Conferences
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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.
If you are a physician and wish to start receiving weekly reminders of all our accredited events, please fill in this form and get your name on our blast-list!
Upcoming conferences/programs/events
| October 2019- March 2020 (various dates) | TREKK NS: Provincial Pathways: Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis Oct. 23 - Charlottetown, PEI |
| January 25, 2020 | Day in Family Medicine (Sydney) Location: Sydney, NS Audience: Family physicians, family medicine residents, nurse practitioners, nurses Contact: Greg Myatt | 902-564-8105 |
| January 25, 2020 | Emergency Medicine Potpourri Location: Antigonish, NS Audience: Family physicians, emergency medicine specialists, nurses, paramedics Contact: Ivan Cozzi | 902-867-4500 (and ask for him in Emergency) Register Now |
| February 4, 2020 | Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Elder Abuse Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Health professionals working with elderly patients with mental health issues Contact: Nicole DeYoung | 902-473-7799 |
| February 12, 2020 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Doctors interested in hereditary disease Contact: Johane Robitaille | 902-470-8632 |
| February 13, 2020 | Anesthesia and the Aging Brain: New Insights in Research in Brain Health Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Anesthesiologists, fellows/residents in anesthesiology Contact: Katy Schurman | 902-221-0451 |
| February 18, 2020 | Teach the Teacher 2020 Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Faculty in the Dept of Medicine with an interest/role in clinical teaching Contact: Trudy Taylor | 902-473-3818 |
| February 21, 2020 | PGME PD/PA Education Day 2020 Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Program directors and administrators in PGME Contact: Jennifer Acuna | 902-494-3117 |
| February 29, 2020 | Family Medicine Faculty Development Roadshow: Medical Error -- Our culture, Our Reactions, Our Learners Location: Yarmouth, NS Audience: Family medicine preceptors Contact: Alethea Lacas | 902-473-4747 |
| March 3, 2020 | Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Driving Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Health professionals working with elderly patients with mental health issues Contact: Nicole DeYoung | 902-473-7799 |
| March 11, 2020 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Doctors interested in hereditary disease Contact: Johane Robitaille | 902-470-8632 |
| April 2, 2020 | Family Medicine Faculty Development Roadshow: Medical Error -- Our culture, Our Reactions, Our Learners Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Family medicine preceptors Contact: Alethea Lacas | 902-473-4747 |
| April 6, 2020 | Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: BPSD Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Health professionals working with elderly patients with mental health issues Contact: Nicole DeYoung | 902-473-7799 |
| April 8, 2020 | 2020 Department of Anesthesia Research Day Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Those with an interest in anesthesia research Contact: Jilllian Banfield | 902-473-4337 |
| April 11 - 12, 2020 | Vital Anesthesia Simulation Training (VAST) course Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Anesthesia providers and perioperative health-care providers in low-resource/remote settings Contact: Lisa Nardecchia | 902-473-5428 |
| April 16, 2020 | Family Medicine Faculty Development Roadshow: Medical Error -- Our culture, Our Reactions, Our Learners Location: Saint John, NB Audience: Family medicine preceptors Contact: Alethea Lacas | 902-473-4747 |
| April 22, 2020 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Doctors interested in hereditary disease Contact: Johane Robitaille | 902-470-8632 |
| April 23 - 25, 2020 | 46th Annual Dalhousie Spring Refresher (Emergency Medicine Topics) Location: Halifax Convention Centre Audience: emergency physicians, pharmacists, paramedics, emergency nurses, nurse practitioners Contact: cpd@dal.ca |
| May 5, 2020 | Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Substance Use/CCSMH Guidelines Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Health professionals working with elderly patients with mental health issues Contact: Nicole DeYoung | 902-473-7799 |
| May 13, 2020 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Doctors interested in hereditary disease Contact: Johane Robitaille | 902-470-8632 |
| June 2, 2020 | Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Psychosis in the Elderly Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Health professionals working with elderly patients with mental health issues Contact: Nicole DeYoung | 902-473-7799 |
| June 5-6, 2020 | 21st Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference Location: Halifax, NS Contact: Gillian Reid | 902-494-2173 |
| June 10, 2020 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Doctors interested in hereditary disease Contact: Johane Robitaille | 902-470-8632 |
| June 16 - 20, 2020 | 74th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons Location: Quebec, PQ Audience: Plastic surgeons/residents/fellows and medical students Contact: Karyn Wagner | 514-843-5415 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
* 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.