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!
| April 10, 2025 | Dalhousie Family Medicine Grand Rounds Series 2025: A Thousand Papercuts: Understanding and Addressing Changing Administrative Workload in Primary Care Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Family doctors, family medicine residents Contact: Dr. Lynn Bussey | (902) 233-9585 |
| April 11, 2025 | Developing Professionalism in our Learners (PBSG-ED module) Location: Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville, NS Audience: Family Medicine Preceptors Contact: Sarah Scholl | (902) 473-8047 |
| April 24, 2025 | Neuromodulation for pain: What is it & who to refer? |
| April 24, 2025 | Disaster 101 Crush Course Location: IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS Audience: IWK Health Care Professionals and support staff (Including all staff and volunteers). Contact: Leigh Thibideau | (902) 452-4847 |
| April 25-26, 2025 | 50th Annual Dalhousie Spring Refresher - Emergency Medicine Location: Halifax, NS or Virtually Audience: Emergency physicians, pharmacists, paramedics, emergency nurses, and nurse practitioners. Please see Draft Agenda Here! Register Here! Contact: CPD@dal.ca |
| April 29, 2025 | Disaster 101 Crush Course Location: IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS Audience: IWK Health Care Professionals and support staff (Including all staff and volunteers). Contact: Leigh Thibideau | (902) 452-4847 |
| April 30, 2025 | EMSJ Journal Club Location: Saint John, NB Audience: Staff physicians and residents working in emergency departments in NB Contact: Melanie Kelly | (506) 649-2635 |
| May 1, 2025 | Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Alcohol Disorder Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Geriatric Physician’s, Family Physicians, Hospitalists, social workers, nurses (LPN, RN), residents, any allied health staff working with Geriatric patients Contact: Elle Waychesko | (902) 473-7799 |
| May 8, 2025 | Dalhousie Family Medicine Grand Rounds Series 2025: Top 10 Family Medicine Articles to Change Your Practice Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Family doctors, family medicine residents Contact: Dr. Lynn Bussey | (902) 233-9585 |
| May 13, 2025 | Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Monthly Case-Based Specialty Seminars for Community Pediatrics: Update on adolescent contraception Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Pediatricians andother clinicians interested in pediatric issues Contact: Andras Kocsis | (902) 219-2323 |
| May 15-16, 2025 | 13th Annual Thomas and Alice Morgans Fear Memorial Conference - Stillness in Chaos: Health Leadership for Complex Times Location: Halifax Convention Centre Draft Schedule Register Here! Contact: CPD@dal.ca |
| May 28, 2025 | EMSJ Journal Club Location: Saint John, NB Audience: Staff physicians and residents working in emergency departments in NB Contact: Melanie Kelly | (506) 649-2635 |
| May 28, 2025 | Gastric Ultrasound for Women’s and Obstetric Anesthesia - Workshop Location: 5th Floor HI Site, Anesthesia Library, Halifax, NS Audience: Anestheisiologists providing periooperative and peripartum care to patients of the IWK Health Center. Contact: Vicki Christian |
| June 5, 2025 | Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Health Promotion for Older Adults Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Geriatric Physician’s, Family Physicians, Hospitalists, social workers, nurses (LPN, RN), residents, any allied health staff working with Geriatric patients Contact: Elle Waychesko | (902) 473-7799 |
| June 10, 2025 | Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Monthly Case-Based Specialty Seminars for Community Pediatrics: Approach to Sickle cell Disease Location: online from Halifax, NS Audience: Pediatricians andother clinicians interested in pediatric issues Contact: Andras Kocsis | (902) 219-2323 |
| June 17-20, 2025 | Welcome Collaborative - Physician Orientation Program Location: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia, Bedford, NS Audience: All physicians trained outside of Canada who are entering practice in Nova Scotia, regardless of specialty or location of practice in the province Contact: George Mbara | (902) 403-4722 |
| September 9-12, 2025 | Welcome Collaborative - Physician Orientation Program Location: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia, Bedford, NS Audience: All physicians trained outside of Canada who are entering practice in Nova Scotia, regardless of specialty or location of practice in the province Contact: George Mbara | (902) 403-4722 |
| November 26-28, 2025 | Welcome Collaborative - Physician Orientation Program Location: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia, Bedford, NS Audience: All physicians trained outside of Canada who are entering practice in Nova Scotia, regardless of specialty or location of practice in the province Contact: George Mbara | (902) 403-4722 |