Educational Opportunities

2022 Update in Geriatrics for Primary Care: Keeping our Seniors and their Caregivers Safe in the Community

Early Bird Online Rate On or before April 29

Provider

University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development

Overview

One 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...

NEW! Flexible Options for Reporting Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) due to COVID-19 and COVID-19 Fatalities to Ottawa Public Health

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has created more flexible reporting options for COVID-19 conditions, including COVID-19 related deaths and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). 

COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Fatalities

Deaths for which COVID-19 is an underlying or contributing cause are reportable to OPH as soon as possible (within 12 hours when feasible). When reporting a COVID-19 death, please ensure the information provided to OPH matches the information found on the Medical Certificate of...

Requesting Physician and Nurse Practitioner Participation in the collaborative study: Optimizing vaccine acceptance and uptake among African, Caribbean, and Black communities in Ottawa (the University of Ottawa, Public Health Agency of Canada funded)

The African, Caribbean, and Black Vaccine Acceptance project is a two-year, Public Health Agency of Canada funded, community-based participatory research study, which seeks to optimize vaccine uptake, in African, Caribbean, and Black communities in the Ottawa and National Capital region, through meaningful community and health provider engagement.

Ensuring access to evidence-based information on the importance of vaccinations is a challenging yet crucial goal. Residents of Ottawa negatively...

Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Travel Clinics and Walk-in Clinics, and Infection ControlDate: April 13, 2022From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health

Dear Colleagues,

As of April 14th, the Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine will be available through Ottawa Public Health to individuals who meet the following criteria:

• 18 years of age or older
• Live, work, or attend school in Ottawa
• Not able to receive an mRNA vaccine due to contraindications, OR are not...

COVID-19 Resurgence

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Travel Clinics and Walk-in Clinics, and Infection ControlDate: March 31, 2022From: Dr. Brent Moloughney, Deputy Medical Officer of Health and Dr. Robin Taylor, Associate Medical Officer of Health

Dear Colleagues,

We continue to see evidence that the level of COVID-19 in Ottawa is rising. The COVID-19 wastewater viral signal is very high and increasing, as is Ottawa’s test percent positivity. 

We are currently experiencing another COVID-19 resurgence.