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.

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April 4-5, 2023 Department of Urology Research Day
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: urologists in Atlantic Canada, Dalhousie urology residents, urology nurses, and departmental staff
Contact: Andrea Titterness | (902) 473-7053
April 5, 2023 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research Day
Location: IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS
Audience: Faculty, residents, basic scientists, grad students, medical students, and nurses involved in the care of women, mothers, and newborns
Contact: Aaron Joudrey | (902) 470-7758
April 5, 2023 Department of Anesthesia Research Day
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: Anesthesia residents, fellows, clinicians, researchers, masters and PhD students, medical students with current Anesthesia electives, and Dalhousie research community interested in Anesthesia research 
Contact: Melissa O'Brien | (902) 220-3132
April 5, 2023 Department of Surgery Research Day
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: Faculty members in Surgery, Ophthalmology, Anesthesia; surgical residents; medical students; undergrad honour students; and graduate students
Contact: Elaine Kosziwka-Marsh | (902) 473-4615
April 5, 2023 2023 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Day
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: Ophthalmologists, residents, nurses, orthoptists, ophthalmic technicians, research staff, basic scientists, basic science research staff, students
Contact: Leah Wood | (902) 473-3751
April 6, 2023 Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Late Life Depression
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: All health professionals working with geriatric patients with mental health disorders, including family physicians, and specialists in any area as well as those in Geriatrics and Psychiatry
Contact: Dr. Meagan MacNeil | (902) 473-7799
April 11, 2023 Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Monthly Case-Based Specialty Seminars for Community Pediatrics: Approach and management of the child with hypertension 
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Pediatricians, other clinicians interested in pediatric issues
Contact: Andras Kocsis | (902) 219-2323
April 12, 2023 Saint John Family Medicine Education Rounds: Psychological Safety in the Learning Environment
Location: online from Saint John, NB
Audience: family physicians in the Saint John region, particularly those involved in teaching the Faculty of Family Medicine, or considering becoming involved
Contact: Dr. Lisa Turner | (506) 608-3476
April 12, 2023 Greater Fredericton Area General Medical Staff Grand Rounds - Constipation and IBS Management
Location: online from Fredericton, NB
Audience: Physicians who are recognized as encompassing hte Greater Fredericton Area General Medical Staff
Contact: Dr. Amber Swan | (506) 452-5026
April 13, 2023 Dalhousie Family Medicine Grand Rounds Series 2023: A Culturally-informed Approach to Mental Health Care
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Family doctors and family medicine residents
Contact: Dr. Lynn Bussey | (902) 233-9585
April 19, 2023 Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department - Procedures Workshop for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: all physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks who treat pediatric patients in the Emergency Department setting
Contact: Leigh Thibideau
April 20, 2023 CanPoCUS Procedural
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: Physicians who practice emergency and critical care medicine and who wish to enhance their skills with point of care ultrasound (PoCUS) and the use of PoCUS to guide medical procedures in the Emergency Department
Contact: Dr. Ryan Henneberry | Register here!
April 20, 2023 Interprofessional Simulation Debriefing Short Course
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: novice interprofessional simulation debriefers, may include physicians, other health professionals, students
Contact: Deborah Morton | Register here!
April 21 & 22, 2023 48th Annual Dalhousie Spring Refresher - Emergency Medicine
Location: Hybrid Format - Halifax Convention Centre and Virtual
Audience: emergency physicians, pharmacists, paramedics, emergency nurses, and nurse practitioners
Contact: Jane Harris

Register here! | Agenda
April 25, 2023 Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Monthly Case-Based Specialty Seminars for Community Pediatrics: Diagnosis and management of the child with IBD  
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Pediatricians, other clinicians interested in pediatric issues
Contact: Andras Kocsis | (902) 219-2323
April 25-26, 2023 Feedback in CBME Learning Environment Workshop
Location: Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, NS
Audience: Anesthesiologists
Contact: Vicki Christian | (902) 473-2331
April 27-28, 2023 The Resus Course
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: Emergency physicians
Contact: Dr. James Gould | (902) 222-5344
April 28, 2023 Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Neurologists and neurosurgeons, anesthetists, pain specialists, psychologists, psychiatrists
Contact: Lutz Weise | (902) 473-6850
April 29, 2023

