Conferences & Events
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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 would like to receive weekly reminders of our accredited events for physicians, or have your attendance at our events tracked, please complete and submit the Contact Data Form. Be sure to check "Yes" to "I agree to receive email announcements" to get your name on our blast-list!
| September 27, 2023 | Interprofessional Trauma Education Webinars: Trauma in New Brunswick – Thinking Upstream Location: Saint John, NB Audience: Trauma Care Providers across the Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI - physicians and surgeons (emergency, family, icu, thoracics, orthopedic, general surgeons), registered nurses, paramedics, pharmacists. Contact: Emily Gallant | (506) 648-7806 |
| September 27, 2023 | Nova Scotia Health Quality & Patient Safety Rounds: Frailty and safety: need routine hospital care be so hazardous to our largest most vulnerable constituency? Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians and health care providers who work at or are engaged with Nova Scotia Health Contact: Jessica Long | (902) 266-9003 |
| September 29, 2023 | Refugee Health Network: Parasitology Mini-Sessions: Overview of Strongyloides and Schistosoma infections in the Refugee Context Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians working/interested in refugee health Contact: Ryan Singh | (902) 830-4273 |
| October 3, 2023 | EMSJ Grand Rounds: Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Subdural Hematoma Location: online from Saint John, NB Audience: Physicians working emergency departments in NB (specificlaly Saint John area) Contact: Dr. Mackenzie Howatt | (506) 648-6092 |
| October 5-6, 2023 | The Resus Course Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Emergency physicians Contact: Dr. James Gould | (902) 222-5344 |
| October 11, 2023 | Saint John Family Medicine Education Rounds: Quality Improvement Location: online from Saint John, NB Audience: Family physicians in Saint John region, particularly those involved in teaching in the Faculty of Family Medicine Contact: Dr. Lisa Turner | (506) 608-3476 |
| October 11, 2023 | Greater Fredericton Area General Medical Staff Grand Rounds: Infectious Diseases Updates: Changing standard practices to meet the evidence Location: Fredericton, NB Audience: physicians encompassing the Greater Fredericton Area General Medical Staff Contact: Dr. Amber Swan | (506) 452-5026 |
| October 11, 2023 | Nova Scotia Health Quality & Patient Safety Rounds: Frailty and safety: Bariatric surgery: is access to care still an issue in this new era of weight loss drugs? Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians and health care providers who work at or are engaged with Nova Scotia Health Contact: Jessica Long | (902) 266-9003 |
| October 12, 2023 | Dalhousie Family Medicine Grand Rounds Series 2023: 3 year Family Medicine Residency for 2027: What is Dalhousie Family Medicine’s plan and how do you fit in to it? Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Family doctors and family medicine residents Contact: Dr. Lynn Bussey| (902) 233-9585 |
| October 13, 2023 | Care By Design Long Term Care Conference |
| October 13, 2023 | Inaugural Dr. Fred Barton Visiting Scholar & Lecture in Ethics in Medicine Location: Halifax, NS Audience: family physicians, specialists, nurses and other allied health professions Contact: Dr. Christy Simpson | (902) 471-8134 |
| October 18, 2023 | The Planet in Crisis: Leadership Education to Forge a Path Forward (TISLEP) Location: Halifax, NS Audience: All healthcare professionals, physicians, leaders and educators in healthcare Contact: Dr. Constance LeBlanc | (902) 830-0747 |
| October 24, 2023 | Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks who treat pediatric patients in the Emergency Department setting Contact: Leigh Thibideau |
| October 27, 2023 | Refugee Health Network: Optimizing Dermatologic Care in Refugee Patients Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians working/interested in refugee health Contact: Ryan Singh | (902) 830-4273 |
| October 28, 2023 | Le 6e symposium du cancer de Moncton/The 6th Moncton Cancer Symposium Location: Moncton, NB Audience: Physicians involved in the care of cancer patients Contact: Dr. Linda LeBlanc | (506) 862-4698 |
| October 28-29, 2023 | Dalhousie Academic Detailing 2023 Annual Conference |
| October 28-29, 2023 | Atlantic Radiology Conference |
| October 30, 2023 | Dr. Tarunendu Ghose Visiting Scholar in Global Health Location: Halifax, NS Audience: Family physicians and specialists, nurses, allied health, health administrators, health policy makers, medical learners (students and residents) Contact: Elise Sammons | (902) 802-9490 |
| November 1, 2023 | Nova Scotia Health Quality & Patient Safety Rounds: Addressing Functional Somatic Disorders in NS Health Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians and health care providers who work at or are engaged with Nova Scotia Health Contact: Jessica Long | (902) 266-9003 |
| November 2, 2023 | Warner Education Lecture Location: Fredericton, NB Audience: Physicians encompassing the Greater Fredericton Area General Medical Staff Contact: Dr. Amber Swan | (506) 452-5026 |
| November 2-4, 2023 | What is new in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology? Location: Halifax, NS Audience: anyone in Atlantic Canada who is associated with care for a pediatric patient with a hematologic/oncologic diagnosis Contact: Carol Digout | (902) 470-7429 |
| November 3, 2023 | Blood Matters 2023 Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: transfusion medicine physicians, hematopathologists, registered nurses, and laboratory technologists Contact: Patricia Belisle | (902) 487-0516 |
| November 3, 2023 | Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: neurologists and neurosurgeons Contact: Liz Scott |
| November 16, 2023 | 97th Annual Dalhousie Fall Refresher: Thursday Afternoon Sessions |
| November 16, 2023 | Dalhousie Family Medicine Grand Rounds Series 2023: How compassionate is your workplace? Advancing grief literacy with and for Health Professionals. Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Family doctors and family medicine residents Contact: Dr. Lynn Bussey| (902) 233-9585 |
| November 17, 2023 | Medicine Matters 2023 Location: Halifax, NS Audience: all faculty members of the Department of Medicine (general internists and sub-specialists of internal medicine), and senior residents and nurse practitioners in all medicine sub-specialties Contact: Hiyam Gedalia | (902) 579-2349 |
| November 17 & 18, 2023 | 97th Annual Dalhousie Fall Refresher |
| November 24, 2023 | 2023 Atlantic Pain Conference |
| December 15, 2023 | Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: neurologists and neurosurgeons Contact: Liz Scott |
| January 26, 2024 | Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: neurologists and neurosurgeons Contact: Liz Scott |
| January 31, 2024 | Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks who treat pediatric patients in the Emergency Department setting Contact: Leigh Thibideau |
| March 6, 2024 | Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks who treat pediatric patients in the Emergency Department setting Contact: Leigh Thibideau |
| March 7, 2024 | Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: neurologists and neurosurgeons Contact: Liz Scott |
| April 3, 2024 | Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks who treat pediatric patients in the Emergency Department setting Contact: Leigh Thibideau |
| April 19, 2024 | Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: neurologists and neurosurgeons Contact: Liz Scott |
| May 31, 2024 | Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: neurologists and neurosurgeons Contact: Liz Scott |
| June 19, 2024 | Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department Location: Halifax, NS Audience: physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks who treat pediatric patients in the Emergency Department setting Contact: Leigh Thibideau |
| July 12, 2024 | Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds Location: Halifax, NS Audience: neurologists and neurosurgeons Contact: Liz Scott |