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Access MHA: New Single Point of Entry for Mental Health and Addictions Support

With one referral, AccessMHA, a new, single point of entry into eastern Ontario’s system of care for mental health and addictions, you can help to connect your patients with one or more services that will match their needs.

Launched in February 2021, this initiative is a result of consultation and collaboration with many partners, including Ottawa Public Health, The Royal Ottawa, primary care providers, hospitals, community service providers, and people with lived expertise.

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COVID-19 Community of Practice: Accredited Self Learning Program on Vaccines

The COVID-19 Community of Practice connects family physicians approximately once a month to share perspectives on COVID-19 related topics. Accredited on-hour webinars are interactive and questions from participants are answered in real-time where possible.

As of January 2021, The COVID-19 CoP session materials, including recordings, tools, and resources are available as self-learning modules

Joint initiative from the University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine (

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COVID-19 Vaccine: Counselling, Recommendations for Special Populations and Adverse Event Management Resources

Ottawa residents are being offered COVID-19 vaccines according to Ontario’s vaccine distribution plan. Your patients may ask you whether they should receive the COVID-19 vaccines when it’s offered to them if they are pregnant, have autoimmune conditions, or are immunocompromised. Resources for patient counselling for the COVID-19 vaccines are available from the Centre of Effective Practice.

Additionally, The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has developed a new resource titled the COVID-19...

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On-going Virtual, Accredited Educational Opportunities: University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development

In the past year, the uOttawa Continuing Professional Development office quickly transitioned operations to a virtual platform to continue to provide high quality education and networking opportunities.

In order to ensure you receive the most relevant information about uOttawa  upcoming conferences, events, and webinars, join the communication list if you are not already subscribed.

• Lists are used to promote only relevant and upcoming CPD activities throughout the year.
• Information will not be shared...

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OPH’s Healthy Growth and Development Program: Update on Services to Parents in 2021

Home visits

OPH’s Healthy Growth and Development (HGD) long term home visiting program is still accepting referrals and visiting families from prenatal to entry to school. Priority is given to:

• Families experiencing mental health challenges
• Families with CAS involvement
• Families experiencing complex challenges, and
• Newcomers 

Support options include: in-person visits, videoconferencing, and telephone support.

Referrals can be made by completing the web referral or by faxing the form.

While...

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