Managing Tuberculosis Infections in Primary Care
Location: Saint John, NB; Halifax, NS; online
Audience: Primary care providers (family physicians, nurse practitioners); infectious diseases physicians 
Contact: Michelle Reddin | (506) 565-1041

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May 4, 2023 Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Psychiatric Pharmacology
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: All health professionals working with geriatric patients with mental health disorders, including family physicians, and specialists in any area as well as those in Geriatrics and Psychiatry
Contact: Dr. Meagan MacNeil | (902) 473-7799
May 4-5, 2023

2023 NBHPCA Annual Conference: Palliative Potpourri – A Mix of Everything
Location: Moncton, NB
Audience: Academic Family doctors, Interprofessional teams, Residents/Students, Rural/Urban/Remote Family doctors, Cancer care providers, Emergency medicine providers, Palliative care providers, Volunteers and others with an interest in Palliative Care
Contact: Dr. Lisa Searle | (506) 857-5001

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May 17, 2023 Interprofessional Simulation Program for Health Care Providers in the Emergency Department
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: all physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and clerks who treat pediatric patients in the Emergency Department setting
Contact: Leigh Thibideau
May 23, 2023 Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Monthly Case-Based Specialty Seminars for Community Pediatrics: Type 2 diabetes
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Pediatricians, other clinicians interested in pediatric issues
Contact: Andras Kocsis | (902) 219-2323
June 1, 2023 Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Antipsychotics in BPSD
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: All health professionals working with geriatric patients with mental health disorders, including family physicians, and specialists in any area as well as those in Geriatrics and Psychiatry
Contact: Dr. Meagan MacNeil | (902) 473-7799
June 7-9, 2023

11th Annual Thomas Fear and Alice Morgans Fear Memorial Conference: RESILIENT AND RESPONSIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS IN A CHANGING WORLD
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: Family medicine specialists, Royal College specialists, residents from both programs, basic science faculty, grad students, health administration faculty and students, public health faculty and students, other health professionals, law faculty and students, general public
Contact: Jane Harris

Register here! | Call for Abstracts (Deadline: March 31)

June 8, 2023 Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Neurologists and neurosurgeons, anesthetists, pain specialists, psychologists, psychiatrists
Contact: Lutz Weise | (902) 473-6850
June 13, 2023 Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Monthly Case-Based Specialty Seminars for Community Pediatrics: Approach to the child with recurrent & significant infections 
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Pediatricians, other clinicians interested in pediatric issues
Contact: Andras Kocsis | (902) 219-2323
June 16-17, 2023 International Children's Continence Society Course on Pediatric Bowel and Bladder Dysfunction 
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: Family physicians and pediatricians of the Maritimes, and members of the International Children's Continence Society
Contact: Dr. Dawn MacLellan | (902) 470-8743
July 21, 2023 Atlantic Canadian Deep Brain Stimulation Rounds
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Neurologists and neurosurgeons, anesthetists, pain specialists, psychologists, psychiatrists
Contact: Lutz Weise | (902) 473-6850
July 27-28, 2023 The Resus Course
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: Emergency physicians
Contact: Dr. James Gould | (902) 222-5344
August 26, 2023 The Resus Course
Location: Halifax, NS
Audience: Emergency physicians
Contact: Dr. James Gould | (902) 222-5344
October 5-6, 2023 Class of 1987 Dal Med Reunion CPD activity
Location: Fox Harbour, NS
Audience: Physicians from the class of 1987 Dalhousie Medical School 
Contact: Dr. David Wilcox | (902) 832-5996