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Alongside various sponsoring departments within Dalhousie Medical School, we provide two, large annual conferences. These intensive programs, varying in length from one to three days, are designed to provide you with the most up-to-date information possible.

No matter what your professional focus is, you’ll find something to enhance your skills and further your knowledge. From our cardiovascular conference to hands-on surgical workshops and everything in between, our attendance numbers prove that they’re a worthwhile investment of your time.

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Upcoming conferences/programs/events

Response to COVID-19: Please note that MOST of these events may be cancelled. Please check with the contact person for further information. Also, all in-person CPD activites are cancelled as per our Continiung Professional Development main page

March - December 2020	COVID-19 Educational Interventions and Updates – webinar series Location: online from Dartmouth, NS Audience: All Nova Scotia physicians Contact: Barbara Johnson \| 902-481-4915 NOTE: PEI and NB doctors are welcome to join the webinars. However, questions will be restricted to NS physicians only due to the volume of questions and the numbers of participants. NEXT SESSIONS: This will be updated as information comes to us. For a quicker response please check the DoctorsNS website. Please note: this is an ongoing series that may extend past the dates listed.
April 12 - December 31, 2020	Remote SIM Programme for COVID-19 in Direct Patient Care [5 module program] 1. SIM leader development 2. Patient offloading in the ED 3. PPE donning and doffing 4. Airway management 5. COVID-19 approaches for Primary Care Location: online from Halifax to the Maritime provinces Audience: All healthcare professionals dealing with the COIVD-19 pandemic Contact: Susan Love
May 30, 2020 - May 30, 2021	Identification and Referral of Potential Organ and Tissue Donors Modules (5 modules) Introduction to Identification and Referral of Potential Organ and Tissue Donors Tips for Approaching the Family Transplant “Myth-busters” Organ Donation as part of Goals of Care FAQ and Special Situations Location: Online from Halifax; registration required Audience: primary care physicians, emergency care physicians, ICU physicians,hospitalists, those working with critically ill patients Contact: Susan Love
May 30, 2020 - May 30, 2021	Pediatric Emergency Care Modules (5 modules) Diabetic ketoacidosis Gastroenteritis Croup Sepsis Anaphylaxis Location: Online from Halifax; registration required Audience: family physicians, pediatric emergency physicians, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, paramedics, nurses Contact: Susan Love
August 2020- August 2023	Canadian Clinical Guide to Organ Donation: Donation After Circulatory Death Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: Critical care physicians, emergency physician Contact: Jennifer Hancock
September 4, 2020	Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite
September 8, 2020	Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Sexually Inappropriate Behaviour in LTC Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Health professionals working with elderly patients with mental health issues Contact: Nicole DeYoung \| 902-473-7799
September 19, 2020	IWK Dept. of Family Medicine CME Morninig Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Primary care obstetrics providers Contact: Erin Vaters
September 30 - October 28, 2020	5-minute CBT - Behaviour Activation to Improve Health Outcomes Using Fountain of Health Tools (multiple session webinars) Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: clinicians interested in learning about CBT tools. Contact: Nicole DeYoung \| 902-473-7799
October 3, 2020	Choosing Wisely with Academic Detailing, Virtual Conference Audience: Physicians, pharmacists, health care professionals Contact: Gillian Reid More information and registration coming soon
October 6, 2020	Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Cannabis Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Health professionals working with elderly patients with mental health issues Contact: Nicole DeYoung \| 902-473-7799
October 16, 2020	Atlantic Pain Conference 2020 Location: Halifax, NS (online) Audience: Family physicians, other health professionals who deal with patients in pain, patients Contact: Jessica Howe \| 902-473-6428
October 17, 2020	DrNS Annual Conference (AGM) Education sessions Location: Online from Dartmouth, NS Audience: All Nova Scotia physicians Contact: Barbara Johnson \| 902-481-4915 Website: https://doctorsns.com/
October, 30, 2020	Long Term Care by Design Virtual Conference Audience: Physicians, pharmacists, health care professionals Contact: Gillian Reid More information and registration coming soon
November 3, 2020	Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Depression Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Health professionals working with elderly patients with mental health issues Contact: Nicole DeYoung \| 902-473-7799
November 13, 2020	Medicine Matters 2020 Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Department of Medicine - general internists and subspecialties of internal medicine from NS/NB Contact: Mary Synette \| 902-473-3387
November 16, 2020	Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite
November 26, 2020	Virtual Advanced Arrhythmia Symposium 2020 Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Cardiologists, internal medicine specialists, allied cardiac health professionals Contact: Dr. Martin Gardner Registration weblink to follow shortly
November 27 - 28, 2020	94^th Annual Dalhousie Fall Refresher Location: Both in Person and Virtual, Halifax Convention Centre Audience: primary care physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners Contact: Gillian Reid More information and registration coming soon
December 1, 2020	Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Medically Unexplained Symptoms Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Health professionals working with elderly patients with mental health issues Contact: Nicole DeYoung \| 902-473-7799
January 8, 2021	Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite
March 21, 2021	Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite
May 14, 2021	Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite
July 23, 2021	Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite

Annual conferences

Fear Memorial Conference

Audience: medical faculty and students, residents, physicians and medical staff
Goal: to focus on an important theme in medical education (the theme changes with each conference)
Full Name: Annual Thomas Fear and Alice Morgans Fear Memorial Conference
Fear Conference website

MERIS

Audience: medical, dental and health care communities
Goal: to present research and innovation relevant to medical, interprofessional and health professions education
Webpage Link
Full title: MERIS: (Medical Education Research and Innovation Showcase)

Family Medicine Refresher

Audience: family physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, hospitalists
Goal: to enhance knowledge, attitudes, and skills in family medicine, informed by the best available evidence

Therapeutics Refresher

Audience: primary care physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners
Goal: to enhance knowledge, attitudes, and skills in the area of therapeutics in family medicine, informed by the best available evidence

Emergency Medicine Refresher

Audience: emergency physicians, pharmacists, paramedics, emergency nurses, nurse practitioners
Goal: to enhance knowledge, attitudes, and skills for the management of emergencies, informed by the best evidence available

Medicine Matters

Audience: physicians providing broad-based care in internal medicine, including those covering on-call, acute presentations, and hospital-based care
Goal: to enhance knowledge, attitudes, and skills in the area of general internal medicine, informed by the best available medicine

* Dalhousie Academic Detailing Service is currently detailing with the topic Hypertension: High Risk, Pregnancy and Children. Visits take about 30 minutes and are eligible for 2 Mainpro Cert+ credits with the College of Family Physicians of Canada. If you have not been contacted and would like a detailing visit, or would like further information about the Service, please email kelly.mackinnon@dal.ca.

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