Professional Development & Resources

Free webinar, Lyme Disease: An update for 2023 (French only)

May 31st, 2023, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. ET. University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Francophone Affairs. Target audience: family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, allied health care professionals. Objectives: discuss clinical presentations of Lyme disease, select the most appropriate investigations, discuss the role of antibiotic therapy in 2023. Speaker: Dr. Alex Carignan, MD, MSc, FRCPC. Registration *offered in French...

Legionellosis in Ottawa

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Walk-in Clinics, Emergency DepartmentsDate: May 12, 2023From: Dr. Monir Taha and Dr. Michelle Foote, Associate Medical Officers of Health, Ottawa Public Health

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has received reports of 3 cases of Legionnaires’ disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 with onsets of illness in April 2023. The cases reside in downtown Ottawa. OPH is investigating to determine if there is a common source of the infections. When...

Notifications to parents RE: Immunization of School Pupils Act reporting

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Travel Clinics and Walk-in Clinics,and Infection ControlDate: May 11, 2023From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health

Dear Colleagues,

Ottawa is making progress in catching-up routine childhood vaccinations that weremissed during the COVID-19 pandemic owing to the combined efforts of communityphysicians, primary care providers and Ottawa Public Health (OPH). Students attendingschool in Ontario are required to be vaccinated...

CME: 2023 Update in Geriatrics for Primary Care - Helping Older Adults Age Well in the Community

Provider

University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development

Overview

1-day course on the practical clinical management of geriatric patients. This program is designed to highlight strategies that primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and primary care allied health team members can utilize to improve the quality of life of their patients.

Date / Time / Location

• In person, full day conference. June 2nd, 2023 |7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, 200...

Resources & Professional Development Opportunities

1. CMOH Memo: Multidrug resistant (MDR) gonorrhea from the Chief Medical Officer of Health’s Memo containing important information regarding MDR gonorrhea and recommendations to support your clinical care of patients with symptoms consistent with gonorrhea infection. If you identify any patients with MDR gonorrhea infection, please report the infection to Ottawa Public Health (OPH) by calling the Sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections (STBBIs) Reporting Line at (613)-580-2424, extension...