Events

Harmful use of alcohol contributed to 17,000 deaths in Canada in 2020, with an estimated $6.3 billion spent that year on healthcare cost related to alcohol use.

Please join us for the 75th in our series “Changing the way we work” on Friday April 26, 2024. In this session, we will provide a brief overview on circulating infectious diseases.

Please join us for the 76th in our series “Changing the way we work” on Friday May 17, 2024. In this session, we will provide a brief overview on circulating infectious diseases and diagnosis and management of lyme disease.

Rising rates of obesity and diabetes, drug shortages, patient demand and societal discussions around fat-shaming, have placed family physicians in a difficult position, at times acting as gatekeepers for medications, determining which patients should gain access to GLP-1 agonists.

Please join us for the 77th in our series “Changing the way we work” on Friday June 7, 2024. In this session, we will provide a brief overview on circulating infectious diseases.

Please join us for the 78th in our series “Changing the way we work” on Friday June 21, 2024. In this session, we will provide a brief overview on circulating infectious diseases.

In Canada, one in 300 people ages 15 and older are transgender or non-binary, meaning that most family doctors care for gender non-conforming people in their practice.

Please join us for the 79th in our series “Changing the way we work” on Friday July 26, 2024. In this session, we will provide an overview of circulating infectious diseases.

Family physicians are often seen as the safety net for the entire health care system. Family doctors frequently face pressures from hospitals, specialists, families, and patients to fill the endless gaps in health care.

The Public Health Agency of Canada released data at the beginning of 2024 that showed the number of opioid-related overdoses and deaths in 2023 increased across the country.

Please join us for the 80th in our series “Changing the way we work” on Friday September 6, 2024. In this session, we will review respiratory illness prevention and management for the fall, including vaccine updates and the recent surge in Mpox.

Currently, there are long waitlists for free psychiatric assessments for adults with suspected ADHD, leaving patients unable to receive the necessary treatments.