Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2022 11:00 AM
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University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development
OverviewThe University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the Division of Nephrology are proud to again offer this 1-day course in hypertension and chronic kidney disease for primary care physicians and other health care professionals. This course has been designed to serve as a refresher in these two areas of practice.
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Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2022 11:00 AM
The Hospital for Sick Children’s About Kids Health offers a learning hub that provides strategies that can be used to help cope before and during vaccination.
The hub outlines a CARD system (Comfort, Ask, Relax, Distract) which can help you to guide your patients and their child to a more positive vaccination experience and includes resources such as videos and handouts.
Downloadable handouts include:Improving the Vaccination Experience: Comfort Positions (PDF)Having a vaccination may make children and...
Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2022 11:00 AM
Kids Vaccine Day is today, January 27th, and Ottawa Public Health (OPH) vaccination efforts have moved to a more targeted approach and added increased vaccine accessibility across the city. Families can drop in and speak to a public health nurse about the COVID-19 vaccine and receive their vaccine at after-school COVID-19 vaccination clinics, community clinics, and neighbourhood hubs. Community clinic appointment times are also available if preferred by booking online or calling the Provincial...
Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2022 11:00 AM
The new Respiratory and Enteric Surveillance Dashboard is now available online and will be refreshed Tuesdays during the respiratory season (November to April). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Receive Email Updates…” to be notified when the dashboard is refreshed. Accompanying open data is available for download and exploration.
The Respiratory and Enteric Surveillance Dashboard replaces the previously published PDF report and expands its scope to include outbreaks in educational and...
Posted on Monday, January 24, 2022 10:15 AM
To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Travel and Walk-In ClinicsDate: Jan 24, 2022From: Dr Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Dr Robin Taylor, Associate Medical Officer of Health
Dear Colleagues,
Please find below information Requests for Fitness Center Accommodation, as well as information on COVID-19 vaccine third dose recommendations from the Province.
Requests for Fitness Center Accommodation
You may have heard about the accommodation in the current Provincial...