Continuing Professional Development & Medical Education

Faculty of Medicine

Conferences & Events

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* Dalhousie Academic Detailing Service is currently detailing with the topic Alcohol Use Disorder: First-Line Pharmacotherapy. Visits take about 30 minutes and are eligible for up to 1 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.

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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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January 18, 2025 Cape Breton Day in Family Medicine Conference
Location: Holiday Inn & Online, Sydney, NS
Audience: Family physicians, emergency medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, family practice nurses, residents, medical students
Contact: Roy Brown | (902) 304-7874
January 25, 2025 Potpourri of Emergency Medicine
Location: Rankin School of Nursing, Antigonish, NS
Audience: Emergency medicine teams; Nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, paramedics, family medicine residents, medical students, specialists including emergency medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, plastics, ophthalmology, ent, psychiatry
Contact: Ivan Cozzi | (902) 318-3961
January 29, 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
January 29, 2025 Dignity of Risk: Managing Risks while Preserving Autonomy in Frail Older Adult Care
Location: Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, NS
Audience: Hospitalists, family physicians, emergency medicine physicians, residents, any physician working with frail older adults.
Contact: Catherine-Anne Murray | (902) 717-9752
January 30, 2025 Dignity of Risk: Managing Risks while Preserving Autonomy in Frail Older Adult Care
Location: New Waterford Hospital, New Waterford, NS and Glace Bay Hospital, Glace Bay, NS
Audience: Hospitalists, family physicians, emergency medicine physicians, residents, any physician working with frail older adults.
Contact: Catherine-Anne Murray | (902) 717-9752
February 4, 2025 Dignity of Risk: Managing Risks while Preserving Autonomy in Frail Older Adult Care
Location: St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish, NS
Audience: Hospitalists, family physicians, emergency medicine physicians, residents, any physician working with frail older adults.
Contact: Catherine-Anne Murray | (902) 717-9752
February 6, 2025 Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Capacity
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
February 11, 2025 Dignity of Risk: Managing Risks while Preserving Autonomy in Frail Older Adult Care
Location: Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, NS
Audience: Hospitalists, family physicians, emergency medicine physicians, residents, any physician working with frail older adults.
Contact: Catherine-Anne Murray | (902) 717-9752
February 11, 2025 Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Monthly Case-Based Specialty Seminars for Community Pediatrics: Management of Status Epilepticus
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Pediatricians andother clinicians interested in pediatric issues
Contact: Andras Kocsis | (902) 219-2323
February 13, 2025 Dalhousie Family Medicine Grand Rounds Series 2025: Why Green Healthcare?
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Family doctors, family medicine residents
Contact: Dr. Lynn Bussey | (902) 233-9585
February 19, 2025 Gastric Ultrasound for Women’s and Obstetric Anesthesia - Workshop
Location: HI Site, Anesthesia Library, Halifax, NS
Audience: Anestheisiologists providing periooperative and peripartum care to patients of the IWK Health Center.
Contact: Vicki Christian | (902) 476-1176
February 20, 2025 Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Elder Abuse
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
February 26, 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
February 26, 2025 Trauma Rounds: Does Frailty Impact Outcomes Following Hip Fracture in Older Adults?
Location: online from Saint John, NB
Audience: Any healthcare professional involved with trauma care. 
Contact: Emily Gallant | (506) 648-8040
March 6, 2025 Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia– Pharmacological 
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
March 19, 2025 Dignity of Risk: Managing Risks while Preserving Autonomy in Frail Older Adult Care
Location: Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, NS
Audience: Hospitalists, family physicians, emergency medicine physicians, residents, any physician working with frail older adults.
Contact: Catherine-Anne Murray | (902) 717-9752
April 3, 2025 Seniors Mental Health Web Education Series: Bipolar
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
April 8, 2025 Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Monthly Case-Based Specialty Seminars for Community Pediatrics: Trans health: Management Overview
Location: online from Halifax, NS
Audience: Pediatricians andother clinicians interested in pediatric issues
Contact: Andras Kocsis | (902) 219-2323
April 25-26, 2025 50th Annual Dalhousie Spring Refresher - Emergency Medicine
Location: Halifax, NS or Virtually
Agenda/Registration Link Coming Soon!
Contact: CPD@dal.ca
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 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 Memoral Conference - Stillness in Chaos: Leadership for Complex Times
Location: Halifax Convention Centre
Agenda/Registration Link Coming Soon!
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
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