerging products and evidence and unable to provide guidance to patients.

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.

Even if a family doctor makes the correct diagnosis and prescribes the most appropriate treatment to address an illness, if a patient is unable to access the treatment due to social or financial circumstances the patient will not improve.