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.

Please join us for the 95th in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday September 5, 2025. In this session, we will review respiratory illness prevention and management for the fall, including vaccine updates.

Join us for the 63rd annual Meeting of Members, held virtually. 2024-25 Annual Meeting of Members   If you are unable to attend, you may download and fill out the Proxy Form in Adobe Acrobat and follow the instructions to submit it.

Administrative burden, including completing complex forms and reviewing EMRs are all contributing to burnout in family medicine. During this session, our panelists will discuss tricks to efficiently review EMRs, setting boundaries with patients, taking vacations and training your office staff to take on some of the burdensome tasks.

Please join us for the 96th in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday September 26, 2025. In this session, we will have a brief update on infectious diseases.

In this session, our panel will outline a pathway for equitable attachment to primary care. We will introduce a toolkit designed to support interdisciplinary teams—including those in Family Health Teams, clinics and other primary care settings—in defining target populations and outcome measures, building community partnerships and recruiting and retaining providers for new patients.

Please join us for the 97th in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday October 17, 2025. In this session, we will have an update on circulating infectious diseases.

Since 2018, patients have been able to access medical cannabis that has been authorized by a physician who signs a medical document. New research supporting the therapeutic use, safety and efficacy on cannabis is only now emerging, which puts family physicians in a difficult position as they may be asked to authorize cannabis when they are not familiar with the process.

Please join us for the 98th in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday, October 31, 2025. In this session, we will have an update on circulating infectious diseases.

Please join us for the 99th in our series “Changing the Way We Work” on Friday, November 21, 2025. In this session, we will have an update on circulating respiratory illnesses.

Collectively, physicians faced and/or continue to face a trauma related to caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, few family physicians have had the opportunity to collectively discuss this.