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University of Ottawa’s Medical Bytes: CME Registration Open

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University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development

The Office of CPD is once again planning a series of webinars for family physicians focusing on new developments, guidelines, and practices. Webinars will be archived for access at practitioners’ convenience. Join live to have your questions answered by webinar speakers

• January 21   -   February 4   -   February 18   -   March 4
• 4:30pm - 5:30pm
• Online

• CFPC: 1.00 Mainpro+...

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Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Ottawa

To : Flu vaccine providers; Travel Clinics; Walk-In Clinics; Family Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Nurse Practitioners; Pediatrics;From : Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthSubject : Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in OttawaDate : January 5th, 2020

Public health promotion in your community. 

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your ongoing hard work for our community. This memo is to provide information about the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Ottawa. Two vaccines have now...

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CME : 2021 Women’s Health Update, Virtual Conference, University of Ottawa

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University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development

This 1-day virtual conference focusing on women’s health is designed to provide family physicians and healthcare professionals with the most current and relevant information about approaches on health issues concerning both young and mature women. The day will consist of a series of lectures and short snapper sessions.

• January 22nd, 2021
• Full day, Eastern Standard Time Zone
• Virtual Conference...

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Counselling Mnemonic: Breaking the CHAIN of Transmission for COVID-19

Building on his experience with clinical encounters and to make charting in the EMR quicker and easier, Dr. Arnason has developed a bilingual mnemonic tool for healthcare providers counseling people who have just been diagnosed with COVID-19 and probable cases.

A person (who has had a laboratory test):

• with fever (over 38 degrees Celsius) or new onset of (or exacerbation of chronic) cough. AND
• who meets the COVID-19 exposure criteria and in whom a...

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First Words Preschool Speech Language Program: Open and connected to families during COVID-19

Early intervention is an effective strategy to address developmental concerns as children build speech and language skills critical to their future success in school and later in life. As a primary care professional, you play a crucial role with families of young children when it comes to early identification, referrals and intervention.

The First Words Preschool Speech and Language Program offers education, assessment, and speech-language therapy for families with children under 5 years of age....

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