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 (it can be downloaded and filled in) and get your name on our blast-list!
Upcoming conferences/programs/events
| 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)
Location: Online from Halifax; registration required |
| May 30, 2020 - May 30, 2021 | Pediatric Emergency Care Modules (5 modules)
Location: Online from Halifax; registration required |
| August 2020- August 2023 |
Canadian Clinical Guide to Organ Donation: Donation After Circulatory Death |
| Postponed to January 29 and 30, 2021 |
94th Annual Dalhousie Fall Refresher Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: Primary care physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners Contact: Gillian Reid Register here! |
| December 1, 2020 | NB Journal Club Location: Moncton, NB Audience: family physicians, residents, pharmacists Contact: Dr. Amy Brennan | 506-870-2521 |
| December 4, 2020 | TREKK NS Provincial Pathway: Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis Location: Online from Halifax Audience: Interested physicians and healthcare professionals at South Shore Regional Hospital and Fisherman’s Memorial Hospital Contact: Carolyn Chiasson | 902-470-8823 |
| December 8, 2020 | TREKK NS Provincial Pathway: Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis Location: Online from Halifax Audience: Interested physicians and healthcare professionals at St Martha’s Hospital Contact: Carolyn Chiasson | 902-470-8823 |
| December 8, 2020 | Trauma Webinar Education series NS & NB: Communication in Resus-Orchestration of Trauma Team Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: residents, physicians, interprofessional health care team members Contact: Emily Gallant |902-473-2049 |
| Jan 1- June 30, 2021 | Remote SIM Program for COVID 19 - session 1 only - Session # 1. SIM leader development Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: All healthcare professionals dealing with the COIVD-19 pandemic Contact: Susan Love |
| January 8, 2021 | ACTEAST Improvement Collaborative Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Emergency physicians, radiologists, neurologists, internal medicine physicians, emergency nurses, diagnostic imaging technicians (specifically CT technicians), stroke nurses, and hospital administrators. Contact: Noreen Kamal | 902-494-3293 website |
| January 8, 2021 | Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite |
| January 12, 2021 | Interprofessional Trauma Round NS & NB - Mortality and Morbidity, Case Studies and Reviews Location: Halifax, NS Audience: residents, physicians, interprofessional health care team members Contact: Robert MacKinley | 902-473-2049 |
| January 13, 2021 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Physician/health professionals with an interest in hereditary diseases Contact: Kaitlyn Delaney | 902- 470-8632 website |
| January 21, 2021 | Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Emergencey Department (pediatrics) physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks Contact: Vered Gazit | 902-470-3925 |
| January 22, 2021 | 6th Annual Maritime Immuno-Oncology Symposium (Immuno-Oncology: a Decade of Experience) Location: Online from Moncton, NB Audience: Medical Oncologists, Dertmatologists, Endocrinologists, Family Physician, Clinical Pharmacists, Hematologist, Nurses, Oncology Nurses, Radiation Oncologists, Pathologists, Respirologists, Rheumatologists, Thoracic Surgeons Contact: Sandra Daudlin |89-242-2998 |
| January 29-30, 2021 | 94th Annual Dalhousie Fall Refresher Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: Primary care physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners Contact: Gillian Reid Register here! |
| February 3 OR 10, 2021 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Physician/health professionals with an interest in hereditary diseases Contact: Kaitlyn Delaney | 902- 470-8632 website |
| February 9, 2021 | Trauma Webinar Education series NS & NB: Orthopedics - Pelvic Injuries Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: residents, physicians, interprofessional health care team members Contact: Emily Gallant |902-473-2049 |
| February 9, 2021 | NB Journal Club Location: Moncton, NB Audience: family physicians, residents, pharmacists Contact: Dr. Amy Brennan | 506-870-2521 |
| February 23, 2021 | Urology Shared Care 2021 Location: ONline from Halifax, NS Audience: Family physicians Contact: Peter.Anderson | 902-470-8861 |
| March 3, 2021 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Physician/health professionals with an interest in hereditary diseases Contact: Kaitlyn Delaney | 902- 470-8632 website |
| March 9, 2021 | Trauma Webinar Education series NS & NB: Patient Journey through the Trauma System Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: residents, physicians, interprofessional health care team members Contact: Emily Gallant |902-473-2049 |
| March 21, 2021 | Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite |
| April 6, 2021 | NB Journal Club Location: Moncton, NB Audience: family physicians, residents, pharmacists Contact: Dr. Amy Brennan | 506-870-2521 |
| April 7, 2021 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Physician/health professionals with an interest in hereditary diseases Contact: Kaitlyn Delaney | 902- 470-8632 website |
| April 13, 2021 | Interprofessional Trauma Round NS & NB - Mortality and Morbidity, Case Studies and Reviews Location: Halifax, NS Audience: residents, physicians, interprofessional health care team members Contact: Robert MacKinley | 902-473-2049 |
| April 28, 2021 | Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Emergencey Department (pediatrics) physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks Contact: Vered Gazit | 902-470-3925 |
| May 3, 2021 | ACTEAST Improvement Collaborative Location: online from NB/PEI Audience: Emergency physicians, radiologists, neurologists, internal medicine physicians, emergency nurses, diagnostic imaging technicians (specifically CT technicians), stroke nurses, and hospital administrators. Contact: Noreen Kamal | 902-494-3293 website |
| May 4, 2021 | Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Emergencey Department (pediatrics) physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks Contact: Vered Gazit | 902-470-3925 |
| May 5 OR 12, 2021 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Physician/health professionals with an interest in hereditary diseases Contact: Kaitlyn Delaney | 902- 470-8632 website |
| May 11, 2021 | Trauma Webinar Education series NS & NB: REBOA Debate - Latest and Most Current Evidence Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: residents, physicians, interprofessional health care team members Contact: Emily Gallant |902-473-2049 |
| May 14, 2021 | Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite |
| June 8, 2021 | Trauma Webinar Education series NS & NB: Pediatric Trauma Update Location: Online from Halifax, NS Audience: residents, physicians, interprofessional health care team members Contact: Emily Gallant |902-473-2049 |
| June 9, 2021 | Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine Seminar Series Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Physician/health professionals with an interest in hereditary diseases Contact: Kaitlyn Delaney | 902- 470-8632 website |
| June 25, 2021 | ACTEAST Improvement Collaborative Location: online from NB/PEI Audience: Emergency physicians, radiologists, neurologists, internal medicine physicians, emergency nurses, diagnostic imaging technicians (specifically CT technicians), stroke nurses, and hospital administrators. Contact: Noreen Kamal | 902-494-3293 website |
| July 13, 2021 | Interprofessional Trauma Round NS & NB - Mortality and Morbidity, Case Studies and Reviews Location: Halifax, NS Audience: residents, physicians, interprofessional health care team members Contact: Robert MacKinley | 902-473-2049 |
| July 23, 2021 | Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Neurologists, neurosurgeons, anaesthestists, pain management specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists Contact: Pam Slauenwhite |
* 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.